Famous Quotes & Sayings

As far as space goes, we are handling a larger volume of athletes at a time. We have a different variety of equipment that gives us more training options.

As a result, America's skeleton athletes have had to deal with an unnecessary distraction during their preparation for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games, and that is unacceptable.

As a promoter, you always hope to sign a 'blue chip' athlete who will win a world title,

As a player, I would say yes, but also as an athlete I'd always want to do better and feel that I can do better. Coming into the season, you set your goals high.

As a parent and as a coach, you always hate to see an athlete leave any place before they get an education, before they get their diploma. That being said, I am 100 percent supportive of this young man's decision, in anything he does.

Rocco Mediate

As any athlete knows, momentum is the most unstoppable force in sports. The only way to stop it is if you get in your own way, start making stupid mistakes or stop believing in yourself.

As a whole, Steamboat athletes had a great week, and they skied well. Everyone competed at their highest level.

Jack Warner

As a whole we have definitely improved since last season. And we have two or three other athletes who are really close to that mark and will do it.

Same script, different cast, ... very legitimate. We have athletes at every position.

Savannah is a natural athlete who possesses great physical strength and quickness. She is very offensively minded and we look forward to having her join our attack next season.

Jack Warner

Quite a few of our athletes will be off this weekend, getting rested and ready for next weekend's Big Ten meets. This meet should be pretty low key, but it will offer us a chance for final preparations and tune ups for Big Tens. Those athletes who need to rest will rest and those who need fine tuning will have an opportunity to do that as well.

Rachel just has a no-nonsense attitude. She always comes to practice, and always wants to get better. She hates losing, which is something I love in a player. She's a very good athlete with a good arm, and you can tell she is only going to get better as she gets more mature.

George Vecsey

Personal honors never meant much to Bill Russell, one of America's most successful athletes with 2 college titles, 1 Olympic gold medal and 11 - count 'em, 11 - N.B.A. championships with the Boston Celtics.

People thought curlers were big, fat guys and we proved it takes an athlete to come out here and win.

Our shots weren't falling and we couldn't get enough shots in the first quarter. We were turning the ball over on the press. Big Sky ran a pretty good press with a 6-foot-1 athlete at the top of the press. She was pretty hard to pass around.

Our divas are not just eye candy. They're not just beautiful women. They're athletes too.

Our experience came into play. With seven national championships in the program it makes the athletes believe in the system. They bought in since Day 1. Even if we didn't get first, we would still be winners. We had a tremendous finish on beam. We knew we had to hit. We counted a fall but after yesterday it shows the fight and heart of this team.

Other countries such as Australia and England put millions into their sportsmen and women, so when you consider the disparity of investment, our athletes have performed miracles.

People at the hospital said they've seen quite a lot of it. Apparently, there's a lot of the bacteria around. Athletes get breaks in their skin and are more susceptible to it.

Of course, they had a lot of great athletes and I think they would have succeeded in any scheme. I think sometimes the scheme gets a little too much publicity.

Oftentimes, it isn't the best athlete who plays in college. It's the best athlete with the money.

Often our athletes gave their best performances in the last minutes of competition and so we are still expecting some more exciting competitions. Already, we are proud of our results and reached our goal to be one of the best countries.

Normally, you might have a letdown after an Olympic games. But you had a group of young athletes that are so exuberant that they want to do better each year.

Normally when you train athletes at the highest level you get a one or two percent improvement,

Normally, I would see a guy the size of Brandon Spikes and say he's definitely playing for the defensive end position, but there are a few exceptional athletes out there who can play at that size. I think Brandon Spikes is one of those guys.

The multi-sport athlete is just a different kid. Each sport has helped them develop in different ways.

Steve Blass

The one thing I remember was hearing that he could have been a pro athlete in three different sports -- baseball, football or basketball. He was that gifted of an athlete. He was a prototypical first baseman. He was big with a big reach and gave you a big target.

Jacques Rogge

The Olympic Truce will not be eternal. After the games, bad habits will return. But this village is a perfect example of what the truce exemplifies. Here, athletes of different religions, political systems, races and languages live peacefully together.

Dick Pound

The Olympic rules and the Wada code never contemplated having doped athletes locked up,

Dick Ebersol

The Olympic opening ceremony is the most important event for the vast majority of the athletes here. Most won't come close to a medal. And for them, this is the pinnacle of their athletic careers.

The most important thing is to work with the athlete for him to discover how to optimize the various positions relative to the skiing,

Joe Gibbs

Adam's workouts and routines are kind of legendary. This is probably one of the best trained athletes on the league. He's extremely serious about football. We never talked any business until he felt comfortable about seeing how he would fit in with us.

Spencer, a lot of times, played the other team's best player on defense. He is very quick and is also the quarterback on the football team, which should tell you how good of an athlete he is.