Famous Quotes & Sayings

Most of our athletes will be competing this weekend and the seven potential reserves have been spoken to by the chairman of selectors about the process that will take place over the next few days and what they can expect.

When the athletes come to the Olympic Games, it is rarely about the muscles anymore. It is all about the muscles between the ears.

We have our work cut out for us. We've done this for many years and used to go to Columbus to play bigger programs with a lot Division I athletes and always held our own. We'll see what happens.

We have one month in the fall when all the athletes do is weight train a few times each week.

We had turnover within the coaching staff and within the personnel of the team which are negative signs, ... Some of our student athletes were having trouble succeeding academically, which is a bad trend. ... I think this coach will restore a lot of that discipline.

We had to work this year. Last year we had some pretty fast horses and any one of these athletes could win. But this year took more of a strategy, who?s gonna go when, who?s not. We need our best players at the end, but we also need them to be pressure ready.

We have a lot of schools coming out, which means a lot of kids. So far, we have 800 students signed up to compete. It would be great for all those athletes that the cheer squads support all year round to come out and support their spirit squads on Saturday.

We've got seven or eight athletes who can really put the ball in the basket. That's how we can be successful in games. We don't have to rely on just one or two players.

We've got a lot of weapons, to where a lot of teams won't be able to just isolate one or two of our players. When we run the floor, when we get it going, our athletes look pretty tough out there. It's a fun team to watch when they get to running the floor.

Using the training runs is a nice tool to show what the athletes can do on the track.

We've done all right in the first three. Now we hope to finish strong. I don't care what the sport is, tournament atmosphere is great. It's fun to be around athletes competing at a high level. Some of their energy rubs off on you as you go through the weekend.

We hope he's OK. You don't wish this on anybody. ... The athletes are very unlucky and this is not funny for Austria. It's very sad that this happened.

Abby Wambach

We're a great team. We can play this game, and we've got a lot of naturally talented athletes who are ready to work to be better.

We expect a difficult time in terms of the environment going in but clearly we've got some great athletes to face those challenges.

We really worked hard tonight to share and distribute the ball. We have a lot of great athletes on this team ... a lot of great characters. And they just keep improving.

We got beat by a pretty good team. Ephrata has some great athletes with a lot of basketball talent.

We got to meet and hang out with all the United States athletes because we all stayed at the same dorm. We got to know guys like Greg Louganis, Carl Lewis and Riddick Bowe, plus athletes from all over the world. It was fantastic experience.

We get up and down the floor. We've got some very good athletes for our level. We've got great size. We have the best point guard in the country.

We get to hang out with some of the other athletes in the lounge. We talk to them and find out about their sports. It's good getting to know them and their experience.

We get a couple of days at the Athletes Village at the start and a few days after the curling, so it should be an enjoyable time.

We can be happy and proud. We started well and finished strongly, our athletes showing great character.

We came to play tonight. We were missing shots and free throws early and we were still only eight points down, We just made plays down the stretch. Coaches coach, but athletes win games.

Dan Goodwin

We have an obligation to spend this money, whatever it takes, so we can have a fair and open forum for our athletes and coaches to air their grievances. Will it set the program back? Who knows? But it's what we have to do.

We have athletes and good heart. They are really together.

Victor Ortiz

Later in life, when I'm retired and have a family of my own and will be able to send my kids to college, that's when I'll start spending. Way too many athletes go broke these days, and I like saving my money so that I can ensure my family and friends currently and after me will never have to endure some of the things I did when I was a kid.

Nobody wants to see empty seats, because our student athletes deserve the crowds we used to have 20, 25 years ago. We don't want to do anything to hinder crowd participation.

No doubt, it's on his mind, but he should be fine. He's one of the truly best athletes we've ever had. He's become a leader because he plays so hard and everyone respects him. I think we'll wait until the end of the season to see what he's going to do about college.

Nothing attracts audiences better than winning and American athletes tend to perform better in the Summer Games than the Winter Games.

Rick is one of the swimmers who gives so much back to the community, ... The more we have athletes on our national team that can do this, the more our sport will progress.

People who are participating in athletics at UNM know they are in the public eye and they know they are held to a higher standard. I think athletes are aware of that and aware of the consequences.

My ultimate goal is to make this the destination of choice for elite athletes that are able to get into Ivy League schools. That's a pretty lofty goal and it's going to take a lot of time and work.

Nick is one of the outstanding athletes in the league,

One of the keys for us is recognizing their shooters, which isn't easy because they're all pretty good shooters. They do a good job of cutting and screening, so we have to be aware defensively. They have some good athletes and some good shooters. They are very tough to guard.