856 Quotes About Athletes

We all know how crucial the crowd is when the judges are down on the floor and somebody does a routine and 10,000 fans scream and react to it. It's hard for everyone to not get caught up in that. Everyone builds on that and the athletes feed on that. It really is an advantage.

We just do everything we can think of to give our athletes the help for them to (succeed).

It really does make a huge difference if we have that support - fan support and as much yelling and cheering. It really makes a huge difference, not only in helping motivate and pump up our athletes and help their performances, but it also just creates an environment that's special to our athletes but also is intimidating to our opponents.

There's definitely a difference between just having 15 athletes as opposed to one team. That's kind of what we count on because we're not the best athletes. We sure as hell aren't the biggest, fastest people around.

It's important for closet gay athletes everywhere, not just at the professional level, but more importantly athletes at the younger level in high school and college, to understand they do have support around them and that they can come out and feel comfortable. And honestly, that is going to help save lives.

Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect pope, presidents for the perfect historian. Writers hunger for the perfect reviewer.

I've seen a lot of athletes come and go through here. Some of them were questionably as good as Bryan is. But they did not have the complete package - the academics, correct attitude and the ability. That's what it takes to get where he's gotten so far.

If we want to keep our best athletes involved then there should be some incentive like every other strong entrepreneurial business.

India has a very transparent drug testing system and we compare well to countries like China and Russia whose athletes are also suspect.