Tom Brady Quotes

I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.

I would never do 'Dancing With The Stars,' because it's just not fair. I am too good of a dancer. It would be like LeBron James playing little league basketball.

I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school team, playing strong safety.

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.

I would like to say I do some pretty good impressions. I'm also one of the best basketball players in the world. I just chose not to go the NBA route, but people say I'm better than Kobe and LeBron.

I don't think it's much different at this level. It just feels like playing high school football, college football. It's the same games, the same routes.

The thing in the Champions League is not just the talent. It's not being a team. It's the experience as well.

When you get to the big leagues, the talent pool is on such a level playing field, you have to find a way to separate yourself from incredibly talented guys. Especially when you go through the injuries that I've had, you come back, and you might not physically be able to do some of the things you used to do.

I am footballer, not a public relations person.

When I was in school, we would always have running races. I was good at it. Always sprinting. I can run long distance, too.

I could have started playing professional at 16, 17 quite easily. For my position, I was far better than a lot of people around me. All the people in front of me had was experience but, talent-wise, I easily could get in.

Having a father as a football and a baseball coach, I grew up around college baseball players, college football players, like, I just knew sports my whole life.

Having played in the league during the '80s, '90s, and the new millennium (old, I know), I had the chance to see firsthand how the best point guards of our time played the game.

I wasn't a cheerleader in high school, but I was the leader of my soccer team.

Can't no man play like me.

Every time you make a jump, whether it's from high school to college or college to the NBA, you're going to hear questions about your athletic ability.

When I moved to Mississippi, I was playing in high school, and there wasn't a lot of talent around me. I figured out that I wasn't going to be able to get to the bucket a lot anymore.

I was an athlete in college - a quarterback, a leader - so people telling me what to do doesn't work.

I don't think no one out there can entertain better than I can.

I love the game of baseball. Like I love playing, I'm just not good at - I don't enjoy the media part of it. I don't enjoy all the different aspects that come with it, like the business side of it.

I love NBA. I enjoy it, and I also really love the dominance that LeBron James brings to the court.

My mom was a high school gymnast.

My high school class was the first one to know, during the college recruiting process, to know there was the option to play professional basketball, to know that the WNBA was there, and to know I better pick a school that is going to help me get to the next level.

My freshman year, I played third, and sophomore and junior, third.

Don't worry too much on pathways programs: good players find a way to get through to play for their country.