Athlete Quote by LeBron James

Professional sports is a business.

— Lynn Swann

Sports entertainment in general, it's a very competitive business.

— Eric Bischoff

The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don't make as much…

— Dick Butkus

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.

— Emil Zatopek

I think every athlete is an entrepreneur. Our job is to better our product to present to a new team every year.

— Martellus Bennett

When I see athletes here in the United States, I think they have something different to European athletes and the difference is that they…

— Blaise Matuidi

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

— Oscar Robertson

Sport is an entertainment, in one sense. But it's also a business.

— Alastair Cook

When brands advertise with sports players, it inspires people to be part of and play sport.

— Hima Das

Athletics have become professionalized.

— Socrates

There's been a realization in college athletics that an athletic director really is a businessman.

— Oliver Luck

The athlete must make a devotion of his specialty.

— Paavo Nurmi