Famous Quotes & Sayings

Billy Beane

The idea that I [should] trust my eyes more than the stats, I don't buy that because I've seen magicians pull rabbits out of hats and I know that the rabbit's not in there.

Billie Jean King

Don't be afraid to hit the ball.

Danny Strong

I was a volleyball player as a kid. I played volleyball all the time.

Joan Collins

I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando were always there. You kind of took it for granted because I was 20, 21, 22, and they were a bit older - well, Gene certainly was. But it was just part of daily living. They were in the same profession, and you didn't think that much about it.

David Halberstam

Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it

Anson Dorrance

The biggest concern with female athletes is they don't naturally compete. And so I think a part of what we do here exceptionally well that separates us from other programs is we train them to compete. So a huge challenge in women's athletics is to get them to compete against their teammates and friends in practice with the same intensity they compete with their bitter rivals. So that's a huge challenge for me, to get the women in practice to go after each other the way you would a rival

Anson Dorrance

After a while, your coaching development ceases to be about finding newer ways to organize practice. In other words, you soon stop collecting drills. Your development as a coach shifts to observing how great coaches teach, motivate, lead, and drive players to performances at higher and higher levels

Bobby Knight

The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach

Bobby Knight

I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Our policy is European and Euro-Atlantic integration. There is no substitute for NATO.

Dan Brown

There's just no substitute for the truth.

Deepak Chopra

Nutritional supplements are not a substitute for a nutritionally balanced diet.

Andre Gide

Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.

Andrew Carnegie

Instead of the question "What must I do for my employer?" substitute "What can I do"

Bear Bryant

There is no substitute for guts.

P. C. Cast

Friendship can only be addition to, not a substitute for true love

Richard Rohr

Moralism is always the cheap substitute for mysticism.

Tullian Tchividjian

Explanations are a substitute for trust.

Orrin Hatch

Some have said that nominees who do not spill their guts about whatever a senator wants to know are hiding something from the American people.

Donald Trump

It is a win-win for the American people, an idea no conventional politician would have the guts to put forward.

Tyrone Johnson

Kyle showed a lot of presence of mind not to panic when he went behind. It took a lot of guts to go for the reversal instead of just taking his one point and tying it.

Teri Knight

I think she had a little more guts than most people do, and that's what makes a difference.

Tom Renney

I think he'd be able to play there under the old rules too. I'm not sure he'd last through 60 minutes. But he's got more guts than a slaughterhouse.

Mike Tyson

I don't have the guts to stay in this sport anymore.

Elliott Sadler

Guys are going to have to race their guts out to pass.

Clinton Portis

Guts and power. You want to win the game, don't you?

Joe Rodriguez

I don't want the guys with excuses. I want the guys with guts and heart. The guys who'll go in the ring.