Ball player Quote by Shaquille O'Neal

When I started playing basketball, I hated it because football had always been my sport.

— Luol Deng

I played football when I was a kid, it is such a fun sport to play, I fancied myself as a midfielder until I…

— Serge Ibaka

Pain is part of the sport.

— Conor McGregor

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

— Julius Peppers

I was pretty much seen as a basketball player coming out of high school. Football was my second love, but luckily, I turned out…

— Justin Tuck

I was a basketball player. And my mother even wanted me to quit because I hurt my leg. But I didn't know anything about…

— Jason Pierre-Paul

I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I…

— Dwyane Wade

Up until the age of 16, I was very focused on sport - I played a lot of football. Then I tore my ACL…

— Josh Hartnett

I've been hurt every year I played football.

— Amari Cooper

I used to play football all the time. In the U.S., people don't play football, so I had to learn basketball. Looking back, that's…

— Barkhad Abdi

I played baseball, football, basketball my whole life growing up.

— Kyler Murray

I was a football player. I liked it a lot...unfortunately that's where I first wrecked my knees. Playing high school football, getting cut across…

— Mark Mendoza