Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Wright

He has that extreme athletic ability. There is nothing in this world that he can't be successful at.

He doesn't look like an athlete, but the way he comes off screens and the range he has makes him tough.

He does it all. He's the most athletic player on our team. He's the most consistent.

Robert McCullum

He does a very good job of finishing, and he's become a fan favorite. He's capable of making explosive athletic plays, and he's really responding in the way he's scoring and rebounding. We're really pleased with his progress." ()

He made some tough decisions that were unpopular and the decisions have stuck with some people through the years, but to me, Bruce gets a lot of the credit for the athletic department being on such a strong foundation.

Bobby Johnson

He made some athletic plays out there today, ... You have to get that thing fully rehabilitated before you can take a blow. Or give one.

He looked like a real good athlete. We're happy he's coming our way and not slipping out of town somewhere.

Mark Shapiro

Given the steady decline in hoops ratings and the doubling of our football inventory with the Western Athletic and Atlantic Coast Conferences, this was no longer in line with our strategy.

God has given me some pretty good athletic talent and I want to use it to the fullest. As I do well, I want to thank Him, because without God, I would not be in the situation I am now.

Ben Howland

God, did he make some incredible athletic plays.

I give that team credit. They're awfully athletic and when they get after it, they can put some pressure on.

I get that luxury. I'll try to play her straight up and make her take difficult shots. Obviously they are very athletic and quick. They have the total all-around package. We're going to have to have each other's backs on defense.

Bill Belichick

He was a very good special teams player with the Giants when he came out. He runs well. He's pretty athletic in the open field. He has some playing strength and some power. He's a pretty instinctive special teams player.

John Ferguson

He was a very athletic horse. Obviously, Storm Cat has been a phenomenal sire and the mare was a very special racehorse. It was a combination of outstanding pedigree and great physical (appearance). Sheikh Mohammed was very keen to secure him.

He was at 49 feet last year. He should be able to eclipse the 50 mark next weekend. He's a junior.

He was disappointed. He's a proud athlete. I expect him to respond in the right way.

Alex Brown

I was the best book-cooker in the athletic department. I was the go-to man, ... Everybody knew it. But I wasn't the only person doing wrong.

I was telling some college coaches before the game that in the (Public School Athletic League) the competition isn't that great, and that I thought I might get bored. They told me to keep playing hard and doing my best.

I work specifically with the athletic department on all of the fields here at UK. My crew is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and game preparation of six different sports fields.

I was pleased with the effort, for the most part, especially in the fourth quarter ... and hopefully it'll carry over this week. We're facing a tough, athletic team that's playing with a lot of confidence right now.

If we're punished, we're punished. My greater concern is how Camden High athletics is perceived.

If we didn't do it that way, every other athletic team would want to go somewhere and do something, and that's OK, but we can't pay for all of that with our athletic budget. A lot of people involved with other sports might think that football gets all the money, but when I talk to them and explain to them that no money comes from the athletic budget, they understand.

If we have to pay back money, it'll probably be a little south of $800,000. If that is a penalty that we have to face ... the athletic department will pay that out of our reserves and that obviously would hurt us significantly as well, so we'll just have to wait and see what they are.

If we can take care of business, we'll be part of the mix. Windham is very athletic and has the best wing player in the Medium in Jovan Williams. Most people picked Windham and Waterford as the teams to beat, but we want to be part of the discussion.

We laugh every year about the big S-word. I always think that there isn't anything more fundamental in industry, in athletics and surely in school communities as synergism. We're all feeling a bit of excitement with this group because measured by traditional standards, most people aren't going to have any expectations for us at all. Inside of our camp, we have real high expectations.

Florence Griffith Joyner

That's what I'd like to do on the President's Council. Make sports and athletics available to every youth in America, not just one day a week like it was for me, but every day.

The one thing that's so great about Pam is that she never gets rattled. Things get hectic around here sometimes and you have all of these press conferences called with coaches being released and all of the other normal day-to-day environment within an athletic department.

Doug Stanhope

I had no musical or athletic ability, and I wasn't particularly good looking. Comedy was something I could do for attention.

John Griffith

This will extend the gold standard to our athletic department as well.

This, ... will be the most disastrous blow to intercollegiate athletics in my lifetime.

Alex Gibney

I'm a sports junkie, and I am interested in athletic will - how you exceed the expectations of your own performance when it counts to deliver something beyond yourself so that you can win.

The defense we're running is similar, but there's different terminology. We just have to get the terminology down and start playing it with instinct rather than reaction, getting it down and soaking it in so that when we're out there we're not thinking but just playing off our athletic ability.

The defense is solid, and it's more athletic and faster.