Ball player Quotes · Page 11

As a football player, I don't play for the individual.

— Romelu Lukaku

The key thing with any football player is, what can he do when he gets on the field.

— Shaun Alexander

At Texas, I was a football player playing baseball. And the way I play I think I still am.

— Adam Dunn

If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job

— Steve Nash

The only dream I've ever had is to become a major league baseball player.

— Mark Teixeira

Wilt Chamberlain, by far, is my best basketball player. Best athlete ever.

— Gary Payton

I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.

— Dirk Nowitzki

Systems win you nothing, and football players win you games.

— Roy Hodgson

When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and also join the circus. With the Yankees, I've…

— Graig Nettles

You walk into a room and there's already judgment. You know, like football players can't act or you're going to come in…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

Coach Smart did a great job of just letting me come to terms with myself as a basketball player and a person.

— Mohamed Bamba

I didn't really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third…

— Alan Ritchson

Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball…

— Brian McKnight

First I was going to be a football player, then after that try to study medicine or engineering. But it was very…

— Manuel Pellegrini

In Brazil, there is a different type of football, but I think I am seen as an elegant type of ball player,…

— Oscar

You'll find out that nothing that comes easy is worth a dime. As a matter of fact, I never saw a football…

— Woody Hayes

If you think I'm a loser, that I'm a bust, that's fine, but you don't know me. I don't have a problem…

— Ryan Leaf

“Neymar wanted to be a football player. It was his dream. He loved playing football. All he wanted was to play football…

— Peter Banke

When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar…

— B. B. King

There's so much built-up camaraderie and sacrifice, and football is such a tough man's game. I think that's why it's so popular.…

— Troy Polamalu

The talk shows are stuffed full of sufferers who have regained their health--congressmen who suffered through a serious spell of boozing and…

— Calvin Trillin

In football, every play, play after play, there's that physicality. Football players only play once a week, so they must really need…

— Sidney Crosby

As you get older, as a father, you hope your kids can make that kind of impression on somebody who will say,…

— Dwane Casey

A big market is something that doesn't really concern me too much. It's cool to think about, it's good for off-the-court deals.…

— Kevin Durant

My dad was like a street basketball player. He had a real mysterious life.

— Riff Raff

I didn't grow up playing football. I wanted to be a basketball player.

— Julius Peppers

I grew up as a swimmer. And my brother was a football player and I played football.

— Tim Commerford

I am a baseball player and I enjoy getting batters out and that is what I want to continue doing.

— Yu Darvish

I learned how to be a smart, tough, fundamentally sound football player.

— Danny Amendola

I was a good athlete, a good baseball player. A great baseball player, I should say.

— Donovan Mitchell

As a football player, you have to learn to pick and choose your battles and what to gamble.

— Micah Parsons

I never dreamed to be an actor and I'm not an actor. I'm a basketball player.

— Juancho Hernangomez

I play guitar, and I'm a decent basketball player - people like to play on my team.

— Adam Pally

I'm just a basketball player, you know? Just put me where you need me.

— Lamar Odom

I think back to playing the accordion, there was no reason to believe I would be a baseball player.

— John Smoltz

I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.

— Sue Wicks

I want people to say that an African basketball player is the best player in the whole world.

— Joel Embiid

It doesn't get much more Arkansas than being a former Arkansas Razorback football player.

— Sarah Huckabee Sanders

I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back.

— Ben Chandler

I think just by the nature of getting older, I hope that I'm a smarter basketball player than I was at 23.

— Sue Bird