Athlete Quote by Billie Jean King

You don't really grow up until you quit playing sports.

— Richard Linklater

I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had…

— Cathy Rigby

Athletes become our heroes, because they're superhuman. They do things nobody else can do. They're better than 6 billion other people.

— Charlie Sheen

Usually, when I liked athletes growing up, it was because they could hit a ball very far or they can throw a ball very…

— Robbie Lawler

Growing up where I grew up, we looked to athletes. They were our first heroes. They came from the same places we came from.…

— Jay-Z

Definitely sport matures you, if you let it. It definitely makes you grow up because you have to work so hard that if you…

— Venus Williams

Athletes are sort of part of the community at large. They have to be dedicated to what they do, and go through lots of…

— Dennis Quaid

Far too many athletes have been unable to let go of their troubled roots or just have failed to fully understand their new lives…

— Jemele Hill

Having the chance to play sports growing up teaches you all kinds of life lessons. It gives young people confidence and instills in them…

— April Ross

I really didn't have one particular athlete I liked growing up.

— Masahiro Tanaka

I always wanted to be an athlete growing up.

— Rob Gronkowski

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