Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sebastian Coe

You hope all good athletes run on the balls of their feet. You don't want them coming down heel first. The perfect style is the foot to come down with a slight supination and on a tilt to the outside.

To get their name on a brick, athletes simply need to collect $100 in donations. Included on the brick are their name, their hometown and the year they purchased the brick.

To get that many athletes in one place was unreal. It was nice to be a part of it. We plan to come back.

You have to work at it, like everything else. It's easy to put God on the back burner, or to turn to him only when you have a problem. A lot of people use prayer when they are in need, then stop. To have a strong relationship with God, you have to keep going back to it. Like an athlete has to work hard to improve his skills, you have to maintain your faith to strengthen it.

This year did not just happen. It took three years. The secret of being a successful coach is when you have good athletes, being able to put those athletes where they have the highest percent chance of winning.

We wanted to do what we could to help. We'll treat your athletes just like they were our own.

We've had the most positive interaction between the young athletes and the World Cup group that we've ever had.

We've had a tradition carrying it. We wanted to maintain that. Also, many of these athletes are going to head to Beijing in 2008 and we'll be doing those Olympics as well.

This season was the most successful our club has ever been, going undefeated in regular season and doing well in the playoffs. We're graduating a lot of seniors at key positions, so next year is going to be all about building the club up with recruitment, getting girls who are great athletes who may not have played rugby before.

We all know how crucial the crowd is when the judges are down on the floor and somebody does a routine and 10,000 fans scream and react to it. It's hard for everyone to not get caught up in that. Everyone builds on that and the athletes feed on that. It really is an advantage.

DeLoss Dodds

I've seen a lot of great athletes in my time in this business. He's the best of them all.

Tyler Christopher

I've seen too many athletes come over hoping to do their personal best or to get a bronze or just compete,

George Steinbrenner

I've never seen an athlete dominate any sport -- in baseball, in basketball, in football -- like he dominated this series.

I've seen a lot of athletes come and go through here. Some of them were questionably as good as Bryan is. But they did not have the complete package - the academics, correct attitude and the ability. That's what it takes to get where he's gotten so far.

Darren Campbell

It would be easy for us to walk away but maybe it's time, like Michael says, to step up. Maybe it's time some of the experienced athletes came down and helped some of the youngsters ... this championship has shown there are some flaws.

O. Henry

It was a nice meet. The athletes we put out there were competitive and we did some nice things today.

It was an honor and an awakening to know people are looking at me, and that I have an impact on both little kids and kids my age, ... Some people think being an athlete is the only thing we are focused on, so with this poster I can change that view.

These athletes want to know how fast their heart is beating so they'll know how to prepare for an upcoming competition. Their heart rate tells them how much they could push themselves with their training.

These athletes embody the Olympic values of teamwork and commitment to excellence, which are integral themes of the Earn Your Stripes program. Not everyone can be an Olympic athlete, but we can all set goals and work hard to be our best.

These were the best Games ever for us, we mustn't forget that, and I want to congratulate our athletes for that.

I shouldn't be taking sacks. I'm too good an athlete to be takings sacks. I need to get the ball gone or find a crease and run through it. . . . As you can tell, I'm frustrated more on the negative than the positive.

I've been trying to prove myself my whole life. I was always looked at as an athlete with an attitude when I was in high school. Then I was just an 'Ordinary Joe' as a walk-on. Now I'm doing two sports.

Jere Lehtinen

I've been to three Olympics before, and it's been great. It's different, every four years. You see and meet all the different athletes in the various sports biathlon, ski jumping, cross country skiing. And everybody is living in the Olympic village.

I've decided to direct my knowledge, experience and determination toward making sports more honorable for the athletes and fans,

I've decided not to talk about the athletes and their involvement in the BALCO scandal. In most cases these athletes are good people, who came from good families and they've already suffered greatly.

I understand that (football) is his focus, but he's a good athlete and in basketball you can always use good athletes. He's 6-2 and he's tough. I can put him in the game and he won't be afraid.

The whole mindset of student athletes today is me, as opposed to we. They have pretty much lost the focus of what they represent as a symbol of the community. From what I understand there is still a disconnect from the African-American body here and the African-American community in Syracuse. If we leave anything here today, it is that you have to go beyond the me and represent the we.

They all have had their own unique things about them, but the X Games was the best. It was so unusual. La Jolla turned it away due to neighborhood complaints ... and in a matter of months we had them. ESPN, the athletes ... I have to believe, fiscally, it was a winner for us, and you can't put a price tag on international exposure. We hooked ourselves up with a giant.

The women's team dominance in the throws really set the tone for the squad. For the most part the distance and mid-distance athletes trained through our meet, so I was pleasantly surprised by some of the results.

These are young vibrant athletes who have a lot of energy and confidence that they can play. That excitement drives TV ratings and produces opportunities.

Tom Izzo

These are two of the top athletes in the country, and they are in the best shape of their lives. It's a lot to build a team around.

Junior Seau

Too many athletes are living in a tiny window. They have no vision for themselves - what they can be outside of football and what they can mean to a community. They just don't know any better. My hopes and dreams are unlimited.

We've been spending most of our time so far just working on technique. A lot of the athletes just need help with the basics. We've been working on the proper stroke and our endurance and that's pretty much what we do consistently.