Training Camp Quotes:

We had training camp for a week, and we used the actual military drills of that period. We didn't have to work out much after hours, because going up and down hills all day was a good workout in itself.

- Tom Berenger

topic: Workout, Military, Work Out, Drills, After Hours

I hope one day I can come into a training camp and not say someone is out for the season.

- Nate McMillan

topic: Training, One Day, Camps, Training Camp

And the fact of the matter is there were thousands of people that went through those training camps in Afghanistan. We know they are seeking deadlier weapons - chemical, biological and nuclear weapons if they can get it.

- Dick Cheney

source: "Meet the Press", www.nbcnews.com. September 14, 2003.

topic: People, Training, Nuclear, Training Camp

I got that nickname my first spring training camp with the Expos in 1974. Tim Foli, Ken Singleton and Mike Jorgensen started calling me 'Kid' because I was trying to win every sprint. I was trying to hit every pitch out of the park.

- Gary Carter

topic: Spring, Kids, Winning, Spring Training, Sprint

I go to practice each and every day, but my intensity is not the same. If I get tired, I'll go sit down. If I want some water, I'll go drink it. When I'm in training camp, I don't. I've got to push through being tired. I've got to push through being uncomfortable. That's really it. It's largely a mentality. You kind of flip that switch and turn your intensity up. Your heart rate goes up. Your reps go up. And you start to get in the frame of mind.

- Chael Sonnen

source: Source: bleacherreport.com

topic: Frame Of Mind, Training Camp, Heart Rate

I go to practice every day. I really don't have a training camp. In the boxing world, and that's where that came from, almost every time a guy would get out of the ring and he wouldn't break a sweat again until he went to his next training camp. He would do absolutely nothing until he started training for the next fight.

- Chael Sonnen

source: Source: bleacherreport.com

topic: Training Camp

I painted my toenails before Dennis Rodman. One time at training camp, I stubbed my toe and the nail came loose. My mom gave me some toenail hardener, and I painted over it. I scored 40-something points that night, so it became a ritual. Paint my toenails, score 40 points.

- Shaquille O'Neal

topic: Basketball, Mom, Night, Toenails, Training Camp

I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as a coach's son and I was a baseball player back in Arkansas, and I lived in Texas, too, so I was just surrounded by sports. So that's what I was going to do: Pitch for the St Louis Cardinals. I had no idea I was going to be an actor. So I got my collar bone broken in the Kansas City Royals training camp. And once I got hurt I started doing other things for a while.

- Billy Bob Thornton

source: Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. October 7, 2004.

topic: Basketball, Sports, Baseball, Got Hurt, Training Camp

While Leo fussed over his helm controls, Hazel and Frank relayed the story of the fish-centaurs and their training camp. 'Incredible,' Jason said. 'These are really good brownies.' 'That's your only comment?' Piper demanded. He looked surprised. 'What? I heard the story. Fish-centaurs. Merpeople. Letter of intro to the Tiber River god. Got it. But these brownies--' 'I know,' Frank said, his mouth full. 'Try them with Ester's peach preserves.' 'That,' Hazel said, 'is incredibly disgusting.' 'Pass me the jar, man,' Jason said. Hazel and Piper exchanged a look of total exasperation. Boys.

- Rick Riordan

topic: Boys, Men, Rivers, Mark Of Athena, Centaurs

This year I spent two months in Australia, and I did all the training camps in London. It was a really hard winter because I want to give the best performance of my career at the Olympic Games! That is the only title I'm missing and I will do my best to take it!

- Peter Kauzer

topic: Athlete, Winter, Years, Best Performance, Training Camp

My attitude going into training camp as a rookie was to impress. I wanted to impress my teammates, my coaches, the owners, everybody. I wanted them to say, ?This kid is special. This kid has the right mind, the right skills, the right motivation?.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Motivation, Attitude, Kids, Training Camp

We also know that Iraq is harboring a terrorist network headed by a senior al Qaeda terrorist planner. This network runs a poison and explosive training camp in northeast Iraq, and many of its leaders are known to be in Baghdad.

- George W. Bush

source: "Bush: 'All the world can rise to this moment'". www.cnn.com. February 6, 2003.

topic: Senior, Running, War, Training Camp

I play chess about four hours a day in training camp. You have to decide what move to use, or what combination of moves. I think less when I box because the reaction time is a lot quicker, but some people call me the chess boxer because they say I think too much in the ring. I take my time and they don't see the action they want. Some boxers just go in there and just throw punches and hope to win...

- Lennox Lewis

topic: Sports, Moving, Winning, Training Camp

I like fighting at the higher weight. That extra seven pounds helps because of energy, strength and I can focus more throughout the training camp, without having to put extra time into making weight.

- Lamont Peterson

source: Source: www.boxinginsider.com

topic: Fighting, Extra Time, Focus, Training Camp, Seven Pounds

We all laughed. It was more like that whole thing that I was talking about earlier. You go to training camp and after the season is over, you might not see the guys for six months until you go back to training camp.

