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I think that's one thing about the entertainment industry: Athletes want to be actors, and musicians want to be actors, so it all kind of mixes nice together.

Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be part of it.

I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad.

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.

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.

As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the world what you have and how proud you are of it, that's always fun.

Actors geek out over athletes. Everyone knows that.

I kind of rode this weird line between athlete and artist. It was a little different because most of the athletes were total jocks, and most of the artists dressed in black and were kind of considered a little on the fringe. But I hung out with both crowds in my high school.

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.