Pro Quotes

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.

My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.

Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass.

The little boy, Spencer Breslin, it was just so great to have a kid on set. He is talented, he's a pro. He's been doing this for years, I think he started when he was four or five.

I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected.

All pro sports, as well as the NCAA, should thank God every day we have sports betting here... We have the only agency in the world that regulates the honesty of games.

The fact of the matter is most women are pro life.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.

My mother was right when she said that turning pro would take away my youth.

Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians.

Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record.

Most exciting for me was to make the Pro Bowl in 14 of 15 years.

In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine.

They're still considered Olympic eligibles, so there's never an issue whether they're going to turn pro or not. When they get to that level, money is never an issue. They make so much money now.

Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts.

It so happens that I'm pro choice.

The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you.

I'm only going to be running the Pro Class this season, that way I can focus on the Pro Championship.

My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.

Ty Tryon made a lot of money after turning pro, but he might not have been ready. I don't want to make a lot of money for a couple of months and then not be ready.

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.

Lombardi, a certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and November mud... He remains for many the heart of pro football, pumping hard right now.

Madonna is a pro. I don't like her and have no respect for her but- I don't think she should be called a musician or a dancer or whatever you know, but I do have, well I do have respect for her ability to completely manipulate the media and have them work for her.

Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice.

The hand check has always been a part of pro basketball.

It was a dream come true to be drafted by a pro team and have the opportunity to play.

The other thing was that when I was at the University of Miami, we ran a pro-style offense and defense. I started each year by going to a pro training camp, I visited with various pro coaches, and I did this for five years.

In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.