Brock Lesnar Quotes

So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.

I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school.

I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot of the talent we have has been stunted.

I had more offers in football than baseball.

I went to a lot of college camps when I was younger... You just admire those players because they're at a higher level than you at that time.

I was very close to playing at an Ivy League School. The Division I schools, when a coach would come visit all he would talk about was my size.

It's frustrating in the sense that I still think I could be competing at some sport at a fairly high level, which nobody cares about. Nobody wants to hear me say that.

The caliber of play in professional football compared to college is better and everybody knows it. They don't realize how much better. What a giant leap forward in the ability of talent level, the speed, and even the grasp of what you are trying to do. There is no other distractions before the players.

I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler.

The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.

It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.

I played football, honestly, to get a scholarship.

Basketball was always my sport. It just took me until my second year of college for me to realize that I was a better baseball player than a basketball player. But basketball was always my number one love. Finally found out I was better at baseball and chose to pursue that route.

Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.

I think we can benefit from being in the ACC. It's a great basketball league. If anything, it helps our recruiting.

The great thing with Usain Bolt is he fell into great coaching, so his talent was exceptional from Day 1. You can coach technique and structure, but not talent.

You see somebody on a football field make a great, athletic 70-yard run, but the athleticism is immeasurable. It's undoubtedly athletic, but compared to somebody else who did something else, how do you compare it? That's the great part of track and field. It's a test, but with results that you can compare to others.

My life, even as a college student, has all been through the NCAA, and I'm telling you there's so much good that comes out of it.

My parents were athletes; they met at a track meet: they were runners.

A college athlete is going to be competitive. You don't get to that level if you're not.

If I really felt like I was the world's greatest athlete, I'd get 10 great events. But I know that's pretty much not possible. That's the toughness of the decathlon.

I was a two-star athlete. I got looked over.

A lot of people don't realise how competitive college sprinting is.

I've been fortunate enough to play at all the age groups but I'm not eligible for them anymore.

Duke recruits the best basketball players. They don't recruit dunkers or highlight makers. They recruit good basketball players.