Quotes About Athletes

We live in a country where movies, music, and sports are more important than God to a lot of people. It's why Colin Kaepernick's protest rocked the nation and got the whole world talking. Taking a knee is a simple act of defiance. Had Colin done it anywhere other than the football field, it might not have even made the news.

the pollution of American space...brutalizes the senses, making gray neurotics of most of us, and perverse spiritual athletes and strident self-transcenders of the best of us.

Athletes can not look the same and be great in their individual sport. The example I like to use is Gabby Douglas. She could not flip in the air if she was built like me, but then Gabby Douglas couldn't throw the shot put. I was built like this because I was made to throw the shot put.

Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets.

There's that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously.

I was a hockey player. I played hockey forever. That was my life and my job until I got injured, so I get sports, and I get the sports atmosphere, the feeling around other athletes, but I never played football.

Most of the players can get injured, small ones and big ones. But when you get the small ones, you have to fight against them and play, play, play.

It's always bad news when a player gets injured - dreadful news.

It is always a shame when players are injured.

Injuries are a big factor when you're trying to go on a championship run.

Sometimes people fight with injuries and nobody knows, so it's important for the fans to see what we do to - for everything.

Subconcussive injuries are brain injuries on top of unrecovered brain injuries.

I understand football is a freaky sport, and injuries happen.

You're never going to go through a season with no injuries.

I hate when people come out after a fight and they talk about injuries.

Injuries are part of the job.

Players need to be strong when they have injuries.

It's hard to diagnose head injuries in any sport, and nobody knows their own body as well as themselves.

The initial thought is like, 'Damn. Most guys used to retire after the Achilles injury.' Nobody really but Dominique Wilkins has come back to be the same person as he used to be or better; but now, more and more guys come back and they're healthy.

Aaron Peirsol was the man. Ryan Lochte is also insane. Like, if Phelps wasn't around, we'd all be talking about Ryan Lochte as the dude who changed everything, because he's insane as well.

XYIENCE is a great brand, and they've also worked to help inspire my team of amateur fighters.

As players ourselves, to inspire other players to do what we do is awesome.

When brands advertise with sports players, it inspires people to be part of and play sport.

I'm on Instagram, and all my fans on my Instagram are basketball fans - like 90 percent.