Quotes About Athlete

You can't put a price on what Mark McGwire brings to the Cardinals organization. The responsibility he accepts is as great as any number of home runs.

I'm continuing to prepare very well because I have my responsibility and my (pride) as a man and an athlete.

I pride myself on definitely being more than a dunker.

I played cricket at primary school but hardly at all at high school. I was more of a footballer.

Bobby Orr, I thought he was the greatest player of all time because he was so far ahead of the competition in his prime.

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

Some of the occurrences leading up to and immediately following the Berlin World Championships have infringed not only my rights as an athlete but also my fundamental and human rights, including my rights to dignity and privacy.

To be an Olympic athlete is an honour, a privilege. They're so respected. This is my dream. I have to do this.

My long-range mission is to be the first athlete to win the Nobel Prize.

Never gave pro lacrosse a thought.

Since I was like eight, I always wanted to be playing pro tennis.

Playing pro baseball has definitely been a goal of mine.

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

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

I would say, at least once a week, I get approached by a pro athlete or a celebrity or someone who wants some work done.

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

I would not change my career to be a pro athlete. A team could trade me and my band cannot!

Tennis is such a physically demanding sport, and it can be so rough on the body at the pro level.

Every time I tour, I find a pro - I go to the local tennis center in that country, wherever it is and I play.

I have decided, and am truly excited to announce, that I will be turning pro. I believe that, in the long run, this is the best way for me continue to develop as an athlete.

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

If I play a round of golf with a pro, it's with Bubba Watson.

My second pro fight, I fought on the Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins undercard.

I'm not a politician, I'm a pro golfer.