Sports Identity Quotes

I am one of the last true centers in the NBA, and it's a title that I enjoy to hold.

I have an ego like everyone else. I want to be recognized as a good ballplayer.

People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.

No matter what I do for the rest of my career, I think I'll always be a Bulls guy.

You look at guys on the court, man. You got this guy with this brand of shoe, and this guy with this brand - they're just wearing the shoe. But it's a whole different feeling when you got a shoe on, and it's yours.

I've been a Raider all my life.

When I was a kid I was the black sheep of the family because all my uncles and cousins were big Inter fans while I've always been Juve. In fact when I'm injured or suspended I'll be in the stands behind the goal when we're playing - in with the fans where I'm happiest.

When I go back to NFL functions today, I feel a bit on the outside looking in. I played 13 years in the NFL, and I loved it - made a Pro Bowl and went to the playoffs - but I always felt like I was having to knock the door down to get in.

I needed a familiar club that would give me affection, and Sevilla can do that.

I'm excited to wear my country's jersey.

I grew up trying to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, not Team Canada. Didn't even know it existed.

I am an arena creature - by birth, I think. Most of my life has been spent as a rink rat.

My father, Jimmy Walker, was the first pick in the 1967 draft, but I never met him. He passed in 2007. I found out about him in middle school. I was old enough to understand who he was, where he went to college, and what his game was about. Older players like Bill Russell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have come up to me to talk about him.

It's one thing if you live in London and you're rooting for Chelsea or you're in New York and you love the Giants or Jets and no matter who's on the team you're into it. It's different in tennis; you're sort of your own guy, so you have to reach out and grab a person in a different way.

When I was playing junior football when I was a kid, we were the Geneva Giants, so it was kind of embedded in me to be a Giants fan.

I'm a guy that people look at me not only as a guy that hit the ball.

I came out as a winger, I played as a winger a couple of games.

I see myself as an athlete and just try to market myself as a feminine athlete.

I think there is a special bond between Carolina athletes. A lot of people seem to wear our gear because it is fashionable. They love the colors. It's Michael Jordan's school!

People have the right to support who they want of course but I'm hoping in the future maybe they or their kids will become England fans and players.

Just the aura of being a Dallas Cowboy, you can't beat it.

I wasn't ever much of a Yankee fan.

When you talk about me as a fighter, I like being known as a Mexican fighter. I think 'Mexican' or 'Hispanic' should be mentioned.

It's an interesting dynamic living in New York in general as a Boston fan. It's kind of fun that way. It's fun to be the contrarian when everyone hates you as long as your team is winning.

I don't think the people of Chicago should be robbed of their birthright to be perennial losers.