Famous Quotes & Sayings

Big game this week. First road game, first conference game and Washington comes in with a lot of momentum. We've got to put that first loss behind us and move on. (Washington) has speed and a lot of athletes on defense.

Everyone thinks that Region III is a weak region but it's really not. There are some really good athletes there.

Every single one of our athletes has had a good summer of training. We will be ready to contend throughout the season. We don't want to go to the conference meet as C-USA champions with the same team we had last year and finish seventh or eighth at the conference meet.

Every game presents different challenges but the fact that they have similar athletes to A&M -- we saw some things last night that will be the same. It's not like you're playing two totally different styles in 48 hours. Now that can be a big challenge.

Every day I am on the phone, I'm trying to battle Div. I or Div. II. To be successful at the Div. II level, you need to get those athletes that are borderline Div. I.

David Maraniss

As soon as this tragedy happened in New Orleans, I just was haunted by memories and thoughts about Roberto Clemente and sort of how he gave his life to help people in a situation like this. It was very heartening for me to see athletes of this era come through in ways larger than themselves.

At the beginning (of the season), I fully expected to make playoffs, but as the season progressed and I saw how much every team within our conference had improved, I was not sure that was going to happen. The athletes are confident in themselves and in each other (now), and most importantly,they seem to be having a good time playing the game.

Jacques Rogge

The Olympic Truce will not be eternal. After the games, bad habits will return. But this village is a perfect example of what the truce exemplifies. Here, athletes of different religions, political systems, races and languages live peacefully together.

Dick Pound

The Olympic rules and the Wada code never contemplated having doped athletes locked up,

Dick Ebersol

The Olympic opening ceremony is the most important event for the vast majority of the athletes here. Most won't come close to a medal. And for them, this is the pinnacle of their athletic careers.

Joe Gibbs

Adam's workouts and routines are kind of legendary. This is probably one of the best trained athletes on the league. He's extremely serious about football. We never talked any business until he felt comfortable about seeing how he would fit in with us.

Speedway has some really good athletes so we have to cut down on their big plays.

On day six, we are now seeing the Olympic Games really getting into their stride. They are really focusing on sport and on the athletes which at the end of the day is what it is all about.

Notwithstanding the proposition that seasoned athletes can perform in the face of distraction, the nature of the distraction and the experience of the athlete is the paramount issue at the collegiate level.

Nowadays, pro athletes are so recognizable; their faces are plastered everywhere. There are guys who are good people who are put in bad situations and just don't know how to handle those situations. Guys will start a fight with a basketball player because they know that if he connects with a punch, they're going to sue.

Once we have a new stadium, it will energize the athletes in Minnesota, the coaches in Minnesota, so that it will help recruiting next year. Even though it won't be there next year, that class will play in it.

Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect pope, presidents for the perfect historian. Writers hunger for the perfect reviewer.

We have enough athletes that love to compete and push each other. They keep pushing each other until they reach the regional or national level. We've never had huge numbers, but we have a lot of competitors.

We like to score and make a lot of players happy. I think it's a style of basketball that's attractive to athletes that want to get out and get it up and down the court. Most importantly, the guys just played hard out there and it was a total team effort. A lot of different guys contributed to the win, plus it keeps us undefeated in the conference.

We like to outlet and run. But you've got to have the ball. Mascoutah has some great athletes and they made it difficult for us to control the boards. We did a better job of blocking out in the third quarter and were able to push the ball.

Both Glenn and Peter are the kind of athletes that, after a poor performance, they usually rebound really well.

Both Chris and Tyler are outstanding, world-class athletes and either would be a great Olympian. We greatly respect Chris for his accomplishments in the sport.

Dylan's one of the most dedicated athletes I've ever seen. He'll be looking to go undefeated again.

Due to short prep time - some athletes had two days of practice thanks to successful basketball seasons - most of the coaches treated this as a scrimmage meet, with fewer entries than usual and basically getting all the new athletes familiar with a meet situation. The conference teams did this; St. Stephens didn't.

Eugene's bid proposes an unprecedented focus on athletes and plans for celebrating the sport that will make it a great fan experience,

Even as a teacher, I remember the last time we brought Olympic athletes to school 10 years ago.

First, we need to provide our existing elite-level athletes with a stronger program. Secondly, we need to rejuvenate the development programs we've started in the past, but have not been able to fully maintain. Right now, we don't have a way to get those young athletes the exposure to international racing, which they need.

Everything is influenced by the fact that the athletes can't - and we don't want to encourage them to - run more.

Jerry Miller

There should be some good races. Historically, we've had some of the fastest athletes in the state race in this meet.

There's no question there were more athletes on (Reynoldsburg's) team than ours. At the same time, I don't think their kids had any bigger hearts than ours. I'm extremely proud of every player that stepped on the floor.

There's no doubt we lost one of the great athletes in our entire athletics history. His football accomplishments are rivaled by very few. The entire sports world is going to miss him, and we as a university and athletic department are going to miss him. He means a great deal to our football legacy.

Tommy Tuberville

There's nobody that can count us out of getting to Atlanta and winning in Atlanta. In the past, we've been a pretty long shot, and I don't think we're a long shot. I think we're pretty much up there with everybody else. We've got the athletes to do it with, we just have to try to do it the right way and be consistent. We're in the hunt. We've as much speed and quickness as we've ever had. We have more linemen than we've ever had. We feel our program is on solid ground and improving.

Very upbeat, real exciting. I think a lot of guys are happy with the organizational moves, the direction it's taken. Not only the good athletes they brought in, but the camaraderie is good, too. We all fit the same type -- all easy going, no big heads and that's real key.