Famous Quotes & Sayings

She has a great character and I regard her as one of the most committed athletes I've ever seen. I was so devastated for her and she was robbed (by injury) just when she hit form.

Joseph Garcia

She better be ready. Real athletes play hurt.

Shane was a true athlete tonight. The way that he led us to this victory by showing his heart and determination was awesome.

Since Illinois is the birthplace of Special Olympics, the first Games were held in July 1968 at Chicago's Soldier Field, many groups felt there was a need for a physical tribute in this state to the athletes and the Special Olympics movement.

She's a great slalom skier and the U.S. needs to have the best team possible. But we'll be racing four women in every event. If she can't, there are other athletes who would go instead.

She's a four-sport athlete and she's been doing this non-stop since August. With her job, she's always on her feet.

She's a competitor and she was disappointed. It's the same mentality all our athletes take.

Sergei Bubka

She proved she is a great athlete in the way she performed today and in the way she keeps breaking records.

She is probably, without question, one of the greatest female athletes of our time.

She is probably the best athlete in our conference. Between her athleticism and passion for basketball, it really makes my job easier as a coach. She's a great kid and extremely unselfish player. We had to forcer her to take the ball and go to the basket. If I had her for all four years, she would have hit her 1,000th last year. Growing up on a farm gives you great work ethic; it can really give you a balanced upbringing.

She is blessed with a nice shooting touch. She is a good athlete and has a good work ethic.

She is very deserving of such a night. It was a night that all athletes dream about.

She might not be the most skilled basketball player on the floor, but she makes up for it with her athleticism. She's usually the best all-around athlete on the floor. If I were going to make a poster for South River basketball, she would definitely be on it.

She is a very good athlete and will become one of the dominant posts in this conference. The East-North rivalry is one of the biggest there is. They will be looking for us next time.

Francesca Schiavone

She is a great athlete and a great champion.

She (India) is an incredible talent. India is a complete player. She is a tremendous athlete with a lot of pace. She is very skillful as well. We can read each other really well. She knows exactly what I am going to do and what ball I am expecting. Sometimes I don't even see her but I know where she is going to be making her runs and where she is going. There is a good understanding there that usually takes time to develop. We got on the same page quickly. It is awesome playing with her.

I have a good feeling. We have some good athletes and good attitudes.

Eric Mangini

I have always had the highest regard for him both as an individual and as one of the fiercest and most determined athletes in the game.

I have a really good group of athletes and they have taken to the team tremendously. They're having great fun. They've learned very quickly and are doing well.

I have as much respect for her as any athlete I have ever coached. She does everything that any full-time football player here does - everything. If we flip tires, she flips tires. She cleans. She squats. She does it all.

Brian Billick

I feel very good about the core of this team. We have some very good athletes here. We've got some very good character on this team. That's a good place to start, and we'll augment it over the next six months in every way that we can.

Kenenisa Bekele

I did not expect him to be that close compared to the world championships last year. He is an athlete with potential.

I did feel like I was more confident on the court this season, but that's because there were a lot of good athletes on the floor with me. Even if I had a bad game, there were others who could step up and make the points.

Jeffrey Osborne

The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect.

Jeffrey Kluger

Athletes often start life at the opposite end of the wealth and prestige spectrum, but as soon as they exhibit an unusual talent for swinging a bat or sinking a free-throw they may find that the rules have been suspended for them. They are waved through school and into the pros, and incidents of bad behavior are overlooked or covered up.

Jeff Kent

I'm a Mormon. I don't do a lot of the off-the-field activities that athletes are known to do. And I guess I've created a world that is unlike the typical world of a professional athlete.

Jeff Fenech

An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honor that can be received by an athlete. I would swap any World Title to have won gold at the Olympics.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.

Jason Mraz

I really want to be able to keep going and I realize that in some aspects I've got to treat myself like an athlete.

Ernest Hemingway

I'm not advocating the strenuous life for everyone or trying to say it's the choice form of life. Anyone who's had the luck or misfortune to be an athlete has to keep his body in shape. The body and mind are closely coordinated. Fattening of the body can lead to fattening of the mind. I would be tempted to say that it can lead to fattening of the soul, but I don't know anything about the soul.

Florence Griffith Joyner

I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be happy, but I have to be happy within myself first.

Florence Griffith Joyner

When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

Fran Tarkenton

Maybe you can't play over your head at all. Maybe it's just potential you never knew you had.