Family Quote by Justin Gatlin

Look at the guys at the the top of the sport, a lot of them are early 30s and that's when they really hit…

— Brad Tavares

Pro athletes, how they go through the world is so elevated. The bubble they're in is one of entitlement. And that starts young. By…

— Richard Linklater

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

As professional athletes, we're used to inspiring the next generation, people who are younger than us.

— Jason Collins

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

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

I really don't know how athletes manage to do it, having kids while they're still competing and being able to stay at the top…

— Chris Hoy

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they…

— Ivan Lendl

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

A lot of kids my age can make a lot of mistakes, but college athletes that are in the spotlight, you have to grow…

— Willie Cauley-Stein

I'm way too old to change sports now. Sportsmen start so young - some of the ski jumpers we were talking to, they were…

— Martin Truex Jr

I feel like a lot of people in sports come from - not bad backgrounds, but they have a real story. They've come from…

— Liz Cambage