Better player Quote by Jacoby Ellsbury

When you go to college the first couple years, and you kind of get beat around, you kind of think about, 'Maybe if I…

— Aaron Judge

The biggest difference between college and pros is a lot more games and better competition day in, day out. You don't really have any…

— Chris Mullin

I wanted to go pro, but having the option to go to college was important for me.

— Sofia Kenin

I was only looking at a few schools and narrowed it down to the University of Oregon. Having a great choice made me more…

— Mary Cain

College is a lot different than the pros.

— Caris LeVert

It was a very long and hard decision. My dad kept telling me, 'You can always go to college, but you can't always go…

— Simone Biles

I've been the first to go from college, well, barely college to pro, and there was a lot of doubt with that.

— Trinity Rodman

I was really scared when I went to Oregon State. I wasn't sure I could play at the college level.

— Gary Payton

I chose Stanford for Stanford and not for the coach. I was going to Stanford regardless.

— Devon Cajuste

I never thought I'd play. I thought junior or senior year I'd see mop-up time, and that's all I ever wanted to do, was…

— Justin Herbert

I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have…

— Natalie Coughlin

It took me a year to make the decision to go pro and skip college and give up that.

— Lindsey Horan