I can do anything I want, basically, as long as it doesn't involve athletic ability, or something like that.
It's not enough to say that the Olympics is an athletic contest outside of politics, because it's not. The Chinese clearly are using the Olympics to recreate how they are viewed in the world and how they view themselves.
Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.
Skating can make you feel athletic, graceful, beautiful.
A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me.
I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship.
The uniform enhanced his athletic body, and my thoughts drifted to how magnificent he would look with his uniform puddled around his feet.
Qualifying for this Olympic team has been the most stressful experience of my athletic career. It has taught me so much about myself and how to handle high-pressure moments. I've learned to become my own biggest cheerleader, always feeding myself positive thoughts, visualizing myself winning, and most importantly focusing on each individual point.
Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.
If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter!
I naturally have an athletic build, thick legs yet a lean upper body. I filled out much later than all my classmates, and I thank God for it now. I had to learn to fix what I can and accept what I cannot fix. . . That's probably the hardest thing.
I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect.
I know that to be a good player, you have to stay healthy, and you have to be as athletic as you can possibly be.
It is simply not consistent with either my character or my confidence in my God-given athletic ability to cheat in any way.
You forget all of it anyway. . . You forget who was cool and who was not, who was pretty, smart, athletic, and not. . . You forget all of them. Even the ones you said you loved, and even the ones you actually did. They’re the last to go. And then once you’ve forgotten enough, you love someone else.
I've always been an athletic guy, but the extent to which I go for 'True Blood' or for 'Magic Mike' is because of the role that I'm playing.
Just kidding, I've been very athletic all my life.
I wasn't a very athletic boy. I was once lapped in the long jump
Is this level of athletic competition the ultimate distraction from real life? Or is it a form of prayer?
[On affirmative action:] Universities give a boost in admissions for other factors besides race, factors that bring no social benefit, such as athletic ability, celebrity of parents, and alumni connections. It is remarkable how little agitation there is against those practices.