Appreciation Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

I am flawed, deeply flawed. I didn't invent the [doping] culture but I didn't try to stop the culture and that's my mistake, and…

— Lance Armstrong

I have never heard a doping offender say he felt good about doing it. Not a single one. Some athletes justify their actions by…

— Travis Tygart

Please, compete in the spirit of fair play, mutual understanding and respect. And above all, please compete cleanly by refusing doping.

— Jacques Rogge

You know, say what you will about the ravages of sports in this corporate age where overpaid athletes expect prima donna treatment, but there's…

— Mouth McFadden

I think, in the U.S., we have such a focus on the physicality, on being the best athlete, that it sort of overshadows the…

— Christen Press

I think the biggest thing is people forget that we're these crazy athletes with these athlete bodies and stuff, but it's just important to…

— Hilary Knight

You know, say what you will about the ravages of sports in this corporate age where overpaid athletes expect prima donna treatment, but there…

— Mouth McFadden

Something is swelling up among our athletes. Many of them are frustrated, everywhere in the world, and they are looking for a way out.…

— Travis Tygart

There comes a time where next to everyone will resort to techniques that enhance cognitive, mental including emotive, physical, and other capacities. When this…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

“People think doping is for lazy people who want to avoid hard work. That might be true in some cases, but in mine, as…

— Daniel Coyle

I think it's really important to show people that there's nothing different about us; especially as athletes - we train as hard as the…

— Ellie Simmonds

In Britain, we don't appreciate people who have been a major success in sport. It is grudgingly given to you.

— Stephen Hendry