I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003. David Cone
I was an All-American in wrestling in high school, was National Champion in Chinese kickboxing in 1999 and have spent a lot of time around professional athletes, which includes my eight-plus years as CEO of a sports nutrition company. Tim Ferriss
I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals. Debi Thomas
I went to professional men's soccer games, the old North American soccer league at that time, and I used to be a ticket holder with my family and family friends. We would go every weekend and I thought it was great, but I just thought of it as recreation, as family fun.Brandi Chastain
I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship. Major Taylor
I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to be caught out there with anything though, it wouldn't be professional. Gaylord Perry
I'm a professional fighter and like most professional fighters I have had difficulties with my hands in the past. Floyd Mayweather Jr
I'm no different than others with cancer. I just happen to play professional baseball. I'm part of those statistics that cancer has touched as well. Eric Davis
I'm thrilled, I'm grateful, I'm blessed. I played for the world's greatest professional sports team in history. Once a Dallas Cowboy, always a Dallas Cowboy. Bob Hayes
I've always believed since I was a kid that God was gonna allow me to play professional football, to use it as a platform to proclaim and live out the name of Jesus. And, you know, that's the most exciting part about my life because God has done things in me to change my character to benefit the kingdom.Reggie White
If they had rankings in baseball, maybe I would have been able to do the math and figure out my chances of being a professional baseball player versus a tennis player. But that was the decision-maker for me, I just thought I was better in tennis.Jim Courier
In professional wrestling, I think that they want you to be bigger than life. It's almost like an over-acting type thing - whereas on the big screen, you're 35 feet and they've got a close-up of you to put it on the screen in the movie house. At 35 feet, it's more subtlety than the overboard drama that we do in pro wrestling. Kevin Nash
In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators and stock pools. These people had a monopoly over information. Ron Chernow
In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance. Tiger Woods
It is cycling as a professional sport that represents the problem. It can transform someone into a liar. Greg Lemond
It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it. Sugar Ray Leonard
Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move on to a life of professional skating. Brian Boitano
My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues. Robin Yount