Athlete Quote by Wayne Gretzky

When you're talking to potential professional athletes, I really like to talk about the fact that even though you're a great athlete, that doesn't…

— Ryan Leaf

I always wanted to become a good role model for kids as a professional football player. Unfortunately, I didn't attain that through football, but…

— Bill Goldberg

As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers.

— Loudon Wainwright III

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

I personally believe that professional athletes should give back to their communities in any way possible. We are in a position to make a…

— Carson Palmer

In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem…

— Leigh Steinberg

Professional athletes die twice.

— Steve Nash