“If you’re a young kid, you’re 14 years old, you’re gay, you’re bi, you’re trying to figure out whether sports is for you … all of a sudden you’re seeing that some of your heroes, some of the people most [...] watch video
“My concern for next year’s marathon (is) that it will become a research and development surveillance free-for-all.” —Dave Zirin watch video
“You don’t do an interview by a third party with a convicted child rapist.” —Dave Zirin watch video
“There is so much hero worship that goes on in high schools and colleges of these young men, and there’s so many adults who … worship and kiss these guys’ butts as they walk around campus, as if they’re … [...] watch video
“[Armstrong] actually reminded people not of what they liked about him, he actually introduced people to somebody they didn’t really like while at the same time angering the USADA .” —Dave Zirin watch video
“Some people just really want to be sued — it’s just what they love in life.” —Dave Zirin watch video
“I don’t know who used steroids and who didn’t, and I was not going to punish Bonds and Clemens because they got caught and allow a guy who got away with it.” —Richard Justice watch video
“If Reagan was the Teflon president, then Nike is Teflon on steroids.” —Dave Zirin watch video
“It’s shooting a cricket with a rocket-propelled grenade.” —Dave Zirin on the NFL versus the union referees watch video
“Cycling is a niche sport. … Very few people in this country follow it avidly. But you know what’s not niche in the United States? Cancer.” —Dave Zirin watch video
