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Rest is obviously a key in the offseason. -- Jamie Moyer
Physical therapy is part of my offseason routine. That has helped me greatly. -- Jamie Moyer
How much has spending most of the offseason in prison affected Jamal Lewis' poor start?. -- Cris Collinsworth
Most of the players in the league use marijuana, and I have and do partake in smoking weed in the offseason sometimes. -- Josh Howard
Playing professional sports, it's important to eat healthy and take care of your body. In the offseason, rest is really important to me. -- Troy Polamalu
During the offseason, I go to the movies almost every day. You hear about women buying shoes? I buy DVDs. I definitely have a problem. -- Derek Jeter
I can have fun anywhere, as long as I'm with good people. But in the offseason, I like to go somewhere warm, a nice spot in the Caribbean. -- Derek Jeter
I thought long and hard about my future this past year and during the offseason, and I've decided 2015 will be the last time I compete for a championship. -- Jeff Gordon
No, one of the great things about my three-year deal is that it's year-round. They've offered me an opportunity to cover a lot of things in the offseason, too. -- Lisa Guerrero
I always took my workouts serious because I have a football background. I came from football, so when I got to baseball, I continued my football workouts in the offseason. -- Frank Thomas
I feel good, and the way I determine it is through my workout. I work so hard in the offseason that if I'm able to do everything I have to, I figure I must be healthy. -- Nomar Garciaparra
Every year I try to keep in excellent shape and improve some part of my game. I play in the offseason overseas to keep my game tuned up and hopefully improve a little in some area. -- Sue Wicks
I've been surfing for a couple years, in the offseason in California and in Hawaii. I'm not very good, but it's just something that to be out there in the water, no cell phone, no music... very few sports are as pure as that. -- Troy Polamalu
What you do during the offseason is, first, build a base. That takes about three weeks, and then you try to get as strong as you can before you go to spring training. Once you get there, you taper down and it's just a maintenance program for the next six or seven months. -- Josh Beckett
In the offseason, why can't it be a little lighter? It's not life or death. I try to have a little fun, but all of my comments are true. I don't lie. If they get mad at me for saying something that isn't true, then tap me on my shoulder and say, 'That isn't true.' -- Steve Spurrier
I have used, you know, marijuana ... since I've been in the league....But as far as abusing it and, you know, letting it take control over me, I don't do that, no....hopefully ... I won't get into any trouble by the NFL by saying that, you know. I have had fun throughout my years and, you know, predominantly in the offseason. -- Randy Moss
When it's time to focus in and play ball during the season, 100% of my focus is on that. When it's the offseason and I've got time to be away and I can do other interests - they don't conflict. I'm good at compartmentalizing. I can put everything in its appropriate box at the time and open it up when I need to at a later time. -- Larry Fitzgerald
The thing you realize as you get older and you play, that you don't really understand when you're a backup the first few offseasons, how important that mental rest is. It's a grind physically during the season, dealing with the hits and the physical pain that goes with playing in this game. But mentally it's probably more taxing, so you need that ability to find that escape. -- Aaron Rodgers
Basically, I really like to train. That's what keeps me busy during the offseason - just training and getting my body right and getting ready for the next year. -- Wes Welker
I go out and put in a load during the offseason so I know what I'm going to be able to do, as long as I stay healthy, when it comes time for the season. -- Adrian Peterson
Larry Fitzgerald is one of the hardest-working guys I've ever seen. We spent some time training in Minnesota last offseason, and to see what he does to get better, he has to be the best. -- Kerry Rhodes

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