There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life.
I really didn't have one particular athlete I liked growing up.
A little-known secret is that being a pro athlete is not that great. It's a pretty short lifespan. I know all these parents are out there driving their children to be professionals, but so many pros will tell you, 'No, you don't want to do this.'
Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
Discrimination and prejudice of any kind have no place in sports or in our society.
I'm not going to relate to an athlete as a peer.
I was not considered a kid that would be successful in my career.
The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.
If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.
Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete.
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