Sentence examples for poor athlete from inspiring English sources

Growing up, Petty said, "I was a very poor athlete".

Not only that, but he was teased by his peers for being an egghead and poor athlete.

He was an only child, dutiful, who loved soccer but was a poor athlete, he says, hungry for books, an avid stamp collector.

Ward stated that, in his first year, only two of his players failed out of the school that he claimed had a history of poor athlete academics.

For me, I think, 'Poor athletes, these will be the ones suffering from this'".

There was once a track and field club that recruited the poorest athletes in South Florida and gave them the ability to compete in state, regional and national meets by covering travel, uniform, food expenses and coaching.

As a result, college athletes consistently lose 'scholarships' for poor athletic performance.

Mr. Foley himself was a poor natural athlete.

Regardless of what the books say, prosecutors have chosen to prioritise the pursuit of, say, murderers or rapists over that of agents who dare to slip a free plane ticket home to a poor student-athlete.

I would like to offer congratulations to Pete Thamel for the insightful and revealing articles "Schools Where the Only Real Test Is Basketball" (Feb. 25) and "Poor Grades Aside, Athletes Get Into College on a $399 Diploma" (Nov. 27).

There are a number of other poor examples of athlete agents and their behavior but at its core this is a business about helping the athlete and any behavior that has a negative affect on the athlete should be met with the highest form of scrutiny.