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"Everything about this guy's development screams longevity, it screams ability, it screams scaling championship runs."
"WWE's most elite crop of homegrown talent came from Ohio Valley Wrestling: John Cena, Batista, Randy Orton, and Brock Lesnar."
"After three years, Venus and Serena have never competed in a tournament, every day for three years they just focus on tennis practice."
"One thing I hate about sports today after one or two years we say oh the guy's a bust he was Winston's only 25 years old his stats right now at five years in the league are incredibly similar to Peyton Manning."
"He promised us at the outside of his deal that he would be taking on a tougher challenge with each successive fight and that's exactly what he's doing."
"Weizmann and Kaminga have star potential, absolute star potential."
"Harry Kane joined the Tottenham academy two years after he was let go by Arsenal for not being very athletic."
"When Cox was a rookie new to the sport these bloopers were part of the novelty Act when Cox was a veteran the passionate Collingwood fans were less forgiving."
"Saka is building a strong case to be considered a potentially world-class player."
"AJ Styles was the high spot guy, the move guy, but never really understood psychology until he got to the WWE."
"In year two, Lamelo Ball became even better."
"Lujan must have been a natural because by 1999 just two years later Lou was sent by his coach to join the provincial team."
"Football has created a lot of basketball players that's my thing."
"I've seen a lot of MMA prospects come and go, especially ones with high promise."
"The result doesn't matter it's more about performance it's more about whether these players can take their opportunities."
"I want to see Jaden Sancho in two or three years time wearing the number seven shirt for Manchester United as a consistent performer."
"He's put in hours and days and weeks and months of practice."
"I don't want to demean one for the other, Toporia is a little further along in his development overall, right, black belt Jiu Jitsu, we've already seen his wrestling."
"In one summer he literally went from being one of the very worst spotted players in the league to one of the very best spot up players in the league."
"Michael Gallup will get a bunch of work in practice, is close to making his debut."
"We might have a year or two now with superstar X Factor where he can actually continue to develop instead of getting worse."
"Big Bob Tonyan has had an incredible growth as a Green Bay Packer."
"Just because mctominay isn't a youngster bursting onto the scene it doesn't mean that he still can't develop into a top-level player."
"Milik is rewarding coach Carlo Ancelotti's faith with his impressive performance."
"He's improved year in and year out." - "Everything you doubted him about in college, he has shown that he's improved year in a year."
"Marcus Rashford could become one of the best players in the world."
"Give him a run of games he'll get better and better."
"I think there's value in a guy who is still relatively young played through injuries last year has scored double-digit touchdowns in both of his NFL seasons."
"Nurture is as important as nature in creating a quality athlete."
"There's something satisfying about watching Charles Oliveira blossom."
"It's incredible that like what are we in 2020 that like eight years ago it was like well when is he ever gonna learn a post-up cam like he can't post up."
"Shout out to all the legends... Tyler Morton, he's going to develop into some player."
"At some point if Mount plays himself into form, Mount's going to be your best player."
"Even if she loses to Rose... if she shows improvement from the Hill to the Rose fight... it doesn't really hurt her stock at all."
"The one thing we've Rush what he wants to create his own legacy see those once it create his own identity he doesn't want to be compared to other players and young players if they want to be great they've got to bring their own style to the game."
"I think the player that's improved most under Eric ten Hag has to be Marcus Rashford."
"If he can just add 10 to 15 more pounds onto his frame, I think he has everything to be a lockdown cornerback in the NFL."
"Robert Whitaker I feel like we see something new in his game every time he comes out."
"I feel like if a coaching staff gives him the tools, he will do good."
"Just seeing him get more comfortable out there and making plays, it's been incredible."
"With the support of the fans his teammates and now his coaches our Prospect had officially become a campus Legend."
"You have to remember we are talking about a player who hasn't had a real full season at any level since his high school days."
"The Irishman has gone from showing great potential to his potential to be special."
"Embrace science. Let's take a scientific view of how you train athletes and maybe even how you teach them skills."
"Patience is key with Sancho, we have to give these players time."
"Having the right leadership and coach and mentor above the right athlete is really powerful."
"This version of Ben Simmons might develop a three-point shot."
"If you give coach Brandon Jordan somebody like Tyree Wilson, he could turn him into one of the very best pass rushers in the entire NFL."
"Justin Fields has played significantly better... can he continue to develop the consistency?"
"The NIL era has begun. Players should decide where he's going to go to school based on where he can develop best personally academically and athletically."
"Wilson has taken his game to another level over the past couple of seasons."
"The younger cousin of Habib, he benefits greatly from his relations' guidance." - Bellator Phenom and the latest Dagestan standout.
"He was 17 years old like you are right football does seem to be getting younger and younger now with the way players are coming through."
"I hope he develops man because if he does, he's going to be one of the better quarterbacks in the league."
"It felt like he's reached a new kind of mature level in his career." - Recognizing growth and maturity in a fighter.
"Alexa bliss is lazy Alexa bliss has done nothing to get better in the ring."
"Patrick Mahomes is showing more and more that he's so much more than just talent."
"Harvey Barnes is a wonderful player and will only get better."
"The sky is the limit for what Chase Claypool could become."
"Casey Mittelstadt looked like he was going to be a similar story over the last month he's become quite the turnaround story for the Buffalo Sabres."
"Joel Farabee has taken those steps and I think next season his production should go up a little bit more."
"His mechanics are our night and day from rookie year to this year and then to the third year every year he's taking a step."
"Mental toughness is Big because I've seen guys get to Ohio State who were juggernauts in high school physically really good on film tough kids and they get their man."
"Tua, A plus performance especially in that second half... we saw growth in a lot of different areas from Tua Tagovailoa."
"The ceiling of the Celtics is directly tied to Jason Tatum's development."
"Max is getting beefy man, he is not looking like he was when he fought Dustin Poirier."
"You can never give up on Hudson-Odoi and watch out what he does during this pre-season."
"Andrew Wiggins has had a transformative experience with these Warriors."
"We develop professional players, but we also need to develop the person."
"This is definitely the type of fight that young boxers need to watch, analyze, and embrace."
"I think that Lamar feels like he's taking his game to another level."
"Promoting the long-term development of the athlete."
"He's becoming an outstanding mixed martial artist."
"Your growth as athletes will be the most important and valuable thing you take away from here."
"We teach our athletes how to build plates that coincide with whatever their training load is."
"If you know what you're doing as a coach, you can coach these things how heavy they can go, it depends on how strong they are before and a bunch of other things, but a good athlete will be able to learn these things in a time-efficient manner."
"We've designed our programming around our research here for the last 15 years developing world-class athletes."
"It's a great place for Bedard to grow."
"Taking mistakes and learning from them... that's really what you want to teach your kids and teach your young athletes."
"Justin Fields continues to progress both on the ground and through the air."
"He's a handful and he has made adjustments."
"There's so much development that happens between years one and two, and two and three in this league."
"Zion became the talk of high school basketball at the end of his time at Spartanburg day."
"I'm just learning my overall game, you know, footwork, speed, power, everything."
"You always talk about building a perfect athlete... you absolutely would want Becca Boyd Miller's mental game."
"It was a Maya all day, good way of adjusting, good corner, and it just shows you how much this young lady has evolved."
"If ERG mode allows you to hit your workout intervals more precisely... that will make you a better athlete."
"It is remarkable if you chart the Olympic path of this young lady."
"I wouldn't be surprised if [he] hit 90 plus next year."
"Damien Pierce's development this season has been very encouraging."