When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arri….
There are so many highs and lows for an athlete. But the highs outweigh the lows..
Any sport you're going to do, you're going to lose more than you win. People don't realize how hard it is to be an athlete. It's difficult..
I love it. I love the challenge of it, working with kids every day, setting goals for myself and the program. I feel it was what I was meant to do. Y….
I can definitely take more off my world record - a lot more. I have no doubt about that. I'm by no means putting pressure on myself, it's just the be….
The universities will ask for money back so they can put their name on the side of a building without fully educating athletes ..
Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete..
Any athlete has massive reserves in their body and their emotional landscape..
One piece of advice that I would give to any young athlete or performer is remember to thank your mom..
(About plan during Texas Relays) Have fun, be healthy, and enjoy the Relays for what it is. I'll just try to use the crowd and get some adrenaline an….
Like many athletes, I played in college for the chance to play in the pros. In the years since I retired, I've come to realize that the education I g….
Recently I donated money to the establishment of the Muhammad Ali Foundation in Louisville. I regard that as a kind of payback. He smoothed the way f….
The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest le….
It's unfortunate when an athlete's talent comes with so little forethought or leadership [...] The Falcons need to start over. If next year's team en….
One of the things I love within music and within sports is how often musicians and athletes thank their audience. In the art world, you would never h….
You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you..
O.J. Simpson existed in a bubble. So when Harry Edwards approached him about being involved in the Olympic Project for Human Rights, O.J.'s response ….
O.J. Simpson was primarily interested in O.J. His rise to fame in the late '60s coincided with the period where black athletes were more outspoken an….
You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired..
The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes,….
In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those w….