Athlete Quote by Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

People don't really understand how important our voices are. I think there's a lot of athletes that don't use their power that really should.

— Kyle Kuzma

Many sportsmen, like myself and my team-mates, artists, and musicians all have unique chances and responsibilities to make themselves heard. We have the possibility…

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

So many athletes are afraid to use their platform to do the right thing and speak what they feel, and that's very depressing. Sure,…

— Martina Navratilova

You don't have to be a professional athlete to be heard - the most powerful tool you have is your voice.

— Matt Barnes

Athletes have all the influence in the world. Everyone wants to hear what you have to say.

— Jaylen Brown

People complain that pro athletes make a lot of money; but what they don't understand is that we need a lot of money because…

— Patrick Ewing

The sports space is so full of opinion that you aren't hearing from the athletes just speaking for themselves. We are such a Twitter-oriented…

— Hannah Storm

I think there are a lot of people who say they want to be professional athletes, say they want to make millions of dollars,…

— Pat Connaughton

When athletes are obsessed with whatever identity niche they've backed themselves into at the expense of showcasing America, everybody suffers. They forget to focus…

— Miranda Devine

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

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

We have to utilize our platforms as athletes to speak out.

— Bradley Beal