Army life was rough. Would you believe it, they actually wanted me to pitch three times a week.
I just love how fluid football has to be, how much time and energy it takes to practice and then taking it to the field and executing in a game situation.
I'm not involved in tennis but committed.
Practice the game the way you're going to play the game. Practice hard and play hard. Run hard and above all else, hustle every moment you're on the field where you are practicing or playing in a game.
I've learned things in Italy at the age of 31. Some of the passing drills are so complicated you need a high level of concentration and if you mess up the rhythm, believe me you are told!
I think players are disciplined enough to work out on their own.
It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.
Whether that was in the Chepauk Stadium in Madras or at the Ilford Cricket School, there was a daily diet of cricket run by my dad. It was a hard school but he knew what he was doing. Everything I achieved was down to my dad.
If sports do not hold significance in our life, we cannot nurture sportsman spirit as a "Sanskar" in our society and without such "Sanskars", the society cannot flourish!
When I was playing college basketball, I had to work out every day; it benefited me physically.
When I played for Boston Breakers in my early twenties, I really stepped up my training, which meant running drills until you're sick.
When you let that discipline slip you're going to have big problems on the field.
You will never see players from City surround the referee.
Players like Alastair Cook do not come around very often. To play for so long and achieve so much says everything about his fitness, concentration, discipline and skill.
When you're in this league, you have to do something every single day. You have off days, but those off days are usually watching film.
I learned how to be a smart, tough, fundamentally sound football player.
The only other time I can recall my dad getting upset at me was when I missed a hockey practice. My parents were away, so my buddy and I decided to skip it. I never told my dad about it, but he found out from the coach.
As bad as I disagreed on stuff, I wanted to get a technical foul, but I didn't. When guys on the team see me get technical fouls, it tends to trickle down to the team. I just took it and dealt with it.
Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the league. It's terrible.
That's a yellow card for Cazoria. So the next time he's involved in Europe, he won't be.
I was an attacking full-back but was told by Hope Powell to just sit back when we played U.S.A. in the 2007 World Cup. It's hard to rein yourself in, but the team comes first.
Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure fulfillment that few other areas of endeavor provide.
I came up under the wing of Larry Bowa, and one thing I did not do was ever take a day off from taking pregame groundballs or batting practice. Then the games were just having fun.
I didn't start boxing until I was 18 but I believe that is a big advantage now. If you start too young, it's easy to become distracted.
I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14... I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write.
