I'm not like the next Michael Jordan, but I'm also not what everyone saw me as before I started playing in the NBA, either.
I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.
You're playing football for a living. There aren't many things better than that.
My whole career, I've never had no serious injuries or no surgeries.
After retiring from competition in 1981, I did exhibitions and coached.
I recently started my own NP17 Academy within Liverpool Community College, which gives 16-19-year-old girls an opportunity to embark on a sports career, whether it be as a coach, player, physio, or nutritionist.
It was my dream to have an opportunity to become a professional player.
I knew I'd never make it back to the major leagues as a player. Lee MacPhail came to me and asked if I wanted to manage the Yankees' Fort Lauderdale club. I thought about it for a day or two and decided to take the job. That was the turning point. I knew it was what I wanted to do.
Hopefully I can play until I'm 40.
I had my time in the England shirt and won a lot of caps.
My real-life athletic career was not very much. I played Little League baseball.
My dream was to play for Chelsea - maybe I was bit naive.
I was on my way to becoming a Hall of Famer and having my name in the rafters, but three surgeries in 14 months, that is not good. I wasn't the same player.
I loved the city of Chicago, and I love the Reinsdorfs. I'm forever grateful for them in taking a chance on me, allowing me to become the player that I am today. It's still incredible to me that I got to hoop in a Bulls jersey.
I had once thought I would become a doctor but gave up on the thought soon enough. I took up the racquet instead. Later, when I saw my sister studying so much to become a doctor, I was like, 'Thank God I am a shuttler!'
If I make it in the NBA or wind up playing overseas, I will be at peace.
Playing until I'm 40 is definitely a possibility.
The NBA is kind of where I've grown up, coming out of high school at 18.
I thought at first I was going to be an NFL quarterback. I played until I was a freshman in high school.
When the chance came to join a great club like Liverpool, I weighed up my options and it was obviously the best move for me.
Playing in the NFL was a dream come true.
I was a footballer for a long, long time.
I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.
At the very beginning of my career, when I opened my business in Italy, I was also a ranked tennis player. I had won many tournaments. To be an athlete was my first choice. Second choice: designer. However! There was more money in being a designer at that time.
