I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.
I think one has to understand that there are stages in life, and that the life of an athlete has its limits. It's short, and then it stops, and sooner or later you have to accept that.
For most Olympic athletes, their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians, training and competition is an escape from the hardships and struggles of their everyday life. That is the difference.
My life as a professional athlete has allowed me the opportunity to visit and live in many different places and meet many interesting and diverse people.
Athletes and actors do really crazy things, and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because we take things in an extreme manner.
I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has always been very exciting.
I enjoy sports, and love being involved in any outdoor sport from volleyball to softball. I'm not being immodest when I say I'm a natural athlete.
I want to express my deepest apology to the athletes, the people of Salt Lake City in Utah and the millions of citizens worldwide who love and respect the games.
I think I give off a strong energy. I'm 5'9, I'm pretty athletic and I'm pretty outspoken.
I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty.
At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.
Not winning a title gives fuel to sportswriters and talking heads who question an athlete's true value.
One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete.
Nutrition is also a valuable component that can help athletes both protect themselves and improve performance.
My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.
I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn't the most athletic guy at school.
I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.
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.
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
'The Miracle Worker' is just such an incredibly powerful play on stage, and is so kinetic, and athletic.
