Eliza Dushku Quotes

Joe Louis was one of my first heroes.

Bernard Hopkins is one of my idols.

Few fighters reach Mike Tyson's level, of course.

I grew up a Michael Jordan fan; that was my first idol. But my true sports idol was Deion Sanders: he was the person I always wanted to be. I wanted to play two sports professionally, which would never happen, but to me, that was every kid's dream.

I think meeting someone like, meeting Sam Shepard, that was someone who was kind of important for me, because I'd read so much of his work and watched him as an actor since I was a kid, then being on set doing a scene with him and thinking, 'This is really surreal.'

When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis.

'Iron' Mike Tyson is the last boxer who was truly embraced by the media. They followed him around. You didn't know what he was going to do next: bite you, cut you, fight you. When you think about it, that defines him - it was an exciting adventure.

Muhammad Ali is a legend, a hero of mine.

And I love Evander Holyfield to death!

I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.

I used to watch Monte Irvin play when I was a kid. I idolized him. I used to wait in front of the ballpark just for him to pass by so I could see him.

I remember when I was that girl crying because I was so excited to finally meet Lita. To have girls crying over me is surreal.

Glenn McGrath's my hero, so I did a lot of reading on him when I was growing up.

My idol was Julio Cesar Chavez, and I said I would be in his position.

I grew up - obviously I'm from Philly, where Kobe is from, so we grew up idolizing Kobe. He meant everything to us.

The days of the heavyweight champion as civil rights leader are long gone. You think you'd see Ali rolling around on the floor of an ESPN Zone? I don't think so.

There are a lot of players that I wanted to play with, but I always wanted to play with Ronaldinho. He's been always my idol, I am a fan of his.

I still think about the first time I met Lennox Lewis, and he took the time out to talk to me, and he showed me different techniques. I'll never forget. Lennox was one of those guys that set the standard. He's a hard act to follow. But I love a challenge.

Jack Johnson was the first black heavyweight champion, so I took part of his name. I admired Rocky Marciano, so I took part of his name.

Growing up, David Seaman was a massive role model for me. Peter Schmeichel and him were the ones I looked up to.

I wanted to be Ronaldinho. I studied him a lot. He was my hero.

Growing up, John Terry was my obvious idol. I based my whole game on him.

I actually gave Mike Tyson his 'Iron Mike' nickname.

In my early years, I wanted to be like Paul Gascoigne.

Back then, Lisa Lisa was somebody that I liked. She was Puerto Rican, and I related to her somewhat. I was a little bit of a fan.