Famous Quotes & Sayings

Billy Kennedy

College recruiting is a business and I would really tell parents and athletes, alike, to treat it as such.

Billy Kennedy

By taking a business-like approach, the student-athletes and their parents will be in control of the outcome and that's how it should be.

Bill Toomey

I have read many studies out of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and they demonstrated that Vitamin E, Co-Q-10, and Fish Oil could protect the immune system of athletes and prevent disease.

Bill Toomey

Too many athletes don't have the ability to set a goal and then carefully go towards it.

Bill Toomey

Too many athletes do not admit their weaknesses.

Bill Toomey

Nutrition is also a valuable component that can help athletes both protect themselves and improve performance.

Bill Toomey

The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled.

Bill Veeck

I don't want the natural athlete -- I want a guy who'll go after the hard ones.

Bill Walsh

One of the common traits of outstanding performers-coaches, athletes, managers, sales representatives, executives, and others who face a daily up/down, win/lose accounting system-is that a rejection, that is, defeat, is quickly forgotten, replaced eagerly by pursuit of a new order, client, or opponent.

Bob Hayes

It's blood, sweat, sometimes tears.

Bob Harper

The CrossFit program is broad, general and inclusive, and most of all, the movements can be scaled down to any level of athlete. Just watch what I do with it on 'The Biggest Loser.'

Bob Stoops

I'm a huge wrestling fan. Wrestlers have so many great qualities that athletes need to have.

Bob Gibson

When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.

We'll be fine. I have guys that are good athletes and quick feet. I can work with that.

What makes it different is that it's not only a legal issue but it's been made a political issue. That makes the athlete much more vulnerable. These guys will keep stirring the pot and stirring the pot.

We're just trying to stay confident and humble at the same time. It's a lot more fun. This pace is what I like to play, and we have the athletes and shooters to do what Coach Pearl wants to do.

Dennis Rodman

unique human being, who is not only a great athlete but also one of the best entertainers in the world.

With their population base and the methods they use to funnel athletes into programs, they are very close to where the Cubans, East Germans and Eastern Europeans used to be.

Billy Horschel

I always wanted to be a professional athlete. I love my life.

Bill Parcells

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

Oleg Cassini

At the very beginning of my career, when I opened my business in Italy, I was also a ranked tennis player. I had won many tournaments. To be an athlete was my first choice. Second choice: designer. However! There was more money in being a designer at that time.

Fred Davis

We are going to look at how many athletes or drivers tested positive, as opposed to the normal student population.

Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals.

Edwin Moses

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

Carlos Delgado

We want that run, too, but we want him to shut down the opposition today, and in five days and in 10 days. That's the way I look at it. He's fun to watch. He can put the bat on the ball. He's got energy. He's a good asset. He's an athlete out there.

We are honored to play host to the 21st running of the Jesse Owens Track Classic. This is a great event for athletes at all levels and is held in a facility named in tribute of Jesse Owens. The Classic is a great event, held in a wonderful facility, and serves as a permanent tribute to not only a tremendous athlete but a great humanitarian and sportsman.

We did everything we could to keep him. Peter is a great athlete and a great human being who has done tremendous things for this franchise.

Jason Collins

When we get to the point where a gay pro athlete is no longer forced to live in fear that he’ll be shunned by teammates or outed by tabloids, when we get to the point where he plays while his significant other waits in the family room, when we get to the point where he’s not compelled to hide his true self and is able to live an authentic life, then coming out won’t be such a big deal. But we’re not there yet,

Michael Bay

The psychological root behind this competitive streak is that I was an athlete when I was young and took sports really seriously. I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks - which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.

Carson Palmer

So many people get caught up in being a pro athlete and think they are better. I don't feel like I've ever changed or acted any differently because of the situation I'm in or that status I have.

Al Davis

A helluva athlete, the best ever to play his position in the history of the game.

Keyshawn Johnson

There are not a lot of athletes that are going to get their own shoe.

Keyshawn Johnson

Only a handful of professional football athletes have had a signature shoe, unlike in basketball where there have been a number of guys.