856 Quotes About Athletes

  • Author Aaron Ward
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    It's like a preparation for war. It literally is. We're conditioned as athletes to recognize the culmination of our season. Here it is. You have to change your attitude as you go into the playoffs, change your mentality, change how you go about every day. As a player, you basically have to extend yourself past your normal boundaries, because once you're done, you're done. You see the finish line.

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  • Author Abby Wambach
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    We're a great team. We can play this game, and we've got a lot of naturally talented athletes who are ready to work to be better.

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  • Author Allen Wallace
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    I think it's case of Penn State not focusing on the right kids. You don't see them often bringing in superior skill athletes from outside the state.

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  • Author Bob Walsh
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    We were coming in at 10-0, but people really weren't sure about us. East is the champion that you have to go through in our conference to get to (PIAA District 1) and the states. They're well coached, and they've had great athletes over the last five or six years. Last year, we came here and lost in overtime. The girls came in determined to show we could play with them.

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  • Author Bob Williams
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    Certainly, the data is trending in the right direction. The increases for all African-American student athletes were between 15 and 18 percent, and that's good, but that doesn't mean the job's over. There's room for improvement, and we hope that institutions are able to continue that trend working upward.

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  • Author Bob Williams
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    Sponsors have to balance the short-term bump from the Jordan effect with the reality that Jordan won't be playing basketball three to five years from now, while other athletes they need to be focusing on will be.

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  • Author Bob Williams
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    Without that, they would have very few sponsors, ... It's key to those sponsors and that's why those sports and those athletes are getting the money.

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  • Author Bob Wilson
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    The student athletes are the ones the kids look up to. The younger kids really look to them for guidance. We have to have high expectations of these kids. Participating in athletics is a privilege and with that privilege comes certain requirements.

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  • Author Brian Williams
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    There is no question the Canadian men's team is under heavy pressure, but pressure is the essence of events such as the Olympics. Today, a group of young athletes handled the pressure very well.

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