Quotes About Athletes

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I think in training is where a lot of the injuries occur, or at least start.

On any play where there's a scramble of 22 men, blindside hits and unprotected hits on knees occur.

I don't know anybody that is like super close friends but also competing for the same medal. That would be kinda odd.

The best players in this game are consistent, year in and year out. That's what I'm trying to do on defense. It's harder to do on offense, but I'm trying my best to do that, too.

Jay Cutler is a first-round pick, had a great arm, etc. It's just - he's offense, I'm defense. We didn't get a chance to interact as much as we should have, maybe.

I think at Ohio State, we're professional athletes in Columbus.

There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

If there's any indirect way I can motivate or inspire Olympic athletes... that is one of the greatest honors. Even Natalie Coughlin saying that I inspired her. I'm so humbled by that. I think that's amazing.

As a kid growing up in Latrobe, PA, I could dream about being an Olympian like Jesse Owens or Johnny Weissmuller. I could also dream about being a great golfer like Bobby Jones or Byron Nelson. But the idea of being an Olympic golfer never occurred to me.

It's never easy at the Olympic level. Russia, Romania and China always are contenders.

Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.

I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia.

The reason I like Olympic boxing is that all the best fighters come together and find out who the best fighter is.

I don't have all this money people think Olympic athletes have.

Olympic athletes are a different breed. We're not dealing with million-dollar contracts. We don't do the sport for those deals. We do the sport because we love the challenge, the battle. We love to be an American.

Tennis is not really a traditional Olympic sport.

It's an Olympic year, man, and crazy stuff always happens in an Olympic year.

There was something about being in Rio, being around the other Olympic athletes and playing for the U.S. It was the most special experience I've had.

An Olympic medal in athletics is still a dream for India. Milkha Singh is the torchbearer for young athletes to achieve that goal.

The Olympic Games showed us that with self-discipline and dedication we can be champions.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

10,000 athletes go and compete at an Olympic Games, only 300 go back with a gold medal, the number is very, very less.

Ever since I was a kid and all the time I have played in the NHL, NHL players have played in the Olympic Games.