Sprint Quotes

[Sprint Nextel agrees.] Most of the world is unhappy with Qualcomm... They feel that its licensing model is egregious. - Barry West

[Lost In The Fog's trainer Greg Gilchrist announced that his undefeated sprinter will not wear the bar shoe that he has been training in recently.] I could leave the bar shoe on, but the foot looks really good... It doesn't concern me. - Greg Gilchrist

[Looking back on yesterday, the six bonus seconds Heras scored weren't intended to be a cushion for tomorrow.] We hadn't prepared anything ... But we were in front and Vicioso launched the sprint. They are only 6 seconds and I do not believe that they are very important for Sunday's time trial, but we had the opportunity and took advantage of it. - Roberto Heras

[Langer] has done everything this week to indicate he's ok. He's had a few hits in the nets and did some sprint work yesterday. - Ricky Ponting

[Her team and owner have confidence in her abilities.] I got to meet Erin, and the more I was around her, the more I knew she was special... As I got to see her drive the sprint car, I knew she wasn't just a good lady driver, she's a good race car driver. - Ray Evernham

[3. ACCELERATION SLED PULL Dragging 90 pounds of weight attached to a sled, Crawford does two 15-yard sprints, then removes the straps and does a 15-yard sprint with no resistance. Three sets.] I started at 70 pounds, and it took me a month to get to 90... Having the sled pulling me back forces me to use the correct running form for speed and acceleration. - Carl Crawford

[? Sprint from cone to cone. Place three to five cones around the field, 10 yards apart. In mid-sprint Kennedy calls out which cone to run toward.] Change of direction is important... If you can't separate from defensive backs, you're not going to make it. - Larry Fitzgerald

(Starting) 0-2 is not the way it's supposed to be and it's not acceptable. We're not going to make it look pretty and say, 'Well, we've been here before. Well, there's 14 games - it's a marathon, not a sprint. - Mike Sherman

(Jones) has probably had the best fall. He hasn't missed a sprint. He's been as close to perfection as a player can be in the conditioning program. - Robert McCullum