Athletes Quotes · Page 7

I applaud the professional athletes using their platform to voice their opinions.

— Stan Van Gundy

Olympic athletes have to find a job right after they're done competing.

— Apolo Ohno

There are all these athletes out there cheating. I am clean and pure.

— Anonymous

I think athletes are, in general, tired of so much of their persona being controlled by the media.

— Jemele Hill

The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike.

— Dave Beard

The thing about great athletes is that they all believe they can win the very next time.

— Michael Wilbon

Many athletes competing in Atlanta wouldn't be here if it weren't for corporate support.

— Mary Lou Retton

We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over.

— Alberto Juantorena

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

— Anonymous

We might not make what athletes in other sports make, but we have greater longevity and we do have certain freedoms to…

— David Duval

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

— Leigh Steinberg

Obviously, not many people get to be pro athletes and hopefully make it in their sport. So I'm just lucky enough to…

— Jack Sock

It is surprising how many professional athletes, along with their families and friends, are gaga over movie and music stars, and the…

— Cheech Marin

People really criticize professional athletes going into the Olympics. People don't like change. A bunch of people don't like the Olympics now…

— Larry Ellison

There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when they don't behave…

— LZ Granderson

It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on…

— Billie Jean King

“Billy tries to imagine the vast systems that support these athletes. They are among the best-cared for creatures in the history of…

— Ben Fountain

I know a lot of CEOs who are looking for three- to four-year varsity athletes - not necessarily because these people are…

— Angela Duckworth

Unfortunately, we don't have the luxury of being paid like NBA, NFL and soccer and baseball athletes. They have that cushion where…

— Aljamain Sterling

I explain to athletes, you're supposed to be a well-oiled machine. You're supposed to be in better shape than the people watching…

— John Salley

If you offer athletes stipends, then you're into pay-for-play, and that's the ballgame. People should realize that, and they should realize that…

— Charlie Pierce

“Muhammad Ali has a lot to answer for. When he lit the flame at the Atlanta Olympics there wasn't a dry eye…

— Michael Robotham

Not many countries establish a prize for peace. The Seoul Peace Prize has its roots in the 1988 Summer Olympics when this…

— Ban Ki-moon

Anything you can do to help someone, I just think it's so important because there's a lot of kids that look up…

— Jerry West

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

— Lisa Guerrero

Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals.

— Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz

The performance that we put out there as athletes is our heart, our heart.

— Justin Gatlin

We should be able to live the lives of other professional athletes in hockey, baseball, NFL and NBA.

— Curtis Blaydes

I don't believe my athletes care what I know, until they know that I care.

— Teri McKeever

As a coach, I've learned that the greatest thing I can do for my athletes is to share my passion for the…

— Cael Sanderson

As athletes, you always know that mistakes happen, and not everyone is perfect, and you can't be perfect.

— Katelyn Ohashi

These guys, just because we're NBA athletes, we're not superhumans.

— Karl-Anthony Towns

Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes.

— Ato Boldon

In Africa, kids don't look at black athletes and say, 'They're different from us.' They look at them and say, 'That can…

— Luol Deng

The only one who can tell you 'you can't ' is you. And you don't have to listen.

— Nike

All American males are failed athletes, and it was big time even if it was Little League. It meant a lot to…

— Nick Nolte

Athletes are statistically, given their age and health, at virtually zero risk from COVID.

— Clay Travis

The NFL is the best athletes in the world with the best work ethic.

— Carl Nassib

To me, the travel is part of the business, it's what we do as athletes.

— Jozy Altidore

I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012.

— Linford Christie