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But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport.

I really didn't have one particular athlete I liked growing up.

I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player.

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.

I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have to compete, and they can't stay home just because they have a head cold.

I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.

At one point that's all I cared about, being a pro athlete. But I realized I wasn't athletic enough.

Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.