Mario Gotze Quotes

Being a Jordan athlete has been outstanding for me.

I was the first athlete, from a training standpoint, with Adidas to have their own signature shoe.

I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.

A big endorsement deal would be awesome.

Growing up, you'd see Michael Jordan on everything from Gatorade to shoes - everything. Obviously, that's something pretty cool for an athlete to aspire to.

I've been a Nike athlete since day one.

I always imagined how cool it would be to be the face of a Gap campaign!

Once you turn pro and you're making the big money and kids are buying your sneakers and your skates and your gloves and so on, you are a member of that role model club.

Once you're put out there in the public eye, people feel a certain ownership over you.

To be able to represent Nike as a brand is one thing, but to also represent the great players that came before me means a lot.

I'm an NBA player with no shoe deal. No endorsement deal. And I play in New York!

I am extremely happy to be able to say I am with Reebok for the rest of my career.

I don't really care if I'm the face or the image of MLS or not.

A tournament pays me to show up because the fans want to see me and I move the needle at the box office? That's amazing. It's good for tennis, good for me and good for the event. If a sponsor wants to pay to put their company name on my shirt because they think I'm a strong ambassador for their brand? Heck yes.

I'm honored and I think the relationship with Ralph Lauren brand has been so long because it goes beyond the face or the guy. I don't feel that I'm a model at all, because I'm not. I'm a professional polo player that endorses a clothing company.

In terms of my work with Nike, obviously signing Michael Jordan to a $500,000 contract in 1984 set a new precedent for the business side of the game.

Everybody dreams about getting to the NBA and everybody dreams about having their own shoe. But when you're the face of a brand, you've got to kind of back off and let it all soak in a little bit.

No matter what happens, I'm still Perez Hilton. I'm bigger than any one app or any one thing.

There've been a lot of TV programs on me in Russia.

I want to hear LeBron James's Uber stories.

When I'm traveling out of the country, a lot of guys give me a high five, and then they're like, 'I love your work!'

Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.

What advertising dum-dum signed up Ilie Nastase to sell a resort?! Who'd want to go where he's at?

I can't imagine anybody who has spoken to more, or presented more non-famous people on television in the history of the world.

Whether I'm in London, Sydney or Hong Kong, it makes no difference. There is always someone who knows me. I must be one of the most unloneliest people in the world!