We wanted Nike to be the world’s best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don’t end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.
Category: sports
Professional sports are something they can’t control.
Being No. 1. It’s talked about all of the time in hip-hop. ‘I’m still No. 1! I’m the best! I’m the greatest of all time!’ It’s the same mentality in sports.
When you’re a kid growing up, and you think you’re gay, you know that you’re different you’re often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem.
Golf is a game in which you yell ‘fore,’ shoot six, and write down five.
We knew it was going to be the biggest event scheduled in the history of women’s sports, but we didn’t ever fathom we would be playing before sold-out stadiums all over the country.
It’s become another dimension to who I am. I don’t think Sports Illustrated is going to be wanting me. But who cares? I’m at a different place in my life.
My favorite sports movies, I like ‘Remember the Titans’ and ‘Hoosiers’ Jimmy Chitwood, from the corner.
I went through baseball as ‘a player to be named later.’
The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.