Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I don't think there is a perfect athlete. But if I had to come close to picking someone who demonstrates all the traits that I feel an athlete should have, I would say the perfect athlete would be Tiger Woods. He has the ability, he's humble and he's very good at what he does.

Joe Gomez

I am very honored to be included in this organization and to be inducted with all these great athletes who have devoted their lives and given so much to the city. I was very surprised and very honored to be nominated and elected on the first try. When you worry about giving, you are surprised when you get something. I'm very flattered.

He's one of the hardest working athletes I've ever coached. He has put in a lot of miles and he just works so hard. He had an exceptional season last year and he's hoping to have an even better one this year.

He's one of the better athletes I've ever coached here.

He's not as good an athlete as his older brother. He's not as dangerous a runner as his older brother. He's got a better innate feel for the passing game than his brother did at this time of his career.

Tommy Bowden

He's not a normal guy. The fact that he's a professional athlete in one sport means he has some pretty refined skills.

Mack Brown

He's not an athlete playing quarterback. He's a quarterback who happens to be a great athlete. He reads defenses as well as any quarterback in the country. You never hear about that part of his game.

Bob Stoops

He's got another year after this one to contribute and play. He's an excellent athlete who works hard. We just want to give him more opportunities to get on the field. I think he will give us more production.

He's moving around; he's looking real good. He'll be back. When he comes back, you'll know it. Ahmad is Ahmad. There's no other athlete like Ahmad in the world.

He's incredible, a tremendous athlete and I just love watching him play. Playing with him is a treat. I look up to the guy and you don't normally look up to younger guys. The injury made him even stronger.

Paul Tergat

I call this the race of the century because it is not easily that you can find the quality of the athletes like in this race. I doubt that it will be possible to match it again.

college coaches can get athletic programs placed on probation by violating rules, yet they can bounce to another job while their former school is put on probation and the athletes left behind are reprimanded. It seems the NCAA should wise up and ... ban them from being hired by another school.

Hulk Hogan

We're the greatest athletes in the world without a doubt.

I remember the old days at Barrett Stadium, running like this on Friday. I remember sweeping the snow off that cinder track and burning it so it would dry up and the athletes could run on Saturday.

Jack Warner

Our goal on the men's side is to be where we were a year ago, if not better, and for Rickey and John to improve their qualifying marks, and for others, like David Rae , to make it onto the national lists. Rickey is going in trying to defend his title. If he is able to do that, it will get us rolling. We also hope to score well in the pole vault because we have four solid athletes in it. David Rae is capable of scoring us some major points in the 3,000. We are a young team, but we have a lot of people capable of doing great things. Hopefully, Big Tens will be an awakening for them to compete at a high level.

Over the years, I've met and become friends with quite a few athletes from different sports. It's a little frustrating not being able to hang out with them.

Our team has a lot of athletes that can make plays. We scored a lot of points in transition off steals. I was really proud of our defensive effort. This team has taken pride in holding teams down defensively.

Our strength is that we have depth, so we should contend. We have athletes that are capable of finishing at the top of the BIG EAST. Depth is very important to us, so the more we have, the better off we will be.

Our strategy going forward is to reinvent our team. We've got some great athletes that will bring size, basketball I.Q. and real excitement.

Our strategic plan calls for Canada to be a world leading alpine racing country by 2010. With significantly increased human, technical and financial resources, the intent is to have all our athletes be the best prepared to race ever at an Olympic Games.

Isaac Bruce

Our stories are very similar. I think a lot more athletes would come out of Florida if they had football in the junior colleges.

Our goal is to get the athletes back on the field as quickly as possible.

Don Yaeger

Seeing the intensity and power she brings to the game, it's hard to imagine her being anything but single-minded in pursuing tennis. But Serena Williams has other passions, too. In fact, there doesn't seem to be enough time in the day, week or month for one of the world's most gifted athletes to chase her many interests.

Dennis Quaid

Athletes are sort of part of the community at large. They have to be dedicated to what they do, and go through lots of peaks and valleys. And there's a lot of training that goes into their careers. It's a struggle. Very dramatic.

When I got here (at West Jeff in 2002 following a sterling career at Archbishop Shaw), I heard there was this great athlete at the school, but I couldn't get him to come out.

Jim Nantz

When Dale Murphy speaks, everyone in sports should listen. Dale led a model life during his career, and still does. This book is a heartfelt attempt to help every professional athlete and I guarantee it will.

Shane Koyczan

I think everybody gets bullied in their own way. Even athletes probably get it from their parents. To a degree everybody gets bullied.

Louis Tomlinson

But you know we couldn't compare what we do with what the British athletes did at the Olympics. We are very proud to be British and if we have done our bit to promote Britain in a historic year for the country that's brilliant.

James Keller

When Babe Didrickson Zaharias, often called the 'athletic phenomenon of all time,' won the British woman's gold tournament, people said of her what they had said many times before: "Oh, she's an automatic champion, a natural athlete." When Babe started golfing in earnest thirteen years ago she hit as many as 1,000 balls in one afternoon, playing until her hands were so sore they had to be taped.

Boris Becker

That's the hard part about sport: as men we haven't started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things.

This squad is loaded with really great athletes and I really think they're going to make some noise in the league.

To be a student athlete is tough. You get to class and people don't realize that you have practice all week. It's very time consuming, but you build something special. You have over thirty kids on your team and you build a special bond with them that I don't think most kids in college get. It's certainly taxing.

George Foreman

There shouldn't be budget problems. There is so much money that goes untapped. If every athlete gave 5% of what they earned, there wouldn't be any budget problems.