Athlete Evaluation Quotes

We don't want to keep talking about 'potential.' That word is the most dangerous word in professional sports.

Approximately four years ago, we were told that Jerry Rice would be a free agent and there were people who felt that he no longer could contribute.

I didn't see Kirby Puckett as a Hall of Famer. I didn't see Gary Carter as a Hall of Famer. I didn't see Don Sutton as a Hall of Famer. I didn't see Phil Niekro as a Hall of Famer. As much as I like Jim Rice, I'm not so sure he's a Hall of Famer.

Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were better overall.

You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives!

I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.

You're only a first-round pick for one year.

How can you be a giant of the sport when you are not consistent?

The phrase 'NFL combine' always sounds redundant, because the league is a combine harvester, reaping and threshing everything in its path.

When evaluating the players, too little emphasis is placed on the individual. Reaction times are measured, stress situations are simulated, sleep behaviour is analysed, eating behaviour, how the body reacts - everything is available. The control over the players has got out of hand. They are judged on this data, albeit subjectively. That's madness.

I want a shot at being an analyst. I love watching 'UFC Tonight.' I'm very critical of all the new fighters they have come on there.

As cricketers we're judged on the average we have from being a 21-year-old who's just come into international cricket to the day you retire.