Famous Quotes & Sayings

It is the ultimate compliment to have somebody who is a former student athlete of yours give money and give money at such a young age.

It makes the big news. We heard about it everywhere. Every athlete here has heard about it. The reality is the river has been tested and it's all good to go,

It means a lot as an athlete to have that opportunity to compete on your home floor at the end of the season. That's been something that we've really been working hard at getting our team ready and healthy enough for the end of the season so that we're able to finish up here in Corvallis.

It's good for everybody. There's a general feeling that we're all working together as a department and when a fellow student-athlete or fellow coach has success, it motivates all of us. There's a camaraderie between the athletes and coaches.

When youre on the runway getting ready to go on the Coliseum field, you think about all the big events that have been held there, all the great athletes who have competed there,

Where ever he's been, he's a winner. He's a wonderful young man with a lot of great experience. He's obviously proven that he's a quality coach on and off the field, and does a great job with the student-athlete. He makes baseball fun. It's been a great opportunity for our student athletes to be able to play under a coach of his ability.

When he came here, he was a big-time athlete. He was a better athlete than a basketball player, really. ... But he's become a lot better offensive player.

When Gary Neal first contacted us, I told him I'd never take an athlete under those circumstances. He's totally on his own, and we left it up to him. He enrolled The provision was that he'd have to pay his own way for one semester, and he's done a great job.

Nancy Gibbs

On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues.

Nancy Gibbs

As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton.

LZ Granderson

There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when they don't behave like one. It's a free country and people can do whatever they want. But just because we can doesn't mean we should.

Joey Harrington

I'm not an athlete; I'm a quarterback. I don't have great speed, and I can't throw 90 yards down the field. I win games because I've done the mental preparation.

Joe Namath

Times have changed. The athletes have changed.

Evander Holyfield

The main thing about Bruce Lee is that, he was a little guy. And you know, his quickness, his aggressiveness, his explosive power, you have to be a great athlete to have all these, his body, his look, you know, all these things have to do with discipline and structure. He was able to go against the biggest guy, regardless of who he was.

Mickey Rourke

I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted.

Kimberly Elise

I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.

Juli Inkster

My three keys to success: One, work hard. Two, be your own person. And three, have a passion for what you're doing.

Josh Charles

One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my time. Brooks Robinson is one of those athletes; they just don't make them any nicer.

Josh Duhamel

At one point that's all I cared about, being a pro athlete. But I realized I wasn't athletic enough.

Paavo Nurmi

The athlete must make a devotion of his specialty.

Paul Newman

I had no natural gift to be anything - not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a painter of garden porches - not anything. So I've worked really hard, because nothing ever came easily to me.

Paul Brown

Coaches who scrimmage all the time don't know what to practice.

Marion Jones

I'm a jock and I'm an athlete, and that's what I love to do.

Marion Jones

I think the people who have really followed my career from the time I was seven years old can see my steady progress and see the type of person and athlete I am.

Pat Conroy

Every athlete learns by theft and mimicry.

Julia Leigh

The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer.

Julia Mancuso

To me the Olympic spirit embodies the magic of competition, hard work and coming to a point in your career when you're around the best athletes in the world, and having the whole world watching.

Julia Quinn

But she was already in. Gareth couldn't help but stand back in admiration. Hyacinth Bridgerton was clearly a natural born athlete. Either that or a cat burglar.

Knute Rockne

Leaders are like eagles... they don't flock. You'll find them one at a time.

Milton Friedman

Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.

Mike Dooley

The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things.

Nancy Lopez

Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are.

Kristanna Loken

People were actually approaching me on the street and thinking that I was an athlete. They couldn't quite place it, but a runner, or swimmer or something.