Famous Quotes & Sayings

There's too much of an opportunity for indoctrination here. What a young person could gain from working as a team and something like that would be better learned on an athletic team or playing in an orchestra or a band.

It's interesting because our athletic directors, presidents and commissioners are quieter than they've ever been. There were so many different opinions leading up to the decision on the format that I think people are just enjoying the relative calm and quiet now that it's in place.

Mack Strong

No matter who Walt is playing, it really looks like he is a man playing with little kids. It doesn't matter if a guy is a Pro Bowler. Walt just has superior strength, size and athletic ability. He is a freak of nature.

It may also help keep you motivated to set your sights on specific training challenges. For example, you may want to train for an upcoming 5K race or other athletic event.

It's going to be a very interesting game. PHS is one of the most athletic teams we have played. They are coming to the most exciting place to play in the state and it should be a great match up.

Being properly prepared is one of the biggest assets in business and in athletic competition.

Tim McCarthy

Size-wise, they're a lot like us and they have very athletic people in the backfield, ... Last year, we had a chance to put the game away, but we turned the ball over late and they eventually scored to tie the game. If we can limit our mistakes, we have a chance to be in most games this year.

That's an athletic team and that's a physically strong team. I thought late in the game they seemed to get stronger.

That's a great athletic night for a wrestler. The first night you win sectionals -- it doesn't get much better than that.

That money benefits the whole athletic department. Our programs can get much better all the way around if we spearhead it with the scholarships.

That's a long 18 seconds (the length of the final possession), but it was certainly poise by them. I thought we got a hand up, and I thought only Matt Cahill can make that shot in this league. You had to be tall and athletic and hop right into it as you got it.

Mark Gottfried

(Arkansas is) one of the most athletic groups, players 1 through 9, in this whole tournament.

(The Lady Panthers are) probably the most athletic team we've seen except our J.V. boys. We're definitely going to have to box out and take care of the basketball because they like to trap. Not a lot of people have trapped us this year so we're definitely going to have to be prepared for that.

Joe Bastianich

Carbs - especially pasta - are the fuel my body needs to maintain an athletic lifestyle.

The distance between the companies that Bill managed in the package goods business and Nike and the new athletic equipment business was too great for him to make that leap.

Jim Calhoun

The difference between the two teams, quite frankly, was we're a little more athletic and a little more experienced. That's what it came down to.

An athletic shoe needs to do more than just slip comfortably on your foot. Not only should the shoe be created specifically for your sport, but it also needs to be designed to accommodate your foot type and wear patterns.

Al Groh

All of those guys were good high school basketball players. They are big guys with soft feet and athletic ability.

All the rest of them are playing nine innings, and the coaches in the West wanted to play nine innings (as they did last year), but the athletic directors didn't want to. Whether it was to save money or what, I don't know why.

A big man who's athletic will eventually wear down a smaller man but if you have a big man that can't stay on his feet, can't get to the ball, who is always on the ground, then you have problems. You can't play with guys like that. There's a fine line between the good players.

The most athletic team there is in this conference tournament. In order for Texas College to win, we have to take our smartness to another level, get the team to play hard, and we can't beat ourselves. I feel like nobody in this conference is capable of beating us except ourselves.

A couple injuries and sickness prevented the women's team from getting off to a better start. If we can get everyone healthy they'll be able to push the teams at the top of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).

It's just a matter of being a little stronger, more athletic on the road. We just haven't done that yet.

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

A lot of point guards aren't used to a guy 6-foot-8, athletic like Corey, guarding them. It was great for us. They couldn't get anything going.

A lot of people have come and gone, but Dave has been the one constant member of the Navy athletic family. He is a true gentleman, a first-class person and has stood as a beacon of respect for Navy athletics. It is a privilege to honor him in this way.

Americans have wanted to move to places where the weather fit their clothes, as the old saying goes, where you could live an athletic life year-round.

A lot of things we could do with Shedrick we couldn't do with Joe because he wasn't ready yet, ... But Joe believes in himself. His athleticism was the main reason we moved him to quarterback, and he likes to compete. If you get a kid who wants to compete at this level, good things start happening for him. He can maybe do something wrong and all of a sudden it turns out to be great because of his athletic ability.

They might be the most athletic team in the tournament. We knew they were going to try to run the floor tonight.

The YMCA's role in any community is to serve the youth of the community, ... When the Charter School, with their athletic program, didn't have the facilities, obviously we stepped up to the plate to offer this facility to those kids.

They may not be the best baseball players, but they are athletic players. They have a sense for the game and they will do what's right for the team.

They need to be more accountable to the Board of Curators, frankly. I think the athletic department needs to begin to be held accountable for its actions, and I think the Board of Curators needs to be responsible for that accountability.

They have a very athletic post. But I like to think we match up well with them. We should enter the game with good confidence. The challenge is on and we need to go get it.