Quotes About Transition

If you leave government life for greener private sector pastures, why on earth do you still need to peep into the nether reaches of national secrets unless you're either addicted to preserving that special power or you plan on making sweet cash off your top secret stash?

The Corps is in good hands, and it's been a privilege to serve with the Leathernecks. Now it's time to go.

It's one of those things where eventually in your career, it kind of switches from being the young up-and-comer to someone who has had results and the other person is trying to raise their level to play. I think it's a privilege.

I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.

When I went to Burnley I'd only been a pro for 14 months. I wasn't even entirely sure where it was! I always lived at home with my mum and dad and it's a long way from Bournemouth.

When you go to college the first couple years, and you kind of get beat around, you kind of think about, 'Maybe if I went to pro ball, it would be a little bit better.' Now that I look back on it, I made the right choice.

I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.

I feel like a pro now. Before I fought Holmes, I felt like a rookie.

I was in the big leagues my first year in pro ball - pretty fast. I really don't think I had an understanding of what it meant to be a pitcher at that level at that point.

After my debut as a pro for Groningen, I was at Eindhoven for two years.

One thing is a pro is supposed to make certain plays, while a college player is learning to make plays.

I feel like I started with wrestling, and a love of pro wrestling, that lead me to MMA and the UFC. And now it's come full circle back to pro wrestling.

I actually tried quite a few racquets in college before I turned pro.

I started playing pro in Argentina. Then I went to second division in Italy. Then after a lot of work, I made it to first division. And at 25, I got here in the NBA.

Once I turned pro, I was like okay, this is not fun and games now.

I wanted to end my career as a pro coach and if possible, in Florida.

Only having a short dose of an NBA career, my entry into pro basketball started in 2003 and ended up being an entry way onto the world of business.

Before coming into college, I definitely wasn't ready to go pro. I didn't have those results that all the other players had. I didn't have the confidence in my game or myself, or things like that.

Pro wrestling is pro wrestling and it's one of those industries where things change on a dime. I'm coming up on 19 years in a business with various companies and often one day you're there and the next day you're gone.

There is a pressure in this country that comes from being a boxer with an Olympic medal and then turning pro.

It is a difficult decision, either to turn pro or stay amateur.

After college I was like, Oh, I want to play pro,' but I didn't know exactly what that meant.

I didn't know if pro ball was in the plans for me. I didn't know it was going to happen right away.

Circumstances change and you have to be proactive about changing with those circumstances.