Quotes About Athletics

It was a dream come true to be drafted by a pro team and have the opportunity to play.

I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop.

I wanted to be a pro athlete. I knew that.

One of the reasons I never went into pro football was because I wanted my kids to grow up around an academic environment. And that's exactly what we did.

Pro wrestling is entertainment, but people get hurt all of the time.

Anything can happen in pro wrestling.

When I started doing pro wrestling, it wasn't the physical aspect doing the moves or taking the moves that was hard: it was interacting with the crowd, body movement, selling, getting that emotional attachment with people so they're invested in a match. That was the hard part.

I like to hit hard, I like to be hit hard, and I like really competitive matches. That's my take on pro wrestling.

I played a little pro football, didn't make much money.

When you get to go out and perform on a great pro wrestling show, it's awesome. It's hard not to enjoy it.

To be quite honest, and anybody will tell you, growing up I was going to be a pro athlete. I didn't have any option. That was my way out.

It means a lot to be Pro Bowl. There's a lot of people who vote and they watch football a lot.

Yes, pro wrestling is damaging on your body. It hurts.

Always that's a goal with everybody who plays a pro sport is to get stronger and faster and work on things that you lack.

You stay sharp. You go back into the gym. You work, put that work in, get that conditioning up, you lift. You pretty much know as a pro athlete what you need to do to get yourself back. But none of that, for me, means as much as playing.

I've spent my entire adulthood in pro football.

I always wanted to be a pro athlete. When I was younger I wanted to be the first person to be a pro at three different sports, but then realized how impossible that is. At 15 I stopped playing other sports and focused on tennis.

The pro game is about confidence.

At Rizin, you can actually be a pro fighter. You can step it up. You can blast, you know. You'll be alright.

A pro football player is lucky. He has a chance to meet a lot of people and make some potential business connections.

It's been a dream of mine to play in the States ever since college. Being able to play pro here is amazing.

The more I can get into my brain the more I can produce on the field.

I'm not out there to be blocking shots or fighting guys. I'm out there to produce offensively.

I live more than anything else to produce the Games.