Athletes
- Andre Agassi – professional tennis player
- Greg Anthony – former NBA player
- Luke Babbitt – small forward for the Portland Trail Blazers
- Ryan Bader – professional mixed martial artist with the UFC
- Shannon Bahrke – Olympic freestyle skier
- Marcus Banks – point guard for the New Orleans Hornets
- Craig Barlow – professional golfer
- Avery Bradley – player for the Boston Celtics
- Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch – NASCAR drivers
- Gina Carano – female MMA Fighter
- Ramón Castro – catcher for the Chicago White Sox
- Spencer Clark (1987–2006) – NASCAR driver
- Rico Constantino – retired professional wrestler
- Marty Cordova – former Major League Baseball left fielder
- Harvey Dahl – offensive guard for the Atlanta Falcons
- Ricky Davis – professional basketball player in the NBA
- Brandyn Dombrowski – offensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers
- Bryce Harper – Major League Baseball player
- Carey Hart – freestyle motocross racer, pro BMX rider
- Steven Jackson – professional football player
- Klete Keller – Olympic swimmer
- Jack Kramer – tennis player
- Joseph Lang (1911–1990) – boxer
- T.J. Lavin – pro BMX rider and musician
- Ryan Ludwick – right fielder for the Cincinnati Reds
- Greg Maddux – Major League Baseball player
- Julia Mancuso – Olympic alpine ski racer, gold and silver medalist
- Jake McGee – relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Frank Mir – mixed martial artist, former UFC champion
- DeMarco Murray – running back for the Dallas Cowboys
- Amy Purdy – snowboarder
- Nate Schierholtz – right fielder for the San Francisco Giants
- Adam Seward – professional football player in the NFL
- Patty Sheehan – professional golfer
- Scott Smith – mixed martial artist
- Scott Smith – professional golfer
- Brandon Snyder – first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles
- Stevenson Sylvester – linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Byron Velvick – professional bass fisherman
- C. J. Watson – professional basketball player
- Matt Williams – former Major League Baseball third baseman
- Aarik Wilson – long jumper
- Charles Wright – professional wrestler
- Barry Zito – Major League Baseball starting pitcher
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Famous quotes containing the word athletes:
“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth ... the pollution of American space, with gadgetry and cars and TV and box architecture, brutalizes the senses, making gray neurotics of most of us, and perverse spiritual athletes and strident self-transcenders of the best of us.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)