Famous Quotes & Sayings

It starts with the diversity of their football team. They have great athletes at every position. They present a lot of problems. They are especially explosive, very difficult to deal with.

It's like a preparation for war. It literally is. We're conditioned as athletes to recognize the culmination of our season. Here it is. You have to change your attitude as you go into the playoffs, change your mentality, change how you go about every day. As a player, you basically have to extend yourself past your normal boundaries, because once you're done, you're done. You see the finish line.

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.

Kerri Walsh

It's a lot of fun going to these things because you get to see a lot of the other athletes and people from the city. The day we won the medal, we went to the Sports Illustrated party because it's the party to go to.

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.

E. B. White

In ten years I've watched my son go from being extremely uncertain about where he was headed, to really being a great husband, a great dad, a determined athlete and a good business guy,

In Salt Lake City, we had a wonderful opportunity to participate on our home soil. We had a home crowd and a friendly environment. We were in the same time zone or similar time zone to where the athletes trained. You're eating home-cooked meals with friends and family. And I think familiarity with the venues helped as well.

Tom Smith

In our American football, for example, it is not unusual to hear about how our institution 'carried' the athlete through, or perhaps he majored in an insignificant course of study like perhaps, Human Relations.

I noticed it traveling with our team. We?re the only team that has coaches from three other countries and athletes that are all different in terms of our diversity. Look at our team as a whole. It is the United States. . . . It?s a melting pot.

I like to watch junior tape, but I also like to get to know the young man. Being an athlete is one thing; being a student and having good character is something else. How can you evaluate that after watching junior tape and maybe getting them on campus one or two times? I'd rather be a step slower.

Darrell Royal

The majority of people pull for the underdog. Heck, even your friends don't like you to be too successful. We've lost enough over the years for me to maintain my friendships.

Condoleezza Rice

What I tell student athletes is first of all, you've made good choices this far in order to be able to be in college and to be an athlete. Keep making good choices.

Clay Guida

A true champion and athlete is never satisfied with their performance. You can always do more and always improve.

I'm very pleased with our recruiting class. We've got some really quality athletes in this group.

I'm very pleased with our men's performances. It makes a big statement for the program with where we've been and the direction that we're heading in. Today has been a great accomplishment for our athletes and the school.

I'm very proud of the way our athletes competed tonight. All three of them came out and basically hit on every event.

Jay Thomas

I'm very excited about this class. We have a lot of athletes in this class. We've got good solid kids. We needed to fill some holes particularly on the defensive side and the defensive back field.

Brad Childress

I'm not telling you that there are not some dinosaurs coaching in this league, because there is plenty of them - and maybe they do it a little bit differently. I just think the communication with today's athlete ... it's important that you have young guys that are able to talk to those guys.

I'm hoping that it's more of a defensive game. They're a very explosive team. They've got good athletes coming back, and that's what makes them very dangerous.

In the opening parade the athletes carried all their equipment. So you have people dragging their teammates in a bobsled and people carrying their skis and their hockey sticks.

Jason Smith

In terms of athleticism, Cem is phenomenal. He runs like a guard, is an explosive athlete and has great footwork and great hands.

Jim Courier

In the beginning, he did everything with the viewpoint of what's in it for Andre. But he transformed himself from just another selfish athlete into a generous, caring, enlightened person, someone who ran away from responsibility and now dresses himself up in it.

In accordance with our established rules, any championship-level athlete who has qualified for the 2006 U.S. Championships has a right to petition for an Olympic spot due to injury or illness. We trust the outcome will be the naming of the best possible U.S. Olympic figure skating team.

I just feel bad for him. He's a great athlete and a great running back. He's helped me so much since I got here, and I just want to do what I can to make up for what he brought.

I really believe that Ernie Sims is the most explosive, through-the-hips athlete in this draft.

I really am (surprised). The reason for that is they don't have much post play. They have good athletes and tremendous shooters. I think they'll take some hits in the second round. They won some close games. Before the season's over, that's liable to balance out.

Kenny Smith

C'mon Benny, Houston is the fourth-largest city in America. It's a melting pot of charismatic tastemakers, athletes and United States movers and shakers. We have everybody who makes trends coming out to the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night.

Being 20 years old, how much more can he add? He'd be a better athlete if he loses some weight, but he works extremely hard and never quits. It's a testament to his character, but at 325 pounds he could probably play on Sundays.

Being 20 years old, how much more can he add? ... He'd be a better athlete if he loses some weight, but he works extremely hard and never quits. It's a testament to his character, but at 325 pounds he could probably play on Sundays.

Beaver Falls just has so much depth and I do think that was a factor, especially as the game wore on. They have more athletes and better athletes and they just kept running them at us. I thought we got a little tired.

John Lombardo

His care and concern for athletes was only surpassed by his willingness and enthusiasm for educating athletic trainers and young physicians in sports medicine,

Joe Theismann

Can they co-exist? Absolutely. They've been together for a year, T.O. knows the offense, he's an incredible athlete in fabulous shape, and I think he understands now that the best thing for him is to shut up, play football, help this team get to another Super Bowl and win it.