Famous Quotes & Sayings

This year did not just happen. It took three years. The secret of being a successful coach is when you have good athletes, being able to put those athletes where they have the highest percent chance of winning.

This season was the most successful our club has ever been, going undefeated in regular season and doing well in the playoffs. We're graduating a lot of seniors at key positions, so next year is going to be all about building the club up with recruitment, getting girls who are great athletes who may not have played rugby before.

We all know how crucial the crowd is when the judges are down on the floor and somebody does a routine and 10,000 fans scream and react to it. It's hard for everyone to not get caught up in that. Everyone builds on that and the athletes feed on that. It really is an advantage.

O. J. Simpson

We've got a lot of athletes to get the ball to, ... and our offensive line has held up, too. I can stand in the pocket and have plenty of time.

We have a bunch of excellent athletes and I have high hopes for the boys.

Doug Wilson

We had three or four guys who simply weren't ready to play. That shouldn't happen. As a professional athlete you should take pride in every performance. It shouldn't take a period and then getting ripped between the first and second periods to kind of wake up.

Those two guys are by far the best athletes I have ever had in this program. Ray and Isaiah have been number one and number two in scoring for us all season long.

Those two athletes can give us a lot of points.

This was a very physical game. Those guys were athletes who dwarfed us in size and weight.

This was another step for us. We made more progress getting ready for the Big Sky meet. Erin had a very good pentathlon, and we had several other athletes step up.

We felt we had better athletes on the perimeter than they did. Coach told me and Hassan to get in there and get nasty on the glass.

We got pups this season. Don't get me wrong, we have some serious athletes here, but a lot of youth. We'll be fine.

We expect that the Chinese athletes will do better and display a highly motivated spirit.

We don't want any athlete in our team who is contaminated.

We changed some kids on our kickoff return because we thought they could help. And Kevin (Fortney) is just a great athlete for the situation.

We are very competitive in the women's events, but that doesn't mean our athletes can definitely win gold medals.

We see a great athlete that can possibly play four positions. He has only played (two full) years of football. Plus, he can help us right away on (special) teams with his body type.

Very upbeat, real exciting. I think a lot of guys are happy with the organizational moves, the direction it's taken. Not only the good athletes they brought in, but the camaraderie is good, too. We all fit the same type -- all easy going, no big heads and that's real key.

Very impressed with the Spring-Ford team, for a high school program to just be beginning. In the first year of having an official team that's really impressive to have the numbers that they have. We had the opportunity today to swim a variety of events. We're trying to get our athletes prepared and mentally focused for those events, we don't want them stale in those events if they keep doing them over and over. Obviously we're going to find out where we stand in the upcoming weeks.

U.S.A.D.A. is pleased there are companies interested in showing they are producing clean supplements, ... But our policy remains that athletes are responsible for what they put in their bodies.

We feel quite secure. Our athletes are well protected.

You have to remember where you want to compete. The schools at the lower end have not had that much success. If you want to compete, you must give your coaches and athletes the resources to do it.

Dusty Baker

You'd think he's left-handed when you watch him throw. He's one of the best athletes I've been around. People are surprised when they see him run. This guy can fly.

Everything is influenced by the fact that the athletes can't - and we don't want to encourage them to - run more.

There's still some growing pains to go through and some things he needs to work on himself like we all do. You have to let him develop on his own. You can't make him into the player you want him to be. He has to develop on his own as an athlete and be the general on the field. Different quarterbacks do it different ways. Right now, the main thing is let him do it the best way he sees fit.

Mats Sundin

There's a good chance this will be my last. But I feel very fortunate to have a chance to play for medals in this tournament. For any athlete having a chance to be at an Olympics is such a tremendous opportunity.

Jerry Miller

There should be some good races. Historically, we've had some of the fastest athletes in the state race in this meet.

There's no question there were more athletes on (Reynoldsburg's) team than ours. At the same time, I don't think their kids had any bigger hearts than ours. I'm extremely proud of every player that stepped on the floor.

There's no doubt we lost one of the great athletes in our entire athletics history. His football accomplishments are rivaled by very few. The entire sports world is going to miss him, and we as a university and athletic department are going to miss him. He means a great deal to our football legacy.

Tommy Tuberville

There's nobody that can count us out of getting to Atlanta and winning in Atlanta. In the past, we've been a pretty long shot, and I don't think we're a long shot. I think we're pretty much up there with everybody else. We've got the athletes to do it with, we just have to try to do it the right way and be consistent. We're in the hunt. We've as much speed and quickness as we've ever had. We have more linemen than we've ever had. We feel our program is on solid ground and improving.

There's just so much pressure on athletes and dancers to perform at their best.

There's just kind of a confidence that was throughout pre-game and throughout the locker room before the game, and even at halftime, there was a confidence that I hadn't seen in our student athletes at Columbia since I've been here. I don't think there was ever a thought that we weren't going to win that game. There wasn't any panic, ever.

Derek Anderson

There's not so much tension; all the athletes are on good terms. You get your feet wet at big meets like this, but I've been there before, so now I can use that intensity and focus to my advantage.