Fighting Quote by Gale Sayers

As athletes, we think we're heroes, but when you witness firsthand what I saw yesterday, you realize who the real heroes are.

— Tom Brady

Athletes become our heroes, because they're superhuman. They do things nobody else can do. They're better than 6 billion other people.

— Charlie Sheen

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

— Adam Rippon

I don't see many people as heroes and, though I love sport, I believe athletes rarely deserve that praise.

— Giles Duley

Heroes aren't athletes who set new sports records, or Hollywood actors who make 'daring' films or politicians who make bold promises. Heroes are people…

— Oliver North

The true athlete should have character, not be a character

— John Wooden

Growing up where I grew up, we looked to athletes. They were our first heroes. They came from the same places we came from.…

— Jay-Z

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 believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.

— Venus Williams

As athletes, it is our responsibility to be role models. But we are not superheroes.

— Marcelo

Our athletes are our heroes.

— Cathy Rigby

Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be part of…

— Jeff Ross