Sports Progression Quotes

Seven innings, three starts in a row, that's an improvement for me, and that's what I want to do: be out there in the game longer.

You've got to work your way into the NBA. Guys like Seth Curry, it took him a couple years in the G-League.

Every time you make a jump, whether it's from high school to college or college to the NBA, you're going to hear questions about your athletic ability.

All I've done all my life is just tried to better the game for our players and for those people watching.

The NBA? Never in my wildest dreams when I was playing in Division III basketball.

I'm not just a time triallist any more.

In high school, you don't play much defense. It's mostly offense. In college, it's vice versa, and that's what I tried to do.

For me it's just amazing that I grew up watching Tim Duncan and KG and Kobe and Paul Pierce, Allen Iverson and all those guys and now it's like, 'Man, I can't believe they actually got old.' It's like they actually walked away. It's crazy to think about, but the game has to keep moving.

Look at the NBA players back when Magic and Kareem played in the early 80's with the short shorts, look at what Michael looked like when he first came in the league compared to when he left. Every sport evolves. Every sport gets bigger and more athletic, and you have to keep up.

Clearly, if you go abroad to a top club, it means one more step in your development.

I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A.

Anybody I have spoken to who has held a record says 'Records are meant to be broken.' They get excited when somebody has an opportunity to break one of their records and take the sport even further.

I didn't play JV because I went straight to varsity and started as a 10th grader - that was back in the day when you could not play varsity as a ninth grader. I went right from playing junior high football to varsity.

I wouldn't go to pro wrestling. It's not really my thing. I'm a fan, but I think every sport could take some notes from the WWE - how they've progressed and stayed relevant for such a long period of time.

There's not a lot of short quarterbacks in the league, but I think there's more guys paving the way for the transition of not really caring about how big you are, how tall you are.

My whole life I have just ran track and I have just continued and taken it to the next level.

Usually, you become a star and then a champion.

You get the kids today into the sport, and then they can't get to the "next level." I mean, come on, that's a bunch of junk.

When I came to Under-19, I played a lot of cricket and got a lot of experience. Then India A as well, and Ranji Trophy - it just keeps going on.

Leipzig made me a better player.

The generation that I'm in is extremely talented, and those that are still in school, my peers that are my age that will be out here really soon, you guys will see, will make a pretty easy transition on the PGA Tour. I don't think they will have a problem at all. The game is getting younger, and the game is getting better.

At some point, the power side of the game has to peak, players can't get much bigger. Guys will be doing more footwork and explosive-speed stuff.

It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.

The players in the England team, the majority of us didn't play more than twice a week until we were 20. The younger girls are training more than that now, so in 10 years' time, when they take over from us, the quality will be so much higher. That's what I'd like to see.

I played United's reserves for a few years and I wanted to take that next step, which was a loan move.