When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game. Michael Jordan
When I tell people I'm going to the Olympics, they're like: 'What do you do, track and field? Pole vault? Are you a volleyball player?' No one ever guesses tae kwon do. Diana Lopez
When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player. Oscar Robertson
When you're younger, it's about, 'How can I get better? How can I become the player that I want to be?' As you get older, it's, 'How can this football team improve?' While all along getting better along the way. Tony Romo
Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against. Bill Walton
You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold. Tiffeny Milbrett
You can't get real happy or real depressed when you play baseball. Baseball is a great sport in that it offers a player a lot of opportunities for atonement. Mike Piazza
You don't project yourself in the Hall of Fame as a player. It's only during that five-year period where people start asking about it, and it doesn't seem real until it happens. Cal Ripken Jr
You have to be wired a certain way to be a professional basketball player, and the way my body grew, something happened genetically that allowed me to become a lot more explosive. Jeremy Lin
You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player. Robin Yount
You know, I started this process of being a football player and I'm going to make it to the NFL very soon and I plan on finishing that. And by 'finishing that,' I mean that I'm going to go out and be the best that I can be and put everything forth to make that happen. Robert Griffin iii
You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year... unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time. Bob Uecker
You learn as a player not to listen to the criticism. Many of the people who put out that criticism might not be as accomplished, might not understand the game as well from the inside-out. Cal Ripken Jr
You never know who will win and I think that is the great thing about this league (as a player) because it gives you a lot of hope that this could be your year. Michael Strahan
You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. Junior Seau
You're a professional. You don't need for me to break a film down for you. If you want to stop the guy you're playing, they pay you millions of dollars. You get you a TV and break the player down yourself. Karl Malone