Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeff Capel

Regardless of whether we develop something in the post, we're going to be a good team. We're going to be just fine. We're going to continue to get better as a basketball team, individually and collectively.

Sue Semrau

Rebounding was our emphasis the whole game, especially in the second half when we came out and held them off of the offensive boards. We limited them to four offensive boards in the second half and quite frankly, I thought that was the difference in the basketball game.

Steve Spenner

Records don't mean anything this time of year. Everybody starts 0-0. Some teams play their best basketball at the end of the year. If we don't play good we'll be in trouble. If we play well we'll be fine.

Rafer Alston

Regret? ... I just regret getting into situations. Because it's unlike me. I'm a guy who just loves to leave it on the floor, have a jolly old time playing basketball ... that's the great thing that everyone understands about me I'm going to play hard no matter what.

Chris Bowman

Our position has not changed, in the interest of basketball we think it's best if we call the GABF into accountability.

John Hughs

Our players need to understand the type of basketball we need to play all the time. We need more of a team-oriented game without a true, true point guard.

Joe Consolino

Our players know basketball is a game of highs and lows. This is a pretty good basketball team we have here, and they know what it takes to win, and that's what you saw tonight.

Bill Evans

Our patience wasn't good enough. We didn't guard them in the post and they got easy baskets, but we've really got to take care of the basketball and good shots every time down the floor.

Don Eckerle

Our quickness on defense caused them problems. We're playing our best basketball right now.

Mike Williamson

Regardless of the results, we played outstanding in the first. We played at both ends of the ice, shot the puck finally. We didn't get rewarded, but there's not many times you won't if you keep playing like that.

Jim Brandt

Rebecca is within 7 points of qualifying for state and Alyssa is with in 20 points. I see both of them qualifying at GNAC in Hastings.

Tomasz Beer

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George Washington

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle

David Wade

Real strength is telling the truth when troops are being killed, and one year later a lot of Americans realize John Kerry had it both right and consistent about Iraq and this president's still got it dead wrong.

Vinny Testaverde

Really, you just hold your breath and hope that he's okay and that it wasn't a concussion. I kind of had one eye on him and one eye on the field because it was obviously a critical situation for us to win the game there. But I guess you could say that we lost on both ends today - losing Wayne and the game.

Andy Reid

Reggie is well deserving of his Hall of Fame induction. In my mind, he will go down as the greatest defensive end in NFL history. He was a great teammate and a fun player to coach. As good as a player as he was on the field, he was an even better person off the field. He left a lasting legacy, both in the NFL and in the community.

Andrew Yang

President Chen has been constrained by both the opposition parties and factions in his own party. I would say President Chen has done a mediocre job on foreign policy, and an equally mediocre job on domestic policy.

Allan Hoffenblum

President Bush is in California for specific reasons that do not involve Governor Schwarzenegger, and the governor is involved in a special election that has nothing to do with the president. Both are having political problems now, so other than cordiality, there's really no reason for them to be together.

Brian Townsend

Our real goal is to really make our city where people choose to live, regardless of their demographic or social makeup,

Kelli Johnson

Passengers have to choose another route or another airport. We've seen a dramatic loss in seats.

Jill Pendley

Our lives a series of defining moments,strung together by passing time.Surrender fully to this moment,because it is not the moment itself that defines us,but how we choose to live in it.

Mike Rann

People know what the laws are (in Singapore) and they take the risks, they choose to play a form of Russian roulette.

Jacob Sullum

People may very well choose to trade off years of their life, or the possibility of disease or injury, in exchange for the current pleasure, excitement, or stress relief they get (from food),

David May

Someone in the church, who chooses to remain anonymous, contacted me because they have a trucking company and wanted to take a trailer full of stuff to hurricane victims on the Gulf.

Edward Thomas

Out of us all/ That make rhymes,/ Will you choose/ Sometimes -/ As the winds use/ A crack in a wall/ Or a drain,/ Their joy or their pain/ To whistle through -/ Choose me,/ You English words?

Kelly Collins

Please participate in this opportunity to demonstrate our unity and show Delta management what will happen if they choose to reject our contract.

Dustin Kensrue

I'm hoping to play some of the songs that we didn't get to play on the headline tour we just did. I think we really want to play all the songs on the new record. It's hard to choose between them, but I think we'll pick a couple that we haven't played live so far.

Robin Reynolds

Svetlana is one of the most electrifying players on the Tour. Svetlana has, over the past couple of years, emerged as a real contender in women?s tennis, and we are delighted that she has chosen the Cup as one of her tournaments.

Joe Tiller

Our players are students, and it's important that they interact with their classmates. The Grand Prix motto is 'students helping students,' and I think what our players have chosen to do relates nicely.

Jay Marshall

Our field inspectors were writing everything down and nothing was being captured. So we were looking to do performance management and live data capture. The PDA was chosen over a laptop because it was cheaper.

