Famous Quotes & Sayings

There are so many good athletes everywhere. If you are not ready, you're going to get beat.

There are so many athletes on this team. But everybody gives up a little bit to make the team better.

There are simple common denominators in all sports, whether it's hockey or football or softball. An athlete is an athlete. There are certain athletic movements that transcend from each sport to another. Teaching kids to become aware of their bodies and their athletic movements is so crucial.

Kenenisa Bekele

I did not expect him to be that close compared to the world championships last year. He is an athlete with potential.

I did feel like I was more confident on the court this season, but that's because there were a lot of good athletes on the floor with me. Even if I had a bad game, there were others who could step up and make the points.

Given the level of talent coming to this year's competition, we are raising the stakes and offering $25,000 to each athlete that sets a world record. We are confident that we will witness at least one record-breaking performance.

Charles Schumer

Getting the Olympics would be a huge boost for New York economically, developmentally, and spiritually. The most talented people in the world have always come to New York to prove they have what it takes, so it makes perfect sense for the best athletes in the world to come here for the same reason.

Daley Thompson

Frankly I don't follow Indian athletics to a great extent but I do know that it has started to pick up a bit of late. Five years hence, I expect Indian athletes to be a force to reckon with.

From a budgetary standpoint, we?re nowhere close to the Tour de Georgia or Tour of California. They have budgets around $3 to $4 million. Ours is under $100,000. The difference there is pretty striking. Even though our course and level of road racing in the event mimics those of the larger events, in terms of the prize money we can offer and the caliber of athlete we hope to get to come, we really can?t compete until we have a larger budget. That?s the hard and fast reality. We?d like to get to that budget, but we?re not there yet.

From our standpoint, it pays to diversify. If there is one sport that is down, the other ones can pick it up. We don't live and die off of one or two sports. There are so many wild cards, injuries, crashes. We don't put pressure on one particular athlete to come through.

I don't think any athlete wants to go there at 90 percent and risk even a greater extent of injury. We're going to bring Peter down to a specialist and hopefully try to figure it all out." ()

Kim is a great all-around athlete and a very versatile player. She will see playing time on the front line. She is quick and agile, which contributes to her finesse as a player.

I wouldn't say it's cold, but every year Winnipeg's athlete of the year is an ice fisherman.

I wouldn't say he's special. I think he's a good athlete who maximizes potential with hard work and competitive nature.

Jake always trains hard. He trained hard in high school and trained hard as a freshman. He just has a lot of belief in himself. He had a really good indoor season and I think it carries over. Sometimes athletes just get on a roll. He's in a zone. That's just the way it is for him right now and it's just working.

I would say there are several players coming off of last weekend that should be feeling confident. Confidence is a choice, and that's a matter of being able to block the distractions. Everybody has a poor performance. The better athletes know where to place that, learn from it and move on.

Kate is very much an athlete out there.

Just like athletes in other sports, race-related injuries happen and are easier to understand. Injuries like this are tough to handle.

Keeping up with your schoolwork is difficult, but coach does a good job of keeping us on task and all the kids here are well-rounded. Good students, good athletes stand up to the challenge.

Kari's a great athlete and her game has just improved year after year. She has the game to go even farther this year. The sky is the limit for her.

Jon is a three-sport athlete with athleticism, power and decent speed. He blocks well and we are looking for him to be the hub of the offense. Mike is athletic, is a three-sport athlete and is short, but rugged. Ryan has good speed and had some good moments last season.

John is exactly the kind of athlete every coach wants on his team. He brings knowledge and great work ethic to every game and every practice. He's always been a small kid, but, through hard work, he's improved his body a lot. That's a tribute to his dedication. He's the kind of kid every coach dreams about.

John is a great athlete who has shown great improvement over the past season. He's got a great breaking ball and can put some good velocity on his pitches. He comes from a Penn State family, and has the work ethic to be successful in the classroom and on the field.

Billy Donovan

I think it's a great comparison. Bobby Jones was a great runner in transition, he was a great athlete on the floor. I believe as David continues to grow, his shooting will get better. He's a very versatile guy.

I think it really opened the door for black athletes at the time.

Phil Niekro

I think it just shows you how many great athletes and their great achievements we have here in Northeast Georgia.

It came down to those last two athletes to do their job the best they could and both Stephanie and Meredith really came through in the clutch.

It basically breaks down that Jim Calhoun knows how to get the super athlete to play for him. When their men?s and women?s programs play, the entire state of Connecticut shuts down. They are considered the pro teams of Connecticut. Calhoun has a track record of recruiting and he maintains it.

I think it's a testament to the athlete the horse is, and the training his trainer has put into him. I just think he's made him aerobically a more flexible, tougher athlete with the regimen he goes through.

Mike White

Chris ran really well tonight. He's a good athlete and tonight he kept his feet moving and was focused.

Pierre Lueders

I'm a learning poker player. In certain races, we didn't show our best athletes or used our second best runners on the sled. You can gain a lot of confidence in races by seeing how much you can accomplish. Then you think how much better you can do once you put in the best.

I make no guarantees, but if I see a good athlete with good grades and test scores who really wants an education, and wants to play football, and is willing to go away from home, I try hard to make the fit.

Jonathan Edwards

I look forward to maintaining and building on the significant athlete involvement that played such an important role in bringing the Games to London.