17 Quotes by Renaldo Nehemiah

She doesn't have any idea of how good she could be. We're talking about someone who could be in five Olympic Games.

I got in his face. You won the gold medal, I told him, but it's over.

I was clearly the best hurdler in 1980, and not getting a chance to go to the Olympics was very hurtful to me, ... It took me many, many years to address it. That was the single biggest motivating factor in going into football.

The athletes coming out today are marking $350,000 to $650,000 plus a year, just from their apparel deals.

that while he could be a very good defender, he was out of this world with the ball in his hands.

I was a world-record holder, and I have a Super Bowl ring. There are very few people who can say that. I played for the best team ever during that time. It's an experience I'd never take back.

Unfortunately, I had to play professional football to get my just due as a great athlete. In Europe, I was an international celebrity. In the United States, I was vindicated once I played America's game of football.

Dwight Clark told me that he thought I was a phenomenal talent, and that Bill Walsh would love a guy like me, ... Bill was intrigued. Once word got out that I tried out with the 49ers, I could've picked where I wanted to go.

Europe is where 85 percent of the prize money is.