For me, sitting there, watching them pass the ball, watching them train - you want to be around good players.
I met Pele once. I am not often nervous but in this moment I was shaking. He's a wonderful person.
Back then, when I was a kid, I watched Vince Carter every now and then.
I was a big Michael Jordan fan growing up. I don't feel my game resembles his though.
I guess, if it wasn't for Jordan, there would be no LeBron or Kobe who plays like that.
Once I started playing as a striker, I'd say I looked up to Julie Fleeting and Thierry Henry.
What inspiration will other fast bowlers have if they don't have anybody to inspire them to become fast bowlers.
I remember when I was a kid, I would visualise wearing the India colours and walking on the field in front of an amazing atmosphere, and I feel it has helped me a lot throughout my career.
I'm kind of a dirty guy, a little Bill Laimbeer-ish. Those are the guys I used to watch growing up. I used to watch Karl Malone; now I watch Boozer and Elton Brand and try to emulate those guys as much as possible because those guys are about the same size as me.
Nolan Ryan helped me with baseball, and my dad passing away gave me a bigger heart.
We always try to reinterpret sport in an innovative, fashionable way, and when we do fashion, we're always trying to bring our sports heritage into the fashion world.
I've modeled my game after Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan.
I'm not a natural runner. I'm friends with Ellie Goulding, and she'll be like, 'I've just done a 10K run' and I'm like: 'Why would you do that? How do you just do that?' But I will do that. I will do it.
Magic Johnson was my favorite player growing up.
When I was much younger and still competing in gymnastics, I could rarely find inspiration outside of the sport.
You know, watching Dan Marino and Steve Young get nominated to the Hall of Fame... those guys are unbelievable and they did it for so long. I'd love to play like those guys, but there's still a long way to go and a lot of growing.
When I was younger I only read sports books. I loved the biographies that told how athletes developed. When I got into coaching, I did start to read more instructional books, but I was always more interested in the people behind the ideas.
Zico was my idol. He was a very good player from Flamengo, and I was a Flamengo supporter from Rio de Janeiro. I was always looking for him and saying I want to be like him. He's my big hero.
Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots ... I fell in love with you.
But they've [my children] made me better. They hold me more accountable for who I am and who I aspire to be, and they make me want to be better. And that's not just as a mommy, but as a woman and as an athlete.
It feels amazing to inspire little kids to want to do gymnastics and have fun with it.
I'm proud to be Archie's son. Being a quarterback, I had my mentor and hero living in the same house.
Julius Peppers is a beast, man. I don't know how many pounds he outweighs me by... I still try to do things like him to make my game better.
My sons love LeBron more than they love me. I'm just a little jealous about it.
Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers.
