Marquise Goodwin Quotes

As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.

I would love to be a professional athlete. When I was living in Mexico as a teenager, I did seven years of gymnastics and went to the Junior Olympics. I was getting to the level of going to the international competitions, but I was only 14, and my parents were really worried because they did not want that to be my life.

First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.

I've always dreamed of being a professional athlete.

I thought I was going to be a footballer or a boxer or something like that - I was into sports.

As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.

I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.

I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.

I always wanted to be a professional athlete, it just took me a while to realise it would be in racing. I played field hockey competitively for Ontario since I was 13, 14. Then I tried for the national side and made it. But it was so competitive. The girls were just so big and strong. I was getting crushed.

I still feel that in India we look upon sports as a recreational activity - which it is - but people have to understand that there is a career in sports. It's not just necessary to be a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer, as most of us Indians appear to think that our children should grow up to be.

I played professional tennis for about six years and I played football and handball in school as well.

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

I worked my whole life and dreamed my whole life of being a professional athlete.

You can be one inch from the national team and the opportunity to make so much money and a life out of it. That's why people hang on so long.

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.

You've gotta realize this - you could be working at Burger King or working for the biggest wrestling company in the world.

I had the freedom to choose my career. I had the opportunity to choose a career in sports. It's what I'm most passionate about. It's what I love.

I am going to be a professional soccer player.

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

I was a professional cricketer for 16 years.

Hopefully I can play until I'm 40.

Before I was a manager, I was a player for 11 years.

My mom actively did not want me to play professionally.

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.