At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
There aren't too many principles of proper business conduct with which just about everybody will agree. Two come to mind: 1. Unless you're a professional athlete, don't offer co-workers encouragement by patting them on the butt, and 2. Don't burn bridges.
I try and tell all the kids that I meet that hope to be amazing one day and be a professional athlete or a doctor or a lawyer or whatever they want to be. I tell them they can do all that because Tourette's won't stop them.
I was a total athlete. I loved sports, but when I realized I wasn't going to be a professional athlete, I realized I wanted to be in movies.
You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.
You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult.
Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.
As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you - but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.
I learned a lot from my father. I'm very lucky to have a father who was a professional athlete.
I have been a Cowboys fan since I was a little bitty boy. And my dream has finally become a reality, of not only just playing a professional, becoming a professional athlete, but playing for the team that I always wanted to play for.