Professional Athletics Quotes

I wasn't concerned with the money stuff; I only wanted to play football.

People turn professional and they are not running as fast as they did in college because it is a lot different, but I wanted to make sure that I didn't have that kind of transition and always stayed on top.

It's a very competitive thing, pro sports. The hardest thing in pro sports is staying up there.

Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics.

Athletics at the highest level is a sport within a sport.

I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids.

Sports is all about money.

We all sign up where you might get hurt. That's what makes this league a little bit different than any other in professional sports.

I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed.

I started in for the ball but I just couldn't get it. I should have caught it because I was used to catching everything on the sandlots. But they hit the ball a lot harder in the major leagues and I just couldn't reach the ball this time.

The titles aren't merely props in New Japan. They're actually the focus of the company, and that's how it should be if you're going to be in this world, this business. After all, it is professional wrestling. It is presented as an athletic competition, and the titles should mean something.

There's a lot of variables you can't control in trying to win a game, but at the end of the day it does mean something to win a game in the big leagues and be on the mound.

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it.

Before coming into college, I definitely wasn't ready to go pro. I didn't have those results that all the other players had. I didn't have the confidence in my game or myself, or things like that.

City have been working throughout the years to mount competitive teams and pursue titles.

Modern sport can be an ugly convergence of commerce and celebrity, but it still has the capacity to move a crowd.

I have never used steroids. Period.

You have to be realistic. I'd love to be more famous, have lots of people supporting me, people knowing my name, but I need a tennis racket or a golf club or to play football. Being a female, I don't stand a chance.

It's always nice to go and play the big teams at the big stadiums.

Sports are something that, for the most part, are for kids, and if you're able to extend your career, you're very lucky.

In track and field, a lot of people don't make a lot of money, so if you're a lower name you might just get run over by USADA because they're just looking to get people out of the sport.

I've spent a lot of time in the United States and Canada and I am grateful for the opportunities that I've been given by people, and the game of basketball, and the NBA.

That's what Major League Baseball's steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to the young.

I was a total athlete. I loved sports, but when I realized I wasn't going to be a professional athlete, I realized I wanted to be in movies.

There are a lot of guys getting popped for steroids and other PEDS, and I can honestly say I've never taken a PED in my life. I've never even thought about it.