Athletic Reputation Quotes

I could be a model for one night. But I'm also a professional soccer player, and I like to be taken seriously on the field.

When I'm done, I want to be known as the fighter that everybody wishes they could've seen live.

Joe Montana had bad games in the playoffs against the Giants and Chicago Bears; that doesn't stop us from considering him as possibly the best.

The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for.

If you know sports in Dade County, you know me.

Everyone wants to be known as a great striker of the ball for some reason. Nobody wants to be called a lucky, one-putting s.o.b.

Nobody talks about it. But everyone knows that if you signed at Michigan or UNLV, you were viewed one way. If you signed at Duke or Indiana, you were viewed another way.

I don't want to just be an athlete. I kind of obsess on that sometimes. I don't want my son to be reading, oh, 'disappointment, just a scorer, selfish, didn't win enough, never quite the best' -- whatever. I want to be bigger than that. I want to shape my own destiny instead of just having him read about whatever on the back page.

Among players, coaches, people who know football, yes I feel I get recognition.

I get more respect doing professional wrestling than I ever did in MMA.

Anybody involved in sports in Missouri knows it's a great sports state. It is a great sports state, particularly in basketball and baseball. Particularly. Not to demean football, but it's a baseball state and a basketball state.

When you're from New York, people take a second look at you. In Virginia, the other players always asked about the fast life we live. They want to know about the crime. As a player, they expect you to be able to do things that excite a crowd. And they always want to beat you. You're the New Yorker.

I'm negative-three yards in the rushing department. Nobody wants to go out with negative-three yards rushing.

On a global stage, I have respect in the goalkeeping world.

The Big Ten is brand strong.

Coming out of college, I got a lot of notoriety for being the old-school center.

But I just want to be known for my football.

Usually when an athlete gets a reputation it sticks with him, even when he's an old man.

I don't want to build a reputation for just being able to take long throws.

You can ask every coach from Ron Gardenhire to Dave Clark, anyone who has seen me play, they don't know why they say I'm a bad defender.

Chileans have this rumor that they're great soccer players, but I stunk as a soccer player. I always had to hide my nationality when they were picking teams because, just by the look of me, they would think that I was a great soccer player.

I don't care where you are, but the fans only remember your last time at bat.

When you go to like the Nike Hoops Summit, or the All-Canadian Game, all those really matter in your development and how people perceive you as far as how good of a player you are.

I have done 'Sports Illustrated,' but I don't regret it because it portrayed me in a positive way - as an athlete.