I'm a tomboy at heart, and I've got the battle wounds to prove it!
I'm always a player who has taken fairly rough treatment, to be honest. I think my time in Scotland typified that because I think there was one game where I set a record for being fouled ten or 11 times in a game.
One of the more bizarre games I played as a kid was something called 'kill the man.' It was a cross between football and rugby, which found the person carrying the ball a target of some hungry tacklers. I still don't know why we enjoyed the game because it was impossible to win.
I always wanted to do what my brothers were doing. I always wanted to play the games they played and play rough and wear pants and go outside.
It is okay to play tough and try to hit guys hard in the course of the play - that's fine - but I don't like unnecessary roughness or things that happen after the play.
I'm an old-fashioned player, an old-school player who will foul you and foul you hard.
The moment the average golfer attempts to play from long grass or a bunker or from a difficult lie of any kind, he becomes a digger instead of a swinger.
Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it.
I don't like to play rough, but I will if I have to.
My character isn't supposed to be flashy and be over-the-top. I'm supposed to be dirty in the ring. I'm supposed to kick and punch, and I'm supposed to cheat and find ways to win at all costs.
Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.
When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.
Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.
We used tea towels for gloves until we got proper ones and were always breaking our mum's ornaments. She'd come home and find us all sat in our boxer shorts, out of breath and our skin red raw. She hated it.
There are times when hard fouls are just a part of the game, and then there's times when they're a little bit further than that.
I was surprised I won the award because I've always been a very aggressive player and I earn my share of fouls on the court. I play rough, and because I'm an older player, of course I use tricks on the younger players.
Every time Luis Suarez is close, he pushes defenders around.
I go out there and get my eyes gouged, my nose busted, my body slammed. I love the pain of the game.
There's a hard shot to LeMaster, he throws Madlock into the dugout.
It's a violent sport. It's meant to be that way.
My first season Butch Bouchard accidentally sent me to the hospital for three days with a concussion, but I never backed away from Butch or anyone else after I came back.
It's freaking football. There are going to be big hits. I don't understand how they can do this after one weekend of hitting. And I can't understand how they can suspend us for it. I think it's a bunch of bull.
That's pretty hot," he said. "Punching me in the eye?" "Well, no. Of course not. I meant the idea of getting rough with you is hot. I'm a big fan of full-contact sports." "I'm sure you are.
Bill Romanowski was one of the most feared players to play, not only because of his intensity, but because he played through the whistle and after the whistle.
When we were playing, it was rough and tough. Even superstars like me fouled out a lot.