Mary Rosza

Rita chose the Brownson House because she passed the house every day going to work and when the sun was shinning on the windows it seemed to have a presence.

Earle Caldwell

Robert offered up any place for her to live and she chose the back house,

Ehud Barak

Maybe I made a few or maybe many tactical mistakes, ... but I did not make a mistake in the very essence of what I've ... chosen to do, namely to leave no stone unturned in order to find a way to put an end to this conflict, at the same time to be open-eyed enough to realize that it takes two to tango.

C. S. Lewis

You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.

Mike McGee

I was kind of surprised. I'm from a small Division III school in Bangor, Maine. I would have thought they would have chosen somebody from a Division I school or something like that,

Patrick Craven

I think they can be judged by the company they have chosen to keep.

Dennis Healy

Recruiting and coaching pitching are the two things I've done since I started coaching in 1996,

DeLoss Dodds

Regardless, we are proud of our student-athletes, coaches and support staff who have worked at meeting the standards, but we are not satisfied with some of our numbers.

Jeff Graviett

Really, what that does is frustrate a coach, but you have to give credit to their offense.

Charles Rogers

Reggie is the type of coach you know will always be in your life. He is a genuine person who is always there for you through any situation.

Marshall Faulk

Our relationship is really good. It's positive. There's no strains in it. And I foresee it being the same way as we go on. Coach (Martz) has done a good job of letting us know our roles so it's fairly simple and there's no complications.

Freddy Adu

Our relationship is fine. We've had our differences but, you know, we resolved them. I respect coach Novak and I know he'll get me where I want to get to.

Ron Gerlufsen

(Originally) I didn't want the pressure of having to coach him and him having to play for me. I reached the point where I wondered if he should be here (at Memorial). I felt a lot better for him and his program this season.

Debby King

Paula's one of the most kind-hearted people I've ever met, and she will be greatly missed in the coaching field.

Ron Guenther

Paula Smith has been an outstanding coach and an exceptional representative for the University of Illinois.

John Potter

Regardless of where they are, we'll move their mail to them, ... My message to everybody is, if they are relocated, please inform us.

Nile Easton

Our plows get stuck in traffic just like everybody else because we're just idling with the rest of traffic.

Rich Rodriguez

Pat's got a different gear and I think everybody saw that.

Alfee Reft

Passing a float-serve is not easy, and he has a good one. We know he has a good serve. Everybody knows he has a good serve. But you can't come into a game letting that be your whole mentality. You have to focus on all aspects.

Mark Peterson

Paul Warner's a great guy. Everybody likes Paul Warner. But he votes wrong every time it comes to family issues. He says it has to do with limited government and that ideology. His ideology gets in the way of families in our neighborhoods.

John Grahame

Our main goal down the stretch here is to have that consistency. Everybody played well and intense.

Tyleen Tausaga

Our lineup is, like, mean. (Batters) 1 through 9 can hit. So if everybody hits on the same day, we should be unstoppable.

Frank Michalowski

Our No. 1 goal is to get as many as we can to state. Second, we want everybody to get a personal-best or season-best times.

Kerwin Forges

Our league is pretty deep. Everybody's got a good team. Everybody plays hard. It comes down to who plays the hardest.

Larry Fischer

People may have to look for their favorite booth, but it will be there,

Michael Mayer

'Rigoletto' has long been one of my favorite operas, and it was on my short list way back when I first talked to Peter Gelb. I started thinking about what I could bring to this masterpiece, which has been seen all over the world for so many years.

Johnny Ramone

'Rocket to Russia' is, I think, my favorite Ramones record. We reached our peak at that point.

John Legend

I think they need to get a more reliable way of watching television on the laptop. Because I travel so much, if I want to watch my favorite sports team it might not be showing in that place, so I want a reliable way to watch whatever I want to watch on my laptop.

Andy Hill

Jason was probably the favorite to win this tournament. It felt great to avenge my loss to him. After that match, I knew I could win here.

Kyle Cook

That was probably one of my favorite questions.

Lorena Ochoa

It is my favorite tournament. I have a lot of friends here and my relatives come to watch me from Mexico.

Eve

'Lip Lock' is a play on words. It sounds flirty and fun. Also, my lips are one of my favorite features. Also, it's like, literally locking the game down with my words because I'm a lyricist.

Phil Jackson

I still think we have a good chance, ... I still feel that we're the odds-on favorite to be the team of destiny.

Richard Midgley

Regardless of whether we won or lost last Saturday, there would've been a lot of pressure going into this week.

Jackie Williams

Recovery is a miracle. It lasts for a life time.

Sam Burns

Recessions usually last about a year. That would place the end around March or April.

John Buchanan

Our record over the last while has been pretty well exemplary, with just the odd incident.

Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Roger Short

Part of the time we do go around in pairs, but these pairs don't last a lifetime.

Jay Bly

Our line play versus the run is going to be a key. We're going to have to play disciplined on defense. No matter what offense someone plays, if you get whipped up front, you're not going to win. We saw that when we looked at last year's tape, but we've made some adjustments.

