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Some athletes feel they have to show they're confident and talk about what they're going to achieve. I don't think there's anything wrong with just quietly believing in yourself and just getting on with it. You don't have to talk about it all the time; you want your performances to show for it.

When you're an athlete, you've got the horse blinders on pretty thick. Your exploration of other things in life tends to be limited because you have to have such a focus on what you're doing. I wasn't a good enough player to stray from that focus and still keep my ability.

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.

The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.

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.

As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.

I have so much respect for athletes like LeBron James. I get motivation from them because I know how many hours they put into it. It takes a lot of hard work and drive.

When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.