- Bubba Smith

topic: Sports, Talking, Guy, Training Camp, Bubba

I came to my first Colts training camp in July of 1950, and it was murder, absolute murder. We had a coach named Clem Crow who must have been nuts. You got to remember that I'd been a Marine, had gone through basic training and spent 26 months in the Pacific during WWII, but the Marine drill instructors had nothing on Clem.

- Art Donovan

topic: Marine, July, Nuts, Colts, Wwii

I went to Afghanistan in '96 to write about terrorist training camps south of Jalalabad and Tora Bora, in the mountains. I was there right before the Taliban took over, literally a few weeks before they took Kabul. The frontline wasn't terribly active, but it was definitely there. And they swept into power.

- Sebastian Junger

topic: Writing, Training, Mountain, Frontline, Kabul

You win the fight in the training camp, not on the day of the fight.

- Royce Gracie

topic: Fighting, Winning, Training, Training Camp

American airstrikes have targeted ISIS in Libya before. Just last fall, another ISIS leader was killed. And I'm told there are several more training camps and we'll likely see more strikes in the coming weeks and months. So the U.S. is watching all this carefully and will strike what they call targets of opportunity whenever they can.

- Tom Bowman

topic: Fall, Opportunity, Isis, Training Camp

I don't really watch that much TV. I have training camp to worry about.

- Raylee Johnson

topic: Worry, Training, Watches, Training Camp

It's really hard. And it's harder today because of the salary cap. It starts in September at training camp - getting every guy on the same page, being as mentally and physically as focused as you can be. Then in April and May, you basically spend eight weeks practising, watching video and playing games. That's your life.

- Wayne Gretzky

source: "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

topic: Playing Games, Eight, Guy, Salary Caps, Training Camp

When you start training camp, you're building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience.

- Kobe Bryant

topic: Winning, Training, Tools, Training Camp

[Ruslan] Provodnikov has a totally different style than Manny Pacquiao and that's what training camp is all about and that's why I stay in shape year round, so I can work on strategy in camp instead of getting in shape.

- Chris Algieri

source: Source: www.boxinginsider.com

topic: Years, Style, Training, Pacquiao, Getting In Shape

I drink mate every day during training camp, and just in general. It's packed full of vitamins and nutrients and a lot of B vitamins that you would normally get from meat. The caffeine in there affects me less and it's more like a stimulant. I can drink more of it and it's hydrating as well. It's one of my favorite drinks, especially on a cold morning.

- Chris Algieri

topic: Morning, Training, Meat, Cold Morning, Training Camp

Fourteen weeks before the Mendes fight I tore 80 per cent of my ACL [anterior cruciate ligament]. That is the main ligament for stability. Every day in that training camp when I was working my way back, I was saying "real champions fight through any adversity". That is why I am a real champion and he is not. Look at my eye [he had seven stitches put in an old wound after an injury in training the night before we met]. Fighters fight on. Aldo got scared, he went running and I worry he will run again.

- Conor McGregor

source: Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

topic: Running, Real, Eye, Real Champions, Old Wounds

A player cannot be part of the training camp experience as a rookie unless he is signed to a contract.

- Leigh Steinberg

source: Source: bleacherreport.com

topic: Training Camp

You don't realize how long that NFL season is. It's a long season, especially in your first year. Not only do you spend a lot of time preparing for the draft and working out, but they you have OTAs, minicamps, training camp, preseason games. By the time you get to week six you've already had one of the longest years of your football life and you still have 11 weeks to go, plus the playoffs.

- Giovani Bernard

source: Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com.

topic: Football, Games, Nfl, Training Camp

I've only been on one vacation ever. I just went to Acapulco before training camp.

- Terrell Owens

topic: Vacation, Training, Acapulco, Training Camp

I called my training camp Fighter's Heaven

- Muhammad Ali

source: Twitter post from Jul 10, 2012

topic: Heaven, Training, Fighter, Training Camp

Indeed, there are Islamic terrorist training camps in America

- Allen West

topic: Islamic, America, Training, Training Camp

This was an extremely difficult decision as I take great pride in representing our country. I know that I owe it to my USA Basketball teammates to be totally invested in the experience. After going through training camp with USAB, I realized I could not fulfill my responsibilities to the team from both a time and energy standpoint. I need to take a step back and take some time away, both mentally and physically in order to prepare for the upcoming NBA season. I will be rooting for USAB and look forward to future opportunities with them.

- Kevin Durant

topic: Basketball, Country, Team, Difficult Decisions, Training Camp

I feel good because it's my first finish in UFC. Training camp was long and hard and I prepared for a long fight but I have no complaints. I'm going to stay in this cycle and be this healthy in every camp. I feel great with this nutrition and the way my body has reacted to it. I'm firing on all cylinders. I've been talking about this move down for a long time and when you do it the right way you don't feel any effects. I don't want to make this harder than it needs to be. I've got great coaches and I know I haven't peaked yet. I’m going to keep getting better and I’m taking on all comers.

- Daniel Cormier

topic: Moving, Fighting, Ufc, Cylinders, Training Camp

I'm not the type who spends his free time in training camp playing with his Playstation or playing cards on trips. The other players thought it was odd: There he is, reading again.

- Oliver Kahn

source: "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.

topic: Reading, Player, Training, Playstation, Playing Cards