Ability Quote by Lance Armstrong

“Life should not be an endurance event. No prestigious job, well-appointed house, or luxury vacation is worth your emotional, mental and, yes, physical health.…

— Susan Barbara Apollon

All sorts of famous sports people have been suspended for extended periods.

— Frank Deford

We professional athletes are very lucky. Unlike most mortals, we are given the privilege of dying twice - once when we retire and again…

— John McNally

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 get Tweets every day from people telling me that 'Hey, I'm going to overcome my injury or my illness. Cancer. Different diseases. I…

— Adrian Peterson

“The hyping of disabled athletes into superhuman status by Channel 4 only deepens our wounds, inflicted by continual assaults on our daily lives. It…

— Penny Pepper

Surely, sport is not fundamentally about the safety of athletes. If it were, we'd probably have to ban professional football, right after boxing.

— Alice Dreger

“We were stereotyped the way many athletes with disabilities or illnesses are, particularly in participatory sports such as biking, running, and triathlon. After a…

— Phil Southerland

For the tiny percentage of people who are negatively affected by our embracing of standards, they can just get their sports somewhere else in…

— Mike Davidson

“Everest attempt at sixty-two, three weeks after undergoing surgery for kidney cancer, marathon des Sables six months after it was amputated fingers and toes,…

— Gérard Bourrat

Sport, like life, hardly gives you second chances, certainly not in a pandemic era.

— Abhinav Bindra

If I look what sport has done in my life, I don't think there's any doubt that sport can change lives.

— Bryan Clay