Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's kind of bittersweet. I'm greedy and I want to have as many athletes as I can, but I'm really happy for C.J. It's awesome for him and great for the team.

This announcement brings us another step closer to ensuring that more Canadian athletes experience the greatness of standing on the podium representing Canada in 2010.

They see themselves as athletes and only athletes.

Tamba Hali

They were graduating 86-90 percent of their athletes that year, and they were graduating minorities (at a) high (rate). Everything just fell into place for me.

This guy had been a soccer coach in the Balkans. He was saying how these athletes in Europe could kick a ball 80 meters.

They've got a lot of athletes and got us out of our tempo. The speed of the game was way faster than we were use to and that was the difference.

They're well coached. They have good athletes and they've been there before. If you can hit the three, you'll be good.

They (St. Cloud) are a very good football team. They play hard. They have big, strong athletes all over the field. They're very deserving of their No. 13 ranking.

A lot of people come here simply for a drink or a meal. A lot of the athletes will eat after a match, and sometimes, they'll be munching on food right out there during the games.

Kim Williams

A lot of our athletes that scored tonight are young. They're the names people are going to be reading about for the next few years to come.

Glen Cook

A lot of great young athletes out here on this field tonight, both sides.

Scott Perry

It's not something that natural talent plays as much a part in as drive. The guys that join are relatively good athletes who just didn't want to pursue their sport in college.

For athletes who have been recruited to a Division I school, we know their skill level is in the upper percentiles. The difference between one athlete in the 98th percentile and another in the 97th percentile is primarily mental.

Howard Bloom

It still seems somewhat of a pure event, something that athletes are doing for the pure joy of sports and winning.

It starts with the diversity of their football team. They have great athletes at every position. They present a lot of problems. They are especially explosive, very difficult to deal with.

It's like a preparation for war. It literally is. We're conditioned as athletes to recognize the culmination of our season. Here it is. You have to change your attitude as you go into the playoffs, change your mentality, change how you go about every day. As a player, you basically have to extend yourself past your normal boundaries, because once you're done, you're done. You see the finish line.

This is the first time we've had a chance to bring some of our athletes to the Coast. We've brought kids from football, volleyball, soccer, track and golf. The response has been tremendous.

This is not picking on any one student athlete. This goes for all student athletes that are under that contract.

This is probably, truly, the highlight of my coaching career. I have had many, many great athletes in my career, but this was a complete team effort and was certainly a thrill.

This isn't just about core runners. This is about all athletes of all levels of competition and shapes and sizes. Running is the most diplomatic of all activities.

The U.S. Ski Team Day will provide an outstanding opportunity for skiers to celebrate our sport during the Olympic period and to help the athletes of the U.S. Ski Team to be 'Best in the World' in 2006.

The United States Olympic Committee is pleased to work with Visa to provide the U.S. delegation of athletes, coaches and staff with a tool that will simplify all their financial transactions and needs during the Olympic Winter Games. These easy-to-use cards provide tremendous advantages. We are thrilled U.S. Team Olympic sponsors, Visa and Bank of America, have come together to provide these cards to athletes and operational staff during a busy time.

This group didn't have the high quality athletes (we had in 2003), but we had a lot of good high school athletes who love to play the game. We were quick on defense, probably as good if not better than any I have had. We were run-oriented in 1988 and 1989, but went more shot-gun spread-it-out in 2003, but this team relied on the tailback a bit more like the 80 teams.

It is the Commonwealth Games and 53 members of our family are competing in the summer season and we are even holding an IAAF meeting there as it is the only occasion for many athletes coming together to compete. (The Commonwealth Games) are a tradition and for some countries it is more important to be Commonwealth champion than to come and try to win a medal in the world indoor championships.

It's a great honor to be included with all these other great athletes in the Hall of Fame, and it's also a real treat to join my daughter Kristin (a member of the inaugural Stoneham Athletic Hall of Fame Class) as an inductee.

It's a fact of life that dancers, like the athletes they are, suffer injuries and must eventually retire. We have been so lucky to have them here these last few years.

It's an opportunity and it's a challenge. We're professional athletes and you look for things to get up for, and this is a big-time challenge for us. We've played a couple of teams people expected us to beat and we did. We did some good things and we have to take those positives and finish strong before the break.

It's an interesting challenge, and humans do it beautifully. Just look at the coordination of the athletes in the Olympics.

It's a nice honor and a neat tradition they've started there (Buckeye Central). Especially considering there have been a lot great athletes and coaches come out of there.

It's an honor. St. X has had some great athletes over the years. It's good to be mentioned with those guys. I'm very appreciative.

It really does make a huge difference if we have that support - fan support and as much yelling and cheering. It really makes a huge difference, not only in helping motivate and pump up our athletes and help their performances, but it also just creates an environment that's special to our athletes but also is intimidating to our opponents.

Scott Jones

I told them all week we needed to get 400 yards rushing and control the clock. Dunbar has too many athletes and we needed to keep them off the field. They did it.

Hank Thompson

Bernice is not nice. They have five athletes that can get it. When you look at Grambling, you're more concerned with their inside game. Of course, their big people are no joke.