"Multi-discipline riders like Van Aert and Van der Poel inspire a new generation."
"At 6'4 being able to play his game above the rim was truly amazing for any kid to watch."
"Would love to see kind of that 12 year old or 14 year old saying I want to become like any sports athlete and then have a way to go do that."
"He gave us hope in a game where there was none."
"Michael Jordan said you miss a hundred percent of the chances you don't take."
"I truly knew at that point when I got second at the Mr. Olympia that I could possibly win."
"What we are witnessing is two fighters show thousands of children in their home country that the dream held on by just a thread is possible."
"That guy Saka, 20 years of age, misses a penalty in the Euros final and has a season like that where he's basically their leader and inspirer. Don't like it, but you've got to respect it."
"Born and raised in the City of Angels, Homa adopted Kobe Bryant's Mamba mentality."
"Tiger Woods motivated a crop of young golfers to rise to the professional level..."
"He was the first player that made me know like there was another level."
"For us, it's really about human legacy. And it starts actually with the kids that we want to be sitting in the stadiums thinking and dreaming, that they too can be an Olympian or a Paralympian."
"The impossible just happened. Puerto Rico is in the A Main. Team Puerto Rico with more spirit than physical ability on their side shows the world they can run with the best in the sport and do it while making a difference."
"Number 3: George St. Pierre. GSP was a great example for many, myself included, of a champion who'd just always been there since she got into the sport."
"Lindsey Vonn's legendary career despite injuries, still inspiring fans."
"Sports are a way to empower us and Believe In The Impossible because no one else does." - Florence Griffith Joyner
"He's given belief to all the Liverpool fans now that we can go on and win a Premier League."
"LeBron, do your best. Jordan impression. Ride or die. It's game time, let's go!"
"But I can say because of Kobe Bryant at the end of each day I think about how I can make the next day better."
"Kobe quickly became the guy for me trying to become a better basketball player."
"Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion."
"Patrick Mahomes is my current favorite NFL player... Kobe Bryant is a huge source of inspiration for me."
"LeBron James made me fall in love with the game of basketball."
"Santi's goal in the FA Cup Final gave us hope, the most important goal for sure."
"This is what I saw to be a great example of what some athletes are doing at a very high level."
"Kobe Bryant is the first thing I think about, Kobe Bryant, because you don't want to let him down."
"Tony Hawk is a legend both for performing and inventing complicated moves that inspire generations of extreme sports enthusiasts."
"Young Canadian tennis players Leila Fernandez and Felix Auger-Aliassime arrived home from the U.S. Open. They were asked about how they feel about inspiring Canadians of all ages."
"Quidditch took inspiration from many ancient games, creating its own original sport."
"There's one particular surfer who's turned silly into something downright heroic."
"I'm a big fan of basketball LeBron James Michael Jordan they both inspire me you know I just I just love following their careers and what they represent."
"I decided that I wanted to play volleyball in high school because I was super athletic before I became disabled."
"Speed is here, I will not give up, my idol hasn't and neither will I."
"One of the greatest welterweights ever and one of the greatest human beings you can ever meet."
"Yeah, sometimes I do pinch myself a little. You know, when I'm training with so many quality players. It's something that, yeah, you have to do and just try to take in place."
"It's 90 minutes for professional footballers wearing this shirt we would all love to wear. You can be heroes. Bloody go and do it."
"Rip a page out of Logan's playbook and win your next cat 5 race by hitting the last corner first."
"One of my biggest sports heroes, Kobe Bryant, said, 'I just want to inspire people to be their greatest, whatever their greatest is'."
"I hope that when I leave, you believe you're the best football player in this room, in the country."
"It was like I was possessed by Michael Jordan in that moment."
"He's never missed a game. This is his 158th start. It all goes to Manning. He is the inspiration and leader of this football team."
"Mark Malone yesterday, he was growing and Dan Fouts type beard that would help me play like Dan Fouts."
"I think Maddox is interesting the way he plays center field because, as you look at him now, he said, how many kids dream and have a hero in baseball and get a chance to play and learn from him?"
"Right now, the New Orleans Saints are not just the team to a lot of people, they're a cause, and I think people are happy to see them do well."
"Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does."
"I try to make something from Ohio State football that people can look up to, and believe me, they do."
"I love to watch players that played in the past like Ed Reed, Brian Dawkins, Ronnie Lott; those players have shaped a lot of my game."
"I watched EMT play football growing up, and he ran over everyone on the football field, so my plan is just not to get run over today."
"Now they get a chance to wear that jersey and share this time with the players who they look up to."
"Everyone's trying to catch up, but nobody's working Kobe hard."
"Behind every unbelievable move was a player who believed."
"It's easy to get up for one of the best players in the world."
"I think of things like Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar when you think of the young Hardaway and the young Shaquille O'Neal."
"These are actually the courts I started playing on, so to be back here and to win a Triple Crown, it just means everything to me."
"That's the kind of thing that can make a young kid a fan of hockey."
"If your kid is into sports, you want them to have someone to look up to."
"It's time for leg day, don't grab your squat rack, call on the powers of Saquon Barkley."
"Every kid over the last decade who has shot long three-pointers because of Steph Curry... just want to hit the three like him."
"Any boys and girls that are looking to getting into benchmarks biking or doing long distance trips on bikes, hopefully they can get some confidence going well anybody can do it."
"It's resiliency and it's the heart of a champion."
"I knew that he needed that young lion called V Bryant to play his part."
"When you embrace the challenge, nothing does that better than basketball."
"Absolutely immense and the second goal, there was bits of Ian Wright in that."
"They've captured the imagination of the Rugby League World."