es Against). Athletes Against Drugs helps to mold these kids behaviors at a young age. It also teaches them very early to resist peer pressure when it could possibly get them into trouble, and it teaches them to stay out of trouble by monitoring themselves. Athletes are role models, and it is the athletes decision to either use their influence for a positive or a negative cause. Some athletes don't think that it is their responsibility to be role models, but it doesn't change the fact that they are indeed role models. " I didn't ask to be a role model. I wasn't prepared to be a role model. I don't want to be a role model," Ron Barr talks about some of the athletes attitudes about being role models (Athletes: Dumb). The professional athletes and other athletes that are in the spotlight can not expect to be watched by millions of people and not have some influence on those people watching. The athletes must realize that when they make mistakes people will be watching. " Everyone does make mistakes, and along with those mistakes, one must take responsibility for the consequences that come after a mistake has been made" (Athletes Are). They probably wish the people just saw that good things they did, but if this was the case we would be living in a utopia. As role models athletes can do many positive things such as educating our youth by letting them know the importance of going to school. They can help instill good moral standards for kids to live by, and prevent them from getting involved with drugs like the program Athletes Against Drugs does. These are what the athletes should be doing as role models....
