Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nate Burleson

Barry Sanders, by far. Not only one of my favorite Lions, but one of my favorite NFL athletes. It's all about highlights for me, I'm a receiver! Sanders is like the NFL version of an And1 mix tape.

LaVell Edwards

It has been our experience that if a young man decides to go on a mission, he can not only play well when he returns, he will often play better. If an athlete could play well before he went on a mission, he will definitely play well when he returns; and, if an athlete could not play well before his mission, he probably won't play well when he returns. However, his chances of playing well are perhaps better if he goes because he will return with . . . better work habits, and a better knowledge of what it takes to be successful.

LaVell Edwards

We tend to look at successful athletes and make them almost bigger than life. I have seen many young men who have achieved greatness. I have also seen those who have come up a little short of their potential. I do know that those who succeed have been able to recognize within themselves the potential to do something well and then work hard to prepare themselves for that eventual opportunity. Others wait for the opportunity to come and then start to work, thus coming up a little short.

Lance Berkman

I think any great performer or athlete has to have a little bit of a gut to be great.

Lance Armstrong

I realize that there are many variables outside my control in my quest, but focusing on the big goal down the road really motivates me. To help me stay focused, I set micro-goals such as races or training achievements that bring me one step closer to being at my best for major goals

Lance Armstrong

Life to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits

Lance Armstrong

What athletes do may not be that healthy, the way we push our bodies completely over the edge to the degrees that are not human. I've said all along that I will not live as long as the average person.

Lance Armstrong

Athletes don't have much use for poking around in their childhoods, because, introspection doesn't get you anywhere in a race.

Lance Armstrong

I didn't just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad results, but this time I didn't let the lows get to me.

Lance Armstrong

I have never doped … I have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance, passed more than 500 drug tests and never failed one.

James Joyce

There is only one thing that makes any one athlete better than another, his heart. We all put our underwear on feet first, so we are all human.

James Roday

Actors geek out over athletes. Everyone knows that.

Libby Trickett

I've probably given myself enough time to prepare for this meet and we're all different athletes so I can't take their results as what's going to be inevitable for me.

Harvey Mackay

Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs you of your skills and your judgment, and it blinds you to creative solutions. It's the best-conditioned athlete, not the most talented, who generally wins when the going gets tough.

The emphasis on Division I athletics director experience automatically puts minorities at a disadvantage. As a result, it is unclear whether the best possible candidates are being considered for top jobs. And we end up with people making decisions who don't reflect the athletes on the playing field or courts.

The Hilton Family is delighted to be a part of America's Olympic efforts, with such a compelling combination of support and sponsorship. We will support our athletes every step of the way on their journey to the Olympic Winter Games, a path that we hope will be paved with gold.

The group that we have going are great athletes and great drivers and the head coach's position is to support them. And as long as they feel supported by Tim, he probably can do a great job there with that group.

The group of athletes that will be joining our team next season will greatly help our program. We are bringing in some good-sized, athletic girls, players that will be able to play inside and out. We are also bringing in two high school point guards to battle for backup time behind Karin Hansen.

The difference was Frank and the 31 points they scored in the first quarter. He's a nice player. They have extremely good athletes and tonight it was Frank.

You women athletes know (officials) really work hard and we love what we do. What I do right now, I'm living my dream. Being on the court is not like work.

You've got to always want the ball, ... You've got two athletes right there trying to make a play on the ball, and I just did my best to get one hand underneath and the other hand on this side. Luck was on my side. The ball popped up, I concentrated it on it and made a pretty good play out of that one.

You've got good athletes guarding good athletes out there, and they really did a good job on them.

You usually see guys make more money in endorsements as they get older even if their skills are diminishing. By then they're known quantities, not just to the public but to corporations. These corporations are very risk-averse, and they like to know that they can trust these guys. Athletes who have already had long careers without scandals are safer, whereas a 23-year-old is seen as more likely to get into trouble.

E. B. White

And since that point, I've spent all those years away from a college program where I'm not covered by NCAA rules and am free to help athletes at all levels get better at their skills and also learn how to use those skills once they get them developed.

Lindsay Davenport

The girl is such a great athlete and so good off the ground,

The general feeling is that firms are trying to be more selective about the number of athletes with whom they have relationships. You have to remember that, for the most part, the industry is young and learning how to measure success and get the best return on its investment. The emerging trend is the use of entertainers and retired athletes to market these products.

The gold medal in the men's aerials is not only the first gold in snow events for China, but also the first gold from Chinese male athletes at the Winter Games. It strengthens the confidence of all Chinese athletes who are doing snow sports.

The games are not about one person. It's about thousands of athletes coming together to compete for their country.

The friend in me, the person that kind of steers his broadcasting career, would rather that he just hang up his gloves and live a nice life in Pensacola and just come to the mike every month for HBO Sports, ... You know you can't tell athletes what to do. Maybe Roy has that one fight left in him.

The cross country thing, I think, is a real potential problem. I know a lot of high school athletes that go out for (track) just for conditioning for football the following season.

The combination of speed and strength was just a little too much for us. He (Harris) was probably the best athlete in the tournament.

This is my last swimming meet as a coach, and it's kind of a strange feeling because I've wanted to be a swimming coach since I was 12-years-old, ... The biggest thing I'm going to miss is being a partner with the athletes and living their dreams. I just loved that, and I'm going to miss it a lot. But, I'm closing out this phase of my life, and I'm very excited about where I'm headed.

Keith Scott

This is like the coming-out party for track and field. Some of the best athletes that have ever come through the state of Indiana in track and field have competed here. Just the meet itself is big because it's the North Side Relays.