For one thing, there are dozens of eager collegiate athletes and less-played pro-players who are more than willing to take his place.
On national television, Jim Gray of ESPN displayed the sneakers like an eager salesman for Athlete's Foot.
If anything, her words conveyed the realistic determination of a seasoned athlete eager to get back to work following a period of rest.
Colossal deftly moves back and forth between the present -- as Mike struggles to make peace with his physical therapist, Jerry (Wiley Naman Strasser) -- and the past, when he was a muscular athlete eager to prove himself on the field and earn the approval of his coach (Dave Maier).
Other sports shun their brash athletes, or pretend to; there are always coaches and broadcasters and fellow-athletes eager to adduce some hazy ideal of good sportsmanship.
But she said athletes eager to return to play could probably do so safely in less time by wearing a face mask or goggles.
And it is possible we have become so used to athletes eager to cash in — to convert their gold medals into lucrative deals selling Wheaties, watches, cars, sports drinks — that he, by contrast, seems strange and off-putting.
I was schooled in taekwondo by Sarah Stevenson and Lutalo Muhammad, while the boys and girls in one discipline confirmed that, yes, everything we're told about the bedroom shenanigans of thousands of like-minded young athletes eager to blow off post-competition steam in the Olympic village is true.
It is a place teeming with talented young athletes, agents eager to ingratiate themselves with those athletes, and a variety of characters, some known as runners, who often act as middlemen, moving between agents, universities and athletes.
Coaches and players may be eager to have the athlete back for a crucial game, but it's far more important in the long run to recover fully and reduce the chance of recurring concussions.
