Athlete Quote by Bobby Knight

I don't believe athletes should be role models. . . . We're a one-shot deal, one in a million, so we should be the…

— Charles Barkley

I don't really agree with the role model thing. People are always saying that athletes shouldn't do X or Y because they are role…

— Claudia Rankine

A lot of times, professional athletes say, 'I'm not a role model; I'm an athlete.' I don't mind being a role model because I…

— Bobby Lashley

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways.…

— Dante Hall

As a sports person there is definitely a responsibility to be a good role model.

— Chris Hoy

We understand that athletes aren't necessarily role models, but we at least expect them to abide by the basic laws of the state.

— Tim Pawlenty

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models...

— Charles Barkley

I don't care what anybody says: a pro athlete is going to be a role model. I tried to use that as a positive…

— Clyde Drexler

As athletes, as people, the way we're looked at in the community, and through kids, we're looked at as role models. The more we…

— Tobias Harris

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models… It's not like it was when I was…

— Charles Barkley

Athletes are given a really special platform. It's our duty, as athletes, to be role models.

— Adam Rippon

Perhaps we need to redefine our idea of role models; they're not always elite athletes whose success might seem too distant or unachievable. Sometimes…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson