Terrell Suggs Quotes

Kobe Bryant was the reason I started playing basketball - always was and will be my favorite player of all time. I love the way he could get his shot off, his footwork down in the post, just his determination to be the best player.

I like Kobe, I like the way he approaches the game. He's a warrior.

My dad went far in basketball, so I just see that there are still people that are better than me. So I try to play like an underdog and I'm just trying to surpass my dad.

I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.

All I cared about in tennis was winning.

I don't rank competitions - every single one is the Olympics to me.

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything.

I was always really inspired by watching the older girls competing, just seeing other Olympians do great things, and I just really wanted to be a part of that whole experience. And to be able to represent USA was always a goal of mine.

Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.

The Williams girls compete extremely hard on court because they hate losing - it's just that they haven't played an awful lot of tennis over the years.

I was like, 'I don't know if I could be an Olympian...' But my dad really influenced me to stay and be in the Olympics.

The best way I knew how was to give 110% and want it more than them, and walk on the court and every moment of the match feel like it was the end of the world, in a sense. So that worked for me in a lot of ways. There were times that it hurt me, but for the most part, it helped me.

There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.

I have to try to help lead my team to win by any means.

I want to win trophies, even the Champions League. You have to be ambitious.

I've always got that determination, to get back in the squad and get back playing.

People sometimes have a false view of track and field, that it's kind of soft and kind of friendly. And guys aren't necessarily laughing and joking, but everyone's just friendly and 'ha ha, he he.' I just came in and just was like, 'Nah, I don't know what y'all talking about, but every single time I step on the line, I'm trying to win.'

Just wanting to play, I think that's my biggest attribute, just wanting to play through whatever I have to in order to go out and compete.

Kobe's legacy is definitely one of the best players to play this game ever.

I'm not a player any more, I'm a fan, and I want to see somebody who wants to win and wants to fight.

New Yorkers always want to win. But it's just as important to us that you show us that you're trying like hell to do it for us.

In 2012, I thought that maybe I could be an Olympic gold medalist. It just came from sitting home and being injured and watching the Olympics on the TV.

Every game I play, I play to the best of my ability and play like it's my last.

When Brazil take part in any competition they must always play to win.