I'd be lying if I said I didn't expect to have success on the baseball field and the football field.
You always expect to hit for more power.
In the two years that I've been in the NBA, I don't think I've played to my ability.
In Canada, for boys, your identity is built on hockey. It's your social position; it's everything. And I was the worst hockey player of Canada.
Captaining South Africa was definitely not one of my goals.
I don't know how you can be an All-American in this country and not be a good basketball player.
I played sports because I think it's mandatory in the greater Boston area regardless of your aptitude. It's like, well, what else would you be doing?
Football never surpises me.
Black fathers are often disappointed if their sons aren't good at sports. Not excelling at sports as a black boy meant not being cool - even weirder, it meant not really being black.
I am not at all convinced by Pogba. He plays a lot in England - it's true - but I expected a lot more from him.
Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I'd be on the front page of the paper.
There is an expectation that if you do sport, any sport, you should never have a life outside that. People expect you to just train, play, train. But that's not me.
People said I'm too big to play football.
When it comes to batting, I have a lot of expectations from myself.
I was a defensive lineman coming out of high school who was considered amongst the top... maybe the top six guys, top five guys, and wanted to prove to my team that I was going to be a top guy going into college.
Why is it that if you happen to be black and over six feet tall, everybody thinks you supposed to play basketball or football?
I'm the only black man you ever met who couldn't dribble a basketball.
In the juniors, you are kind of a star, but just because you are a good junior doesn't mean you will be a good pro.
I was supposed to be too short to play college volleyball.
I don't really want to be cocky when I say this, but I really feel I can be one of the best rim protectors in the league, you know, as a rookie.
