Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've had a training program here before and we'd love to have it back. I think it's something that's in the works. It's just a matter of how you want to get it done, because that's more of an academic issue, more than an athletic issue. The administration has to say they want to have it and then you go from there.

Arlen Specter

We all have a responsibility to ask probing questions to determine qualification beyond academic and professional standing.

There is a lot of pressure for test scores and academic performance, but being a part of creating something brings about an energy. My students work together in a better way because of the opera.

The reason that we won't see a huge shift in the number of low-income students who are attending Harvard and Yale is that the academic expectations are so high that while there are some students who would qualify, the numbers are not huge.

We've heard nothing at all about the graduation contract since the 2004-05 academic year ended. Nothing has happened at all.

Why build a mega-high school when smaller configurations seem to foster a better academic environment?

Justin Tuck

You have to be equal at both - great at football and great at dedicating yourself to the academics at Notre Dame. It's hard. There are no rooty-toot classes for athletes in South Bend.

This year's winners show a devotion to their schools, a proven record of academic success and strong faith values. Like those scholarship recipients who have gone before them, this group is outstanding in every way.

We are sorry to be losing Michael but he wants to transfer to another school at this time. We wish him nothing but the best of luck in his future academic and basketball endeavors.

To the extent that tenure supports academic freedom, I support tenure. I want no person or system to have any power, real or apparent, to chill academic freedom.

Flea

A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all be equally treated in the school.

When our recruits visit Swarthmore, we have them stay with current team members. We want them to get a taste not only of what the team is like, but also show them the academic and social life on campus.

The reason why I chose these projects is because it combines a lot of academic skills.

There has been an evolution in his thinking. . . . He is much more aware of the subtleties of making this work in the American political process. He is not an egghead academic who doesn't get it. He knows how to learn and operate in the real world.

There has been a frustration that some of the economic impact studies have been less than complete. It's worth us just challenging academics as a whole and commissioning our own study to see what the facts are.

We thought it was a good opportunity to have well known academic theologians speak on a variety of topics.

There is no other education model today that can take kids and bring them a minimum of six academic years in four years of education.

Our producers were tasked with finding the best and brightest the academic engineering world has to offer for the tasks at hand. Stanford is among the top engineering programs worldwide and therefore was a natural fit.

Our students are a little less overweight, and their academic scores are high. I want the same for every student in Tennessee.

Our student-athletes continually strive to set the standard on the Yard for our Brigade in military performance, academics and conduct, ... The support and encouragement they receive through the Commandant and his staff and the academic dean's office is extraordinary and provides tremendous motivation to be successful across the board. We are all proud to be leaders on the field of competition, but even more so when we can prove to be leaders in the classroom as well, clearly defining the meaning of a midshipman who is truly a scholar-athlete.

Our goal is not to sanction teams and schools, but rather to change behavior, and we are starting to see some positive changes in behavior regarding the academic achievements of student-athletes.

Our goal here is to win conference championships on a regular basis without sacrificing academic integrity, and we're certainly in position to start doing that with the football program.

Our vision is to make our products indispensable to all physicians, from independent practitioners to the largest physician practice groups, academic medical centers and specialty groups, and today we are taking two significant strategic steps towards that goal.

Our vision is to build a dynamic international organization that connects members with meaningful content, resources and opportunities. We aim to help students like Nicole build on their academic successes and enhance the skills and desires to have a positive impact on the global community.

Our University understands and has understood over the years that some of our academics will be involved in the political lives of their countries.

Outside our hallway, we have an academic board. The students want to see their name up there. It may not seem to be a big deal for someone walking down the hall, but they do care.

It is an academic way to get kids involved. Students are problem solving and learning without even knowing it.

Jen had a 4.0 for the past semester and that's just the latest example of what she's contributed to our program from a standpoint of the type of academic success we enjoyed as a team.

Jeff and I recently had several very productive discussions about our football program and its future. Our goals for the program are the same, continue to operate with a high regard for integrity and academic accomplishment, as well as reaffirming our spot as champions of Conference USA and contend for a BCS bowl. We will work together to ensure those goals are accomplished.

Jeff and I have recently had several very productive discussions about our football program and its future. Our goals for the program are the same: continue to operate with a high regard for integrity and academic accomplishment, as well as reaffirming our spot as champions of C-USA and contend for a BCS bowl.

I see football in Montgomery changing, not for the better. The excitement and enthusiasm is not the same. There are so many things the kids can do now. Football is second priority. Academics kills us. Those are the things that don't give high school football the edge that it has in other places.

I see a kid who is getting a second chance to get the education he missed out on after high school. He has a chance to be academic all-conference.

I reviewed the textbook and I liked what I saw. I saw an academic text that steers clear of being a devotional text.