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That's the thing with Dell Rapids, you can't let them get out to a fast start. We certainly couldn't chase them man-to-man. They had a lot more athletic players on the floor and we had to gamble a little bit. They're a very good inside team, and they're a very good outside team. But you can't stop both. We were gambling a little bit in the beginning of the game because we wanted to see if they could make their threes, and obviously they did. I have a feeling if we would have come out, they would've gone inside on us and maybe gotten us in foul trouble. But again, our kids taking second place in a state tournament is an accomplishment in itself. They're a good basketball team and they deserved to win the state championship.

That's the most pressure I've ever felt in my athletic career. This was our time.

Tiger Woods

That's what is coming and I've always said this. Guys are going to get bigger, stronger, be more athletic. ... Even if you don't do anything with the golf ball or the clubs and keep everything where it's at, guys are still going to get longer. Guys are going to get bigger, stronger and more athletic over the next generations.

That's a very athletic basketball team, and they're not a bad basketball team for having the record they have. They're just in a league that's pretty loaded right now. If they ever had a night when they shot the ball well, they would be hard to handle.

I was really overwhelmed, ... I said, 'Oh my God, I really am an athlete.' It was a lot bigger than just going out and doing races.

I was real impressed with their athleticism. They were the most athletic team we've seen all year.

Justin Smiley

I was one of the first ones down there and if I could have gotten a hand on him, I would have brought him down, but he is a pretty athletic guy. That's what happens when you get a bunch of 300-pound guys trying to bring down a 200-pound guy.

Tara VanDerveer

We have a very different team; it's a whole new show. We have one of our most athletic teams, and that's not necessarily been a trademark of Stanford basketball.

Al Thornton

We have a very athletic team and I feel like athletic teams give Duke problems.

We have a ton of respect for Davenport. They are really athletic and have tremendous court sense and savvy. Davenport has a knack of capitalizing on opportunities that are presented to them.

We haven't heard any talk about the school or athletics program picking up the team and we don't really see that happening soon, but we are still out there playing because we love it.

Andrew Luck

Food really is fuel - and hydration as well - but for athletic activity, you really got to take it seriously, or else it can negatively impact your performance.

William Moore

We are hoping to revisit the issuance of bonds like we did this past May, hopefully with more success, ... Also, there is hope that the athletic community will participate with raising funds to help pay for some of the development.

Matt King

We know Pottstown is athletic and would come after us. We had to match that with our energy. We jumped out to a 20-point lead and they were shocked. They were not ready for our energy. We took it to them and never looked back.

We know our seniors and we know what kind of gritty, athletic kids they are and how determined they are. The reality is that not even the coaches could have expected us to be here. But I knew as far back as the first game of the year when we beat a good Freedom team that we could have something special.

Herman Edwards

We'll get better as the year goes on, ... We've got a young, athletic front seven, and we play with a lot of energy and enthusiasm as a football team. I think that's what people will notice about us -- but hopefully they won't notice us for a while.

Sanjay Gupta

We'll likely debunk quite a few misperceptions about the fitness and athleticism required to be a NASCAR racer.

Whether everybody who shows up is rooting for the Rebels or not, I don't know, but certainly it will be exciting. I would imagine they would (travel well) coming off a national championship ... and just because of some of the momentum that their athletic department has.

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We continue to be thrilled with the tremendous support from the great California fans we have seen every day in record numbers. I truly believe that years from now, fans of this great sport will look back upon this event as a true moment of truth that played a significant role in the development of road cycling as a major sports competition. With records for largest-ever crowds for both a cycling race and an athletic event held in the state of California on track to be broken, we can easily witness first-hand the popularity of cycling to an incredibly broad and diverse group of all ages.

Billy Gillispie

We couldn't get the ball to the basket because of athletic ability, couldn't finish enough plays, couldn't get to the foul line quite as much as they did.

We were able to call Todd Hanni at a moment's notice and he raced here from Avon in about 30 minutes. I know his dad (Manual athletic director, Jeff Hanni). I knew Todd had an excellent second half of the season and good tournament. He just didn't quite make it (on the workout team) the first time around. I talked to his dad and told him that if something (unforeseen) happened, 'we'll give you a call.' I just didn't think it would be this 11th hour.

When it's all said and done, the money that comes back is relatively insignificant compared to the entire athletic budget. A million dollars is a lot of money, but when you're talking about a $63 million budget, it's just a small piece of the pie.

E. B. White

We have to take a new look at our athletic program and decide how we can best maximize our resources,

Our athletic department and business managers had to make some tough decisions about who got to go.

Chan Gailey

Other than being big, fast, athletic and very aggressive, he's just like everybody else.

O. Henry

Right now, people are being rescued off roof tops. Houses have been swept away. There's more devastation than I can imagine. I don't know what is going to happen to New Orleans. Right now, athletics are not that important.

Rojas is a really polished athletic punter, he can really boom it. I think he will be able to step right in.

Rockledge has a little more power. But they are probably not as athletic as Cocoa.

Re-scheduling this series was a priority for us. We are thrilled to have a series of this magnitude on our future schedules. Working with the good people of the LSU athletic department has been a positive, first-class experience for us.

Piney Woods can play. They're big, huge, athletic guys. Coach Brent does an outstanding job. They play well together.

I think I could be top-eight in all my events, which would be fantastic. I'm on a relay that can be top-eight. I think we can contend.

I think in all coaching and in all athletics it requires dedication and commitment,