Lee Salem

Our only regret is that it didn't last longer. That was Bill's decision.

Patrick Stewart

Our last words were, 'Be safe. I love you,' ... He said, 'I will.'

Kelly Ripa

Regis is not fired. He's just on special assignment. And we love each other.

Clare Balding

Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them.

Jessica Alba

Paul loves the water. It seems like that's where he's the most happy.

Bryn Terfel

People have come up to me in the street saying 'Hey Meatloaf, I love that song you do, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad,'

Phil Magney

People just want to track their loved ones. It?s as simple as that.

John Harrigan

People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.

James Alexander

People need a powerful PC to run XP, which is why PC makers love it.

Richard Walker

People immediately love them because they think they are a lot cleverer than they really are.

Luis Diaz

People here are paying thousands to get their loved ones killed.

Christian Bale

I put on weight like Santa Claus. I just get this belly that kind of extends out.

Samuel Butler

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Enrique Garcia

We're like their Santa Claus. It's kind of special and we make them feel normal.

Ludwig von Mises

The Santa Claus principle liquidates itself.

Daniel Handler

Or why you are wearing a picture of Santa Clause on you shirts, but-” “It’s Herman Melville.

Al Smith

No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.

Jeff Bridges

Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.

Esther Dyson

I joined the board of the Santa Fe Institute.

Jim Butcher

I felt like I had just double-tapped Santa.

Randy Jepson

Our season was a real struggle all year long. Nothing went our way all year, but this weekend we didn't give up.

Keri Nichols

We've talked all season about free-throw shooting. We talk about shooting with confidence.

Zack Greinke

I was about 20 times smarter before this season started than I am now.

David Dellucci

That was the worst part of the season that stands out.

Bobby Lamb

It had nothing to do with our season because we had an outstanding year.

John Butters

It has been a pretty strong season for earnings.

Dennis Dacus

Lisbon will be a 10-win team before the season is over.

Gary Sheffield

It doesn't matter. I look at it like this, the start of the season I'll do what I've always done. That's it.

Alan Trammel

I still think Carlos will play before the season is over.

Bill Simmons

I pride myself as being a very supportive parent. I go to my daughter's soccer games. I hit most of them. I try to go to all of them.

Bill Shankly

It's a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.

Bill Shankly

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

Bill Shankly

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

Bill Shankly

What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.

Bill Shankly

If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.

Bill Shankly

We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.

Bill Shankly

If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.

Bill Shankly

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

Barry McGuigan

I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

Billy Corgan

I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.

Bill Taylor

Players win games, teams win championships.

Bill Tilden

Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I step on the court I feel like Anna Pavlova. Or like Adelina Patti. Or even like Sarah Bernhardt. I see the footlights in front of me. I hear the whisperings of the audience. I feel an icy shudder. Win or die! Now or never! It's the crisis of my life.

Bill Simmons

You always hear that tragedies put sports in perspective, that they prove we shouldn't care this much about the successes and failures of a bunch of wealthy strangers. I'm going the other way - sometimes, sports put everything else in perspective.

Bill Simmons

I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30 had a big impact because I loved how that was about finding, empowering and working with these incredible directors, and I thought the same thing could work for writers.

Bill Shankly

I never drop a player I only make changes.

Bill Cowher

We're not attempting to circumcise rules.

C. S. Lewis

A spoiled saint, a Pharisee, an inquisitor, or a magician, makes better sport to Hell than a mere common tyrant or debauchee.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.

Babette March

I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly.

George Black

He was cooperative, ... We were thankful for that.

Nathan Kress

I'm thankful to say that I already have my dream job. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Aldous Huxley

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Ben Saunders

What's the nastiest injury I've sustained? Just a frostbitten toe... but thankfully it's still intact.

Corrie Ten Boom

My father prayed because he had a good friend with whom to share the problems of the day.

Billy Graham

When thanksgiving is filled with true meaning and is not just the formality of a polite 'thank you,' it is the recognition of dependence.

Karen McCrary

We?re blessed. We?re OK. We?re just thankful to be alive." ()

Von Joshua

He's a lot better than he thinks he is.

John Breaux

He'll tell it like it is. If he thinks something is not right, he'll holler about it. I'd be hollering at everybody, too.

Jim MacDonald

Whatever (Town Administrator William Keegan) thinks is right,

Walter Lippmann

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much

Pope Francis

A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel.

Dennis Ross

When one thinks about religion, one should think about peace.

Shane Warne

I think everyone out there thinks that there's been hundreds and hundreds and thousands of women. That is not actually the case.

Erica Cerra

I've always been a person who thinks it's really important to better themselves.

Michael Barrett

Whenever we lose, he thinks he's going to have cardiac arrest.

Allen Wallace

I thought it was a disappointing year in Arizona. Jermaine Williams was the only top-ranked player.