Athlete Quotes

It's great that fans have people they can enjoy and watch play.

Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.

I love the game of baseball.

When you think about your heritage, you think about toughness and hard work.

When I graduated from college I didn't want to play in the AFL.

There are times when I'm watching an NFL quarterback struggling to get through the game, and I get bitter to some extent.

If I had it my way, I never would have left San Francisco, but things change and that's the nature of this business. We have to move on. We hopefully get opportunities down the road that we take advantage of.

I've been fortunate and blessed to further my career in the Arena Football League, and I've had a good time doing it.

I'll take as much work as I can get. You can always need more work.

I'll be ready. I'm ready right now.

I really want to make this the last stop of my career. I don't want to be a vagabond, so to speak, and be traveling from team to team, year in and year out. I'm not that type of guy. I like to be settled.

I don't know if it's how I speak or what it is about me that presents that sort of label, but I don't know how many times I have to be out in public with a girlfriend to stop that from being said.

Part of my growing up was always trying to make my parents proud and always trying to keep them happy. I think part of what held them together was my involvement in sports.

Just because an individual in his 30s hasn't found true love and, yes, there are opportunities to date but it also forces you to be more particular. In so many ways, you become more adamant about finding that right person and not allowing yourself to open up to just anybody.

I think I'm very conscientious of how precious life is and how quickly life can be taken away from you, especially at times when it can be least expected.

The Orioles' Dick Hall comes off the mound like a drunk kangaroo on roller skates.

I went through baseball as 'a player to be named later.'

I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.

Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray.

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

I'm in the facial-hair phase of my career.

I thought you were supposed to be flying this thing, not pleasuring it.

Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.

I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score.

The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.

Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.

More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.