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People at the hospital said they've seen quite a lot of it. Apparently, there's a lot of the bacteria around. Athletes get breaks in their skin and are more susceptible to it.

Of course, they had a lot of great athletes and I think they would have succeeded in any scheme. I think sometimes the scheme gets a little too much publicity.

Often our athletes gave their best performances in the last minutes of competition and so we are still expecting some more exciting competitions. Already, we are proud of our results and reached our goal to be one of the best countries.

Normally, you might have a letdown after an Olympic games. But you had a group of young athletes that are so exuberant that they want to do better each year.

Normally when you train athletes at the highest level you get a one or two percent improvement,

Normally, I would see a guy the size of Brandon Spikes and say he's definitely playing for the defensive end position, but there are a few exceptional athletes out there who can play at that size. I think Brandon Spikes is one of those guys.

During the last three weeks ... we should have been reading and hearing about the remarkable stories of athletes attempting to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team in the sport of skeleton. We have instead heard about serious allegations of misconduct. This story has taken a great deal of attention away from the athletes.

Compared with the ninth national games, we will have 20 percent more tests this time. The athletes who are tested positive will be disqualified from the games and they will be banned for two years after their B samples are confirmed positive,

Coaches are trying to take the big guys away from the game with zone defenses. That's why athletes are more balanced now. There's a lot of guys that can beat you off the dribble, step outside if they need to and make things happen.

Companies that want athletes to use their products pay us to participate in the program, which allows us to test their products and audit their manufacturing process.

Coming out of high school (Purnell Swett), we recruited Darryl as an athlete. We'll recruit a quarterback or corner for a position, but in Division II you just try to get the best athletes you can and then trust the coaches get them in the right place.

Darren Pang

Despite what people and coaches think, that athletes can always put distractions on the side, they can't. Players need to know in a black and white form what's going on.

Anti-doping procedures are being done fully within the rules. Notification to the athletes is being done by anti-doping control officers. They are identified and identifiable.

A positive doping test does not constitute the sole basis for a doping violation. There are other types of anti-doping rule violations, such as the mere possession of doping substances. We don't know yet whether these athletes or coaches have been in possession. That is for the Italian authorities to inform us about.

Bobby Scott

Some young athletes are using the drugs with the belief that they can become great in their sport and gain money and fame.

Some years are smaller and some are larger. I don't have an explanation for that. They're like athletes - some classes are just a little sharper than others.

Some people say our athletes are isolated and besieged. Whoever wants to go into exile can just walk away or stand next to a policeman. Our players are not prisoners. Simply, our athletes are besieged because people want to turn them into merchandise. But they want to play for their country. They want to continue to play for the love of their flag ... They're not interested in millions. Whoever wants to leave can leave in peace. We all play without thinking about money.

Same script, different cast, ... very legitimate. We have athletes at every position.

Jack Warner

Quite a few of our athletes will be off this weekend, getting rested and ready for next weekend's Big Ten meets. This meet should be pretty low key, but it will offer us a chance for final preparations and tune ups for Big Tens. Those athletes who need to rest will rest and those who need fine tuning will have an opportunity to do that as well.

At the end of the day, the athletes have trained to their best. Nothing should get in their way.

At this level, we're mainly competing to get personal bests. We stress personal bests and it's really what our athletes are searching for at these events. These kids are just always trying to improve and the states are a nice reward and the New England championships are another nice reward.

Commitment. I know what it takes for athletes to be successful at this high a level. I went, sometimes during my career, four month without a day off. If you love what you are doing, being committed is really not that difficult.

(Costa) reminds me a lot of Kellen Clemens in that he played safety and quarterback, was one of the toughest, one of the fastest and one of the best athletes on the field. And he is a great leader.

Down the road, you are going to see a lot more wheelchair athletes come out. Maybe they felt uncomfortable before, but now that it's being exposed we may see more of them.

Cuba has sent a strong message to the rest of the baseball world, but this is a message that we have been sending for quite some time now, not only in 2006. Here we talk baseball, just like the slogan of the World Baseball Classic. And baseball is baseball, it doesn't matter the price paid to the athletes that play it.

And the rivalry has pushed us on to new heights, ... Great athletes in the past have always been part of a great rivalry.

Another American Revolution has begun. It began here in Boston, and we'll see more of these American athletes in the future.

There's definitely a difference between just having 15 athletes as opposed to one team. That's kind of what we count on because we're not the best athletes. We sure as hell aren't the biggest, fastest people around.

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At a Group Two school, to have two special athletes like that at the same time might happen once in a lifetime. That's the reality. It went by fast. I like the challenge of trying to get other players.

A stronger, more flexible body will tolerate a fall better. The underlying message is that snowboarding and skiing safety have to entail a lifestyle commitment. Maintaining a proper fitness level is essential and winter athletes need to incorporate it naturally into their fitness routines.

George Vecsey

All our lives are enriched by the leadership and excellence and confidence of female athletes, whether the Mia Hamms and Maya Moores we know or the field hockey, lacrosse and track and field athletes we do not necessarily know.

It's just created an up-tempo style of play, and fortunately, I have the kind of athletes to run that system.