Famous Quotes & Sayings

I have a good feeling. We have some good athletes and good attitudes.

Eric Mangini

I have always had the highest regard for him both as an individual and as one of the fiercest and most determined athletes in the game.

I have a really good group of athletes and they have taken to the team tremendously. They're having great fun. They've learned very quickly and are doing well.

I have as much respect for her as any athlete I have ever coached. She does everything that any full-time football player here does - everything. If we flip tires, she flips tires. She cleans. She squats. She does it all.

Brian Billick

I feel very good about the core of this team. We have some very good athletes here. We've got some very good character on this team. That's a good place to start, and we'll augment it over the next six months in every way that we can.

I think it's especially important he focused on young athletes and that cheating by star athletes sends the wrong message,

Roy Williams

I think it's embarrassing, ... especially when you're an NFL football team full of professional athletes getting blown out -- which it was. I mean, let's call it what it was: a blowout.

I think it's case of Penn State not focusing on the right kids. You don't see them often bringing in superior skill athletes from outside the state.

Kamerion Wimbley

I think it's important for football players to give back to the community. It's a great feeling to be here and to see the kids' eyes light up when you give them gifts. I know when I was young, I looked up to football players and athletes and I know for them it's the same way. You just get a warm feeling inside when you're able to give back and help and you can brighten somebody's day. It's definitely a positive.

Ernie Kent

It certainly inspired African-Americans in college basketball and everything else. I don't want to say it opened up the door, but it certainly was a bridge to recruiting athletes of color. It definitely revolutionized the game.

It comes down to who wants it more. It doesn't matter who has the better athletes or stick skills.

Jason MacDonald

It is a bit frustrating that it takes a professional athlete from another sport to bring the attention (to mixed-martial arts).

It is a game. Can an athlete handle the program that has been choreographed? Do we want all Level 4 spins? Should I risk the quad? Those are the things that is sport.

It is a different way to try to teach people that Special Olympic athletes and people with disabilities have abilities and traits about them that make them want to be your friend. Whether people like the movie or do not like the movie, there was good intent behind it.

I thought E.J. had a very good game. He's very athletic, and a very gifted athlete that can do a lot of things for us. He's also been working very hard on his shooting, as I think you saw tonight.

I think you put the pressure on them and they're mortal. I think we're a smart team. You have plenty of athletes who don't have it mentally. With us, that's one of our strengths.

I think you look for immediate help with the JC kids. They're more mature. But again, you'd like to have a program primarily of high school kids. But it's going to become more and more difficult to find the great athlete when the (academic) requirements become stiffer and more demanding every year.

Jacques Rogge

I think the deterrent effect and the message has been sent since Salt Lake City. The athletes know that the noose is tightening. They will probably, I hope so, be more careful and wiser. But you can't guarantee that.

I think the biggest issue is that men historically have had opportunities to start developing competitive skills at a very young age, whereas most women didn't. So a lot of women athletes missed out on the opportunity to work out all those complex emotions that happen in fierce competition. Rather than genetic differences, I've found that the real differences go away when males and females have equal competitive experiences beginning at a young age. That's happening more in our culture, and no question the top women athletes of the future are going to be just as tough and focused as the top men.

Jacquelyn Jablonski

I was an athlete growing up. I did a lot of sports: soccer, basketball, so I was always so used to hardcore training, a lot of running. I got to a point where I felt like I just wanted to get toned; I didn't need to shed pounds, so now I do Pilates.

Tie Domi

I was a sports junkie growing up ... my favourite athlete all-time is John McEnroe.

He really understands the athletes and would be very helpful to parents and coaches.

Here she was, this elite athlete that knew she had some potential, and she came to this school that didn't even have an athletic program when she committed to come here. She took quite a leap of faith.

Lennox Lewis

Here I will help build up other athletes around the world and help them avoid the mistakes I made,

Having them split time might hurt us early. Both are versatile athletes that we need on the field. Michael had an edge with experience.

Having the honor to help the nation's best coaches cultivate the nation's best talent is huge. Anything I can do to help them win Olympic medals and give our athletes the best possible Olympic experience will be my goal.

Having that consistency in the coaching staff has really been helping all of our athletes improve.

Having this kind of technology available to athletes and coaches helps give us that necessary edge that you need to win on the world stage.

He?s a big difference, we?re a much better team with him. He?s a tremendous athlete with a huge heart. However big the game is, he seems to rise to the occasion. He gets loose balls, he gets steals you don?t think he?s gonna get that he comes up with. When he plays the way he did tonight, we?re a very good team.

He's a great guy. He doesn't seem that young. He's going to be a great athlete and a great back.

He's a great athlete with a very good arm.

He's a great athlete who's been very productive. He's a tremendous runner. The thing he's got going is that leadership and competitiveness.

He's a great athlete who has turned himself into a great quarterback.