Professional Athlete Quotes

52 quotes by 46 authors

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 growing… — Charles Barkley
In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is… — Leigh Steinberg
Once you become a professional athlete or once you do anything well, then you're automatically a role model ... I have no problem being a… — LeBron James
I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models... — Charles Barkley
Distance running to a professional athlete in my day was five laps around the field. And you stopped each lap to take your pulse. — Lynn Swann
Nike told me, 'We can't give you royalties because you're not a professional athlete.' I told them 'I'll go to the Garden and play one-on-no-one.'… — Kanye West
Dancing is still the hardest profession. Gene Kelly said dancing is a manâ€™s game Women have to do the same thing in heels, and have… — Mitzi Gaynor
I just want you guys to see it also. To see what type of words that are said toward me, and towards us as professional… — LeBron James
There's far more that goes into being a professional athlete than being a college athlete. So many differences that people don't realize. It's not just… — Robert Griffin III
There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete. — Carl Lewis
You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult. — Robin Yount
Obviously, you're known for what you do. But you still want to be known as a good person. You're a person a lot longer before… — Derek Jeter
The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot… — Frank Shorter
I can look back at it now as definitely like an initiation into adulthood. Almost overnight in the NFL, I was put on a pedestal… — Ricky Williams
My heritage is something that I have always been aware of, however, some would say that there is a disproportionately low number of Asians as… — Nathan Adrian
Unlike boxers-or any professional athlete for that matter-rowers have little motivation to do it longer than necessary. With a modest amount of self-realization, you'll know… — Brad Alan Lewis
I'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club. — Alison Sweeney
Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids. — Jim Sensenbrenner
I have been blessed with a long and healthy career as a professional athlete and as I move forward into the next stage of my… — Jerry Rice
First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete. — Unknown Author

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