Famous Quotes & Sayings

Haley in the open court is the best player in the state. She's just a tremendous athlete.

Hart is one of the best around. He's a tremendously strong, tough, fast athlete, who has all the tools and the makeup of a great back, so we're going to have our hands full trying to contain him.

This was a good learning experience for us. This game was a carbon copy of the Gulf game (a 62-28 loss for NCT). It was a more athletic team that got us into a tempo we didn't want to get into. We don't normally get to see a team like this and we can't simulate this in practice and until you get use to seeing that on a regular basis, it's hard to get use to dealing with it.

This was our first game playing without Travis, and he's a double-double guy. He's a kid who's very athletic and would have helped us down the stretch. He played a big role in our five wins.

There are special considerations to make. During Iowa Games, we only staff during competitions; all athletic venues will be staffed from an hour before and an hour after each competition.

Dan Hill

If we don't invest now in so-called priority neighbourhoods with music classes, athletic facilities, and skills training and mentoring, we will all pay more in the long run.

I was like, 'Holy Moley! That was one of the most athletic plays I've ever seen.

Clark Kerr

I find the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni, and parking for the faculty

If Blake (was) not a soccer player, he'd fit in on the football team as a wide receiver or defensive back because he's that athletic and, quite honestly, that tough.

Dick Schaap

I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance, ... If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan. They changed the face of sports. But I voted purely on what I considered to be athletic ability, and if I had anything in the back of my mind it was, 'If you put these guys on a field and they played each other in 20 sports, who would win the most?' I think Jim Brown would win the most, and I think Chamberlain would be awfully close.

I can tell you that our coaches and athletic directors and presidents have all told me in the strongest terms where they want to be long term is they want everybody playing everybody at least once, ... They feel very strongly that if you're going to be in a conference, that any team not to be playing another team is just not the right thing to do. We have some of that right now and I think we're uncomfortable with that but we were left with little choice.

I found myself the first couple of years that I had to sell things to people. There was a lot of resistance, a lot of resistance on the team and some in the athletic administration.

Getting my first head football coach and athletic director job is something I've been looking forward to for a long time. Harmony has always been a place I wanted to try.

Gina is an outstanding goalkeeper. She is an athletic shot blocker, demonstrates a presence in the goal and has outstanding distribution skills.

(Former athletic director) Bill Wilder went to the school's board and church council and convinced them that they could have a football program for little money, ... They bought into that.

Franklin Field is pretty old anyway. This way, we're getting a new athletic facility for free.

Frankford was set up the same way as Green Bay, about 1899, ... The Frankford Athletic Association ran football, baseball and cricket teams, up until 1931.

From an athletic director's standpoint, the revenue these games should generate will be greater. The schools are really close and we're excited to play.

From what we've seen, they're not anything special. I mean, they're athletic as heck, but we definitely feel that we can beat them.

From what I hear from the defensive players, he's a tremendous athlete. Hopefully we can keep him bottled up.

Frank Robinson

From the word I got from the athletic trainers this morning ... he wouldn't be of use to me until we get home.

I was in the ambulance when he went to the hospital. What I remember is the firemen - and one fireman in particular - trying to save him. I've never seen an effort like that in any athletic event.

I was always a little more talented than them. A little more athletic anyway.

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw some better athletic and designer brands in the stores.

Jamal has done a great job for us. He played offense and defense. He's very athletic and is quick.

Jai is an unusual athlete. You look at his size and you think that he?s slow, but Jai is the total opposite. He is quick with his hands and feet and he can do a lot of things that big guys his size can?t do. He shoots the ball well, he can dribble the ball and also he can use his body down low.

I would say our skill positions have some depth. We have some good, athletic kids.

Kelly did not lose a match until sectionals. She's a great athlete, a very consistent baseline hitter.

Kate's a lot better shooter than that, and if we all hit a couple more it's a lot different game. Their girl kept hitting her shots, and it's hard to defend two big and athletic post players when you also have someone shooting from the outside.

Keep in mind that there were earlier nicknames used since the school started competing in athletics in 1898, so the 'Redskin Era' was a big part of our history. Personally, I was involved in some controversy related to a comment that, 'We would always be Redskins,' but the comment was intended in a historical context - that even though we were moving on, the Redskin name would always be a part of the history of the school, so it really wasn't being lost at all.

Joey did some good things Saturday and he's a good athlete.

Josh is just a great athlete. He has a couple of colleges looking at him. Both Dan and Pat are both talented, so they'll take the defense's attention away from Josh.

Josh has really come on as a leader. He's so competitive. He's a great athlete, but a lot of what he gets comes out of his competitiveness.