Also, I’d like to play an athlete again, while I’m still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I play the trumpet and sing. I’d like to incorporate that into a character.
I do feel like since I am a third-generation wrestler, I do have to hold myself – and there are a lot of people that expect certain things out of me – I’m an athlete, and I’m a top athlete.
I think being a rock star is a little bit different than being an athlete or even a movie star.
There are perks to being the partner of a professional athlete – we were invited into beautiful homes, enjoyed stunning sponsor cars, got special treatment at restaurants, and attended many exquisite functions.
An athlete may not know what they’re putting in their body.
Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke.
My stats don’t even need to be said, but I’ll say them anyway. I’m a 14-time champion. I’m a two-time Slammy award winner. I’ve done movies. I host my own show. How much more do you want in an athlete, in a star, than The Miz?
It’s hard to understand the athlete’s lifestyle. You literally eat, sleep, train. You go to training camps in the winter where there is no Internet, you can’t make phone calls.
It takes about eight years to develop as an Olympic athlete, very few athletes actually who go there win medal in their first Games.
In wrestling, you’ve got to be an athlete. You can’t just be a body builder; you can’t just be this big strong guy who picks people up and throws them around. For longevity in the business, you got to keep your body fit and together.
You know Rockhold is a very good athlete and great fighter. He is a champion in Strikeforce, in UFC.
Life’s short, you know? Especially as an athlete. Your career is very short, and you use the opportunities that you have because you’re not going to have them again.
I was really active athletically, definitely. I was a hurdler, a sprinter. I played basketball for years. I was a serious athlete.
It’s 2018, and being an openly gay man and an athlete, that is part of the face of America now.
There’s far more that goes into being a professional athlete than being a college athlete. So many differences that people don’t realize. It’s not just about playing football and getting paid to do it. There’s a lot of things that you have to deal with.
I think I’m a born athlete. My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.
There was an interview that I actually listened to with John Cena where he says that he is an elite-level athlete – he is elite, and he needs to make people elite whenever he goes up against them – but I was like, gosh, as much as I hate to give him credit where credit is due, it is exactly right.
I’m proud of my body, I’m proud of my sport, I’m proud of being a female athlete.
Truthfully, this is how I approach my workout: I want to be the best athlete I can possibly be. If I can out-perform some of the better athletes then I’m happy. When I look at the NFL or the NBA, these guys look how I want to look – it’s useable, functional muscle.
Behind every great athlete is a masterful coach that inspires the athlete to evolve into the strongest performer they can become.
As a competitor and an athlete, you love that you get to go back and challenge someone, especially the world champs.
One of the most important aspects of an athlete’s financial life is that he needs to be personally responsible for his own finances.
My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I’m playing a character who’s concerned about his body – an athlete, say – I’ll get in shape. If I’m playing a character who doesn’t or wouldn’t, I don’t. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.
I was always a thin kid; I was an athlete.
Once upon a time, it was hard to decipher what was more difficult to stomach: the foolish, detrimental behavior of a professional athlete or the apologists disguised as their inner circle, eager to excuse the inexcusable. And then there came Allen Iverson, who didn’t make it difficult at all.
With every passing week, I get an opportunity to improve my acting because I get to do it day in, day out. So a lot of times, I compare it to being a professional athlete.
