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For many young people growing up in minority communities, there is a sense that their lives are disposable. As athletes, we have a platform…

— Jason Collins

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

Any athlete can preach to this, that when things aren't going well, you tend to bring it home, and the people that take the…

— Jermaine O'Neal

I would never encourage my children to be athletes - first because my children are not athletes and second because there are so many…

— Bill James

Far too many athletes have been unable to let go of their troubled roots or just have failed to fully understand their new lives…

— Jemele Hill

I think a lot of athletes when they get in their mid and late 30s, they focus more on kids, on family.

— Justin Gatlin

There's not an athlete in the world who doesn't deal with the same issues you and I have: frustrations with our family, dealing with…

— Doris Burke

Most parents are able to be with their kid every day. Every day of their life, their parents have an opportunity to be with…

— Damian Lillard

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they…

— Ivan Lendl

Pro athletes, how they go through the world is so elevated. The bubble they're in is one of entitlement. And that starts young. By…

— Richard Linklater

It's important that the Olympics are motivating to young people and inspiring to all, and the only way to do that is to ensure…

— Elana Meyers

I really don't know how athletes manage to do it, having kids while they're still competing and being able to stay at the top…

— Chris Hoy