Famous Quotes & Sayings

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 do not believe that Zach Lund is a doper or a drug cheat. An athlete of his character and integrity deserved a better outcome.

Abby Wambach

We're a great team. We can play this game, and we've got a lot of naturally talented athletes who are ready to work to be better.

We expect a difficult time in terms of the environment going in but clearly we've got some great athletes to face those challenges.

We really worked hard tonight to share and distribute the ball. We have a lot of great athletes on this team ... a lot of great characters. And they just keep improving.

We got beat by a pretty good team. Ephrata has some great athletes with a lot of basketball talent.

We are thrilled to have the world's most recognizable athlete return to Doral to defend his championship. With Tiger's commitment, we will have nine of the top 10 golfers in the world golf rankings vying for one the most coveted trophies on the PGA Tour.

Well, it's not 1951. It's not a particularly popular sport. Marketers are very cautious people. They figure, why get into a sport trying to find the unsullied athlete when their first reaction would be to avoid it altogether.

Chad Campbell

I wasn't there at the beginning of the year, but I think the problem here is that we have to get athletes to come out and play. We've been shorthanded and had to play the younger kids.

Tim Walton

I was nervous two weeks ago. I was nervous in anticipation for our athletes to get that first game under their belts.

I would like more athletes to be involved, but it takes commitment. It is a club sport, but there are rules and regulations that must be followed.

I would like to thank Morgan State University for the opportunity to coach the men's basketball team for the last five years. In addition, I would like to thank all the past and present student athletes for their hard work and dedication.

Sasha Cohen

I would never let myself believe that. I'm a strong athlete and I definitely believe I'm getting stronger.

Most of the coaches and some of the tech guys have been on the slope. It's a very challenging course for sure. Some of the athletes will be excited and others will be surprised.

Most of our athletes will be competing this weekend and the seven potential reserves have been spoken to by the chairman of selectors about the process that will take place over the next few days and what they can expect.

When the athletes come to the Olympic Games, it is rarely about the muscles anymore. It is all about the muscles between the ears.

We have our work cut out for us. We've done this for many years and used to go to Columbus to play bigger programs with a lot Division I athletes and always held our own. We'll see what happens.

We have one month in the fall when all the athletes do is weight train a few times each week.

We haven't used him a lot on kickoffs before, but that may change. He's just a phenomenal athlete and somebody's that's capable of things like that.

We haven't used him a lot on kickoffs before, but that may change, ... He's just a phenomenal athlete and somebody's that's capable of things like that.

You have to define success. The bottom line is an athlete or a person getting back to what he wants to do.

John Yarmuth

The American people don't believe politicians. They don't believe business leaders or Hollywood celebrities or athletes or other supposed role models. And they certainly don't believe the news media.

The athlete who says it can't be done should not get in the way of the one who is doing it.

The athletes were energetic and excited to start on bars, but they were a little conservative. They wanted to stay on and get through it to have an opportunity to perform well on the next event.

Robert Greene

The athletes said they were not prepared to come back to the village.

The athletes can be under cover if they're not competing, instead of having to stand there and get soaked.

The athletes are youngsters whose time is still to come.

The athletes are up for the challenge. They're focused and I think our confidence is riding high. With two weeks before conference I think they really want to put up a good showing. This will be a very good test for us to see where we are mentally. If we can go out and execute as well as we have this year I think we'll be happy with the results.

The athletes are happy he's sticking around and that he'll be in that leadership role. It's going to be a smooth transition.

Buzz Bissinger

That was such a horrible, tragic moment. I thought it said a lot about Tony, the way he coaxed the team into playing. ... I know the players were shell-shocked. Athletes aren't prone to feeling mortal about themselves.

Don Andrews

That was quite an inning with four doubles in a row. We're just blessed with some good athletes that like to swing the bat.

That was a good run by a sophomore. There were a lot good athletes on the track.

That was pretty good for one major mistake and without our top two athletes healthy.