Sports Image Quotes

One of the best things if you are a football player is to see the faces of the kids, when they see you and are dreaming of being like you one day. That's a big responsibility, to be a good image for those kids. A football player is more than just a football player.

I think it's easy for them to portray me as an aggressive player, but I'm not.

I think the image of golfers is terrific, and rightly so.

The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.

When people think of me, they think about me knocking catchers down and knocking second basemen down and yelling at pitchers. But when I took the spikes off after the game, I was a nice guy when I went home.

Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he's always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.'

We need to take good care of football's image.

I think the beard plays a slight factor to my presence on the mound. It's kind of part of the persona now. Everyone in Chicago embraced it, so I got to keep it. I can't ditch it now.

A lot of people who watch figure skaters want us to look like pretty princesses. I want people to see the athlete, and I want to look like a woman among girls.

I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad.