All-american Quote by Marcus Allen

I played soccer and could have probably made it to the top league.

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Playing in America led to me getting a chance. Kicking around in the non-leagues I was going nowhere so I'm glad I did it.

— Glenn Murray

I had like three or four teams that I knew I wanted to play for. Columbus was obviously high on that list for me.

— Johnny Gaudreau

I knew that I was gonna play really well my senior year. And I was going into it thinking I was one of the…

— Joe Burrow

I got to see the best players in the world every year the week after the U.S. Nationals, which is now known as the…

— Billie Jean King

I thought I wasn't going to have a career, because I was told I wasn't good enough. So my journey with the national team…

— Weston McKennie

I was fortunate to be part of great teams that had success, and I was part of great teams that didn't have success.

— Martin Brodeur

I was just one part of a great team.

— Bart Starr

I would never say I was one of the top players in the world, but I always felt on top of the world, that…

— Ally McCoist

Once that was over, I knew that my ties to a football organization would be over because I never wanted to coach or be…

— Franco Harris

I could barely speak after I was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. I was going to play for the defending Super Bowl champions……

— Jerry Rice

I came to America so that I could work with the best and be the best.

— Jason Gann