Rookie Quotes

• I did some good things as a rookie.

  

  Earl Campbell
  • Good
  • Good Things
  • Rookie

• The connection that readers have to 'Rookie' has only meant more and more to me as I get older.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Connection
  • Readers
  • Rookie

• I am a feminist - I just think the label reflects my beliefs - but, you know, we say 'Rookie' is a website for teenage girls, not a feminist website for teenage girls. That's not because I'm not proud to call myself a feminist, but when you're calling attention to a project, you can very easily be pigeonholed by choosing certain identifiers.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Feminist
  • Project
  • Beliefs

• I never seen a rookie get that many calls going to the basket. He kind of reminded myself of me when I was a rookie, just going in there and being able to get calls and all the veterans saying they never seen a rookie get calls like that.

  

  Allen Iverson
  • Veterans
  • Basket
  • Rookie

• I'm feeling a lot of love right now. But I'm sorry. I've got a muzzle on me. I'm a rookie.

  

  Ellis Hobbs
  • Love
  • Rookie
  • I Am Sorry

• One of my goals is to be Defensive Player of the Year. One of my goals is to be Rookie of the Year. And one of my long-term goals is to be walking across that stage with a jacket on and a nice little patch on it that says 'Hall of Fame.'

  

  Mohamed Bamba
  • Across
  • Defensive
  • Jacket

• I think they become a little more explosive in the passing game, just from a standpoint of experience. I mean, this guy's a three-year veteran as opposed to a rookie. He's seen more looks.

  

  Aaron Kampman
  • Experience
  • Game
  • Rookie

• Tried on daddy's 1979 rookie firesuit a while back. Smelled every bit of 36 years old.

  

  Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
  • Tried
  • Rookie
  • Smelled

• All these guys are just like me. They were a rookie at one time in their life. They treat me like I'm one of the guys. I look at Greg Maddux and saw him sitting over there and said, 'Man, that's Greg Maddux. That guy is going to be in the Hall of Fame.' Now I sit there and talk to him like a teammate. It's a reality check, and it's a great feeling at the same time.

  

  Brian Dopirak
  • Life
  • Guys
  • Hall of Fame

• The start of my rookie season when there was so much pressure, so many expectations, and so much excitement surrounding the return of the No. 3 to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and then we went out and won the pole for the Daytona 500. That was a very special moment.

  

  Austin Dillon
  • Expectations
  • Season
  • Rookie

• I've always liked to shoot from the hip. This is the perfect fit for me ... I'm willing to earn my spurs, because once again, after 18 years I'm back to being a rookie.

  

  Reggie Miller
  • Perfect
  • Again
  • Shoot

• It's not like I'm a rookie pilot. In fact, I invented airplanes. And air.

  

  David Blatt
  • Invented
  • Pilot
  • Airplanes

• There's only one thing worse than being a rookie; that's being a rookie kicker.

  

  Nate Kaeding
  • Being
  • Rookie

• I didn't know as a rookie coming in how long I'd be in this league, so to play this long is the thing I'm most proud of.

  

  Brian Leetch
  • League
  • Rookie