The incident became one of the controversial moments in the VMA history, and a career-defining moment for Apple.

The reality is that lineage was as much a factor in Rose's career-defining moment as his surprising 25 home runs last season in Class AA.

I had my career-defining moment in college, in the early 1970's.

On cue, he has plodded through this scene without coming up with a career-defining moment under pressure.

Nonetheless, his LCS heroics served as but a prelude to the career-defining moment that awaited him in the subsequent World Series.

She points to winning the junior silver medal at the 2009 U.S. Championships as her career-defining moment.

This time trial victory is sometimes seen as Indurain's career-defining moment.

It was the Giants' Lomas Brown who had said last week that this game would produce career-defining moments.

When the fate of the world hangs in the balance, you want to keep an eye on anyone whose career-defining moment involves consorting with the enemy.

But now they are entering the rough-and-tumble halfcourt world of the playoffs - a time of career-defining moments of sports life and death.