Famous Quotes & Sayings

I got to watch these athletes show their medals and pictures of competition. It's something I fell in love with the minute I walked into it. It was an awakening to see great young kids do such a good job.

We're on the upswing, and we have a lot of good athletes in the program. On the line we have a lot of experience, and we have some good skill players as well.

Salman Khurshid

What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.

We take it seriously. It's our responsibility to help athletes in a performing role to respect our country.

We thought we would have a pretty good chance to win the meet. We have a lot of quality athletes on both the boys and girls teams.

We are extremely pleased to have both these athletes on board. They both bring their own unique style to the football club and prove each and every day that they are outstanding individuals both on and off the football field.

We can confirm that there have been three anti-doping rule violations all of which come from the two athletes already identified.

Over the years, I've met and become friends with quite a few athletes from different sports. It's a little frustrating not being able to hang out with them.

Our team has a lot of athletes that can make plays. We scored a lot of points in transition off steals. I was really proud of our defensive effort. This team has taken pride in holding teams down defensively.

Our strength is that we have depth, so we should contend. We have athletes that are capable of finishing at the top of the BIG EAST. Depth is very important to us, so the more we have, the better off we will be.

Our strategy going forward is to reinvent our team. We've got some great athletes that will bring size, basketball I.Q. and real excitement.

Our strategic plan calls for Canada to be a world leading alpine racing country by 2010. With significantly increased human, technical and financial resources, the intent is to have all our athletes be the best prepared to race ever at an Olympic Games.

Isaac Bruce

Our stories are very similar. I think a lot more athletes would come out of Florida if they had football in the junior colleges.

Our goal is to get the athletes back on the field as quickly as possible.

Our athletes continue to rise to the challenge every time they step on the mat. They are definitely turning in their best performances of the season. We will have an impres­sive contingent of kids representing us at the state tournament. I'm excited to see what they can get done in Madison.

Our coaches and out student athletes feel like it needs to be resurfaced now. Our administration has decided to wait for spring season to see if we can maintain it.

Sure, it would be great if we had every single one of the best athletes in Canada here. However, we know that athletes have all sorts of priorities.

Steamboat's strength is not downhill, for lack of experience, but our athletes skied very well in the event. All of the Steamboat athletes moved up from their start position in both the downhill and super G. Now that the speed portion of the event is over, we are focusing on the (technical) events, where Steamboat is much stronger.

John Ashcroft

Steroids are bad for sports, bad for players, bad for the young people who hold athletes up as role models.

Brad Jacobs

Square Ring is so excited about the fan response to this terrific match-up. The combination of having a fight of legendary proportions with two great athletes and having the fight take place in both fighters home state has proven to be a winning combination.

Sport and the needs of athletes are central to London's plans for the Games, and I know that Jonathan will continue to represent these views energetically.

Sponsors have to balance the short-term bump from the Jordan effect with the reality that Jordan won't be playing basketball three to five years from now, while other athletes they need to be focusing on will be.

Some of our local athletes turned in some strong performances, and it was good to see them recognized for their effort.

Some of our athletes are working to move up on our top kids. If that continues to happen, we will have a nice season.

That combination is going to surprise some people at the end of the season. They're both natural athletes that are getting better and better.

Look at the names in this hall of fame. I didn't think I compared to some professional athletes and people that have done all the things they've done. It's a pleasure, it really is.

Matt Flynn

I was just trying to get the ball to the athletes around me.

I was just relaxing because the top athletes who should have made the race faster were not there.

I think they do definitely feed off each other. If they go in the gym and play basketball, they both know they can jump up and throw down dunks. They're athletes and they're competitors. They know we're counting on them.

I think these guys will get better. They faced a scheme that gives everybody problems. It's a more traditional defense this week, but we're facing a better set of athletes in UAB.

I think these guys will get better, ... They faced a scheme that gives everybody problems. It's a more traditional defense this week, but we're facing a better set of athletes in UAB.

It is a very lofty but reachable goal, ... It's difficult to obtain, some of the best tae kwon do athletes never make it to the Olympics. It's definitely possible though, and it will be quite an accomplishment if he reaches it.

It is a special feat to win both. I would imagine if you looked at most of the schools that have done it, they pretty much have a lot of athletes playing both sports.