1.   Athletes had been trying to do it for hundreds of years and finally decided it was physically impossible for humans.

2.   Another strategy is to have the athletes try to teach their mothers an athletic skill.

3.   Coyle said records could be broken if athletes tried different sports.

4.   How many times have we seen coaches set up a field goal at the end instead of letting their athletes try to win the game?

5.   In a beautiful irony, the harder athletes try to win, the less likely they are to find their zone.

6.   It is the last request that athletes try to accommodate most often.

7.   Many athletes try to establish charitable foundations, but the funds often fail to achieve their promise when they are improperly administered or poorly financed.

8.   Many Olympic athletes try to foil the tests by using masking agents or a new batch of difficult-to-trace water-based steroids.

9.   Other athletes have tried to come back from retirement but found little success.

10.   Other athletes tried for a legal advantage, from altitude training to vegetarian diets to chiropractors.