I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.
Olympic athletes have to find a job right after they're done competing.
I'm naturally athletic, and I think playing strong, female roles just kind of happened.
Mick Jagger is one of the greatest athletes who ever lived, just for how much he puts into it onstage.
I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power play.
I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I've always been an athlete at heart.
In those days I was terrible at athletics and never made a team, but quite easily led my class in academics.
All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.
Today, unless women gain jobs and athletic scholarships commensurate with their percentage of the population, feminists scream discrimination.
I started acting professionally at age 19.
And I'm proud of what I do as a professional, too.
I give 150%. I'm a professional, a pro.
I started making music professionally when I was 14.
I wanted to be a professional drummer.
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