Process Quote by Luke Rockhold

I try to avoid gaining weight as much as possible because it hinders my performance onstage. Touring demands so much energy.

— Arnel Pineda

I show up on weight as a respect for my opponent, as a respect for my gym, as a respect for representing who I…

— Dan Hooker

The reality for most athletes is that they have to deal with the wrath of the media only after they have performed, not in…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

I think athletes need to be better at portraying themselves and promoting themselves. You can't just sit and wait for the media to come…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Women's sports just needs a stage. If we have a stage we can show up and perform and show people what we're all about.

— Nelly Korda

The purpose of the media is to make us all spectators, to watch. So that's why we have millions of fat children watching the…

— Malachy McCourt

I don’t believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick up a heavy thing and put it down again. To me,…

— Paula Poundstone

It's in all of our interests to keep pushing athletes to see the big picture, and that's sometimes very difficult.

— Anne Donovan

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

For professional athletes, I think we have a responsibility to utilize our platforms to stand for something bigger than our individual selves and to…

— Mike Conley Jr

Some sports, you see some athletes just walking around the gym not really doing anything, eating food. They're first to the lunchroom, never lifting…

— Mikaela Shiffrin

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

— Arthur Lydiard