Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Reese Hoffa.
Last updated on April 17, 2025.
Michael Reese Hoffa is an American shot putter. Reese won the shot put in the 2006 World Indoor Track and Field Championships and in the 2007 World Outdoor Championships. He also won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. His personal bests stand at 22.11 m indoor and 22.43 m outdoor. In 2012, he threw over 21 meters in competition for the 100th time, putting him in rarefied air in the throwing community. Hoffa was adopted at the age of four.
When you're growing up, you want to feel part of something.
All I wanted to do was please my adopted family.
At first I could not believe what I was reading. I got up from my seat and walked away, talking to myself that I may have found my mom.
It takes a strong character for a person to say, 'I can't do it.
When you have lost people like I lost my birth mom at a young age and you remember the whole process of losing her, you want to grab on to something that makes you whole.
I really believe in the last name Hoffa being something powerful. You want to live your life to bring honor to that name.