Giancarlo Stanton Quotes

Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.

I've always dreamed of being a professional athlete.

I knew I was going to be a sportsman.

In my youth I thought I was going to be a professional rugby player.

My parents wanted me to become a national athlete.

Every player dreams of a big league.

The N.B.A. is not an easy job. As you get older, you play this game for 82 games a year, and you play 11 or 12 years, your body tends to break down.

When I was about 18, I started to think that I could have a long sporting career.

Your body's really only meant to compete at the highest levels of combat sports for a few years.

My mum and dad are both sportspeople and know what's it all about. They know it's hard work, but they also know what it takes to become a professional athlete. I don't think - without their help, I wouldn't have got this far.

When you get off five or six months, and you're not competing as an athlete, you want to get back out on the field.

My body is for my tennis - it's for my sport. I'm not a model at all. I don't work out to go to the beach: I work out to play well and to do well on the court.

Believe it or not, my goal was always to play in the NFL.

Would I still be playing at the top level at the age of 37 years if I had any weaknesses?

I want to play until I'm 38.

Since a very young age, I've dreamt of being a professional soccer player, and from a psychological and mental aspect, I've tried to prepare myself to be a good player.

My first goal was to become a professional footballer.

I was always into sports, and as a sportsperson, you need to be fit to survive and play from start to finish.

I always wanted to be a pro athlete. When I was younger I wanted to be the first person to be a pro at three different sports, but then realized how impossible that is. At 15 I stopped playing other sports and focused on tennis.

I want to play football at a high level.

I wanted to be a soccer player.

Whether it's in the weight room or extra stretching, you never know when you're going to need that little extra oomph.

I had dreams of being a professional rugby player.

My dream is to play football as long as I can and that's what I want to do.

When you look at athletes, they have fundamentals.