For years I’ve been seeing my young brothers wearing Scarface T-shirts, John Gotti T-shirts, Rick James T-shirts. We don’t have any icons or idols to look up to, just rappers and professional athletes. – Lamar Odom
Did I think it was hypocritical that a professional league making hundreds of millions of dollars off beer sponsorships was telling me not to drink? Yes. – Josh Gordon
I’m in professional wrestling, which is what I do for a living. I coordinate stunts. I memorize them. – Kurt Angle
Thus, during the winter of 2003 I ventured into a new arena as a professional photographer. – Janine Turner
There’s a horrible stereotype of both the romance writer and the romance reader as somehow undereducated and unprofessional, when in fact there are a number of incredibly well-educated professional women who have chosen to leave their other careers and go into writing romance. – Lauren Willig
I don’t think I would’ve been performing this long if I didn’t love it sincerely to the degree that I do. It’s not enough to like it. Dilettantes like things. Professionals love things and I consider myself a professional. – Lea Salonga
I’ll always be there because I’m a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I’ve any talent is beside the point. – Michael Caine
As an actress, I get plenty of drama in my professional life. When I’m at home, I want a peaceful life. – Lysette Anthony
Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable – on a personal level and on a professional level. – John Hawkes
I’ve never been asked to appear on ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!,’ so I guess I mustn’t be on the professional skids just yet. – Robin Williams
I’ve been a reporter for 20 years, and I don’t ever get things wrong. That’s important in terms of my professional status. – Ron Suskind
For me, university was just awful because it was closing one door after the other of all these candy shops of professional possibilities. – Richard Powers
To deal with what you have to deal with as mayor or president, there has to be an overriding psychological or professional or emotional gratification that would let you go through all the angst. – Rahm Emanuel
A professional player is smarter than a college man. He uses his noodle. He knows what to do and when to do it. He rarely goes up in the air as is the case with most of our college players when they get in a tight place. – Red Grange
Well, first of all, they’re all about the music and all I care about in my professional career is the music. – Ronnie Spector
The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon. – Robert Benchley
Professional camera crews are rarely there when a bomb goes off or a rocket lands. They usually show up afterwards. – Rebecca MacKinnon
You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult. – Robin Yount
In my career as an actress, I have never got involved with anybody from the world of films. I have always kept my professional and personal life separate, as that’s my policy. – Preity Zinta
The reality of professional skateboarding contests is that they’re not relevant in our world. – Rob Dyrdek
I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms. – Orville Redenbacher
There’s no difference between fame and infamy now. There’s a new school of professional famous people that don’t do anything. They don’t create anything. – Ricky Gervais
Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed. – Rajiv Ouseph