Famous Quotes & Sayings

There were a lot of very good teams and athletes here today. We had a good day to finish were we did.

Dana White

There were a lot of misconceptions about the sport and the athletes. This allows them to look in and see how hard they train, what type of athletes and people they are.

Richard Wilson

There was this longer term issue of sorts of the protecting the health and welfare of student athletes here. And, I simply want to do everything I can do keep this from happening again.

Lloyd Carr

There's a lot of great athletes, skilled athletes that are returning punts, ... The one thing I've seen in recent years at the college level is a tremendous and significant change in special teams play. The time spent obviously has increased in that phase of the game, giving those skilled athletes the opportunity to make big plays in the kicking game.

Jim Bunning

It's very important for our kids. Like it or not, these athletes serve as role models for our children.

I want the opportunity to work with student athletes at Lakeland and the chance to be around them.

I try to point out to our players that, despite our record, we are a good team. We have athletes who can score, but the key is stopping teams on the defensive end.

It was a decision he made to do it, it wasn't something that was foisted on him. This is a prideful athlete with a controlling personality. There's no way he wasn't running this.

Jerry Angelo

It used to be you never took a tight end in the first round. But they're looked at as athletes now. They're looked at as a skill position.

It used to be, most of your great athletes in the state only played football. Now if you get the best kids from Florida, you have a chance to win a national (basketball) championship. I don't know if you could say that before.

Mike Shanahan

It takes a great athlete and a very mature athlete to play as a rookie in the NFL.

It will be more like linebackers than most of us look like now. That's the trend anyway, better athletes playing golf.

It went well. We had 34 schools and 900 athletes here and we got them out of here by 4:15.

It went great. We had a beautiful day, and all our athletes did well.

Mike Campbell

The two interceptions are concerning any time we turn the ball over. But I was pleased with the way our defense treated the football. Its tough week one when you don't know what they are going to do. (Chatfield) are running a different offense than they did last year. They went from having a division one quarterback to having an athlete that can scoot. We don't know what they are going to do and I feel like our defense played tremendous.

Carol White

The vast majority of athletes and their parents have no frame of reference to understand the recruiting process. They figure it out after it's too late. I'm trying to do what any good teacher would in give them enough information to where they can control the process instead of the process controlling them.

The value in superstition is that for athletes it gives an incredible confidence, because you really believe this thing works.

It wasn't all set before we decided on these three, ... But the athletes weren't set, either, and we said, 'All right, let's write the criteria.' It kind of evolved, and those things meshed together.

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.

It was pleasure watching him grow ? from a ninth-grader with so much potential, seeing him mature as an athlete from an emotional freshman. He became such a leader. He's such a good person, a good guy ? just a quality individual. He was so much more than just a gifted athlete. He was a pleasure to be around and I know we won't see his level of athlete in our school.

It's what being an athlete is all about. Ups and downs.

It's just a testament to the kind of athlete she is.

It's just that we work so well together. We've got tremendous athletes on this team, and I think that's the reason why there were so many turnovers.

It's easier for an individual sport athlete to maintain staying power in the endorsement world.

It seems that all the hard work these athletes have put into their season is paying off, and everyone is skiing at the top of their game when it counts the most.

It's a tremendous blow for women, I can't even start to say how many opportunities have been negated for women athletes because of this.

Kay Yow

It's a tall order, but they are student athletes and they like challenges.

It wasn't good enough and we know that. While we need to protect the athletes' rights, we may look at suspending the athlete following a positive A sample.

It was excellent. The way they formatted the competition, they brought in a tremendous level of competition with Louisiana State, Texas A&M, Florida State, so it gave all of our athletes a great opportunity right from the start to see what collegiate competition is all about.

David Stern

It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a previous wisdom - not only that black athletes wouldn't sell in white America, but that the NBA as a predominantly black sport could not sell in white America.

It was terrific. You're out there with the best athletes in the world, and they are hitting the ball as hard as they can.