Being Quote by John Part

There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed.

— Ted Simmons

Far too many athletes have been unable to let go of their troubled roots or just have failed to fully understand their new lives…

— Jemele Hill

I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have…

— Ben Cross

I've never cared that much for cementing my place in history. Sports is so transitory, so ephemeral. It just seems like so much nonsense…

— Billie Jean King

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

— Giles Duley

Athletes are no different than many of us.

— Jemele Hill

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

What is learned on the athletic field is not forgotten, nor are the lessons of character that are forged there ever lost. Consider the…

— Robert Kennedy

Let's be honest: I'm an athlete, not an entertainer as much.

— Bill Goldberg

I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something…

— Mary Decker

In athletics there are so many great elite athletes who look like me, so it was easy to fall into.

— Kadeena Cox

I really didn't have one particular athlete I liked growing up.

— Masahiro Tanaka