Able Quote by Matthew Modine

In the old days, athletes got worked up about the strict rules - today they get worked up about these rules being ignored elsewhere.

— Travis Tygart

It's an incredible feeling, 110,000 people energy at that level. What I realized from watching the first day of competition was that athletes that…

— Gabe Jennings

I get a lot of parents coming up to me, telling me they are grooming their kids to be professional athletes. I'm really against…

— Wayne Gretzky

The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.

— Robert A. Heinlein

There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed.

— Ted Simmons

We can make a huge impact. We can be that difference maker just because of our status and because of what we do. I…

— Davone Bess

Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.

— Jim Sensenbrenner

The lifespan of most professional athletes is relatively short, and most have no preparation for doing anything after their career ends, which it could…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

We're professional athletes. People know who we are, and if there's some way we can help with a friend or someone in need, that's…

— Bobby Orr

Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're almost ambassadors…

— Venus Williams

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models...

— Charles Barkley

There's just so much negative media surrounding professional athletes or sports in general, whether it's kids that are pressured too much or professional athletes…

— Kristopher Belman