He missed a year of competition but returned this year as a professional player in Spain.
Never a professional player, Parreira's background is in physical preparation.
His performances for Harlequins demonstrate an excellent work ethic, and his disciplinary record - one yellow card following persistent team infringements in seven years as a professional player - speaks for itself.
There is a day in everybody's life when they realize that they're not going to be a professional basketball player and they're not going to be a professional cartoonist.
"It has been a privilege to serve as executive chairman and president of the ATP, an organization that I've been a part of for more than 35 years since I became a professional tennis player, " Drewett said in a statement.
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"I think there was not a single professional player in the team in 1996, " he said.
Before becoming a billionaire, Lemann was a professional tennis player and even played in the prestigious Wimbledom tournament.
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Imagine a professional baseball player or NFL player using Twitter to set up a pick-up game for fans.
E. in a professional football player, and that was a twenty-four-year-old running back who had played in the N.
Some even questioned whether his slender frame, hitting mechanics and unusual stance could lead him to a career as a professional baseball player.
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"This is the best place to be when you are a professional tennis player and I savor every blade of it, " Williams told reporters.
Yet a professional tennis player can't lob a ball a few feet into the air and hit an overhand smash without being able to hear a pin drop?
The hotel has special meaning to the Murray family, with Andy's older brother Jamie, also a professional tennis player, marrying his Colombian wife Alejandra Gutierrez there in 2010.
Houston was born the eldest of three at 10 Thomas Street, Tonypandy in November 1923, the son of Alex, a professional football player from Scotland and Elsie, whose own mother ran a local milk round.
"It's pointless just bowling to a batsman and then walking back to your mark and doing it all over again, because they'll never feel like they're in a contest, " says Nel, who was on course to be a professional rugby player at the age of 18.
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"Lee is a good and professional player but we talk about Barr before and why he would like to come here because he's sees the chance to improve - with Lee Wallace it is the same, " added Laszlo.
McKee linked up with an activist named Chris Nowinski, a former college football player and professional wrestler who runs a group called the Sports Legacy Institute, in Boston.
"Northern Ireland is losing a very experienced player and a truly excellent professional, " said Northern Ireland boss Worthington.
Mr Weiss said he had wanted to be a professional table-tennis player and had even played a match last weekend.
While there is considerable value in these types of sponsorships, we find that companies are able to convey a story and personality of their service and product more easily and convincingly through the personality and media outlets of a professional eSports team or player.
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In fact, Stony Brook is close to the bottom after having its lineup gutted by a player exodus to professional baseball.
Most free-market economists view such claims of desirable social by-products with the indignation of a poker player watching a professional gambler palm cards.
The hosts were never in it after Craig Morgan saw red for a lunge at Campbell, and Ryan Bennett was then sent off for a professional foul on the same player.
Ko became the youngest player to win a professional tournament in January when still 14.
The most import thing a professional caddie does is help their player keep his or her head straight.
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He was invited to train with several clubs before he signed for Bury, then in England's third tier, becoming the first Indian player to sign a professional contract in Europe.
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