Better Quote by Tanni Grey-Thompson

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

— Jemele Hill

The reality for most athletes is that they have to deal with the wrath of the media only after they have performed, not in…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Most athletes are media shy. They keep to themselves and to their training. I'm not saying it is absolutely necessary for them to come…

— Vijender Singh

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

One minute you're a developing athlete trying to get to the top, then the next minute you do well and win a medal somewhere,…

— Jessica Ennis

I believe that athletes have one of the biggest platforms to influence and if their followers don't like what they believe in, they don't…

— Weston McKennie

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

— Anne Donovan

The sports space is so full of opinion that you aren't hearing from the athletes just speaking for themselves. We are such a Twitter-oriented…

— Hannah Storm

A lot of athletes are stuck on themselves and don't want to socialize and that kind of thing. When I see that, I hate…

— Mark Henry

I'm not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he…

— Bobby Knight

So many athletes are afraid to use their platform to do the right thing and speak what they feel, and that's very depressing. Sure,…

— Martina Navratilova

[Some young athletes] get home, look at social media, and they have thousands of people ripping it out of them, telling them that they're…

— David Haye