Athlete Relationships Quotes

I'm an athletic junkie - I play in all the celebrity all-star games, and I've become buddies with a bunch of athletes.

In the UFC, at first we were like a family, but then it turned corporate. In Bellator, we're family.

I am really close friends with Roger Federer and also with Benoit Paire.

In college, my best friends were an offensive lineman, a wide receiver and defensive back. In the pros, when you leave the practice field, players go their separate ways because they are married.

I think marriage and athletes is a bad combination.

A fan is always an outsider. Most sportswriters are not, by this definition, fans. They capitalize on access to athletes. They spoke to Kobe last night, and Kobe says his finger is going to be fine. They spent three days fly-fishing with Brett Favre in March, and Brett says he's definitely coming back for another season.

My guess is that if David Beckham wants Ronaldo's jersey, he's going to get it.

I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.

You can't imagine the number of people in professional sports who have come up to me and said, "God, you treat those assholes like I'd like to treat them." And my question is, "Then why don't you?".

There's really not much friendship between the girls on tour. There's so much rivalry and jealousy, so everyone just hangs out in their own camp. In the locker room and players' lounge, you can feel the jealousy.

The problem we have in the WTA circuit is that the girls do not have a good relationship because we play against each other, and it's a sport.