There are three sportsmen: Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, and Lionel Messi. They perform with excellence, like most of us could never dream of.
If there is one thing I learned by reading Epstein's "The Sports Gene" it is that world-class athletes are, by definition, abnormal: that is, the kind of person capable of competing at that level is necessarily very different from the rest of us physiologically. They are outliers.
It was an honor to be invited to visit Real Madrid's training ground and meet Raul, Ronaldo, Kaka, and all the other footballers that play for such a successful team.
The Cardiff Half Marathon has already proved itself to be one of the biggest and best road races in the U.K., and when the best athletes in the world run on the same course, the times should be spectacular. But the real beauty of this event is that ordinary runners get the chance to line up on the same start line as the best athletes in the world.
I saw U.A.E. play at the London Olympics for the first time and I was really impressed with how they played against the likes of Great Britain and Uruguay.
The Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if I was there?
I said to myself, 'I don't want to be coming sixth or seventh, and being the best in Britain. I want to be the best in the world and race against these Kenyan guys.'
Ronaldo dominates this world, and Messi is above everything else.
The Olympics represent a global standard - for men, for women, for athletics.
The only thing 'championship' about Wimbledon is its prestige.
If I didn't think I could win the World Championship I would go and play golf badly in Spain.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar are phenomenal.
Cricket is a self-sustaining industry; but corporates need to realise that other sports don't have that luxury. This is the time when they need to invest, and keep the faith. Every sport has the potential to create world champions. Imagine India as a country full of world champions. Why imagine? Let's just make it happen.
The Olympics is the biggest competition for all athletes and an unforgettable event.
When you're at world championship level, you're fighting other guys who are at a world championship level.
Playing along with Mbappe, Cavani, Neymar will be a dream come true for me.
Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin... to have my name up there with those types of guys is a blessing and a humbling feeling.
I love to compete in Abu Dhabi. I've been there two times, in 2009 and 2011, and it was a great show. It's a great way to stay sharp because you're competing with the best grapplers in the world.
Every player wants to play at the highest level.
You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelona's - you want to play those teams.
I want to challenge myself and test myself against the best players in the world, and there are not many people better than the likes of Ronaldo.
We're Man United, of course, we're going to be interested in the best players in the world, I'd be pretty amazed if we weren't.
I don't have to prepare any differently because it's Messi, because every day in training I am up against people like Rooney, Berbatov, Ronaldo, and Tevez, so you know what to do against big players.
All I think about is playing at the highest level and in the top competitions so I can measure myself against the best in the world.
I love the Olympics. I love the idea of something happening every four years. I've always had love for Bulgaria, and I've always been a Bulgarian. That's also really part of why I want to play it. I know it's tough for the calendar, but at the same time, it's the Olympics.
