Physical Skills Quotes

There was a TV special every year called 'Circus of the Stars,' and I did three consecutive ones - one as a juggler, one as a high-wire performer, and one as a high hand balance.

Compared to boxing, acting is more difficult. I have learnt martial arts and boxing since childhood. So, they were easier.

I can't remember ever being told how to ride.

I've got good jiu-jitsu skills, good wrestling, good ground and pound, good power on my feet, good strikes.

Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her.

All stunt men and women are as competitive as I am. They're just not as talented.

While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.

I can pass and I can shoot and I can do some other things also.

To learn to ride a bicycle, as with the other great noble human inventions, is a hugely complex activity. Generally, it requires three things: the learner, the teacher and the bicycle, all in the same place at the same time, most often outside someplace.

What people don't know is that I'm a blackbelt in jujitsu, which I've been for 20 years, and I've been boxing since I've been 15 years old - those are things that come natural to me.

Just trying not to have a weakness in any part of my game - that's always been the approach in all aspects of my game: when the team needs me to run block, needs me to pass block, whether it comes naturally or not.

I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts.

I don't have any juggling or fire-eating skills.

I definitely think the way the game is transforming, becoming more and more athletic, guys are great athletes out here and relying on the physical skills more than their tennis skills, almost, sometimes. So for that reason, matching up with some of these guys, I can't keep up.

I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.

I have a physical background. It's not like I'm a kung fu master, but my real training was dance school, and through that, I move to this thing called Capruera that I used in 'Ocean's 12.' I can pretend that I can do a lot of things, but then, I don't really master anything.

Training in taekwondo for eight years and then being able to do it in a film was pretty amazing.

I'm not the best fly fisherman, but I can fly-fish, because I crack a whip. I learned to crack a whip as a boy... I have skills, mad skills.

I had done a lot of running in 'Texas Chainsaw' and sword-fighting in 'Percy Jackson,' which taught me to fall properly.

I've worked on the physical side and I think I'm a player that can do most things.

I would love to learn popping, locking and robotics, gymnastics and acrobatics; it is amazing to learn these things.

What sets baseball apart from other sports is the array of skills that every player needs: the speed, the power, the agility.

As a ballplayer, there is no Christian way to swing a bat. There is no Christian way to swing or throw.

I didn't have any natural instincts toward heading. It cost me lots of opportunities to score.

You need guys who can run and throw.