Athlete Quote by Candace Parker Download Open image “Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.” — Candace Parker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Athlete Father Kids Males Sports
I really don't know how athletes manage to do it, having kids while they're still competing and being able to stay at the top… — Chris Hoy Copy Share Image
Professional athletes, like it or not, have a responsibility to the kids of America. — Howie Long Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they… — Ivan Lendl Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Baseball always gets credit for the foundational part of masculinity - the father thing. The eternal game of backyard catch, 'Field of Dreams', the… — J. R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
I think a lot of athletes when they get in their mid and late 30s, they focus more on kids, on family. — Justin Gatlin Copy Share Image
Why are men reluctant to become fathers? They aren't through being children. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball. — Derek Fisher Copy Share Image
Any athlete can preach to this, that when things aren't going well, you tend to bring it home, and the people that take the… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
Most parents are able to be with their kid every day. Every day of their life, their parents have an opportunity to be with… — Damian Lillard Copy Share Image
Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way I am achieving my dreams. — Candace Parker Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind being the female MJ. I want to have major crossover appeal. — Candace Parker Copy Share Image
I look at it this way: the WNBA is 13 years young. I think eventually women will get to that point, maybe in my… — Candace Parker Copy Share Image
The Sparks have always been committed to success and making the right moves to build upon their rich tradition in the WNBA. — Candace Parker Copy Share Image
From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad… — Candace Parker Copy Share Image
What's so special about this team is that we all have the same mentality, this sort of, 'We've been knocked down, let's get back… — Candace Parker Copy Share Image
I think it's great that young girls have the WNBA to look up to now. — Candace Parker Copy Share Image
I know Penny Toler and coach Ross have worked hard to put together a strong team this year, and I am ready to start… — Candace Parker Copy Share Image
As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping. — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I have no physical genius about me. I can't dribble a ball and run at the same time, I can't do lay-ups - I'm… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run… — Harbhajan Singh Copy Share Image
I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed… — Nigel Mansell Copy Share Image
I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a sport centered… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. — Jason Collins Copy Share Image
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
I don't want to say names, but there are certain companies I won't work with because of previous people they've worked with. I don't… — Alex Morgan Copy Share Image