Activity Quote by Mardy Fish

As women professional athletes, you have to have respect for every player and individual. Beyond that, it doesn't matter what your interests are. People…

— Hope Solo

I think that every single person should play sports.

— Donovan Bailey

I think everybody ought to be allowed to be engaged in athletics at whatever level the audience will accept.

— Gerald McRaney

It's not my job to judge one of my athletes. Everybody is different. Some are the partying type, some are the studying type, some…

— Tom Izzo

Sports occupies a central place in our society, and, as such, it is unavoidably cultural in nature and often engaged in societal issues.

— John Skipper

I think it's up to the rest of us to try to create that environment where those closeted athletes out there know that when…

— Jason Collins

Our team, in general, is in a position where people look up to us, and kids look up to us. I embrace that, and…

— Megan Rapinoe

I'm of the opinion of, if you're a woman, you should play. If you consider yourself a woman, and you want to play sports…

— Dawn Staley

With the polarization of points of view around significant political and social issues, sports is a place where people can sort of talk about…

— John Skipper

When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different; you're often teased and it can really destroy…

— Greg Louganis

Sports are positively essential. It is healthy to engage in sports, they are beautiful and liberal, liberal in the sense that nothing serves quite…

— Anton Chekhov

People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

— Martina Navratilova