Sage Northcutt Quotes

Making the Hall of Fame, would it be something that's gratifying because of what I've sacrificed? Sure. Baseball has been a big part of our lives. We've sacrificed our bodies. It's the way we made our living.

I'm blessed to have a little bit of success in football.

I know I'm going to be remembered for football. That's why I work so hard at it.

I have worked hard to earn recognition in the NBA, and being on the cover of 'NBA 2K19' is a dream come true.

If I become a European champion, I don't care whether I have absolute recognition or not.

The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.

I'd see people being really successful, whether it was my teammates or big-name fighters like Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, and I'd think, 'I want to be a legend like that.'

Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.

It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.

I can't believe that I'm on the Olympic team.

If I win the gold medal, I will be set for the rest of my life. The medal itself doesn't give you anything, but it makes you a marketable item. You take it and see what you can do.

I could be winning the decathlon in high school, which I've won twice, yet, if my dad is in the audience, 'Oh look! It's Anthony Quinn.' And I'm like, 'Hello? Kid just got a gold medal. Hello? I'm over here.'

I'm a legend in this sport. If you don't believe me, ask me.

We all know that the great memories of our childhood are the little triumphs - it doesn't really matter whether that was in writing, art, on the hockey field or on the football field. It's something that makes you feel - 'I can do this stuff.'

I was World Series champion in individual and synchro for the first time which was awesome.

Growing up, I always dreamed of winning a major championship.

In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.

Every single model wants to be in 'Sports Illustrated,' and I feel extremely blessed to have that opportunity.

As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the world what you have and how proud you are of it, that's always fun.

I was, I think, extremely lucky, because the minute I saw my face plastered on 'Time' magazine in the subway with my mother, I just said, 'Wow.' And it made 'Time' magazine come down to life-size scale.

My greatest moment as a jock occurred when I was 14 and playing punch ball in front of my house on Albemarle Road near East 17th Street in Brooklyn. I ran back, back for a ball, and it fell in my hands. I didn't even see it. Everyone congratulated me on the catch, and I never told them how it really happened.

It means a lot to be an Olympian. I'm obviously so grateful and feel so lucky I was able to achieve my dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.

I am Olympic champion for life, and I have learned to enjoy what that means.

As a player you get to meet Hall of Fame members and now to have my name in the same sentence makes me speechless.

I have the privilege on playing at Real Madrid, which is a dream.