Famous Quotes & Sayings

Every professional athlete has certain places where they know it's going to be tougher for them. It's a mindset more than anything else. But I guess for me, it's a little more than that.

Every single one of our athletes has had a good summer of training. We will be ready to contend throughout the season. We don't want to go to the conference meet as C-USA champions with the same team we had last year and finish seventh or eighth at the conference meet.

Every game presents different challenges but the fact that they have similar athletes to A&M -- we saw some things last night that will be the same. It's not like you're playing two totally different styles in 48 hours. Now that can be a big challenge.

Every day I am on the phone, I'm trying to battle Div. I or Div. II. To be successful at the Div. II level, you need to get those athletes that are borderline Div. I.

David Maraniss

As soon as this tragedy happened in New Orleans, I just was haunted by memories and thoughts about Roberto Clemente and sort of how he gave his life to help people in a situation like this. It was very heartening for me to see athletes of this era come through in ways larger than themselves.

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.

Speedway has some really good athletes so we have to cut down on their big plays.

On day six, we are now seeing the Olympic Games really getting into their stride. They are really focusing on sport and on the athletes which at the end of the day is what it is all about.

Now I think I'm more of an athlete than a dancer. I feel there are more opportunities for me in volleyball than in dancing.

Notwithstanding the proposition that seasoned athletes can perform in the face of distraction, the nature of the distraction and the experience of the athlete is the paramount issue at the collegiate level.

Nowadays, pro athletes are so recognizable; their faces are plastered everywhere. There are guys who are good people who are put in bad situations and just don't know how to handle those situations. Guys will start a fight with a basketball player because they know that if he connects with a punch, they're going to sue.

Once we have a new stadium, it will energize the athletes in Minnesota, the coaches in Minnesota, so that it will help recruiting next year. Even though it won't be there next year, that class will play in it.

Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect pope, presidents for the perfect historian. Writers hunger for the perfect reviewer.

During the last three weeks ... we should have been reading and hearing about the remarkable stories of athletes attempting to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team in the sport of skeleton. We have instead heard about serious allegations of misconduct. This story has taken a great deal of attention away from the athletes.

John Sullivan

Dee is the best athlete on the team and he has great speed.

The team speed that they have, we realize they are faster than us and are probably better athletes than us. So, the way we have to go at it is pound the ball at them.

The team has never been ranked before. The coaches and athletes are thrilled. It's a testament to the kids who have put in the miles.

The swimmers were thrilled. It was a really heart-felt moment. Some of the parents were in tears. You hear about athletes but very seldom do you hear about them giving back at that level. That's a significant level of money for a guy that doesn't make a lot of money.

The throwers had a good meet. The throwers are still working a lot on technique and a lot of the athletes are really young. There were several personal best performances, but a lot of them are still learning the event. That is going to take time.

The support from the community was fantastic. I can't say enough about the desire and heart that these Mohawk athletes gave at this game.

Jeremy McGrath

The thing that I love about this race after racing Supercross for such a long time is it's a lot more business over there, ... This is a lot more fun. Even though everybody wants to win, the athletes over here get treated the way they're supposed to, and I think that's great.

The thing I learned from him is a lot of time athletes and people try to make excuses, ... You have to get your expectation level to his. He expects you to be awesome, not just good.

Pierre Lueders

The thing I found over my career is the Olympics stir up emotions in an athlete or in a person that have never been stirred up before ? and that's something you have to be careful of.

The thing about linemen is they got to be athletes - you don't want the big fat guys that can't move. We have guys with good feet, and that's what you want.

I've never coached or played a game that I've felt that way. Too many coaches and athletes tend to take that side, that it just isn't their day. I say make it your day.

I've been an athlete all my life, and I've never had an opportunity to do something like this. I get to play on the first-ever women's pro football team in Albuquerque. That's something.

I've always considered it a privilege to serve the Canadian Olympic team in a leadership capacity. I look forward to working closely with the Canadian Olympic Committee over the next two years as we strive to provide optimum support for Canada's athletes and coaches competing in Beijing.

I wanted to bring track and field to Southern Utah to showcase some of the athletes we have. We have quality athletes.

Bobby Scott

Some young athletes are using the drugs with the belief that they can become great in their sport and gain money and fame.

Some years are smaller and some are larger. I don't have an explanation for that. They're like athletes - some classes are just a little sharper than others.

Sometimes that's a nebulous thing, too, because it may be just a mark that's submitted based upon what (an athlete has) done thus far and some people get in an A section based upon what they did last year and not where they are this year.