John Starks is one of my favorite players.
Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.
It's flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he's the best player in the world.
I don't want to be Kobe, I want to be LeBron.
If you want to be a tennis player, then mould yourself on Roger Federer. I won three Wimbledon titles and I wish I could play like him.
I've always fantasized about facing Lita.
I never dreamed about being President, I wanted to be Willie Mays.
I didn't grow up admiring anybody but George Gervin, and I didn't get a chance to play against him. That would've been one of my lifetime accomplishments. I probably would've went crazy if I played against him, because he's like a father to me now.
I would have loved to play against Bill Russell. He was such a force.
My football idol growing up, I was named after Walter Payton, but my idols at RB were Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith.
I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
Ronaldinho - he was one of my idols.
Bernard Hopkins is one of my idols.
What man in his 40s would not like to look in the mirror and find Nolan Ryan?
I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.
I always tried to be Mark McGwire and hit homers like he did. I was kind of following his race, too, when he was trying to break the record.
My footballing idol is Zinedine Zidane; he was an amazing guy on and off the field.
My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single handedly.
My dad hit 152 home runs and that's the person I wanted to be like. My hero growing up.
I used to imagine what it would be like to do what Jim Brown was doing. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Tony Dorsett. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Walter Payton. I was imagining Emmitt Smith doing exactly what they were doing.
