Ryan Hall Quotes

I think, bottom line, I have to be good enough to make the team. I have to bring something in and beat somebody else out, especially with a smaller roster for the Olympics.

I can't believe that I'm on the Olympic team.

Well, first I have to make the team, of course.

People may remember something I did on the field for a couple of days, maybe a week.

My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.

My parents were athletes; they met at a track meet: they were runners.

We all understand it's a privilege just to be playing in this league.

What's wrong with being a two-sport athlete? You've got Deion Sanders. You've got Bo Jackson. You've got Michael Jordan; he wasn't a very good baseball player. There's nothing wrong with crossing over.

If you see Michael Johnson running a race, and he beats someone by three strides, that's really dominating, but it's beautiful.

I remember running at school sports day, and I would win everything, but I wasn't a super athlete or a superstar at high school.

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

I had a little bit of expectations just to be not terrible, because you can't be named so similar to a sport and not be at least adequate at that sport. I don't think there's been expectations to be really good, because my parents never put that kind of pressure on me, but I had to be at least decent.

When I came into the gym, I wasn't just some guy. I was a two-time Olympian.

I can't name a backup point guard better than me in the NBA.

I wondered if teams were going to find a place for me, but the Bears said linebacker right away. I tried outside linebacker first and I was terrible. Then inside seemed to fit me.

There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely put my name in the mix as one of the best.

I'm lanky and I've always been lanky, but I was a really good athlete. Everything I've ever done in sports, I've done at a high level. I had a passion for what I was doing, and I had to be the best at everything.

Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.

I pick good big men as teammates, don't I?

There was an interview that I actually listened to with John Cena where he says that he is an elite-level athlete - he is elite, and he needs to make people elite whenever he goes up against them - but I was like, gosh, as much as I hate to give him credit where credit is due, it is exactly right.

If I am at 100 percent fitness, I do not fear any competition for places in the first 11.

I had a chance to play against the USA teams when I was a player. I wasn't on any USA team but scrimmaging against them and playing against them was a highlight.

I have always dreamt of going to an Olympics and watching these incredible athletes and being motivated and inspired to want to be successful in my own sport.

A player who isn't playing football isn't ready for the international team.

Spectacular plays just happen. That's just part of the game.