Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gracie Gold

I think that's something to look forward to: The new Gracie Gold at the Olympics. In 2014, you'll see a lot of the warm Gracie, and not just the athletic Gracie.

I think some students will be upset but in a negotiation way, it's to keep a good relationship with the Athletic Department as well as the ASUO executive office. It's a good medium we've met.

I was a commissioner of the Big Eight, and he was a champion miler. He was an outstanding young athlete.

Sasha Cohen

I was able to believe when everything looked really dark and gray. I had a little break where the music carried me through. I love the music and performing this program. It's always so special to me no matter what happens. It goes beyond an athletic event and just becomes an emotional experience. I was able to attack the rest of the program.

I will have discussions with our athletics directors soon and will recommend that we eliminate the subjective element of the tiebreaker and replace it with objective criteria.

I was just trying to project forward what it would look like after this season. Winning is important, but is not the sole reason we have an athletics program. I want to be competitive and we weren't being competitive, but there were other issues.

Bill Murphy

I think they have to clarify what the AD?s responsibilities are. I?d certainly like to see a full-time athletic director back on board. If you want a top-notch program, it?s got to start from the top.

Chan Gailey

Other than being big, fast, athletic and very aggressive, he's just like everybody else.

O. Henry

Right now, people are being rescued off roof tops. Houses have been swept away. There's more devastation than I can imagine. I don't know what is going to happen to New Orleans. Right now, athletics are not that important.

Rojas is a really polished athletic punter, he can really boom it. I think he will be able to step right in.

Rockledge has a little more power. But they are probably not as athletic as Cocoa.

Re-scheduling this series was a priority for us. We are thrilled to have a series of this magnitude on our future schedules. Working with the good people of the LSU athletic department has been a positive, first-class experience for us.

Piney Woods can play. They're big, huge, athletic guys. Coach Brent does an outstanding job. They play well together.

Jeremy Foley

Part of the conversations with (Miami athletic director) Paul Dee is they are about to put $120 million in renovations in the Orange Bowl. If they do that, it's not a concern. The contract has an out, if that work doesn't get done. Then we would play it in Dolphins Stadium.

Our main goals this year are to return to the NCAA Championship and successfully defend our University Athletic Association Championship title.

David Stern

Our minor league has a proven track record of developing talent both on and off the court, with more than 100 players, coaches, referees, athletic trainers and front-office personnel moving to NBA teams or the league office, and we look for that trend to continue.

Our mission statement is to ensure Auburn has the pre-eminent athletics department in the nation. And we're going to get there by following our two cardinal rules: Always tell the truth, and always treat others as you'd like to be treated. If we can do that, we'll succeed.

I am deeply dismayed at the athletic director's behavior before the contest, during the contest, after the contest and then after the dust has settled.

I am honored to have been chosen as the next director of athletics at Iowa State University. Iowa State's athletic program has a rich tradition, a solid foundation and tremendous potential for growth and even greater success. The opportunity to lead the athletic program at this time is very exciting.

I believe this is in the best interests of the program, the department of athletics and the university.

I am so proud of this team and to be in the gold medal game. This team has a big heart. We played our hearts out. It is awesome.

Cass is a very athletic team with good size and good speed. And they play well together.

Carey is a very athletic team with some good players that have been playing long enough to know what coach Kin wants. (The last time) we happened to make some extra shots and free throws down the stretch. They're playing well right now and we have to play well to be in the game with them.

Certainly buying a high price athletic shoe is not necessarily a consumer staple.

Certainly athletics are important. It's a good idea, but does it fit the overall mission of the college? That's for the board of trustees to decide. There will be no rush to judgment on what to do with the corner because it is such an important piece of land.

C.E. King is a very athletic team. They work hard throughout the game so we will have to do the same in order to beat them.

He's good at tying up the other guys, but we want him to open up a little more, which will make him even more of threat. He's an athletic kid, works hard in practice. We'd like to see him take it to the next level.

He's athletic enough he could play another position other than nose. He could play end for us.

Rudi Johnson

He's athletic and can do a lot of things. He's happy and I'm happy.

He's going to be something to watch. He's a great player. He's got all the athletic skills. Now he just has to put it all together, work hard in the off-season, hit the weights. He's got all the athletic talent in the world. He's going to be good.

He's going to be a wide receiver in college so you know he's going to be real athletic just by that. He's very strong and jumps exceptionally well. If you let him catch it deep, he's a problem. He's tough in the lane and he does a great job around the rim, but he's not someone who is going to step out and hit 15-footers and 3s.

He's big enough to play the three (small forward), but he shoots it well enough and he's athletic enough to play the two guard for us.

He's better than Warren Sapp and he's the most integral part of our defensive line. Usually you have guys who are categorized as run stoppers or pass rushers. He's big enough to be one of the most dominant run stoppers, but he's also athletic enough to rush the passer. So that makes him very unique.