Famous Quotes & Sayings

The most athletic team there is in this conference tournament. In order for Texas College to win, we have to take our smartness to another level, get the team to play hard, and we can't beat ourselves. I feel like nobody in this conference is capable of beating us except ourselves.

They're a better team than last year. In certain spots they may not be as athletic as they were last year, but they're a better team and they run the Wing-T very well.

They're 14-14 but they're pretty good. They shoot the ball well, and their big players are very versatile. They aren't overly athletic on the perimeter, but if you run your plays well you don't need to be. I don't take anything away from them because they played their butts off.

They ran the floor really well, they've obviously got some really good players that are athletic and smart.

A lot of attention needs to be focused on athletics in Britain, especially now the 2012 Olympics will be held there.

A lot of point guards aren't used to a guy 6-foot-8, athletic like Corey, guarding them. It was great for us. They couldn't get anything going.

A lot of people have come and gone, but Dave has been the one constant member of the Navy athletic family. He is a true gentleman, a first-class person and has stood as a beacon of respect for Navy athletics. It is a privilege to honor him in this way.

Americans have wanted to move to places where the weather fit their clothes, as the old saying goes, where you could live an athletic life year-round.

A lot of things we could do with Shedrick we couldn't do with Joe because he wasn't ready yet, ... But Joe believes in himself. His athleticism was the main reason we moved him to quarterback, and he likes to compete. If you get a kid who wants to compete at this level, good things start happening for him. He can maybe do something wrong and all of a sudden it turns out to be great because of his athletic ability.

They might be the most athletic team in the tournament. We knew they were going to try to run the floor tonight.

The YMCA's role in any community is to serve the youth of the community, ... When the Charter School, with their athletic program, didn't have the facilities, obviously we stepped up to the plate to offer this facility to those kids.

They may not be the best baseball players, but they are athletic players. They have a sense for the game and they will do what's right for the team.

They need to be more accountable to the Board of Curators, frankly. I think the athletic department needs to begin to be held accountable for its actions, and I think the Board of Curators needs to be responsible for that accountability.

They have a very athletic post. But I like to think we match up well with them. We should enter the game with good confidence. The challenge is on and we need to go get it.

Jacques Rogge

They gave standing ovations to every single athlete.

Rick Pitino

They do such a good job of penetrating. We got beat constantly off the dribble. It was a matter of a team much more athletic than us. Our style is a very athletic style being played by not very athletic people.

This is not the case of a pampered athlete. This is not a case or a situation where someone said, 'Hey, I played ball. You need to treat me differently.' He took it like a man.

This is probably the most athletic team I've had. They jump higher, they're quicker and they're in the gym all the time.

This is one of the most athletic teams in Northern California. They're starting to realize they can't get by on that alone.

This is one of our more critical weeks. Tomorrow's Rivalry Series match means a great deal to our team, our athletic department and our school so the guys are prepared to do their best to represent Santa Clara in this important competition. It does mean a little more than an average match when these two very competitive teams take the field. After tomorrow, we turn around and play a motivated Saint Mary's side in the conference opener.

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.

It remains to be seen how many people go down the stretch, but Tech will be one of them certainly. They're very talented, athletic and deep. Obviously, they're playing well right now.

It really is incredible. It just shows how athletic she is and what a hard worker she is.

Hubie Brown

It's all the doors that are open to you by management and athletic directors, ... In coaching, it's your staff and players who make it happen. In TV and with clinics, it's the opportunities that are open to you. TV is a team game also with the play-by-play guy, the producer and the director.

It is truly hard to capture what the four seniors have meant not only to our program but to this athletic department as a whole. They have put us on the map from a national perspective. They are all four outstanding women who are a joy to coach. It has truly been a blessing in my life to be their head coach.

It's not real common. But I think it's a step we need to take starting with Mike. It is something that I think we need to find a way to do more of it. I think the level of success in our athletic program has more than warranted that we do this.

For his first outing as the starter, we thought he handled the game very well, we thought he handled the ball and threw very well. He threw over 60 percent and had only two drops, which was a positive. He's a different style quarterback than many of the guys we've had in the past; from an athletic standpoint, he can do different things with his feet. Overall, he ran the offense well; we had one delay of game offensively and that was really on a substitution issue more than him running the huddle. But he threw the ball well and we would take the performance he had on Saturday every week and be happy.