Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paul Hewitt

He's a great athlete, and I always remind him that he can make plays off the ball. I don't think he understands how much ground he covers. I think you're starting to see that. He had three steals today. He's starting to see the floor better.

He's a gifted athlete. But the intangible things come easy to him, like his poise and responding well to pressure situations.

He's always liked to tell people what to do, and you combine that with his love of athletics and leadership role, I think it's a natural fit for him. I think that's his greatest asset. He's a good teacher.

Barry Larkin

He's just put it all together. He's a fantastically talented, strong, gifted athlete. But with all those characteristics sometimes comes absent-mindedness and lack of attention to detail. Those are some of the things we can't have as shortstops. So that's what we worked on. Everything else has kind of blossomed.

He's a typical North Attleboro student-athlete, a kid who has gotten better and better every year. He's not a superstar athlete, but a hard worker.

He's a tremendous athlete, with his speed and his tackling ability. To have someone like him who is multidimensional that you can plug in at two different positions, that's great for the team.

He's a tremendous athlete. Last year he struggled at the plate, but he has really worked on his hitting.

He's highly visible on campus and off. That's very important because athletics is the one department that is in the public eye every day. Coaches, as well as administrators, need to be visible.

He shares the vision that I have: to elevate the overall athletics program at Iowa State and to increase resources and make Cyclone athletics great,

I think it's awesome to bring back a student-athlete that has played here recently. It gives her great insight, and I think she's young enough to relate to the players. In addition, she's a great player and an excellent coach.

I was determined to be better than everyone -- get better grades, be a better athlete.

We can hardly do anything about it. Chinese athletics has long been troubled by this problem.

The purpose is to make the freshmen feel welcome and let them know about the clubs and athletics offered. We want to get them excited about coming to Minden High.

We talked about what we could do when I first came here, but we just didn't have the money. Then we got the one-cent sales tax and the vision of our administration and school board saw the need for it; not just for athletics but the whole school and the community. They got behind it and really pushed it and stuck with it.

Hitting a baseball is the hardest thing in athletics -- hands down -- and you don't become the hitter he is without hard work in season and off. It's paying off and it makes me proud and happy for him.

Dean Cain

I think it's wonderful that students can get scholarships to play athletics at universities. But the fact that you can't do that in the Ivy League just makes it extra special. It's really in the vein of the true student-athlete.

He was very much an average athlete, but he was highly skilled.

Eric Hyman

He has a familiarity in the system, both in the athletics department and in the university.

He had a pleasant personality, was a very good kid, and was a very good athlete. You didn't have to go over things but one time for him to understand.

He has no fat on him. He looks like a linebacker or a tight end. He's a very good athlete.

Scott Smith

He has been just so good there. He felt confident at 130. He is a disciplined athlete. It was kind of a gut feeling from Austin to stick at 130.

John Brady

He had good height and was a very good athlete, but it was only his first year of playing quarterback.

He is a pretty good athlete, a heck of a kid and his expectations are very high. He's very intense and he'd get the most out of his players, that's for sure.

He is a terrific athlete, we all know that. He's one of the top 15 or 20 players in the league, in our opinion anyway, and he brings it every night.

He has so much going for him. Not just on the mat. I've tried to tell him that athletics is something you do for enjoyment but straight 'A's are money in the bank. He thought he could do better but how can you be mad at him. He tried his best and I'm proud of him.

He doesn't look like an athlete, but the way he comes off screens and the range he has makes him tough.

He looked like a real good athlete. We're happy he's coming our way and not slipping out of town somewhere.

He was at 49 feet last year. He should be able to eclipse the 50 mark next weekend. He's a junior.

He was disappointed. He's a proud athlete. I expect him to respond in the right way.

If we're punished, we're punished. My greater concern is how Camden High athletics is perceived.

We laugh every year about the big S-word. I always think that there isn't anything more fundamental in industry, in athletics and surely in school communities as synergism. We're all feeling a bit of excitement with this group because measured by traditional standards, most people aren't going to have any expectations for us at all. Inside of our camp, we have real high expectations.

Florence Griffith Joyner

That's what I'd like to do on the President's Council. Make sports and athletics available to every youth in America, not just one day a week like it was for me, but every day.

This, ... will be the most disastrous blow to intercollegiate athletics in my lifetime.