Quotes About Professionalism

You cannot talk to a player who has a contract. It's not in my code.

If I didn't play the way how I played, I wouldn't have gotten no max contract.

I play the same, contract or no contract, because trade-talk is part of basketball.

Ask anybody who has ever sent over a contract over to my team and they'll tell you that we get back to people with a response very quickly.

If you can't honor your contract, that's the type of company I don't really want to be associated with.

I am a professional, I believe in work ethics, I believe in contracts.

The grade contracts of a Test player should be the highest.

With central contracts, you are very well looked after by the board. You do not have to be bothered about anything else. Just put in the hard work and do well for the country.

Sometimes as a player you do not want to get into a controversy.

My pride is the length of time I have worked in the industry without any major controversy.

I speak to my players when I deem it necessary, but they are private conversations.

I speak to lots of coaches, but those are private conversations.

I enjoyed my time working with Mae Young; she was one of the coolest, most respected people that I ever met in the industry.

I'm not gangly; I'm very coordinated. I do have a bit of a baby face. But I guess that just means I'll be working longer.

When you sign a contract with a club like Barca, that's what you have to cope with. You have to show your face when you've lost games. I knew that when I came into the job.

Playing a cop goes a long way. I have a lot of friends who are working as actors, and as soon as I started playing military characters or cops, and not the actual criminal that we're chasing on this show, they all said, 'You actually can have a career now.'

Most kickers and punters and snappers are pretty cordial with each other throughout the year.

I have worked with Chuck Grassley off and on through the years, and always had what I considered and what I think he'd consider a cordial working relationship.

I'm not best friends with Giannis, and I'm not best friends with LeBron. I know them both, and I'm cordial with both.

At work, you want to stand out but not in extra-funky ways. At the core, it's about dressing for girls - who are most of my fans - and you want to dress up for them. You just want to feel like you're on top of your game.

I made All-Pro in my position as a corner.

It's a beautiful thing when you come to fight week and you know that you haven't cut any corners.

Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.

In the UFC, at first we were like a family, but then it turned corporate. In Bellator, we're family.