Believe Quote by Weston McKennie

Athletes have all the influence in the world. Everyone wants to hear what you have to say.

— Jaylen Brown

Professional athletes have an enormous opportunity to be a source of inspiration for the younger generation, lead by example, and prove to them that…

— Enes Kanter

For professional athletes, I think we have a responsibility to utilize our platforms to stand for something bigger than our individual selves and to…

— Mike Conley Jr

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

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

Athletes have the same rights everybody else does. If there is a strength in our democracy, it's that we are encouraged to exercise those…

— Stan Van Gundy

There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.

— Francesco Totti

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

Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in, and we…

— Adam Rippon

Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do.

— Kim Clijsters

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

— Jemele Hill

I think it's up to the rest of us to try to create that environment where those closeted athletes out there know that when…

— Jason Collins