Pro Quotes

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

We need to get some people in here. There's no passion out there. There's always an excuse. Nobody wants to step up and be a pro.

I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.

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.

I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time, you know, that's kind of why I'm kind of pro dubbing.

When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.

Apparently I'm not a pro cyclist.

If you're an old pro, you know how well you're doing when you're doing it, and your inner government spanks you if you're not doing well.

People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life.

If we really wanted to be cool, and everyone in the world had Pro Tools, we could just put it up on the internet and everyone could make their own record out of it.

You can't live on last year, you can't live on the year before. I can't bring in my 13 Pro Bowls in the locker room and say, look at me. No. That is gone. That is the best thing about the game of football is that everybody starts over.

When I went pro at 13, I had plenty of sponsors that give me endorsement deals and stuff like that.

I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling.

You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much.

Wilderness designations should not be the result of a quid pro quo. They should rise or fall on their own merits.

Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.

I'm pro Union.

Acting for me is not that quid pro quo.

I can't drag myself away from 'Final Cut Pro.' It is a digital video editing system. I am obsessed with it, but I am always away from home, and I can't use it.

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.

I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me.

I met my boyfriend, a pro poker player, at a tournament. He tried to dissuade me because it's a seedy gritty world. Listen, I've played till 4 in the morning. I've played with a half million dollars on the table.

Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s. He's the best wing player I've ever coached. But he's done it the right way. He knew he had to work on his body to become a good pro. When he goes into the pros, he'll be physically ready.

Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.

I turned pro and won Rookie of the Year on the South African Tour and then it took me two tries at the qualifying school on the European Tour and to get my card and the rest is history.