Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Brady

Tyrus is a tremendous athlete who we need back.

We don't look at her like she's a pro athlete coming in. It's more of a Connie Moore's coming in, we'll see her, and when the track meet's over we'll go hang out with her type of thing.

We have many athletes in their first year of track. So, we need to continue to develop our large group of younger athletes. We also need to develop more depth in the throwing events.

When we start getting athletes suspended based on what somebody said, you see what gate that opens up. This does not make sense, especially based on what somebody said and that somebody said she had a sleeping disorder from childhood, tested positive at the world championships, and then came back and said something (else).

We will look to Erin to step in and be our number one keeper. She's a great athlete with good size and good hands. Goalkeeper can be a difficult position for a freshman to step in and play right away, but we really think she can do it.

We will have some of the legacy athletes there jumping for the anniversary.

We are excited to work together with NBC Universal on such a landmark event showcasing world-class athletes who have realized their dreams and continue to inspire and foster community through their sports.

We are excited to be part of this outstanding group of athletes who understand that the energy that comes from a protein-rich, well-balanced diet enables them to perform their best. Protein, as part of a meal, increases power and strength. This partnership allows us to communicate the importance of protein and nutrition to millions of Americans in an exciting way.

We are excited about Rashad joining our team for the season. He is a marvelous athlete and we look forward to him bringing the same as an integral part of our coaching staff.

Howard Bach

We do the majority of what most athletes do. For example, as a badminton player, you have to be able to run a long distance and sprint. We do weights three times a week.

Yanni

Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.

Don Yaeger

Seeing the intensity and power she brings to the game, it's hard to imagine her being anything but single-minded in pursuing tennis. But Serena Williams has other passions, too. In fact, there doesn't seem to be enough time in the day, week or month for one of the world's most gifted athletes to chase her many interests.

Shane Koyczan

I think everybody gets bullied in their own way. Even athletes probably get it from their parents. To a degree everybody gets bullied.

Louis Tomlinson

But you know we couldn't compare what we do with what the British athletes did at the Olympics. We are very proud to be British and if we have done our bit to promote Britain in a historic year for the country that's brilliant.

James Keller

When Babe Didrickson Zaharias, often called the 'athletic phenomenon of all time,' won the British woman's gold tournament, people said of her what they had said many times before: "Oh, she's an automatic champion, a natural athlete." When Babe started golfing in earnest thirteen years ago she hit as many as 1,000 balls in one afternoon, playing until her hands were so sore they had to be taped.

Bill James

We need new athletes all the time because we need new games every day - fudging just a little on the definition of the word 'need.' We like to have new games every day, and, if we are to have a constant and endless flow of games, we need a constant flow of athletes.

Boris Becker

That's the hard part about sport: as men we haven't started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things.

We're logistically challenged in recruiting, and sometimes we're a little late on guys, and we don't get the best athletes in America. So our walk-on program has to strengthen the efforts we have with scholarship players. Local kids are sometimes overlooked because they're not as fast or as big or as strong, and they come in here with the attitude of, 'I'm good enough to play.' If they prove it, we give them a scholarship.

We had some guys before who weren't team players. The 53 guys we kept may not have been the best 53 athletes but we're the best 53 team players.

We played a pretty good game. We played consistent, and we did a great job shooting. Hughes Springs has some great athletes on their team, but we came out ready to play and we led the whole way.

David Pelletier

We probably have a different viewpoint. But the one thing we have in common is that we were all athletes being thrown into this mess together.

Matt Cooke

We pretty much have an open invitation to any athlete that would like to try it, free of charge.

We pledge to do our best to win medals while making efforts to deepen exchanges with athletes of other countries and contribute to world peace.

Ban Ki-moon

Not many countries establish a prize for peace. The Seoul Peace Prize has its roots in the 1988 Summer Olympics when this country opened its doors to people and athletes from more than 160 countries. Korea did so in part because it believes in the power of sports for peace and development.

Dennis Quaid

Athletes are sort of part of the community at large. They have to be dedicated to what they do, and go through lots of peaks and valleys. And there's a lot of training that goes into their careers. It's a struggle. Very dramatic.

When I got here (at West Jeff in 2002 following a sterling career at Archbishop Shaw), I heard there was this great athlete at the school, but I couldn't get him to come out.

Jim Nantz

When Dale Murphy speaks, everyone in sports should listen. Dale led a model life during his career, and still does. This book is a heartfelt attempt to help every professional athlete and I guarantee it will.

When youre on the runway getting ready to go on the Coliseum field, you think about all the big events that have been held there, all the great athletes who have competed there,

Where ever he's been, he's a winner. He's a wonderful young man with a lot of great experience. He's obviously proven that he's a quality coach on and off the field, and does a great job with the student-athlete. He makes baseball fun. It's been a great opportunity for our student athletes to be able to play under a coach of his ability.

When he came here, he was a big-time athlete. He was a better athlete than a basketball player, really. ... But he's become a lot better offensive player.

When Gary Neal first contacted us, I told him I'd never take an athlete under those circumstances. He's totally on his own, and we left it up to him. He enrolled The provision was that he'd have to pay his own way for one semester, and he's done a great job.

Nancy Gibbs

On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues.

Nancy Gibbs

As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton.