In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character…

As female athletes, we're all strong. We all have gone through something in our life that has helped shape us to where we are.

— Breanna Stewart

“We do not let our ego plan a counter-attack when people underestimate our creative abilities, we speak through our work instead.”

— Chris Erzfeld

On today's athletes: I wish I could turn back the clock a little bit so I'd have a chance to cut it up with…

— Eric Heiden

In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem…

— Leigh Steinberg

When you look at guys who get recruited, most of the best athletes, they come from poor families. I don't forget. I was a…

— Eric Dickerson

Some athletes are super fashionable and not good. It's like c'mon man focus on your craft, be who you're supposed to be and then…

— Pusha T

Many dedicated endurance athletes don’t need to be told what to do – they need to be told what not to do.

— Scott Tinley

It is very discouraging to be in a team with white athletes. On the track you are Tommie Smith, the fastest man in the…

— Tommie Smith

They want everything to be better for their children. I think athletes are starting to see that and that's why they're starting to speak…

— Andrew Hawkins

Somewhere behind the athlete you have become, and hours if practice is a little girl who picked up a ball, fell in love with…

— Anonymous

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'

— Haile Gebrselassie

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

— Bill Rodgers

Theres that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously.

— Lisa Guerrero

Professional athletes die twice.

— Steve Nash

Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned…

— Naveen Jain