Famous Quotes & Sayings

I have no problem if he chooses to leave and pursue other opportunities, that's his choice. If our athletic department or myself choose not to release him to a particular school it means we are not comfortable with possible direct or indirect contact that has been made, and I'm not going to comment on any particular school.

(The Fire) was looking for an outside defender who would be a good man marker, and with Jeremy's athleticism, I think he will be a good fit.

John Travolta

I have a dance background. I have an athletic background.

The European circuit is the centre of athletics and, as an example, when you are running in Zurich, you never get introduced to the crowd as the Commonwealth champion.

The entire athletic footwear business is not doing well, ... Sneakers, the lifeblood of the business, have peaked and are on a downhill slide.

Sylvester Croom

The guy's a student-athlete. He was being a student.

The history and tradition of Husky athletics are very, very appealing. Much of my career is at the I-A level. I missed that and look forward to returning to the I-A level.

All the sudden that door closed that's a very difficult thing for any athlete. As those opportunities seemed to get fewer and far between, it may have opened the door for something else. I don't know.

The goal is to open the process to get the best people in the room and hire the best people. We feel like once that process is opened up, more African-Americans are going to be hired as presidents, more are going to be hired as athletic directors.

The first thing was to get the athletic director in on board.

This is a good example in how complex and how many different tiers there are in administering an athletic program these days. It clearly was a matter of misunderstanding.

Ken Hitchcock

This is a huge deal for the players. For once in their lives, they get to feel like an athlete, not an entertainment machine. They live with everyone else from different sports. They get to represent their countries, which is the biggest thing for these players. From the experiences of '98 and '02, this is a big thing.

All developers are looking to deliver as much value as they can to their buyers, with superior quality and great finishes and anything else we can think of. In the Avery, you will get athletics and art.

Johnny Weir

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

Tom Burnett

We saw they had a very competitive athletic program, they were in a good location. It seemed to make sense for us.

Vick is Vick. He's an incredible athlete. We have to do everything possible to contain him and get enough guys around him. He can get away from anything.

We feel our athletic programs are worth it, that they are a great investment for the district. We think that athletics serve a huge function. We feel they help keep kids in school, with the grade and attendance requirements we have. We know the two schools benefit from it and we understand the (financial) constraints of the district.

Sebastian Coe

The great thing about athletics is that it's like poker sometimes: you know what's in your hand, and it may be a load of rubbish, but you've got to keep up the front.

Bo Ryan

You can't play from behind. It's very difficult. We talked about playing possession-for-possession. We are not athletic enough or quick enough to play from behind. That was our worst nightmare.

You can't be a part-time athletic director. This is a positive move for me. I'm a math teacher and a P.E. teacher. I want to get back to coaching and teaching.

Jim Stafford

The main thing we're worried about is keeping Hope off of the boards. We've watched film and all of our scouting reports say that they can rebound extremely well. They're a really athletic team and they jump really well to the ball. If we can't keep them off the boards, then it's definitely going to be a long night for us.

Their athleticism got to us. They took us out of everything we do offensively; we weren't able to get into any kind of a flow right from the tip.

Their athletic director, John Watson, contacted me directly. Ordinarily that would indicate that Larry is on their short list. It certainly wouldn't be a surprise.

Jamie Dixon

These guys are good players. They're experienced guys. We know them from last year. They bring a different dimension. They're very active, athletic and quick. They are probably the best all-around big guys we've played so far.

I told Dukes it's a blessing in disguise. He's a great athlete, and he's going to be a great player. He's probably one of the more athletic people we have on the team.

It's a new team, so I think it is exciting. It's fun to have a different opponent, and it's a big athletic program, so even though they don't have a long-standing history with the lacrosse team, it's a huge athletic program. So I think that makes it a lot of fun to have them come out here.

It's hard to describe the sense of pride. You're there for his athletic skills, but you also realize your son is a quality human being. The head umpire told me he was respectful and very kind, even under pressure. To me, as a father, that was as good as winning the World Series.

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 distance between the companies that Bill managed in the package goods business and Nike and the new athletic equipment business was too great for him to make that leap.

Stanley Fish

Opinion-sharing sessions are like junk food: they fill you up with starch and leave you feeling both sated and hungry. A sustained inquiry into the truth of a matter is an almost athletic experience; it may exhaust you, but it also improves you.