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Mental health isn’t just an athlete thing. What you do for a living doesn’t have to define who you are. This is an everyone thing.

Kevin Love

When I was young, I went to Ghana with my family for three weeks. Since then, my understanding for the importance of clean water has grown and become a passion

Malcolm Brogdon

The WNBA star speaks out about why her grandmother, who lived in Nazi Germany, would be disappointed with rhetoric today

Rebekkah Brunson

I wish I was writing to you under better circumstances. But I’m angry. Innocent people are dying senselessly in a country that has so much to offer the world.

Steve Nash

The scandals and corruption we’ve seen do not represent the essence of football, or the values of the players who love this game. It’s time that we rebuild that

Moya Dodd

"Without Houston, there is no Stu Holden as I am today."

Stuart Holden

When I think about it, something was off before I ever had the pressure to make my first save.

Kendra Fisher

A video series featuring athletes engaging the communities most affected by today’s social issues, from healthcare access and gender equality, to mental health.

Brandon Ingram

Welcome to First Step, a video series featuring athletes engaging the communities most affected by today’s social issues, from healthcare access and gender equa

Maya Moore

Welcome to First Step, a video series featuring athletes engaging the communities most affected by today’s social issues, from healthcare access and gender equa

Brandon Marshall

Welcome to First Step, a video series featuring athletes engaging the communities most affected by today’s social issues, from healthcare access and gender equa

Becky Hammon

Welcome to First Step, a video series featuring athletes engaging the communities most affected by today’s social issues, from healthcare access and gender equa

Charles (Peanut) Tillman

At Derek Jeter's 21st annual Turn 2 Foundation dinner, athletes spoke about life off the field, discussing fatherhood and whether having daughters has changed t

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If anyone asks you where Shawn Thornton learned to fight, tell ’em my nanny taught me.

Shawn Thornton

I remember the voice of my dad echoing across the outfield, teaching me about baseball and life. In those messages were lessons I carry with me now. My dad was

Bernie Williams

And it’s all the more special to me because my path to wearing the pinstripes and sliding home safely on that fateful night is one so unlikely that it almost fe

Antoan Richardson

It’s rough right now in Puerto Rico. People don’t have power. There’s no water. Homes all over the island are damaged or completely destroyed. Things are bad. B

Jorge Posada

You read the headlines, and they’re all saying Puerto Rico might be powerless for 4-6 months. But do you really understand the magnitude of that? Do you really?

Carmelo Anthony

I don’t use Twitter. I don’t have a Facebook. I’m a little out of my comfort zone. But here I am, talking right to you, asking you for a favor.

Tim Duncan

Today, I am launching something that I hope will help to change the world.

Juan Mata

When I woke up in the hospital room in Nevada, I couldn’t move. I couldn’t talk. I was trapped inside my own body.

Lamar Odom

TPT Assist recently hosted a special athlete panel featuring Jerry Stackhouse, Jay Williams, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Marcedes Lewis and Anthony (Spice) Adams for over

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