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Definition of Pro

Pro

A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth.

For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with con.

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Pro Quotations

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Hunter S. Thompson

When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
Will Rogers

The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing.
Phyllis Diller

The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you.
Phyllis Diller

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.
Gerald R. Ford

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?
Paul Harvey

I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected.
Jacqueline Bisset

I was told once if I kept breaking things on my legs, that I wasn't going to be able to walk soon, you know? I wanted to be a pro skateboarder, but it was too hard. I was trying, but it wasn't going to happen.
Travis Barker

In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine.
Chris LeDoux

The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team.
Hayden Fry

I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time, you know, that's kind of why I'm kind of pro dubbing.
Jodie Foster

When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.
Sugar Ray Leonard

My two must-haves are my cell phone and my MacBook Pro laptop, which allows me to update my Web site from wherever I am, whether I'm in Africa or in Sun Valley skiing.
Daryn Kagan

Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
Wellington Mara

Every bowling center should have a house pro.
Don Johnson

My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.
Kurt Russell

I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me.
Kurt Russell

So when I was told to work, ten, twelve hours a day as an assistant pro, I didn't complain. It was normal.
Bernhard Langer

Ty Tryon made a lot of money after turning pro, but he might not have been ready. I don't want to make a lot of money for a couple of months and then not be ready.
Michelle Wie

They're still considered Olympic eligibles, so there's never an issue whether they're going to turn pro or not. When they get to that level, money is never an issue. They make so much money now.
Dorothy Hamill

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?
Will Harvey

By that time I was thinking a little about pro ball and hopeful that someone would draft me.
Jack Youngblood

But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen.
Tim McGraw

I am very pro law enforcement.
Robert Stack

Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.
Kristi Yamaguchi

Jeremy Lin is the only Asian American in the NBA today and one of the few in any professional U.S. sport. His arrival is surely leading other talented Asian American athletes this week to contemplate a pro career.
Eric Liu

Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s. He's the best wing player I've ever coached. But he's done it the right way. He knew he had to work on his body to become a good pro. When he goes into the pros, he'll be physically ready.
Rick Pitino

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.
Ruth Handler

Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.
Frank Gifford

This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life.
Kathleen Turner

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