Any Quote by Pete Rozelle

I don't really take into account what the media says. People have their own opinions about what goes on, but they don't see what…

— Sophie Pascoe

Sports plays an interesting role in society. The greatest sportsmen have platforms to speak out on issues and really affect how the public thinks…

— Hakeem Olajuwon

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

The media circus surrounding Sports Direct... only proves that whatever progress Sports Direct makes, it will always be subject to disproportionate scrutiny and misrepresentation.

— Mike Ashley

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

There's discussion in athletics about how sport - where they say 'SportsCenter' has ruined the fundamentals of basketball because it's - it only applauds…

— Dan Pfeiffer

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

— Anne Donovan

Well, the problem is the freedom that the sport gives you without getting to politics. Unfortunately, you cannot now separate it because people cannot…

— Hakeem Olajuwon

To me, sports gets America right. When we decide to politicize sports, what we are doing is bringing the noxiousness and divisiveness of politics…

— Clay Travis

Who is to blame for this most recent of sports disgraces in America? The culture that flings young athletes like Tyson up out of…

— Joyce Carol Oates

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 athletes are, in general, tired of so much of their persona being controlled by the media.

— Jemele Hill