Top 289 Rookie Quotes & Sayings

My rookie year, I was terrified of Joe Staley.

I'd like to win Rookie of the Year.

I would go after any rookie. Any rookie with a lot of hype. I used to do it to Jason Kidd. I would go at him. I'd be like, 'Young fella, you're going to get a rude awakening in the NBA.'

Starting should be a goal for every rookie.

That's the first goal I have, to be Rookie of the Year.

Not all rookie lessons are learned on the hardwood. There are factors like rookie duties and building team camaraderie.

It's hard to win with rookie quarterbacks, as I know.

Veterans get priority in the training room and better parking, but there is not a whole lot of difference in terms of how they're treated in the competition for playing time. To me it doesn't matter if a guy is a 10-year veteran or a rookie. If the rookie is better, he finds his way onto the field.

Ultimately I want to win. That's my main focus as my rookie year.

I started rockin' the BowTie when I was a rookie with the New York Giants.

My rookie year in New England was mind-blowing.

I know how coming in as a rookie, on a rookie scale, you don't really know what you can buy, what you want to buy.

Im completely gobsmacked by the Rookie Blue fans.

Maybe I can become an all-rookie, but first I have to get minutes to play for Brooklyn.

The rookie game, those guys are going to be All-Stars one day.

My rookie year, it was a crazy atmosphere.

Losing is hard on all of us regardless of rookie or veteran.

When I was a rookie, I was kind of just flying, trying to make plays.

That rookie year was definitely a big part of this long journey with the Cavs.

And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.

I remember my rookie hazing. It wasnt fun.

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.

For me, I spent four years at Duke, and I was 22 my rookie year. For a lot of guys, I was old as a rookie, but nothing could prepare me for the NBA, both on the court and off the court.

I'm a rookie, but I'm not here to act like a rookie.

I feel like, maybe in the '90s, 'Rookie' would have been shamed for trying to reach a lot of people or trying to be 'mainstream', but I'm so pleased that our readers are happy to see me promoting the 'Rookie' yearbook on TV or whatever.

When I was a rookie, I had to shag balls out of the stands. It was my rookie duty.

It's unfortunate to lose guys in their rookie year.

I was 22 my rookie year.

As a young rookie NFL player, you go to the rookie symposium and the one thing they tell you is, "You guys know what the NFL stands for?" Everybody looks around like, "National Football League...?" The guy's like, "Nope - Not For Long." They tell you right there to get prepared for your second life. You take that in, and I've always been one to prepare early, to see ahead and anticipate and believe in great things happening, and they do. I'd already known that concept and appreciated that concept, but for me, I was always going to be here for a while. I just believed in that.

If somebody was to ask me who is the best rookie, I would tell them I was.

I remember my rookie hazing. It wasn't fun.

My rookie year, I was very immature.

I want to do something different in this league, even as a rookie.

It's an honor to be named Rookie of the Year by the media.

I can say Rookie of the Year is what I want to do.

To have a guy who believes in you from the time you step on the field as a rookie is just awesome.

For a driver in a Ferrari, anyway it is a lot of pressure, especially if you are a rookie.

Until you're a rookie, you don't know what NBA game shape is.

I'm not a rookie anymore-no more excuses about being young.

Anytime I play another rookie, there's that extra edge.

It's an honor to win the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award.

I kind of think the rookie wall is all in your mind, to be completely honest.

Even if I'll be an All Star or Rookie of The Year, I will always be humble Giannis.

New sales managers are the forgotten rookie - they were pros at selling, but all of a sudden they're a rookie at management.

When I was a rookie, what motivated me was trying to win Rookie of the Year and play the best that I could that I would compete so hard.

There are a lot of things that you learn as a rookie and you grow the most, I would say as a rookie from your first year to your second year.

Personally, I want to win rookie of the year.

When you're a rookie, sometimes your voice is not really heard.

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

We had a show called NXT, and Daniel Bryan was my rookie, and I was his pro. And the object was for the pros teach the rookies what it's like to be a WWE Superstar. As soon as that hit the Internet, the Internet thought it was absurd: 'How dare WWE put Daniel Bryan as Miz's rookie? Daniel Bryan should be the pro.'

Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.

When I signed with the Oilers, I felt like a rookie. I was 33.

As a rookie, they don't really know your name.

I did some good things as a rookie.

With any rookie quarterback, the more help you can get the better.

I'm not big on rookie hazing. I didn't wanna be hazed as a rookie, so I definitely didn't want to do it to others.

Two years ago, of course, I was just a rookie and listened to everybody. In a way I am still a rookie. I'm only 23 and I'll be surrounded by great players who have played in a lot more Ryder Cups than myself. But the rankings say I am the best player at the moment and so that brings a responsibility.

When I got traded to the Lakers in '97, Kobe Bryant was just a rookie.

I didn't start my whole rookie year.

I can't imagine as a rookie actually playing good football. I went through it.