Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Wooden

Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

John Wooden

Discipline of others isn't punishment. You discipline to help, to improve, to correct, to prevent, not to punish, humiliate, or retaliate.

Meg Cabot

This is how many people become artists, musicians, writers, computer programmers, record-holding athletes, scientists... by spending time alone practicing what they love.

Pat LaFontaine

You can't abuse your body and you need to work hard on your weaknesses. Everyone likes to focus on the things they are good at. But when you focus on the things you are weak at, it makes you a much better athlete.

Plato

The mere athlete becomes too much of a savage.

LeBron James

I just want you guys to see it also. To see what type of words that are said toward me, and towards us as professional athletes. Everybody thinks it is a bed of roses and it's not.

Marlen Esparza

As an athlete, confidence makes me more competitive and helps me perform better.

Maria Sharapova

I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.

Maria Sharapova

I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.

Merlin Olsen

I just wanted to be an athlete.

Michael Johnson

As an athlete, I'd average four hours a day. It doesn't sound like a lot when some people say they're training for 10 hours, but theirs includes lunch, massage and breaks. My four hours was packed with work.

Michael Johnson

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

Michael Johnson

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

Michael Jordan

I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail.

Ted Simmons

There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed.

Theodore Hesburgh

A decade after an average athlete graduates, everyone will have forgotten when and where he played. But every time he speaks, everyone will know whether he was educated.

Marcus Allen

I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a lot of stuff out there. Actually, I gained close to 700 yards more and I took myself out of a lot of games.

I just feel bad for him. He's a great athlete and a great running back. He's helped me so much since I got here, and I just want to do what I can to make up for what he brought.

I really believe that Ernie Sims is the most explosive, through-the-hips athlete in this draft.

I really am (surprised). The reason for that is they don't have much post play. They have good athletes and tremendous shooters. I think they'll take some hits in the second round. They won some close games. Before the season's over, that's liable to balance out.

Kenny Smith

C'mon Benny, Houston is the fourth-largest city in America. It's a melting pot of charismatic tastemakers, athletes and United States movers and shakers. We have everybody who makes trends coming out to the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night.

Being 20 years old, how much more can he add? He'd be a better athlete if he loses some weight, but he works extremely hard and never quits. It's a testament to his character, but at 325 pounds he could probably play on Sundays.

Being 20 years old, how much more can he add? ... He'd be a better athlete if he loses some weight, but he works extremely hard and never quits. It's a testament to his character, but at 325 pounds he could probably play on Sundays.

Beaver Falls just has so much depth and I do think that was a factor, especially as the game wore on. They have more athletes and better athletes and they just kept running them at us. I thought we got a little tired.

Willis McGahee

I'm pretty sure it would work pretty good. He's a great athlete and I'm sure he can do anything on either side of the ball. Most definitely, he's dangerous wherever he's at.

John Abraham

I'm pretty sure I'll be a little rusty just because I haven't had any contact with athletes of my type, up to my caliber. It might be a little tough at first, but I'm sure my body and my mental focus will easily get that back.

I'm on the warpath for athletes from summer football conditioning all the way into the spring. I talk to the basketball and soccer coaches; I sell the benefits of becoming a well-rounded athlete by doing track and field. No matter what sport you're in, track can help. Running isn't a punishment like it is in other sports. We make it fun and trick the kids into working hard.

I'm saddened by the fact that there are these kind of athletes that competed in the SEA Games, but at the same time I'm glad the Vietnamese officials were able to discover and bring this matter to the attention of the police.

I haven't been up there and studied them for a while, but I know what kind of athletes they recruit, ... They recruit nothing but the best, so I know they will be fine.

Lloyd Carr

The finest athlete I've ever seen on the field as a quarterback.

The commitment here, not only to education, but to winning and winning with integrity, is very important to me. We're going to educate and graduate student athletes and we're going to compete for championships in all sports.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) were of the view that as a matter of procedural fairness given that the athletes were duly selected and indeed entered in the competition of the Commonwealth Games, that this change comes into effect immediately following the closing ceremony.

Nate Burleson

There's things Calvin Johnson does that nobody else can do. He's obviously huge, his physical attributes outweigh just about everyone in the league. But on top of that, he still has the ability to learn. He's like a sponge and soaks up anything that can help him as an athlete, as a person. On top of that, he's not soft. He catches the ball and tries to get upfield to score. He doesn't slide or go out of bounds. That's a rare find in the NFL.