Famous Quotes & Sayings

All are great athletes who can play on both sides of the ball as receivers or they can play as safeties. So they've really helped themselves with balance, athletes and speed.

You take away the scoring and the coach doesn't have to (rely on certain athletes running multiple events). We had a lot of state's best times (for the season) today, and that's part of the reason.

This is a significant step. Our interest in the short term is in preserving opportunities for athletes to train and compete. In the long term, we want to see a governance and managerial structure that better serves the sport.

This is a revolutionary team. Baseball is not judged by the price of the athletes but by the heart of the people.

If we want to keep our best athletes involved then there should be some incentive like every other strong entrepreneurial business.

Vince McMahon

If you are a felon, you will not be a part of this league. We are looking for tough athletes who have a passion for this game, which so many don't have the opportunity to play in the NFL.

Ray Romano

If you ever want to go golfing, take Brad with you. He will make you look better, ... He came in dead last. There were 75 celebrities and pro athletes and he came in dead last.

If you look at what we've got represented now on both the men's and women's side, we have some of the better athletes from Texas. It's not rocket science.

In those conditions athletes tend to produce top performances.

It was hands down our best performance of the year. (St. Francis) had three really good athletes with dribble penetration, but with our zone defense we shut that down. It was a real team effort.

This is just a demonstration of how talented those athletes really are. I think from this success, it's even going to create better training environments and obviously hopefully some funding as well.

I want to help the communities spread the popularity of soccer. We have talented athletes around. These players will be our future leaders.

Once again, we're real young with only four or five seniors ... so this will be a learning experience for many of our athletes to get in the correct places and do the best they can.

Not only did these remarkable student-athletes excel on the playing field, all of the former athletes also graduated from Ole Miss. That's a true testament to their character.

The new breakaway rims are expensive. But we think they are worth it to prevent the athletes from hurting themselves.

The NCAA Championships turned out to be a success for us. It wasn't as well as we were hoping, but we battled from fifth place after the first day to second in the end. Even if we had skied up to our potential, Colorado was unbeatable. The best team won this week. We were the second best and that is where we finished. I am proud of our coaches and athletes and their efforts to make us a national powerhouse in skiing. The future looks good and many of these same skiers will be back next year.

The NCAA can't continue to turn a cold shoulder on these athletes because it's not fair,

Their strength is the same as our strengths are. They have some athletes that can come at you and can score at any time.

Steve Johnson

The international performances of our top athletes over the next two years will determine the number of Olympic start positions we are awarded as a nation. The participation of our top athletes in the UCI World Cup calendar is critical in this process and we are committed to supporting their efforts.

The Federation Cup is used as a selection trial for the mega event and athletes have to compete there for them to be eligible for selection.

The fairgrounds do a wonderful job, without question. This is a beautiful place to run. I can't believe nobody thought to run here before we did six years ago. Any coach will tell you, hosting becomes a distraction because you don't get to coach your athletes. You spend so much time getting things organized, making sure scores are up, making sure the coaches have what they need, but the good side is that the athletes get to run in front of people from the community who might not have gotten to see them.

The family lives within walking distance of one of the holes. Kyle and Max each have jobs there. ... They're basically growing up at the golf course. That's what made them great athletes in that sport.

The core focus of this program is to provide our young athletes the experience they need to get on to another team with national focus. I think it also complements our skiing programs in terms of the physical training many skiers are looking for in the summer.

I'm going to be one of the food service managers. Basically, I'll be feeding volunteers and athletes both before and after events and during breaks and lunches.

I'm excited about the enthusiasm for U.S. Ski Team Day. We are thankful for Whiteface's support. U.S. Ski Team Day will provide an outstanding opportunity for skiers in the Whiteface / Lake Placid region 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.

Bud Selig

I'm excited about our upcoming pilot campaign with high school coaches to incorporate the anti-steroid messages in locker rooms and school buildings throughout New Jersey. These efforts demonstrate our strong belief that when young athletes are presented the facts, they make safe and responsible decisions.

I'm really excited, and our coaches are really excited about this weekend and what can happen. We want our athletes to be excited, too, and to really enjoy this experience.

Earl Woods

I hope the message goes out loud and clear that more athletes should give back to the community and give back to the sport that made you what you are today.

I hope the athletes know we're not going away and we will persevere. I hope Canadians get behind us more than ever and give us the funding to help our athletes who are training for Beijing.

I have so many memories, both at Stanford and in the coaching profession in general, ... I have been honored to have coached some of the finest athletes in the world, and we've competed at the very highest levels intercollegiately and internationally. But, many of my memories simply revolve around the experience of working with student-athletes on a daily basis. That has been as big of a thrill as anything.

Wilford Brimley

I love watching a good horse do what he's bred to do-I guess that's what I like the most about it. And I love to see good athletes do what they're bred to do.

Michael Chambers

I'm sure when Gretzky arrives, a lot of the media will be interested in talking to him, but I don't think that's going to distract our athletes in any way.

India has a very transparent drug testing system and we compare well to countries like China and Russia whose athletes are also suspect.