Quotes About Athletes

Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.

I mean, sports are big, big, big business.

An unfortunate but common problem in sports is that athletes are too often fit but unhealthy. The indications include the common incidence of physical, biochemical and mental-emotional injuries. Athletes are often forced out of training and competition due to these conditions, and, sadly, some die at early ages during competition due to health problems.

Everything with the draft process, from the combine to visits to pro days, that's great but it's not football.

Commonly, athletes will bolster their dietary intake with everyday vitamins such as magnesium and iron as well as more exotic products such as whey protein, creatine, carnitine and branched-chain amino acids specifically aimed at improving performance and recovery time.

I'd already been doing work in the community... But when it comes to how to actually amplify your voice, when I saw what Colin Kaepernick did and the amount of coverage and conversation around it, that's when I truly realized how much influence we have as athletes.

When I started playing professionally, it made me realize that I had a voice in the league, one that gave me the chance to share a different side of our day-to-day life and the things that were happening on and off the court.

People don't really understand how important our voices are. I think there's a lot of athletes that don't use their power that really should.

I converted from softball. We've got volleyball, we've got track and field. Athletes come from anywhere and then convert into bobsled.

I think all volleyball players are playing with some type of shoulder injury. You use it so much.

I come from the University of Nebraska where volleyball is very well-known.

There's a lot of women in the WNBA. There's a lot of women who could be here. To be voted by the fans says a lot - that people are aware of what's going on. I'm really thankful. I think they just really appreciate my talent so I'm definitely grateful.

I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline.

I truly consider sports stars as the real stars because they represent our country, which makes them really stand apart. I don't think I can be one of them, and I just find them extremely confident and self-made.

I think it's brilliant to see players you've grown up with on the international stage come through to senior level.

I understand the seriousness of concussions.

There are a lot of great athletes who stop working out, and they get out of shape like everybody else in their 30s and 40s.

I'd never contemplated being in TV and film. But I love working with athletes and talent and shaping great stories.

There are not a lot of athletes that are going to get their own shoe.

I always had an interest in fashion, and when I got to the NBA, I felt like I had to up my shoe game.

Shoe companies and endorsers influence team decisions all the time.

Usually, when I liked athletes growing up, it was because they could hit a ball very far or they can throw a ball very fast. They can shoot a jumper, or they can dunk the ball.

Kyle Korver, to me, is a shooter. JJ Redick is a shooter.

I think that Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena and Valentina Shevchenko... they've showed how much this level has gone up in female fighting in a very short period of time.