Athlete Reputation Quotes

As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.

Seems like everybody wants to know if an athlete is on drugs, so you got to stay clear of wild people.

A lot of people say Klay Thompson. I get that comparison a lot. I like that.

Obviously, you're known for what you do. But you still want to be known as a good person. You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete.

Tessa Blanchard is a premium athlete and you can't take that away from her.

Everyone wants to believe Chris Paul is a good guy. They don't know he's a horrible teammate. They don't know how he treats people.

We have made drugs an Olympic event. It receives most of the coverage at the Games and even the suspicion of guilt can ruin a reputation for life.

Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent.

I don't want to be modelling G-strings. It's not that good for my image – I'm a footballer not a tart

There's nothing that sells good about Allen Iverson if it's something positive about Allen Iverson.

The 'New York Daily News' called me the most reviled athlete ever in sports history in New York. I don't listen to them.

I really don't have to disprove anything - I'm in the NFL, so whoever is thinking of me as a track guy is worried about the wrong thing.

I'm one of the most tested athletes in the world.

For a generation that gets most of its information off a computer screen (be it Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter or what have you), an athlete has to be very careful about the public/private aspect of that. Be careful not to be overly critical, be careful with use of language, and understand the whole world is watching.

I'll beat a bunch of good guys, and then I'll get a ton of fans come up to me and go, 'Do you think you can beat Conor McGregor?' And I'm like, 'Oh my God. You guys are disillusioned.' They think because this man's popular he's good.

Sushil is an experienced player, a big player.