As the proud father of two teens and past Chairman to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, I am committed to educating parents and especially young people on ways to live a long, healthy and active life. Lee Haney
For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again. Bryan Clay
I could sit there and eat pasta all day long and not worry about it when I was younger, and now I really have to focus on making sure I set a good example for my kids. Mia Hamm
I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age; I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible. Mia Hamm
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Helen keller
I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in time it wasn't in the Olympic Games so I moved into long track. Short track is a blast to skate and it's a blast to watch. Bonnie Blair
I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence. Julius Erving
I was a small kid from Huntington, Long Island. I never imagined that anything like that would happen to me. Gerry Cooney
I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment. Gail Devers
I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference. Lou Gehrig
In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems. Lindsay Davenport
Just, you never know what the next day is going to bring. That goes for football, goes for off the field, and I gave up a long time ago trying to predict the future and trying to deal with things I couldn't deal with. Brett Favre
No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into pieces. I felt sorry for my mom and wanted her to know everything was going to be all right. But then she said, 'I don't really care, Johnny, as long as I know that you are going to be happy.' Johnny Weir