American citizen Quote by Dick Gregory

I thought I was going to be a footballer or a boxer or something like that - I was into sports.

— Barry Keoghan

My parents wanted me to become a national athlete.

— Joe Taslim

I've come to expect more out of myself - as a citizen, as a man, as an athlete - to reach a better place,…

— Jon Jones

I thought I'd be president of the United States.

— John McCain

I was going to be a singer. If I hadn't been in my profession, I was going to be an Opera singer. That's from…

— Jack LaLanne

I wanted to be good at sports, even though I wasn't.

— Katie Stevens

In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance. But I…

— Sebastian Coe

I think going to another country and being able to evolve past my thinking and what actually went on in America was a little…

— Stephon Marbury

Being an American is something I wanted to be for a very long time, probably since I saw the moon landing when I was…

— Craig Ferguson

I just wanted to be an athlete.

— Merlin Olsen

I remember sitting in school and thinking, 'I don't know why I'm here, because I know I'm going to act and I know I'm…

— Archie Panjabi

I wanted to be a professional athlete. Young men and women from Montana don't make it to the professional level that often. And I…

— Ryan Leaf