Jamie Moyer Quotes

Every player dreams of a big league.

I came into the league in '94.

I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

A little-known secret is that being a pro athlete is not that great. It's a pretty short lifespan. I know all these parents are out there driving their children to be professionals, but so many pros will tell you, 'No, you don't want to do this.'

It's either join the workforce or become a professional athlete, and I'd rather be a pro athlete.

I had little or no expectations coming in. I was thrilled when I was drafted in the first round because that meant I was going to be given a full year's chance to make the team.

I wanted to be a pro athlete. I knew that.

When I was a little boy, my dream was to play in Spanish football, which I've done, and then it was the Premier League, so it's all worked out OK.

That's a special time, to get drafted.

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

I wanted to be in the NBA. I wanted to be in the NFL.

My first goal was to become a professional footballer.

I'm living my dream. I'm in the NFL.

I grew up desperate to be a professional footballer and I was willing to do anything to be one.

I went to play in the NFL.

To be quite honest, and anybody will tell you, growing up I was going to be a pro athlete. I didn't have any option. That was my way out.

It's every kid's dream to be drafted No. 1.

I was living my dream as a WNBA player.

Some people are born and train their whole life to be an NBA player. But some people, if it doesn't work out, then they have no other option.

I'm a footballer; I want a football club.

It's one thing to play football in this league and make a living, but it's a totally different thing to come to a place with a rich tradition like the Bears.

When I was a youngster, my dream was to play in the first team. I was constantly thinking, 'Will I make a career in football? Am I going to have to go out and get a job?'

I remember dreaming about playing professional basketball as a kid in the gyms of Tbilisi, and now, after a journey across continents that began when I was a teenager, I am coming home with the championship trophy.

There's so much that goes into being a pro athlete that people have no idea about.