Famous Quotes & Sayings

He doesn't talk about his business but he can support himself. He is not interested in promoting his image or his business. There are not many athletes like that.

Joe Coleman

He made a great play and a great basket. That's what athletes do.

Jacques Rogge

For the thousands of athletes who compete cleanly and fairly, we have a duty to put in place the strongest measures to trap the small minority who cheat.

If it continues to improve then we have a chance to make a statement. Four years ago we had six kids out for track, now, our core group of athletes have been with us for three years and things are looking up.

If that athlete isn't available ... then these companies look for athletes who have the chance to be the next big thing. In Michelle's case, her youth plays very much to her advantage.

If sports are supposed to be good for you, how come athletes are over the hill at 31?

Gary Pinkel

If I told people I thought he was going to play like that, I'd be lying. I told many people behind the scenes that this guy is a remarkably talented athlete with remarkable poise. To play like that, first game, 18 years old. I'm just glad he's on my team, and I'm glad he's a freshman. Just remarkable.

He was a superior athlete in the rec league. He was a superior athlete in high school. And he'll be a superior athlete here. You know how pilots like to fly and doctors like to save people's lives? Well, Xavier likes to play football.

He's grown and he's gotten a lot stronger. He's gotten a lot better technique wise. He got into the weight room and worked hard. He's also a smart kid. He's always kept his grades up. He's a good athlete and a good student.

He was an athlete from the days back then. You could just see his talent shine through in whatever he did, whether it was basketball or football. I'm sure he's stronger and faster now so it definitely will be different for me seeing him from high school to now. It will be fun.

Rusty Wallace

He was consistent, and I had a lot of DNFs (did not finishes), and he deserved to win. You don't have to win, but I do want to win. When I'm all done, I want my fans to have that image that I'm a winner. I'm at the top of my game right now. Every athlete wants to go out at the top of their game, and it feels so good right now.

Craig Smith

If we get our trap going inside, it helps us a lot. We thought we'd run the ball, eat up the clock and keep their offense off the field because they have some good athletes on offense.

I got to watch these athletes show their medals and pictures of competition. It's something I fell in love with the minute I walked into it. It was an awakening to see great young kids do such a good job.

I got pretty close. Ultimately, I thought about it more as an athlete than as a coach. Not being a Division I coach, Olympic opportunities are limited. I didn't think it would ever happen.

We return everyone from last year's squad and we will compete well. We don't have great pure soccer players but we have multi-sport athletes who play very hard.

There are a lot of guys in Florida, and sometimes you just don't get seen. He was known as an athlete and not a player. But he's come here and improved and worked very hard and been diligent to get better. He's one of those who slipped through the cracks.

Kenenisa Bekele

There are many strong athletes and I'm sure they've trained harder this year. A lot of people would like to snatch these titles from me.

Don Kardong

When an athlete has relegated the persistent rumors of cheating to the back room of the mind, he hasn't really forgotten them. And when he glances back to where rumors hunker in the darkness, he hopes with a savage heart that somehow, some day, those cheaters will be brought to justice.

Charlie Kimball

The typical response from people when I tell them I'm diabetic is, 'Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.' You know, I'm not. I'm a better athlete because of diabetes rather than despite it. I'm more aware of my training, my fitness and more aware of nutrition. I'm more proactive about my health.

Charlie Pierce

If you offer athletes stipends, then you're into pay-for-play, and that's the ballgame. People should realize that, and they should realize that amateurism never has been a sustainable model for a sports-entertainment industry. It wasn't in tennis. It wasn't in the Olympics. And it's not in big-time college sports.

Summer Sanders

I'm not the athlete I was when I was training for the Olympics in '92 or when I was working out every single day. I have to live in moderation: I work out three or four days a week, and I smile while I'm working out - I really do enjoy it. I work out with my girlfriends and make it a social competition.

Summer Sanders

Being a pro athlete doesn't mean you treat your body right, even though it's so important to what you do. Being a runner and training for important races has taught me more about how to fuel than swimming ever did. I realize it's a process and part of the commitment.

With Brad van Hoff in center, if the ball goes up, it's pretty much caught out there. The kid can run. Charlie Carter's one of the best athletes I've seen around here at Eastside, as far as all-around baseball players. He can do it all.

With athletes like this they always make things look easier than they really are. Then you watch him in the outfield. ... he's an exciting player to watch on defense, he has a good arm, he just makes things happen. Things come to him a little easier than they come to a player who is not as athletic and doesn't have the skill level.

With athletes like Dave Mirra in the competition I couldn't just sit back, I had to go for it. It was a rough start to the season, I'm happy to finally have my first win on the Tour.

Chris Pratt

I was an athlete growing up and I miss that. I miss hanging out with dudes and making raunchy jokes and telling stories, trading details, you know? There's something I really miss about that.

The opening ceremonies both times was the best part for me. With all those athletes and all those colors, flags and music, it's moving. I wish I'd had a better skate, but being an Olympian and being part of all that was just too cool.

We've been pretty busy cleaning up after our one outspoken cowboy. (Miller) definitely feels entitlement. His impression is that he's really not that much work for us because he's not around much, but he's bar-none twice the work of any other athlete in the program.

We've been out of position on a lot of those plays. We have been working on that. It concerns me, but it hasn't hurt us in the final outcome. We have some good athletes to make up for those type of plays and these guys will hit you.

Alberto Juantorena

We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics, I follow our athletes careers from start to finish, 100% all the way.

Julian Casablancas

I find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. But, like, everyone on the Red Sox is a random millionaire athlete from somewhere else.

Until he commits himself to really learning the system, it'll be tough for him. He's still one of the best athletes on this football team. He has to understand that playing quarterback in this system takes a lot of work, a lot of film study.

You cannot name another professional sport in which the athletes have not had coaches teaching them for much of their life,