Famous Quotes & Sayings

We got to meet and hang out with all the United States athletes because we all stayed at the same dorm. We got to know guys like Greg Louganis, Carl Lewis and Riddick Bowe, plus athletes from all over the world. It was fantastic experience.

We get up and down the floor. We've got some very good athletes for our level. We've got great size. We have the best point guard in the country.

We get to hang out with some of the other athletes in the lounge. We talk to them and find out about their sports. It's good getting to know them and their experience.

We get a couple of days at the Athletes Village at the start and a few days after the curling, so it should be an enjoyable time.

We can be happy and proud. We started well and finished strongly, our athletes showing great character.

We came to play tonight. We were missing shots and free throws early and we were still only eight points down, We just made plays down the stretch. Coaches coach, but athletes win games.

Dan Goodwin

We have an obligation to spend this money, whatever it takes, so we can have a fair and open forum for our athletes and coaches to air their grievances. Will it set the program back? Who knows? But it's what we have to do.

We have athletes and good heart. They are really together.

Victor Ortiz

Later in life, when I'm retired and have a family of my own and will be able to send my kids to college, that's when I'll start spending. Way too many athletes go broke these days, and I like saving my money so that I can ensure my family and friends currently and after me will never have to endure some of the things I did when I was a kid.

Kaley Cuoco

The problem with being married to an athlete who is, like, 19 feet tall and can just eat, like, 17 burgers at 11 o'clock at night is, you're like, 'I'll have just three of those burgers,' and you think you're being good because he had 19 and you had three!

Nobody wants to see empty seats, because our student athletes deserve the crowds we used to have 20, 25 years ago. We don't want to do anything to hinder crowd participation.

No doubt, it's on his mind, but he should be fine. He's one of the truly best athletes we've ever had. He's become a leader because he plays so hard and everyone respects him. I think we'll wait until the end of the season to see what he's going to do about college.

Nothing attracts audiences better than winning and American athletes tend to perform better in the Summer Games than the Winter Games.

Right now, ... Europe is like a once-fit top athlete who has fallen out of shape. Instead of taking action, the athlete keeps writing new strategic plans on how to get back into shape: 'I could go running, I could go swimming,' and so on. Sometimes it feels that the European logic is: 'When I'm in better shape, I will start exercising.'

Rick is one of the swimmers who gives so much back to the community, ... The more we have athletes on our national team that can do this, the more our sport will progress.

Jake Delhomme

Peyton would tell you that, too. Eli is a big, good-looking kid who can throw the ball well. The thing that separates Peyton is his work ethic and how he prepares himself. Eli went to Ole Miss and did pretty darn well without the best cast around him. I think he'll do just fine. He's just a very good athlete who can throw the ball extremely well.

People who are participating in athletics at UNM know they are in the public eye and they know they are held to a higher standard. I think athletes are aware of that and aware of the consequences.

My ultimate goal is to make this the destination of choice for elite athletes that are able to get into Ivy League schools. That's a pretty lofty goal and it's going to take a lot of time and work.

Nick performed very well. This is his fifth conference title in a row. To win both the 3k and the 5k is awesome and being selected as the track athlete of the meet is a tremendous honor.

Nick is one of the outstanding athletes in the league,

Nicole will be busy ? she'll see four events. As good an athlete as Nicole is, Mahon is having a phenomenal season. But Nicole is right there.

Nobody holds training camp in January. It's held in July and August, and more is heaped upon the body. Nobody can dictate how much an athlete needs to eat or drink over the course of a day, and if it's hot and humid, he may not want to eat or drink as much. So now, he's at a higher risk. It's never usually one thing, but three or four factors that end up being the recipe for disaster.

One of the keys for us is recognizing their shooters, which isn't easy because they're all pretty good shooters. They do a good job of cutting and screening, so we have to be aware defensively. They have some good athletes and some good shooters. They are very tough to guard.

Pete Rose

I like Barack Obama as a person. He's articulate, he knows sports, his brother-in-law's a coach. He always has the athletes to the White House. But I don't know about some of his policies and some of these people in Congress.

We have had several sponsored athletes that train here as a direct result.

We have had a somewhat slow start with a lot of illness, but we have a solid turnout of over 50 kids. We have some experienced and talented athletes, but it is always a challenge to get the athletes in all the right events.

We have a lot of athletes walking the halls right now. The reasons they aren't playing are numerous. Some don't play strictly because they don't dedicate the time to get their grades. That comes first with me because that's their future. Eligibility requirements have gotten tougher.

We have a lot of athletes that tend to shine in big meets. We don't always get the prized athlete. Instead, we get kids that just work hard.

We have a lot of athletes back there. Our biggest goal this year is to get the backs to come up on the run. We didn't do that as good as we should have last year. This year, I think we will.

We have a lot of young swimmers on the men's side. Athletes take longer in men's swimming to make a difference, and this team will continue to grow as they gain experience.

We know the Beijing Games will be like no other; we have a whole new platform and stage. For much of the population of China, our athletes will be the only representation they have of our society.

Jeremy Wariner

We know that we are the main athletes right now. We know that we are young and going to be on top for a while. We just go in, basically like we do every meet . . . we just focus on our own thing.

We have wanted Katie at Quinnipiac since the moment we saw her compete in her junior year at the National Futures tournament. She is really a truly gifted athlete and we would like to see her in our line-up early and often next season. With her presence in the backfield she could be a trusted player as a freshman to help funnel our team's defensive successes.