I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.
We were very, very lucky being in the first round of Y Combinator because that alone generated a lot of interest. A lot of readers of Paul Graham were just excited to see what was going to come up. And we were the first ones to launch.
That's one of the things I loved about Pride: the first round was ten minutes.
I had little or no expectations coming in. I was thrilled when I was drafted in the first round because that meant I was going to be given a full year's chance to make the team.
Whether Pacquiao loses in the first round, whether he knocks out Mayweather in the first round, it's still going to be the biggest fight in history.
First round of the tournament being a Major, I think the butterflies were a little different than that.
I haven't played a full round of golf yet, but I did make two pars my first time out on a golf course.
If I could have had everything exactly the way I wanted, this is how I would have written it down. Win all my fights in the first round, then go to the UFC and headline a show, and have it as a pay-per-view and at home. People's dreams don't come true like that.
Obviously, when you take a quarterback, when you take anybody in the first round, it means something.
Once I got invited to the Green Room, that's when I was like, okay, I'm first, I'm getting drafted in the first round. Because they try their best not to let guys sit in there forever.
When I got the call of being drafted by the Devils, I was in shock more than anything. I didn't have a clue where New Jersey was, but it was just nice to be taken in the first round and nice to know where my future would be, which organization I was going to be a part of.
You're only a first-round pick for one year.
You want to be in the first round. That's the dream. That's what you see on draft night.
You can see, even the best players, they can lose in the first round.
First-round matches are always tough.
I wasn't ready to get drafted in the first round.
Normally, my goal is to get past the first round, because that's the hardest.
