Famous Quotes & Sayings

The new breakaway rims are expensive. But we think they are worth it to prevent the athletes from hurting themselves.

The NCAA Championships turned out to be a success for us. It wasn't as well as we were hoping, but we battled from fifth place after the first day to second in the end. Even if we had skied up to our potential, Colorado was unbeatable. The best team won this week. We were the second best and that is where we finished. I am proud of our coaches and athletes and their efforts to make us a national powerhouse in skiing. The future looks good and many of these same skiers will be back next year.

The NCAA can't continue to turn a cold shoulder on these athletes because it's not fair,

It's no longer a crapshoot or mathematical, who was going to beat who. It's back on the athlete and not on someone else's misfortune.

It's really unique because not a lot of sports put people with elite athletes when they are competing.

Any time you want that type of respect, you not only have to get to the Coliseum, but you want to win it all or be real competitive. Coach Heath does a great job with that team. They have the athletes and the players. I think it's just a matter of time until they get to the Coliseum and win a championship.

India has a very transparent drug testing system and we compare well to countries like China and Russia whose athletes are also suspect.

In Class S you usually field a team with athletes instead of soccer players. These guys have developed a skill level that's so much better than any team I've coached.

In all the coaching clinics that I've taken, one of the comments you always hear is that if you coach a long time, at least once you will get the pleasure of coaching an athlete that could be at the Olympic level. I really feel that, in my career, she'll probably be the athlete that has a chance at becoming an Olympic athlete.

I know they have a great running back in Cameron Island. And they always have a lot of athletes at the skill positions. This is a great test for us early in the year.

I know them well enough, usually by a couple of months, that I can tell if they are hurting or if something is wrong with them. Most of the time they are honest, sometimes they're not. They are athletes and they don't want to sit out. Our job is not to sit them out, but if it is in their best interest to get them back quicker, sometimes we have to do that.

Jacques Rogge

I know the importance of China's National Games, and it is not only for the athletes but for the whole population,

Ron Jaworski

I know that Dan Marino, Donovan McNabb and Randall Cunningham didn't exactly blow the top off the score, and they were pretty darn good football players. There is some validity to it, but the main thing is: Can you play football? And one thing that jumps out at you is what an incredible athlete he is.

I know that is what we have to give away as athletes and I don't mind, I would do a drug test every day if that is what we were all doing.

I knew he was an athlete and he would be able to do it, but I didn't think he would do it as quick as he did. Right when spring ball started he was doing really well. Overall, he's done a real good job but it doesn't surprise me that much.

I knew she was a super athlete and a fighter, but over the past two days she didn't give away much. Some of her shots I don't know how she got to them.

I like the idea of a fourth team in the playoffs, because it gives more athletes the opportunity to experience the playoffs. The Texas High School playoffs are the experience of a lifetime.

Dennis Franchione

I like it a lot better coaching him than facing him. He's a good athlete that can catch the ball, run with it and make things happen.

I'm quite comfortable. Athletes make their own decisions. A number of them are competing in the next day or so. It's a difficult decision. We support them whatever choice they make.

I'm excited about the enthusiasm for U.S. Ski Team Day. We are thankful for Whiteface's support. U.S. Ski Team Day will provide an outstanding opportunity for skiers in the Whiteface / Lake Placid region to celebrate our sport during the Olympic period, and to help the athletes of the U.S. Ski Team to be 'Best in the World' in 2006.

Bud Selig

I'm excited about our upcoming pilot campaign with high school coaches to incorporate the anti-steroid messages in locker rooms and school buildings throughout New Jersey. These efforts demonstrate our strong belief that when young athletes are presented the facts, they make safe and responsible decisions.

I'm really excited, and our coaches are really excited about this weekend and what can happen. We want our athletes to be excited, too, and to really enjoy this experience.

I'm really excited about her potential. She has begun the season by posting some very good early-season times. Jenna is very crucial to the success of the team. I expect her to be a top athlete in (Division III) this season.

I'm real excited about this opportunity. Every high school athlete dreams of this.

Earl Woods

I hope the message goes out loud and clear that more athletes should give back to the community and give back to the sport that made you what you are today.

I hope the athletes know we're not going away and we will persevere. I hope Canadians get behind us more than ever and give us the funding to help our athletes who are training for Beijing.

I have so many memories, both at Stanford and in the coaching profession in general, ... I have been honored to have coached some of the finest athletes in the world, and we've competed at the very highest levels intercollegiately and internationally. But, many of my memories simply revolve around the experience of working with student-athletes on a daily basis. That has been as big of a thrill as anything.

Wilford Brimley

I love watching a good horse do what he's bred to do-I guess that's what I like the most about it. And I love to see good athletes do what they're bred to do.

I love those guys. He had quickness in his body, very good hands and he's very competitive. Knowing that he's competitive and an athlete is 90 percent of it. I knew he would be a good player.

Michael Chambers

I'm sure when Gretzky arrives, a lot of the media will be interested in talking to him, but I don't think that's going to distract our athletes in any way.

No tested athlete in their right mind should be using that drug,

David Pelletier

It was a great TV moment, not a great athlete moment.

Frank Deford

It was a great tragedy ... an athlete dying young always sets us back. We see them as so strong and handsome. We don't think they'll crumble.