Famous Quotes & Sayings

He really is a model citizen and a model student athlete.

Great athlete. What we were doing when we signed Gary was a little more of using our quarterback in a run-pass way.

William Steig

If I'd had it my way, I'd have been a professional athlete, a sailor, a beachcomber, or some other form of hobo, a painter, a gardener, a novelist, a banjo-player, a traveler, anything but a rich man.

Angela Ruggiero

I came here to win a gold medal. But am I proud of our team? Yes. We showed a lot of character after hitting rock bottom after the loss to Sweden. No one expected to be playing for the bronze.

Sebastian Coe

I can remember the day I decided I would retire from competitive athletics as vividly as if it were yesterday.

I feel compelled to say that this decision will send shock waves through college athletics programs around the country. Playing college football, especially at a school like Georgia Tech, is a privilege, not a right. We must be able to set standards of conduct for our student-athletes, and we must be able to enforce and maintain discipline.

I don't want to say athletics drives applications. But our enrollment management people will say we're getting more and more applications and therefore can be more selective in choosing our freshman class. They believe an awful lot of that is due to the visibility and national exposure we receive from our athletic programs.

He's not the classic point guard, not a great athlete, but he's a tough kid, a shooting point guard. He took big shots and made them.

He's made himself a good shooter, and I think that showed tonight. He's a good athlete, and I think he likes all sports. That's a great opportunity for him at Minnesota, and I think he's happy about it.

He's improved his jump shot significantly. He was always a good athlete. Now he can shoot the three.

Collin was a great player for us, obviously -- he is at Duke. He was a good student. I'd say his grades averaged in the mid-90s. He was one of those kids who didn't need athletics to get into Duke.

Our goal is to be the strongest athletics nation after England just edged us in Manchester.

Our core business in athletics is about teaching and coaching.

Our work ethic, the professionalism and experience of our staff all go into that (optimism). Everyone has responded well. Having fourth-period athletics this year makes all the difference in the world as far as teaching goes.

Chris Crutcher

Athletics carries its own set of truths, and those truths are diminished when manipulated by people with agendas.

Teddy Sears

I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life. I try to keep that as much in balance with work as I can.

We don't have the resources to provide things like athletics or vocational programs.

There is more emotion playing defense, ... If you make a mistake but are going hard, you can still be in the play. On offense, there is more structure every down. On defense, you can play more on instinct and athleticism.

Jerramy Stevens

Tight end is a position where if you are a good athlete, teams are ready to get the ball to you now. They are looking for the tight end a little more than they have in the past.

Tiffany rebounds well and she's becoming a better passer. She's always been an athlete, but she's working on her skills to improve her basketball game.

Troy is different. He is not what people think of as your typical professional athlete.

Tom Coughlin

First and foremost, he's an outstanding athlete. He has to be or else he wouldn't be in this position. He takes great care of himself. He's a competitor by nature. He has a great sense of humor, which I think keeps everything in perspective for him, good or bad. But, to play as long as he has played and to be on the verge of breaking these records is a tremendous accomplishment. For someone to be in a position that he's in and having done this for so many years and continue to be excited about coming to work every day and the opportunities he has is really a remarkable thing.

Florence Griffith Joyner

That's what I'd like to do on the President's Council. Make sports and athletics available to every youth in America, not just one day a week like it was for me, but every day.

We came here to win medals; when my guys are in tears it's tough.

We laugh every year about the big S-word. I always think that there isn't anything more fundamental in industry, in athletics and surely in school communities as synergism. We're all feeling a bit of excitement with this group because measured by traditional standards, most people aren't going to have any expectations for us at all. Inside of our camp, we have real high expectations.

This, ... will be the most disastrous blow to intercollegiate athletics in my lifetime.

We knew Kyle coming up was an athlete. He's been a solid player for us this year, and we were expecting that out of him, since he was playing through the summer.

Jim Tressel

Tyson is a wonderful young man, who loves the game of football and loves being at Ohio State and following in the footsteps of his dad. Our players, coaches and everyone in the Ohio State Athletics Department family are praying fervently for his recovery.

Tyrone is dangerous. He's a heck of an athlete. Bensalem did some things to take him away.