Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carlos Pena, Jr.

Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn't let me give up on it. If soccer was too tough and I said, 'I'm going to quit,' he'd be like, 'No, you're going to try everything and keep going at it'.

Oliver Luck

We want everyone to feel welcome and become part of professional soccer in Houston.

Alan Shearer

One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.

Alan Shearer

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

Alan Shearer

I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.

Abby Wambach

The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.

Brian Clough

Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he's brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife, lovingly, with caresses.

Brian Clough

Acne is a bigger problem than injuries.

Brian Clough

I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me.

Diana Ross

One thing you cannot control is nature.

David Trimble

The one thing I can assure you is that I'm not going to do a Prescott.

Eleanor Roosevelt

When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

Elizabeth Moon

One thing nobody can do better than you is be you.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

[L]ife isn't one thing after another, it's the same thing over and over

B. B. King

Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.

Alex Ebert

I'm pretty freelance. A freelance meditator. I float from one thing to the other.

Andrew Mason

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

D. L. Hughley

The one thing women love more than money is power.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

I find mirrors detestable; I dislike seeing myself. Of course, there's a mirror in the bathroom, but it's a magnifying one for shaving. Photographs are fine, but I don't like mirrors because they take you by surprise.

Julian Fellowes

What I dislike about movie culture is that it often presents a parable of our problems - but the issues are all straightforward and the people are either nice or they're not. In real life, everyone falls between those perimeters, but not many American films operate in that grey area.

Otis Smith

Whether you like him or dislike him, Kobe is a special player. He has the killer instinct in him that a lot of the talented players don't have. When he smells blood, he goes for the jugular. That's a (Michael) Jordan-like quality.

Dan Brown

She (Blythe Brown) dislikes the public attention, and I (see) no reason why she should be put through the stress that the glare of publicity would cause.

Preston Sturges

Much as I disliked the un-American idea of marrying a lady with a dowry, I must admit that little Mrs. Godfrey's little private income put everything in a faintly different light.

Walter Kirn

She started out all excited and impressed. ... (She took an immediate dislike to Bill, who struck her as a narcissistic snake.)

Benjamin Franklin

It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped

Dick Cavett

Electronic devices dislike me. There is never a day when something isn't ailing.

Hoshyar Zebari

Make no mistake. We are here to stay, ... We are not temporary or interim leaders. After Saddam's topple, you have to live with these faces, whether you like them or you dislike them.