It takes a lot of hard work and dedication just like any…

I would be doing anything to avoid a 9-5 job and high heels. Lifeguard, beach volleyball player, whatever.

— Julie Foudy

You touch every other ball and, if you screw up, you only have one more person to back you up. You can't go hide…

— Kerri Walsh

I'd like to thank everyone who has given me the opportunity to play with the best beach volleyball players in the world.

— Ivan Perisic

Hydration is really important, particularly as a beach volleyball player.

— Brooke Sweat

I think many fighters could go pro in another sport. When it really boils down to it, it's because we are the best athletes…

— Cub Swanson

Sometimes I think the easiest way to introduce what goes into managing the expenses of a tennis career is to take a look at…

— John Isner

These days, to be seven years in one spot in any pro sport is a pretty long tenure.

— Andrew Bogut

The thing about the NBA, any pro sport, is, guys don't know how to take care of their body.

— John Salley

Always that's a goal with everybody who plays a pro sport is to get stronger and faster and work on things that you lack.

— DeAndre Hopkins

You've got to be dedicated to train as hard as you can, for as long as you can, because in any sport, and especially…

— Filo Tiatia

For me, practice and discipline are the magic words to become big in any sport, especially soccer.

— Gabriel Batistuta

I'm not going backwards in this sport ever, especially in pay. Why would I?

— Nick Diaz

I understand the psychology of the sport, especially inside the ring. From bell to bell, from when my entrance plays and I step through…

— Randy Orton

“Life is a full-contact sport, especially on the Internet. If you’re going to step into the arena, bloody noses and a lot of scrapes…

— Timothy Ferriss

I think momentum is huge in sport, especially in a series like the Ashes.

— Ben Stokes