Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jai is an unusual athlete. You look at his size and you think that he?s slow, but Jai is the total opposite. He is quick with his hands and feet and he can do a lot of things that big guys his size can?t do. He shoots the ball well, he can dribble the ball and also he can use his body down low.

Kelly did not lose a match until sectionals. She's a great athlete, a very consistent baseline hitter.

Joey did some good things Saturday and he's a good athlete.

Josh is just a great athlete. He has a couple of colleges looking at him. Both Dan and Pat are both talented, so they'll take the defense's attention away from Josh.

J.P. has a great upside. He's got three things going for him, his athleticism, his work ethic, and his thirst for competition. Some of our fans are disappointed in our record. But, even if we were 0-3, our mind-set would still be the same. We've got a plan and we're sticking to it.

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.

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.

Paul Hewitt

He's a great athlete, and I always remind him that he can make plays off the ball. I don't think he understands how much ground he covers. I think you're starting to see that. He had three steals today. He's starting to see the floor better.

He's a gifted athlete. But the intangible things come easy to him, like his poise and responding well to pressure situations.

He's always liked to tell people what to do, and you combine that with his love of athletics and leadership role, I think it's a natural fit for him. I think that's his greatest asset. He's a good teacher.

Barry Larkin

He's just put it all together. He's a fantastically talented, strong, gifted athlete. But with all those characteristics sometimes comes absent-mindedness and lack of attention to detail. Those are some of the things we can't have as shortstops. So that's what we worked on. Everything else has kind of blossomed.

He's a typical North Attleboro student-athlete, a kid who has gotten better and better every year. He's not a superstar athlete, but a hard worker.

He's a tremendous athlete, with his speed and his tackling ability. To have someone like him who is multidimensional that you can plug in at two different positions, that's great for the team.

He's a tremendous athlete. Last year he struggled at the plate, but he has really worked on his hitting.

He's highly visible on campus and off. That's very important because athletics is the one department that is in the public eye every day. Coaches, as well as administrators, need to be visible.

He shares the vision that I have: to elevate the overall athletics program at Iowa State and to increase resources and make Cyclone athletics great,

Hitting a baseball is the hardest thing in athletics -- hands down -- and you don't become the hitter he is without hard work in season and off. It's paying off and it makes me proud and happy for him.

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.

I was determined to be better than everyone -- get better grades, be a better athlete.

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.

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.

Dean Cain

I think it's wonderful that students can get scholarships to play athletics at universities. But the fact that you can't do that in the Ivy League just makes it extra special. It's really in the vein of the true student-athlete.

I think Tom brings an understanding of what the mental game's all about. How focused, how tough you have to be in the day-in, day-out grind of the academics, the athletics and of the social choices that you make. I like Jimmy, but they don't fight the way I remember guys fought when I was there.

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

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.

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.

I am disappointed but not discouraged. I wish the seniors could go one game further. You always want another game, but only one team in our Division won't end with a loss. This group created a whole bunch of memories and that is what high school athletics are all about.

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.

Eric Hyman

He has a familiarity in the system, both in the athletics department and in the university.

He had a pleasant personality, was a very good kid, and was a very good athlete. You didn't have to go over things but one time for him to understand.