Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Richt

Sometimes people think there is not enough support for college athletics without the beer industry, maybe. I don't know if that is true. There would be other sponsors that would be excited about uniting with college football.

Tom Izzo

Sometimes I see things he can do, and I do shake my head. He's very, very athletic for a big kid and he's a very intelligent player. But when you start your career, you can get labeled, whether you're labeled soft or whatever. I've been hard on him, but in the big games, he has shined.

Royce (Rowe) did an unbelievable job guarding him on that play. He went for the first fake, had to gather himself and go laterally to his left to get back in his face and he did it. That was a great athletic play.

Rutgers Prep is much bigger than us. They are also very athletic and talented. If we meet them again, we'll have to find ways to combat that.

Ryan was a triple threat for us. He could run, pass, and kick. He was a great receiver as a junior and a very athletic quarterback. He threw well over 100 passes for us and never got picked off. Ryan was a competitive kid who had a great high school career.

Ryan just looks more athletic and throws a sharper ball. That year of playing really helped him.

Pretty much everybody knows that they are probably playing for second. They have such an unfair advantage. They can recruit and golf with professional instructors. Until they (the Florida High School Athletic Association) do something about this, we know we are going to playing for second.

President Geoffroy is committed to having a first-class, highly successful athletic program, as I am. But we also have a fan base that clearly supports that goal and wants us to do what is necessary to make that happen. That is what begins now.

Sam's just a great athlete, and a competitor. We're not sure how much we're really going to use him on the mound, but he wanted a chance to get some innings and got it done.

Sarah is our team leader, both on and off the court. She is a model student-athlete and has turned into a really solid player.

Chris Albright

Saragosa brings a level of bite to the midfield. He's got athletic moves, has heart and works hard.

(Raap) is an extremely hard person to guard. She's so athletic and strong that she makes it so you can't guard her with one person. You have to guard her with two or three people, so someone is always open and that opens you up to offensive rebounds as well.

Quite often tall people, they're not always as well-coordinated, as athletic, and Chris is one of those fortunate people, not only is he big but he's well coordinated, ... He's a very good athlete, he's quick on his feet and he can move. He's obviously good with high balls, with balls in the air, but he's also very, very quick at getting down for low balls.

Will Muschamp

Quentin's a good athlete. He plays well in space and can do some different things to give the offense some problems. That's what we're exploring right now.

Pure guts. That's Eli. I mean, he's a Manning. He's an incredible player. To be hurting the way he was I know he had to have been hurting, but to get the ball down there 50 yards over the top of the safety for a touchdown, that's Eli. You're going to start expecting those out of him. He's a great athlete.

Billy Donovan

Probably what changed my mind more so than anything else was when I met with (Florida athletic director) Jeremy Foley. In that meeting, it was very, very clear that he understood where things were at, and he understood what needed to happen to try to turn the program.

Probably one of the things that I'm most proud of is that Steve is really maturing as a person. I think he's becoming a well-rounded person and I think that is more important than the athletic achievements.

Discipline comes with the program. Hopefully, it carries on to the athletic fields. More importantly, it carries over into the classroom.

Jack Abramoff

Did you get the message from the guys that Tom wants us to raise some bucks from Capital Athletic Foundation? ... I have six clients in for $25K. I recommend we hit everyone who cares about Tom's requests. I have another few to hit still.

Ann Landers

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness -a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.

Corey's not a real great athlete. But he's a pretty good wrestler.

Corey's done a good job. He's a very athletic young man and works extremely hard.

Corey is a perfect fit for our institution. He loves Eugene. He understands the mission of our college, and he knows what it means to be a student-athlete. He is well-respected in this community, and he has a strong vision for the development of an athletic program. I believe Corey will help us do incredible things here.

Credit their defense. They really stepped up. They are quick, athletic and physical. We've got to fight through that and adjust. We were turning the ball over even before we could get it in to (Thompson).

The University of South Dakota and the athletic department have protocol dealing with citations. The players who were issued citations will pay their fines and we will deal with them.

The university does a great deal of communication with students about what is expected on game day. This is a collaborative effort with the athletic department. No one office has the responsibility for controlling student drinking.

Bernie Bickerstaff

The way we are, we just can't match up with the athletic big guys like Howard. I don't care how much you fight, those guys are just too athletic. Those are the guys we have had problems with.

Mike Darnell

This competition will require our celebrity skaters to not only demonstrate rhythm, but also athleticism, grace and balance on ice, and before a team of unforgiving judges with both Olympic and world championship experience,

They were just more athletic and quicker. We were never able to compensate for that speed.

They were enjoying a family vacation, ... He was a very proficient skier. He skied frequently with his family and, yes, he was an athletic guy -- he skied and played tennis.

They were cool about it. I think it was the athletic director.

They're tough. South Shore just has too many weapons. They have a good post player and they have a lot of athletic guards that can move and get to the basket.

They're too athletic for us to play them man. You have to hope they don't keep hitting those shots. They did, but we got lucky to be able to go out on that little run and make them play catch-up.