Demise Quote by Frank Shorter

I hate the cliche of 'just have fun,' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure…

— Hope Solo

The biggest thing I noticed growing up when I was doing BMX racing or playing rugby through to secondary school level, was seeing the…

— Chris Hoy

I get a lot of parents coming up to me, telling me they are grooming their kids to be professional athletes. I'm really against…

— Wayne Gretzky

I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it [achieve something], they want their kids to…

— Wayne Gretzky

Going in is really more of an acknowledgment that kids in poverty, in their situations, can get out of it, and it doesn't always…

— Marshall Faulk

I think that kids aren't even exploring the option of sports anymore, and they don't even know what they could do.

— Allyson Felix

They want everything to be better for their children. I think athletes are starting to see that and that's why they're starting to speak…

— Andrew Hawkins

Not every child is cut out for an individual sport.

— Chris Evert

Our country's growing obsession with organized sports isn't just hurting our children, but also our communities. As play is siphoned off to gyms and…

— Darell Hammond

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

Some parents could do more for their children by not doing so much for them.

— Anonymous

For many children, the sport they do is because that is the one that was most available to them.

— Princess Anne