Playing Professional Quotes

I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.

— Julius Erving

My dad was a great athlete growing up, and he could never fulfill his dreams of playing professional baseball.

— Nick Foles

I enjoyed playing someone who is a professional, intelligent, defined by her work and not her role as a wife or mother.

— Miranda Otto

I feel like playing professional golf is an endlessly not-satisfying career.

— Scottie Scheffler

I think travel is probably the downside of playing professional golf, but you've got to do it.

— Karrie Webb

Football is something I would never give up on, whether I ended up playing professional or in a Sunday league team.

— Lucy Bronze

If you are a professional player and you are playing in the top professional league, you are sorted financially, which is good.

— Sunil Chhetri

Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do.

— Jerry O'Connell

I probably realized when I was maybe 13 years of age that I could make a living out of playing professional sport…

— Israel Folau

A lot of players go into a restaurant and ask for a special table. I go and stand in line with the…

— Johnny Damon

Playing on the PGA Tour and playing professional golf, I think it's what everyone has dreamed of doing - all the guys…

— Rickie Fowler

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I…

— Willie Mays

Coming from losing my dream of playing professional football, not having a college degree at the time and looking to jump into…

— Lewis Howes

If your eyes and ears are open and you're playing professional golf, you can meet some cool people. Not only cool and…

— Patrick Cantlay

If I learned one thing by playing professional hockey for thirty-two years, it's that you have to love what you do. And…

— Gordie Howe

You know how much money I could have made playing professional football as a tight end? But I can't jump, and I…

— Stone Cold Steve Austin

I was 29 years old. I was still playing professional basketball. And then I get this opportunity, you know, of coaching. And…

— Dawn Staley

When I first got to college, in my mind, I was going to end up playing professional football. When I tell people…

— Jovan Adepo

It wasn't until after I received my education that I seriously looked at sports entertainment as a way to make a career…

— John Cena

I can confirm that following specialist medical advice I am having to retire from playing professional football.

— Ryan Mason

I didn't get playing professional golf until I was 25 years old. And I always said that if I could make it…

— Arnold Palmer

When I was 14 I wasn't even thinking of playing professional tennis. I was thinking of going to high school in Sweden…

— Mats Wilander

Playing professional sports, it's important to eat healthy and take care of your body. In the offseason, rest is really important to…

— Troy Polamalu

I have been a Cowboys fan since I was a little bitty boy. And my dream has finally become a reality, of…

— Emmitt Smith

It's funny, you can get over the win pretty quick and get ready for the next opponent. When you lose, it just…

— Tony Romo

I'm not really good with authority, but you know, when the doctors said that I won't be playing professional tennis again ,…

— Mark Philippoussis

I've been playing at a professional level for 17, 18 years now, and there's more to life. I love the game, don't…

— Craig Bellamy

It's funny: one of the strongest parts of my game today is heading, and that only really developed when I started playing…

— Vincent Kompany

I could have started playing professional at 16, 17 quite easily. For my position, I was far better than a lot of…

— Sol Campbell