Toni Duggan Quotes

We've seen the kind of social impact a professional sports team has on a city. A team brings high-profile role models into your community who are healthy and they're great images for the city to gravitate toward, especially for kids.

Basketball to me is more than a passion or a paycheck - it is the tool I use to try to have an impact in the world.

For us, winning the World Cup is not enough. If you come into the squad, you are not just here for the moment, but you're building that legacy for the next generation.

I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.

I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.

Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.

Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

I've always said I aspire to follow the likes of John Terry, Michael Dawson and Rio Ferdinand. I always watch what they do and try and learn from them.

I know personally as a young player when coaches came to my school that is someone you want to be like and I think that helps massively.

There are good life skills to be had in the sport. It is a big positive to see young kids coming to the gym, training hard, looking up to the likes of David Tua, Shane Cameron, and possibly myself.

All the way through the youth ranks at Sao Paulo, I've always been the captain.

Right from the start of my career I was surrounded by people like Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Graeme Smith, who gave 100 percent in every performance.

We could not be more proud to have LeBron James as part of our Lakers family. He is an incredibly thoughtful and intelligent leader and clearly appreciates the power sports has to unite communities and inspire the world to be a better place.

If I continue to work as a coach, it is because my passion and love for football, for the players, is still there.

I was very fortunate to have several mentors in my life that believed in my ability on the football field. It was their support that made me believe that I could do it, too.

Throughout my entire life, I've always been a captain. I was the captain of my high school team. I was the captain at Oklahoma State University. I was the captain of the 2008 Olympic team.

I want to be a professional athlete who plays for the love of the game, never quits trying to give my best and is a good role model for all of the kids who look up to baseball players.

I am someone who looks to imbibe things from Kohli, Mahi bhai, or Rohit. I always believe in watching and learning from them. I have interacted with them to help me improve as a cricketer.

Even though I retired from coaching, I still believe that is my calling.

I like to always lead from the front and set an example for whoever is playing with me or around me. I like taking responsibilities. That is my natural thing.

I have played on many teams throughout my career, and I know when a team has the tools, and the right positive attitude towards winning.

Our athletes are our heroes.

Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.

I might not be Shaq, but I can be Kobe, you know?