Robert Parish Quotes

I told myself coming into the league that if I could play for six or seven years, that would have been a great career.

It's a great opportunity to get picked top 10 in the draft. It's just a dream that I've always had.

I just want to be as successful as I can in football.

I've lived most people's dream by playing football.

When you're a kid growing up, you say you want to make it to the Major Leagues, and when you reach that dream, that's what it's all about.

Growing up, I always dreamed of winning a major championship.

To play 18 years as a pro and have a great college career, it's awesome.

I want to be a big player one day, and to be that, you have to win titles.

I can say Rookie of the Year is what I want to do.

I want to be a starter in this league.

I wanted to be the Number 1 overall pick.

I knew I wanted to be a professional triathlete, but I didn't know it was possible until I won the junior champs. My dad said I should give Cambridge a go to see if I could do both, but it was only ever a trial.

In high school and college, I'd set a bunch of goals for myself. I wanted to be the lead effects supervisor on one of these really big, innovative visual effects productions, something on the scale of a 'Star Wars' movie. And I wanted to work on a project that wins the Academy Award for best visual effects.

I always said to my friends that I would play for Chelsea one day.

I've had dreams - there were three things I wanted to do during my career. I did them during my first year of Grand Prix.

I'm just trying to do big things with my career all the time.

I grew up saying, 'I want to be famous,' but that was just the words that you used. As I got older, I understood that what I really meant was, 'I want to be successful.'

No. 1 is big for me because I've been dreaming about it all my life.

I never thought that I'd be playing in the biggest league in the world.

When I was 18, I never expected to be what I was - you hope to make your debut, to play for the national team, and I want to achieve something similar off the pitch to what I did on the pitch.

I dreamed of becoming a world champion, I dreamed of becoming France's champion.

I know where I wanna end up. I'm ready to go, and I'm ready to learn. I'm ready to build, and I'm ready to establish my longevity.

I would have never thought that I'd be an All-Star in this league, so to finally have my name called, it's really cool.

Two-time world champion - that's my goal.

I just remember saying to myself, 'I want to be a super jock.' I don't want to be just some radio personality in some town somewhere doing the time and temperature and the latest song.