Athlete Quote by Bill James

I think we should bring up our children with much less pressure to compete and get ahead: no comparing one child with another, at…

— Benjamin Spock

I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and…

— Wayne Gretzky

I'm convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.

— Shakira

For many young people growing up in minority communities, there is a sense that their lives are disposable. As athletes, we have a platform…

— Jason Collins

It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in…

— Frank Shorter

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun…

— Dean Kamen

I want to stay involved in athletics; I want to encourage kids to take part and try to grow the sport.

— Usain Bolt

There's just so much negative media surrounding professional athletes or sports in general, whether it's kids that are pressured too much or professional athletes…

— Kristopher Belman

My overwhelming concern will always be the well-being of the athletes. In Olympic sport, it is rare for competitors not to devote half their…

— Sebastian Coe

My kids are good athletes and runners. They run in a bunch of sports.

— Scott Bakula

For athletes, it is unhealthy to be one-sport focused, especially at a young age. I believe in exposing kids to lots of activities -…

— Tessa Virtue

It's important to give kids a variety of sports. Everyone is an individual, everyone is different but there is a sport out there for…

— Ellie Simmonds