Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ed Sawyer

Standing on the podium waving the American flag in a foreign country holding three gold medals while they play the national anthem, makes all the hard work and sacrifice worth it. She hopes someday to have that same feeling in the 2012 Olympics in London competing for the U.S.

Brian Seo

Our returning freshmen and sophomores are only going to get better. Next year we want to have more than two swimmers competing at state individually.

Sam Mitchell

Our young guys are playing hard and competing and we just got to get some other people to jump on board.

Pedro Marquez

That was three freshmen and a sophomore. Zach showed a lot of speed in his 100 leg of the relay, so he looks like he'll be a good competitor in the 100 for us, and could be competing for a top three spot in the long jump.

Chad Harville

That's the vibe I'm getting from everybody -- this thing is wide open. There are some good guys competing for this job.

Jose Oquendo

That's the only one that took me by surprise. We all expected him to be there. He's a regular in Cincinnati. He's not competing for a job. But you can't say anything. This is voluntary. A guy has a right to say no. But he would have been good to have on the team.

Barbara Turner

I was out there competing just as hard as I could, working without my legs. I tried to go until I couldn't go any more.

Joe Chapman

I think it was very educational for the kids, and I hope they learned a lot about the Commonwealth Games and the sport. The initiative was fantastic. Having the kids understanding about competing in sports and getting out there is a good thing. They have given me a lot of support, and I really enjoyed the visits.

Ralph Brown

I think that's what we thought would happen. The competing stores are also very friendly and have a lot of service. They're trying to retain their customers.

Sean Foster

Steve played fired-up tonight. He was taking hits and still finishing plays inside. When he can score inside it opens up things for our shooters.

Jerry Wainwright

Statistics point to what happened in this game. We had problems finishing plays where we had the size advantage, and it was painful at the free-throw line.

Jim Sandusky

Our strength is hitting and offense. We've been moving kids around the infield and outfield and still finishing where they fit in.

Steve Lemke

Our goal is to have every student on track toward graduation or finishing the semester,

Morgan Betscher

Our finishing was very nice. I think we got maybe four or five good opportunities and we scored on three, and that's as good a percentage as you're going to find. It was just getting more chances.

Pete Carroll

Right now with its first initial announcement it's just a starting point for finishing the season and where you wind up is most important.

John Swenson

Remnants of the stone shed where they did the finishing work, ... the foundation is there.

Fred Couples

I was just finishing on the 18th hole and he birdied No. 9 and 10. The roars, it was the most unbelievable thing I've ever heard.

John Bunting

That was one grand M.O. -- missed opportunity. We have to do a much better job of finishing the job.

Douglas Conant

People lead complicated lives and aren't hanging on your every word or the company mission statement. You have to become a broken record of your expectations of the organization and show people why it is relevant and how it works in specific ways.

Ramon Rodriguez

On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I couldn't stand here, hanging on, when the very thing I held disappeared more with each passing day.

Michael Vick

We've talked a lot lately, more than usual. We had to. He is hanging in there. He's doing alright.

Doug Fisher

That was Jordan's first varsity start. The score didn't reflect it but she did well. Hats off to her for hanging in there.

John Imlah

That was a huge swing, those two steals. That was a game-turner. We were hanging right in there and they got the momentum after that. We kept clawing at them, we just could never get there.

Wali Lundy

That was pretty exciting, ... To see my jersey hanging there.

Robert Burton

Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven

Matt Doherty

It didn't really occur to me until yesterday. I was hanging some pictures in my office and there was one of Michael Jordan taking that shot, and I told one of my players how there were 63,000 people at the Superdome that day and that's when it hit me.