Famous Quotes & Sayings

Colin Jackson

We had passion and loved athletics and that saw us through.

Bela Karolyi

What makes the vault so spectacular is because it's a very athletic type of event, where it needs a lot of speed, a lot of explosive action and, of course, great coordination.

We currently have three former students at Bethel College who are on the Dean's List. We have six or seven students who are in the military and two students who just recently received athletic scholarships.

Both of those guys are athletic and quick and can move in the pocket. I think Cam has the stronger arm, and I think Joe is more athletic. But you could take either one and still have a good quarterback. Whoever we start is going to be great, and whoever is going to be the backup is going to be great.

Both have good speed and they've got athleticism and they've been able to get bigger and stronger. They're not as physical as George (Peterson), but they're as athletic or a little more so. But they're not as powerful. That's an issue.

Boise State is an extremely hard-working team. They're the hardest working team I think we've played. They're not overly big, but they're athletic and just work really hard. The key is matching their intensity because they're going to come out hard and play hard, that's a given. They do a lot of things well. We have to be ready to play and we have to be sharp and we have to match their intensity.

Both athletic directors and the conference commissioner started talking about the situation beginning on Monday, ... Once the hurricane was predicted to possibly impact the Houston area, we started looking at certain contingency plans.

Boston College is a really tough team, obviously. Really athletic and big and strong. But we're going to come out ready to play.

Boston College is a great team. They're going to be very dangerous in the NCAA Tournament and we knew that game was going to be physical because they're such an athletic team, really physical on the inside, and it's the kind of game back and fourth and we pulled it out in the end.

Brian is an all-around athlete. He can really haul. He's one of those guys that you've just got to let them stay in the game and get their rhythm, and he did that, I think.

Frank Beamer

Brandon Frye is ready. He's an athletic guy. Time to step up.

Brendan wrestled (Nicholson) a pretty athletic and pretty strong heavyweight from Marion-Franklin.

Brittany is a very good defensive player with a strong arm. She is very athletic and one of those kids I could play in the outfield.

Brittany (Foster) is really playing inspired basketball and using her athletic gifts to showcase her basketball talents. I'll tell you, when the league lights go on, she becomes a different player and she showed that tonight.

Mike Darnell

This competition will require our celebrity skaters to not only demonstrate rhythm, but also athleticism, grace and balance on ice, and before a team of unforgiving judges with both Olympic and world championship experience,

They were just more athletic and quicker. We were never able to compensate for that speed.

They were cool about it. I think it was the athletic director.

When you give a team that kind of early lead you have to battle back the whole time and it can take its toll. Pleasant is athletic and works hard at the game.

With so many teams going to taller receivers, Ashton physically has a chance to compete with those guys because of his size and athletic ability. He has the hips, the footwork and the flexibility that you look for in smaller corners, but he's big and physical.

Sarah is our team leader, both on and off the court. She is a model student-athlete and has turned into a really solid player.

Chris Albright

Saragosa brings a level of bite to the midfield. He's got athletic moves, has heart and works hard.

(Raap) is an extremely hard person to guard. She's so athletic and strong that she makes it so you can't guard her with one person. You have to guard her with two or three people, so someone is always open and that opens you up to offensive rebounds as well.

Quite often tall people, they're not always as well-coordinated, as athletic, and Chris is one of those fortunate people, not only is he big but he's well coordinated, ... He's a very good athlete, he's quick on his feet and he can move. He's obviously good with high balls, with balls in the air, but he's also very, very quick at getting down for low balls.

Will Muschamp

Quentin's a good athlete. He plays well in space and can do some different things to give the offense some problems. That's what we're exploring right now.

Pure guts. That's Eli. I mean, he's a Manning. He's an incredible player. To be hurting the way he was I know he had to have been hurting, but to get the ball down there 50 yards over the top of the safety for a touchdown, that's Eli. You're going to start expecting those out of him. He's a great athlete.

Billy Donovan

Probably what changed my mind more so than anything else was when I met with (Florida athletic director) Jeremy Foley. In that meeting, it was very, very clear that he understood where things were at, and he understood what needed to happen to try to turn the program.

Probably one of the things that I'm most proud of is that Steve is really maturing as a person. I think he's becoming a well-rounded person and I think that is more important than the athletic achievements.

Bo Ryan

The thing we didn't want to have happen happened. You can't play from behind. It's very difficult. We are not as athletic or quick enough to play from behind.

The thing about Manny is that he can score in so many ways. He's one of the most athletic kids in our section, and he's one of the toughest.

Marcellus Wiley

I've never been through that type of devastation as an athlete.

It seems that they're silent on one of the biggest athletic issues we have, which is (the lack of) a football playoff.

It's a very big deal for our state, for both conferences and for the university. We're going to make a lot of money off the use of the stadium that can be put back into the athletics program.

Jessye Norman

I try to frighten my very young colleagues into studying and understanding their voices before they attempt things that are beyond them. It's wise to take gymnastics and swimming to strengthen the body, because people don't realise what an athletic undertaking singing actually is.