Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Calhoun

My understanding is the athletic director is going to now, hopefully, put it on the front burner this year. In my personal opinion, they were going to fix football before they fixed basketball. I know a couple of the people are basketball people who gave money to football and that's fine. They gave money to the university.

My understanding is that I'm going to be able to go to (Catholic middle schools) St. Joe's and St. Teresa's, and I'll be able to go into those schools and tell them about the athletics and academics, and I don't have to worry about being down there recruiting.

Nick's very athletic and gives us an imposing presence coming off the edge. Greg will be solid for us on the strong side.

Nick is a tremendous athlete. Jesse's a natural runner.

Next year we are going to have an athletic team that scores runs, so we want to have some good young pitching on the way.

Nobody ran over a 5.3 40 (meter dash). We are not very strong as some other teams, but we are more athletic up front.

Nike celebrates the athletic achievements of our elite competitors. Kobe's inclusion in marketing and promotional material is an acknowledgement of his elevated level of sports performance.

Nick would have done a great job at running back. It's nearly impossible to take a skill athlete, especially a senior, and put him on the offensive line. He had the body and the frame most conducive for the job.

Noah has such incredible length and such incredible athletic ability, he doesn't risk much by coming back. I can't imagine he would be hurt by coming back to school. He's going to get better as a player at Florida under Billy Donovan than he will as a rookie in the NBA.

On the perimeter, our guys are long and real athletic quick. The last couple days, we've really tried to work on getting out and contesting (shots) and giving help to our teammates.

one of the most athletic roles I've done in my life. The choreography is very athletic, and it's a very intense time.

One of the great things about athletics is that it really tests your character. I'm eager to see how we respond this week. Not in terms of wins, losses, league championships, or anything like that, but in terms of our team competitiveness. Our team pride. Our guts. Are we going to shy away from these challenges, or are we going to stand up and fight?

Tyler Christopher

I was finally given the right help and the right opportunities and I came through. (Tyler) and I have been working together with help from Athletics Canada, this is the year.

Lance Armstrong

Matt's somebody I've known for a few years and is willing to play the part. He can dig into it on the athletic side and the illness side, but he'll also look and ride and feel like a professional cyclist.

Of all the road trips we make in (the California Coast Athletic Association), this one probably is the toughest, not only because it's our longest trip (in mileage), but also because both teams are very competitive.

Bo Ryan

We are not athletic or quick enough to be playing from behind. These guys know it, and the coaching staff knows it. Boy, did (Arizona) play well.

Bo Ryan

We are not athletic or quick enough to be able to play from behind. The players know it. The coaching staff knows it. That was our worst nightmare.

I am so proud of this team and to be in the gold medal game. This team has a big heart. We played our hearts out. It is awesome.

Cass is a very athletic team with good size and good speed. And they play well together.

Carey is a very athletic team with some good players that have been playing long enough to know what coach Kin wants. (The last time) we happened to make some extra shots and free throws down the stretch. They're playing well right now and we have to play well to be in the game with them.

Certainly buying a high price athletic shoe is not necessarily a consumer staple.

Certainly athletics are important. It's a good idea, but does it fit the overall mission of the college? That's for the board of trustees to decide. There will be no rush to judgment on what to do with the corner because it is such an important piece of land.

C.E. King is a very athletic team. They work hard throughout the game so we will have to do the same in order to beat them.

Phil Knight

Basically, the distance between the company that Bill managed in the packaged goods business and Nike and the kind of new athletic equipment business was too great for him to make that leap.

Chris is an explosive athlete. He does give us those options.

Chris is a good athlete. With his size and quickness he's not going to give you an easy shot.

I'm a swing guy. Three hundred pounds, 6-foot-4, great athlete. A guy who can play any position on the offensive line. I'm athletic enough.

Corey Patterson

I'm a good athlete, ... Obviously, what I did this year wasn't good enough or consistent to put me where I know I should be playing. And there's more to games than just hitting. I didn't do good this year, but I can do more than just hit. A lot of people, if they can't hit, they're no good. It's a big part but I can help this team with more than just with my bat. I know I can do everything in this game. I know I need to work on my hitting.

My decision, upheld by the athletic board, is Reuben had violated a student-athlete code of conduct by being charged with the felony and in so doing he should not be able to play.

Munster is phenomenal. They are so athletic and deep and when they shoot lights out like that, my good gracious. I was very proud of my girls. We put forth a very good effort; I liked how we finished the game.

Brad Martin

More and more people are following the sport now and they can see that it is an athletic sport.

Memphis is athletic and good, but if you can keep them from running you can hang around. If you let them drive into the heart of the defense, they will be hard to beat.

Kresley Cole

My husband, a.k.a. Swede, and I both come from athletic backgrounds, so once we identified the goal - get book published - we attacked it. At any given time, I would have my writing out in 25 various forms - either contests, mentoring critiques, agent/publisher queries, etc.