Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jessica Clark

I'm super athletic and I love to work out, and obviously I need to workout for my industry as well, but I love learning something and developing that skill and feeling strong. Girls who can kick butt are hot.

I think this is real special that they're doing this for me. We won a lot of games and a lot of those kids turned out to do some darn good things. There were a lot of people to thank for that. I had two great presidents, a great athletic director and great fans. I just never realized how good I had it.

Ralph Friedgen

I think this class filled some needs. We got some tall, athletic receivers and four big, strong corners. Hopefully, some of those guys can help us right away.

I think Tom brings an understanding of what the mental game's all about. How focused, how tough you have to be in the day-in, day-out grind of the academics, the athletics and of the social choices that you make. I like Jimmy, but they don't fight the way I remember guys fought when I was there.

Gracie Gold

I think that's something to look forward to: The new Gracie Gold at the Olympics. In 2014, you'll see a lot of the warm Gracie, and not just the athletic Gracie.

I think some students will be upset but in a negotiation way, it's to keep a good relationship with the Athletic Department as well as the ASUO executive office. It's a good medium we've met.

I was a commissioner of the Big Eight, and he was a champion miler. He was an outstanding young athlete.

Sasha Cohen

I was able to believe when everything looked really dark and gray. I had a little break where the music carried me through. I love the music and performing this program. It's always so special to me no matter what happens. It goes beyond an athletic event and just becomes an emotional experience. I was able to attack the rest of the program.

I will have discussions with our athletics directors soon and will recommend that we eliminate the subjective element of the tiebreaker and replace it with objective criteria.

I was just trying to project forward what it would look like after this season. Winning is important, but is not the sole reason we have an athletics program. I want to be competitive and we weren't being competitive, but there were other issues.

Bill Murphy

I think they have to clarify what the AD?s responsibilities are. I?d certainly like to see a full-time athletic director back on board. If you want a top-notch program, it?s got to start from the top.

Jeremy Foley

Part of the conversations with (Miami athletic director) Paul Dee is they are about to put $120 million in renovations in the Orange Bowl. If they do that, it's not a concern. The contract has an out, if that work doesn't get done. Then we would play it in Dolphins Stadium.

Our main goals this year are to return to the NCAA Championship and successfully defend our University Athletic Association Championship title.

David Stern

Our minor league has a proven track record of developing talent both on and off the court, with more than 100 players, coaches, referees, athletic trainers and front-office personnel moving to NBA teams or the league office, and we look for that trend to continue.

Our mission statement is to ensure Auburn has the pre-eminent athletics department in the nation. And we're going to get there by following our two cardinal rules: Always tell the truth, and always treat others as you'd like to be treated. If we can do that, we'll succeed.

Bill Rodgers

With with these points in mind go forth, enjoy Mother Nature, and celebrate your return to what you're supposed to do, live as an athlete.

(Worthy) is an athlete. We just have to find a place for him on the field.

We've got big guys on the front line. Me, Jeff and Roy. Jeff and I are athletic and Roy, he's 7-2. So when he gets his hands up, he's eight feet, maybe taller. So that can pose a problem to anyone, if we use it right.

John Scott

Tyler tested well, and with a year in the weight program, he has the athletic potential to play defensive secondary for the Yellow Jackets. Tyler will also work as a punter this fall.

Today, the membership, through its delegates to the assembly, said that not only is this something that they want, but something that they need. It will go a long way toward cleaning up the growing problem of students transferring for athletic reasons and those schools who market themselves to students who make themselves free agents.

Timber Creek's guards are athletic but young. So we weren't necessarily trying to take the ball off of them, just confuse them so they made mistakes.

Jerramy Stevens

Tight end is a position where if you are a good athlete, teams are ready to get the ball to you now. They are looking for the tight end a little more than they have in the past.

Tiffany rebounds well and she's becoming a better passer. She's always been an athlete, but she's working on her skills to improve her basketball game.

Troy is different. He is not what people think of as your typical professional athlete.

Trinity likes to get up and down the floor. They are very athletic and they like to run. If we want to get the win we can't turn the ball over and we will have to control the boards.

When I saw him play in high school, he was a real athletic guy, he really played more inside than outside.

We needed this one. I told my athletic coordinator (Orlando Garcia) before the game that this was probably the most time I've spent preparing a team for a game.

We need everybody in the lanes, getting a body on somebody. When you're playing guys who are long and athletic like Pitt, coach (Bo) Ryan says you can still stop them by putting a body on guys.

We know they have a lot of long, athletic guys that like to take it up and down the floor a lot. They like to get lots of high-energy plays, and it's going to be our job to contain them. It's going to be a really tough game.

We know they are a great team, and a real athletic team, so we can't let them make that a big advantage. We'll really have to focus on keeping them off the boards and not letting them get out and run.

Henry Cabot Lodge

The time given to athletic contests and the injuries incurred on the playing field are part of the price which the English-speaking race has paid for being world conquerors.

We got off to a sloppy start. Clewiston is very athletic and they trap constantly, so that makes it seem kind of sloppy. But I was proud of how we handled the (Clewiston) defense. We made some big plays.

We can't just show up and win games because we're more athletic. We met a team as athletic in a lot of ways. We've got to execute, that's the biggest thing.