My grandmother is a huge Hawkeyes fan, so I, by proxy, have to be one. I'm more of a professional sports fan, and I've never been a huge college fan, but because of my grandmother, I've gotten into a lot of really good Hawkeye games. So, because I'm a good grandson, I'm a Hawkeye fan.
The final group, on Sunday at the Masters, is the greatest feeling in the world for a professional golfer.
Some people insist that hallowed professional teams should never change their nicknames.
It's a hard life as a professional cricketer. It's not as easy as everyone makes out. To survive you need a tough hide.
We've all heard stories of lottery winners, rock stars, heirs and heiresses, and professional athletes becoming millionaire morons who wake up rich but are broke by nightfall.
If I was young again and wanted to be a professional wrestler, first thing I'd do is get jacked all to hell is what I'd do.
We hesitate to call liars out in professional environments because we feel guilty for being suspicious. Calling someone a liar for no good reason is a frightening proposition for most.
You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.
We cannot leave history entirely to nonclinical observers and to professional historians.
Having a relentless lineup full of professional hitters works on so many levels. It works in terms of pure baseball reasons: if you get on base, you're going to score runs.
For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.
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.
I've been booed in Holland and in Uruguay - as a professional footballer, you need to have thick skin and just get used to it.
My wife is a former homicide detective, LAPD. The wonderful thing that I was able to capture is my wife's experiences from human and professional, and how do you deal with some of the atrocities that happen in L.A. and not bring them home.
We live in a homogenized world, where it's hard to get excited when everything is slick and professional. The interesting things are the dull things.
When I was very young I wanted to be a professional horseback rider. Then I wanted to be a pop singer. Then I wanted to be a psychiatrist. Then I wanted to be a movie director.
I have often thought that one of the less attractive traits of various professional bodies and institutions is the deeply ingrained suspicion and outright hostility which can exist towards anything unorthodox or unconventional.
Professional humorists and cartoonists have to go through a stage in which they have to kill their own internal editor just so they can get stuff out. So whether they believe it or not, they need me on the other end to do that editing for them.
'Ice Age 4' came totally out of nowhere for me. I was told Fox Animation was interested in hiring me as a story supervisor or something or other that sounded way too professional for me.
I used to draw and illustrate, but I don't do that anymore because I just like to write. I like to leave the illustrations to actual professional illustrators.