Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Pete Rose

I like Barack Obama as a person. He's articulate, he knows sports, his brother-in-law's a coach. He always has the athletes to the White House. But I don't know about some of his policies and some of these people in Congress.

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.

Chad Campbell

I wasn't there at the beginning of the year, but I think the problem here is that we have to get athletes to come out and play. We've been shorthanded and had to play the younger kids.

Tim Walton

I was nervous two weeks ago. I was nervous in anticipation for our athletes to get that first game under their belts.

I would like more athletes to be involved, but it takes commitment. It is a club sport, but there are rules and regulations that must be followed.

I would like to thank Morgan State University for the opportunity to coach the men's basketball team for the last five years. In addition, I would like to thank all the past and present student athletes for their hard work and dedication.

Most of the coaches and some of the tech guys have been on the slope. It's a very challenging course for sure. Some of the athletes will be excited and others will be surprised.

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.

John Yarmuth

The American people don't believe politicians. They don't believe business leaders or Hollywood celebrities or athletes or other supposed role models. And they certainly don't believe the news media.

The athletes were energetic and excited to start on bars, but they were a little conservative. They wanted to stay on and get through it to have an opportunity to perform well on the next event.

Robert Greene

The athletes said they were not prepared to come back to the village.

The athletes can be under cover if they're not competing, instead of having to stand there and get soaked.

The athletes are youngsters whose time is still to come.

The athletes are up for the challenge. They're focused and I think our confidence is riding high. With two weeks before conference I think they really want to put up a good showing. This will be a very good test for us to see where we are mentally. If we can go out and execute as well as we have this year I think we'll be happy with the results.

The athletes are happy he's sticking around and that he'll be in that leadership role. It's going to be a smooth transition.

Buzz Bissinger

That was such a horrible, tragic moment. I thought it said a lot about Tony, the way he coaxed the team into playing. ... I know the players were shell-shocked. Athletes aren't prone to feeling mortal about themselves.

Don Andrews

That was quite an inning with four doubles in a row. We're just blessed with some good athletes that like to swing the bat.

That was a good run by a sophomore. There were a lot good athletes on the track.

That was pretty good for one major mistake and without our top two athletes healthy.

Mark Stone

That's the single most important thing that you could say to us. For others to comment on the effort of our athletes is the biggest compliment we could have heard, today.

I was most pleased with the team performance as a whole. There were lots of events were we had some relatively green athletes and some others where we didn't know where we would be considering it's the start of the year and all the bad weather. But, we really performed well. This was a really good opening meet for us.

I wasn't expecting to have 12 athletes in the finals. Especially Phinney, he went from hunting to helping the overall spirit of the team.

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.

Jason Vargas

Those guys are good athletes out there. They're one of the best teams in the country. They are there for a reason. Hitters are hitters. No matter what level you're at, if you leave it up, they're going to hit it. If you get it down, they're not.

Unified Sports is a part of the National Games that teams Special Olympics athletes with partners without disabilities.