Famous Quotes & Sayings

I really do think it will change for the better. First and foremost, it truly is a community problem. It's about academics. Athletics fall in the shadows when it comes to the boundaries. Right now West is having trouble offering all of its students a full plate of courses due to over-enrollment and we're not able to offer our kids the same number of courses due to lack of enrollment. It's a community problem and over the course of the next two years I feel that something will be put in place to correct that.

Joe Dumars

I really like the fact that Maurice is young, athletic and very competitive when he's on the floor. We feel that he will fit right in with the rest of our guys, on and off the court. And getting the right fit is very important to us.

I really like our team - we are a team that (opponents) really can't figure out. We run the football well; this is an athletic team. We just have to keep working hard in practice.

Bob Hill

He's so athletic and so quick that he should be in the low post. He's got good instincts to play. ... I'm thrilled about him.

He's so athletic and so physical. He's a smart basketball player. I've always been impressed about his demeanor on the court. It never changes. He's a fighter and a warrior. He's a class player. I've enjoyed watching him. I'm glad he's leaving.

He's so strong and so athletic that he can guard anyone, regardless of how big they are. He can defend inside, and he can defense outside.

He's super athletic and he's starting to knock down the open jump shot. He's making it more and more everyday and getting a little more consistent with it. We work on it every day with a lot of form shooting. He's a gym rat. He works on his game.

He's such a gifted athlete, all it took was a few fundamental changes. It's awesome being around J.J. because we're always talking about golf and watching the Golf Channel. It's exciting to go to the course everyday.

He sees this as an opportunity to elevate the Iowa State athletic program to a higher level, and he has great momentum and a great foundation to build upon.

He's the hardest in the nation to wrestle. He's fast, strong and a great athlete. He has everything that I have to offer, maybe more.

He's the first athletic director since I've been coaching the ski team to come to a race. He came up on the bus with us, leaving at 2:30 p.m. and not getting back till 8:30 p.m. when we went to Mount Southington.

He's just a tremendous player and is such a naturally gifted athlete.

He's just a good athlete. He throws surprisingly well and he can run. That's the kind of guys I like.

He?s really worked on his blocking this year. He?s come up with some huge plays. He comes from an athletic background.

He's quite an athlete, isn't he? He can pitch game one, he can run balls down in the outfield, he can drive in runs. We're happy to have him, put it that way.

He's one of those guys that you don't really notice until you watch them. He's 6-foot-5 and as athletic as they come.

I don't know if Coach O'Brien will ever put athletics over academics.

I don't know how to explain it. He is just an unbelievable freaky athlete. He's capable of doing that every night; he really is.

It was a very, very well-played game from both teams; Hot Springs is athletic and big.

It was a surprise when I found out I had won the award. There are a lot of great athletic directors in the state, and they do an outstanding job at what they do. ... Just to be in the light with (former winners) is really fantastic. I'm really honored.

It's a very, very important thing for San Diego. We've been struggling to get marquee events, but it seems this year we've gotten them all the NCAA (Regional), the World Baseball Classic, and now the McDonald's Game. This legitimizes us as a city that can host good athletic events.

It is such a luxury to have girls like the Novacek girls who can catch the ball in the post and move the way they can. A lot of times you get a girl in there who is big, but not very agile. I can't tell you how much easier it makes my job that those two are athletic on the inside.

E. O. Wilson

It's a good thing for kids to be able to learn about athletics in this way. We thought this was a great way to get the word out and let kids know that this is out there.

It's a fairly athletic group, probably more so than last year's group. Going into the combine, we do a lot of homework so it's either confirming or maybe denying some things about players.

I told (Mississippi athletic director Pete Boone and Thomas) once our season was over, they could talk to (Cronin).

Drew Bledsoe

It's a play we worked on this week, ... The discussion was that he had to go a little deeper than the play was designed so we could get the first down. After that, it was an athletic play on his part to get in the end zone.

It's a philosophy we have. We have athletic guards as well as post players, so we get up in the passing lanes, put a lot of pressure on them. We focus on defense and they buy into it.

Jamie Dixon

It's your typical Cincinnati team from what I've known in the past. They're very athletic and they're very experienced.

It takes dedication. It takes the time to work out specifically for softball. You have to gear your workouts to be athletic and be able to sustain throughout the long weekends when you're playing a lot of games.

It's tough enough when you're 100 percent to play Sully Buttes. They're athletic and they're well coached.

I want to put this case in perspective. It involves only one booster and one student-athlete in a program where the chancellor, the athletic director and others have a strong commitment to rules compliance.

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.

It will mark the end of the busiest soccer season I've experienced since I first came here 22 years ago as the center's athletic supervisor.