Famous Quotes & Sayings

It came down to giving a guy from Iowa a chance to prove that his formula works at the big-time level. What's important to me is that we build this overall athletic program the right way.

I think it's awesome to bring back a student-athlete that has played here recently. It gives her great insight, and I think she's young enough to relate to the players. In addition, she's a great player and an excellent coach.

Scott Johnson

I think it's an outrage. The equity of athletic competition is there in this league and we've built up working relationships with South and Sheldon and good traditions.

Kyle Korver

It changes everything. They're two guys with the same athletic makeup. They're blocking shots and getting rebounds. Second-chance points are something that's really hurt us this year. And when those guys are both playing like that, (the opponent) isn't getting any of that. It really does change a lot of things for us. This is really what we had envisioned at the beginning of the season.

It certainly won't be the last hard-fought game between us. They are a much-improved team that gave us all we could handle tonight. They're very athletic and quick. But we stayed level-headed and poised, and we knocked down our free throws.

I thought we rebounded as good or better than we have all year. Lennox has a big, physical and athletic team. They played hard, too, and were well coached. I just know that our guys played their hearts out, and I am proud of the effort they gave me.

We can hardly do anything about it. Chinese athletics has long been troubled by this problem.

What makes them so good is that their big girls are athletic and can play, but also you have to worry about Jordan.

The purpose is to make the freshmen feel welcome and let them know about the clubs and athletics offered. We want to get them excited about coming to Minden High.

Within the next two years there will be athletic facilities in Union City we have never had.

We talked about what we could do when I first came here, but we just didn't have the money. Then we got the one-cent sales tax and the vision of our administration and school board saw the need for it; not just for athletics but the whole school and the community. They got behind it and really pushed it and stuck with it.

We're pretty happy. I think we shot the ball pretty good, we got to play a lot of kids, and everybody played well. We've got athletic kids and they want to win. A lot of people say that, but these kids, they'll do what it takes to win.

We're in the process of starting that. I would think that this week, we will have made contact with athletic directors.

Mack Brown

We've given them (police) our full support from the athletic department, to the university, to the football team. At this point, no one's been charged and we're moving forward.

He was getting to the front of the rim all night on us. We saw that on the scouting report, but he's a little more athletic than what I thought.

He was more of a friend than a coach, and he cared more about me as a person than he did as an athlete.

He's played well all season. He's a tough kid and a great athlete. He shoots the ball well, plays good defense and is a great leader. ... The other kids respect him because he works so hard.

Bryan Colangelo

He was a little bit fleshy coming out of school, wasn't the quickest or most athletic but always knew how to play, always knew how to get the most out of his body.

He was a leader, a good person. He represented what a student-athlete should be, played and practiced hard.

Davey Johnson

He was a great guy. Dwight at 17 was the most mature, most eager young athlete. He was the earliest at the ballpark. He was always in the game.

He was a great employee of the athletic department and will be greatly missed by his co-workers and friends here at the university.

He was a good athlete, and he made up for whatever speed he might have lacked by being a natural football player. He understood the game and knew how to make reads.

He was a beloved coach, teacher and friend; some of the students were in a state of shock. Yes, Y.C. and I had our moments as coaches from rival schools, but we remained true friends over the years. I saw him two weeks ago at a middle school wrestling tournament. If there was an athletic event at that school, he was there.

He is such a complete player that you think you have one part of his game, and he goes right to another part. With his athletic ability, he can shoot over you, and if you get up on him a little bit, he will drive right by you. That's the toughest part about having to guard him. Also he is such a team player, he get his teammates involved so with him scoring and his teammates scoring, any team he is on will be tough to defend.

He'll be in the lineup, probably mostly at second base. He is a person who is athletic enough who could move to third base or the outfield. I've talked with him that if it means getting the best nine on the field, we could do that.

He lives by what he believes, in everything he does. The fact that he's in a high-profile, major conference athletic director job doesn't change that; he still holds true came values when rookie high school football coach. He knows the difference between right and wrong, he cherishes relationships and he tries to live by what he thinks is right.

Steve Price

He is well-conditioned and a great athlete. We want him to get into the third period and let his conditioning take over.

He is very athletic and can really run the floor. He wants to be good. He takes care of his business on the court and in the classroom. He has a bright future.

Haley in the open court is the best player in the state. She's just a tremendous athlete.

Hart is one of the best around. He's a tremendously strong, tough, fast athlete, who has all the tools and the makeup of a great back, so we're going to have our hands full trying to contain him.

He was very much an average athlete, but he was highly skilled.

He will be sitting with athletic department administration in section 101. I thought it was an appropriate offer.

Ron Rivera

He's a young man who will come in and spot our other two guys in pass-rush situations. He is athletic and comes off the end very hard, has speed and quickness, was productive, played in a big-time program, so he is used to this kind of football. We think he is going to fit us very well and give us flexibility.