Athlete Quote by Ivan Lendl

Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.

— Edwin Moses

I think when you are the parents of a gifted athlete, the best thing in the world you can do is to encourage them,…

— Bob Lilly

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…

— Charles Barkley

The fact is I've been the kind of parent who has been there at every single sports day, my kids are achievers at school,…

— Pooja Bedi

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

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

We do not question an athlete who is disciplined in order to achieve their goals, and yet as parents the same premise is not…

— Jo Frost

I would never encourage my children to be athletes - first because my children are not athletes and second because there are so many…

— Bill James

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

A little-known secret is that being a pro athlete is not that great. It's a pretty short lifespan. I know all these parents are…

— Timothy Olyphant

It's important for parents to put kids in positions where they can succeed and to teach competition because competition exists not only in sports.

— Ray Allen

I think a lot of athletes when they get in their mid and late 30s, they focus more on kids, on family.

— Justin Gatlin