Responsibility Quote by Elana Meyers

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 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 care what anybody says: a pro athlete is going to be a role model. I tried to use that as a positive…

— Clyde Drexler

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

— Adam Rippon

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

— Chris Hoy

The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even…

— Richard M. Daley

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

— Charles Barkley

It is critical for the future of our country, community, and society, that we empower youth by example; giving them role models which they…

— Phaedra Parks

We should try to teach the young people values that are useful to them whether they become professional athletes or not.

— Rafael Nadal

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

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

Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in, and we…

— Adam Rippon