Athletics Quote by Kim Collins

I think everybody ought to be allowed to be engaged in athletics at whatever level the audience will accept.

— Gerald McRaney

I feel like broadcasters should be helping us grow our sport and help these athletes who just won matches on the biggest stage enjoy…

— Ben Shelton

The general public does not really understand what athletes do away from competition time. They know there will be some exertion involved, of course,…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

“Athletics lasts for such a short period of time. It ends for people. But while it lasts, it creates this make-believe world where normal…

— H.G. Bissinger

Athletics needs more focus because it is the heart and soul of any Olympics.

— Milkha Singh

I'm not saying that the press is wrong to report any internal differences we have, but at the same time, I think it's our…

— Pete Rozelle

I don't really take into account what the media says. People have their own opinions about what goes on, but they don't see what…

— Sophie Pascoe

Athletes have the same rights everybody else does. If there is a strength in our democracy, it's that we are encouraged to exercise those…

— Stan Van Gundy

Performance enhancing drugs are banned in the Olympics. OK, we can swing with that. But performance 'debilitating' drugs should not be banned. Smoke a…

— Eddie Izzard

Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

— Arthur Lydiard

We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world.

— Alberto Juantorena

Athletics have become professionalized.

— Socrates