When I was 11 I was scouted by the Thames Valley under-21s. It was really daunting. I was scared for my life when I went in to bat. The first ball hit me on the leg, the second ball got me out, so it wasn't great but it made me stronger.
Marcus Trescothick. No question. I hate bowling to him. I pitch it up, he drives me through the covers. I bowl back of a length, he runs me down to third-man. I go short, and he lifts me over the keeper or pulls me for four.
I like the competition that Nextel Cup gives us. The schedule is difficult. But this is something I want to do for sure.
I play football, not to only enjoy it - and I love the challenge of playing and competing with the best players - but I want to have the chance to win games.
I have been up and down the batting order and it's difficult. People don't always realise that.
The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.
As a footballer you're committed to play for the badge, train alongside fantastic players daily and compete against some of the game's best every weekend. What more can you ask for.
Of course my goal at Duke was to win the national championship, but we were shorthanded, and lost one of our big guys that was very important to the team. By the end of the season we only played about six guys. But we tried our hardest and did our best and overall had a successful season.
Playing for the Washington Spirit, the 2013 season was one of the most difficult I have ever experienced.
Getting a tear in my ACL in 2012 puts a lot of things in perspective about being able to play the game.
The Allstate March Mayhem Challenge is a great, great bracket challenge.
How can I intimidate Tiger Woods? I mean, the guy's got 75 or whatever PGA Tour wins, 14 majors. He's been the biggest thing ever in our sport. How could some little 23-year-old from Northern Ireland with a few wins come up and intimidate him.
I need at least two months to try and figure out where the centre of the bat is.
I'm anxious to face them (major league pitchers) all, but in reality I'm looking forward most to (Boston's) Pedro Martinez. He was with the major league team that came to Japan in 1996, just before he became a superstar. I'm anxious to see how much he's improved. And I'm anxious to see how much I've improved against him.
The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
I think we have to find somebody out there to beat New England besides us, and I think that would help. Anybody out there that wants to sign up for it? Are you good enough as a team to beat the New England Patriots? Forget about us, are you good enough to go out and beat the New England Patriots? I'm challenging the league.
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.
Every TV timeout, I went up and said it right to Brady: 'Please keep trying me. I'm going to take it from you.'
Madrid are a great club and were the challenge I sought after my long and successful Bayern career.
You have to take the rough with the smooth - that's what ski-jumping is all about. You always expect the worst.
There are guys that you look at and you want to really bowl at them or bat against them, certain guys who really get your juices flowing.
It's not easy to score three goals in 70 minutes.
It's not always easy to come to the national team and be on the bench.
I have always been small and one of the smallest heptathletes out there. And earlier in my career, I was faced with coaches and athletes who felt I was too small to be a multi-eventer. It gives you a push to show you can do it.
Starting games with the French national team helped me bounce back when it was getting difficult with Arsenal.
