Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jason MacDonald

It is a bit frustrating that it takes a professional athlete from another sport to bring the attention (to mixed-martial arts).

It is a game. Can an athlete handle the program that has been choreographed? Do we want all Level 4 spins? Should I risk the quad? Those are the things that is sport.

It is a different way to try to teach people that Special Olympic athletes and people with disabilities have abilities and traits about them that make them want to be your friend. Whether people like the movie or do not like the movie, there was good intent behind it.

I thought E.J. had a very good game. He's very athletic, and a very gifted athlete that can do a lot of things for us. He's also been working very hard on his shooting, as I think you saw tonight.

I think you put the pressure on them and they're mortal. I think we're a smart team. You have plenty of athletes who don't have it mentally. With us, that's one of our strengths.

I think you look for immediate help with the JC kids. They're more mature. But again, you'd like to have a program primarily of high school kids. But it's going to become more and more difficult to find the great athlete when the (academic) requirements become stiffer and more demanding every year.

Jacques Rogge

I think the deterrent effect and the message has been sent since Salt Lake City. The athletes know that the noose is tightening. They will probably, I hope so, be more careful and wiser. But you can't guarantee that.

I think the biggest issue is that men historically have had opportunities to start developing competitive skills at a very young age, whereas most women didn't. So a lot of women athletes missed out on the opportunity to work out all those complex emotions that happen in fierce competition. Rather than genetic differences, I've found that the real differences go away when males and females have equal competitive experiences beginning at a young age. That's happening more in our culture, and no question the top women athletes of the future are going to be just as tough and focused as the top men.

Jacquelyn Jablonski

I was an athlete growing up. I did a lot of sports: soccer, basketball, so I was always so used to hardcore training, a lot of running. I got to a point where I felt like I just wanted to get toned; I didn't need to shed pounds, so now I do Pilates.

Karl Hobbs

He loves the college life. If he wasn't an athlete and had an opportunity to play professionally, he would be one of those guys who would stay in college and try to get four or five degrees.

Pat Riley

He might get 100. If you can get 81 . . . absolutely. He has the mentality to do that and conditioning. He's one of the best conditioned athletes in the world.

He might be the best athlete we have on either side of the ball. But he just has to learn to pay attention to details, focus better and start utilizing that talent he has a lot more.

We expect to leave an excellent impression on the athletes and guests from all over the world and billions of TV audiences by staging a fantastic opening ceremony of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Whatever personal feelings there are shouldn't get in the way of putting out the best athletes we can,

There is a fine line between when are you injured and when are you in pain. The team just wants you to play. As an athlete you have to look out for your own best interests, which is tough because if you're not playing, they'll say we can't rely on you. But if you play and hurt yourself to the point where you ruin your career, then you're done as well.

We've been very confident in Jared. He's a super athlete and a great kid.

We're on the upswing, and we have a lot of good athletes in the program. On the line we have a lot of experience, and we have some good skill players as well.

Salman Khurshid

What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.

We take it seriously. It's our responsibility to help athletes in a performing role to respect our country.

We thought we would have a pretty good chance to win the meet. We have a lot of quality athletes on both the boys and girls teams.

We are extremely pleased to have both these athletes on board. They both bring their own unique style to the football club and prove each and every day that they are outstanding individuals both on and off the football field.

His wife works at Goshen College. Here is a guy who has trained national track athletes in Bulgaria and he kind of fell right into our lap.

Hockey players are doing everything that other athletes do and more, but we're doing it on ice. We've got to be able to avoid body contact like basketball and football players, and we've got to be able to handle this puck with our sticks?while we're moving on eight-inch steel blades. Hockey uses every single muscle in the body, without exception.

Ron Gardenhire

He's going to play the game the way he always has. I did tell him, 'Yes, let's take it easy and let's try not to kill yourself.' But the bottom line is he's an athlete and he's going to be an athlete. You can't control that. He's going to play the game the way he knows how to play the game.

He's going to have to take the lead, or fall in and make it a strategic race. I could see it going either way. I'm hoping he takes control and is aggressive, but with the likes of what the Razorbacks have, it's going to be interesting for the crowd and for the other athletes in the race.

He's going to have to take the lead, or fall in and make it a strategic race, ... I could see it going either way. I'm hoping he takes control and is aggressive, but with the likes of what the Razorbacks have, it's going to be interesting for the crowd and for the other athletes in the race.

He's good, a good athlete and strong, big-bodied. He does well. He knows he has a long way to go, I have a long way to go. He had a good preseason and a good first game.

He's a terrific athlete who makes up for a lot of things with his quickness. He was probably the best athlete in the State Tournament.

Ty Law

He's going to be licking his chops, to be honest with you. But Kerry's the type of athlete and he has the competitive drive to him that once he gets going, I think he's going to be real successful.

Ty Law

He's going to be licking his chops, to be honest with you, ... But Kerry's the type of athlete and he has the competitive drive to him that once he gets going, I think he's going to be real successful.

He's going to be a really nice ball player. He's a very talented athlete and has surprising pop in his bat.

He's blossomed into a great athlete in the last couple of years. He's one of the top jumpers in the state.

He's best male athlete that we have got, he's clearly world class.