Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Calhoun

Regardless of our successes, failures, whatever it may be, it seems like Providence always plays us close. I think it's 3-3 over the last six games. Our national championship team (2004), they showed up at 12 o'clock at the (Hartford) Civic Center and beat us pretty good.

Jack Garrison

(Reese) came out here and beat all the good kids. What a tournament both of them had.

Scott Taylor

Rebounding. That's one word to sum up tonight. The first half they beat us down the court and they beat the heck out of us on the boards. We hustled, but they hustled hard to every rebound.

Alexander Savenkov

Regrettably, beating has become a typical method of dealing with subordinates in the military.

Rick Carlisle

Our point guard position was really tremendous, especially in the second half. That's the kind of production we need at all our positions. Let's face it, we're the kind of team right now where we're playing eight guys (Friday). We need six out of eight (players) playing at a high level to beat a team like Sacramento.

Alfred Bea

Our players know that somebody, figuratively speaking, is going to beat those odds. It could be any one of them.

Ron Gardenhire

Our outfield's been beaten up pretty bad, and Jacque's the one guy that needs to step up. And he's been doing that.

Justin Wilson

Paul Tracy is a great driver and a tough competitor. You know when you have beat him in a race, you have beaten one of the best drivers in the world.

Chris Simon

Our number-one focus is winning one game. We know they're a good team and they beat us last time. They've improved a lot and are a good team with a lot of speed.

Jessie Reyes

Overall it was a team effort. There were some situations in there that had to happen for us to win and they did. We also did not give up any bonus points, which helped.

Dick LeBeau

Our coaches were good to us. They treated it more as a bonus for us. We didn't work too hard and we got some time off.

Troy Matteson

I'm hitting a lot of good shots and getting lots of good opportunities. When you give yourself enough chances, you're going to play well out here. It's a bonus knocking one in from the fairway on your first hole and getting off to a good start.

Randy Schekman

Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is rational for individuals but damaging to the financial system, so science must break the tyranny of the luxury journals. The result will be better research that better serves science and society.

Leslie Dixon

I went and looked at all Mark's work. He can get huge laughs and not imitate Jim Carrey. The bonus is the emotional reality of Mark. It's a given that he'd be there in a crunch for his leading lady.

Pat Hogan

I was happy with the effort. We started off good. Down here, you get momentum going and it's huge, but bonus points were huge.

Jeremy Duxbury

It depends on how well they do because the bonus is quite a lot.

Tony Chukwueke

Because ONGC wanted more equity, which the Koreans wanted to consider, our signature bonus was delayed.

Daunte Culpepper

I have made a good faith gesture toward the organization by offering to move my roster bonus around if it will help clear more cap space to sign free agents. If I am not traded, I want to help coach (Brad) Childress make a serious run for the championship this year.

Lee Reed

I want to thank Mike for the three years of service that he gave to Cleveland State University. His hard work has helped elevate the program through a very difficult period and put it into a position to find success down the road.

Jonathan Cheechoo

I think the time in Cleveland helped him. It's tough to play there. It's a good development league, but it shows you what you have to do to get here.

Mark Shapiro

I think there's been a general skepticism in the game, a lot of people inside and outside of Cleveland waiting for us to collapse. It's been so hard for people to believe. But if we're still standing by the last weekend, either race, it doesn't matter.

Doc Rivers

Larry is going to be missed. If Larry can be back for the playoffs, no one will want to play Cleveland if he's right.

Ron Gardenhire

That win was huge for this ballclub. We go to Cleveland and we still have hope.

Kenny Lofton

I thought I was going to be in Cleveland forever.

Eddie Jordan

I don't even want to think about Cleveland tonight. I just want to relax and recover from the last week and a half.

Robert Frost

I am glad the invitation pleases your family. It will please my family to the fourth generation and my family of friends and, were they living, it would have pleased inordinately the kind of Grover Cleveland Democrats I had for parents.

Bill Belichick

Kirk was a good fit for us in Cleveland because of the love he had for the game. He had the commitment to quality and the commitment to teaching that helped him succeed. He had expectations, but he was also fair with his players. His demeanor served him well, and I think that has helped him since he returned to Iowa.

Charleen Scott

Oregon has EVERYTHING- except a decent speed limit.

Sean McGowan

Part of the reason is the stock's had a decent run-up this year and investors are selling on the news,

Kevin Jordan

Some of them might not have had a decent photo ever.

John Sweeney

Our task is not to make societies safe for globalization, but to make the global system safe for decent societies.

Maria Ramirez

Overall, earnings have been pretty decent so far, and that is what the market is responding to,

Mike Conner

Our whole team had trouble from the line. We've been a pretty decent foul shooting team the whole year. I have no idea why that happened.

Lewis Hershey

On the Vietnam War: I've lived under situations where every decent man declared war first and I've lived under situations where you don't declare war. We've been flexible enough to kill people without declaring war.

John Edwards

I'm here to support the workers, who're trying to earn a decent wage, democracy in the workplace, and freedom from intimidation.

Nigel Dodds

It is a victory for those who want fair, accountable and decent government in Northern Ireland, and who don't want to share power with gunmen.

Caron Butler

Our main thing was to go .500 or better (on the road trip). Now that we've got three wins, why stop now? Let's make up for some of the losses earlier in the season.

Dennie McDaniel

Our team goal this year was to host a playoff match and we've accomplished that. Our second goal is to win region. We lost to them earlier (in a non-region match). We've gotten better since then and they've gotten better. It's going to be a great match Tuesday night." ()

Ken Skilton

Our goal as a team was to win the sectional, and it's even sweeter since we tied Maple Heights earlier this season. In the finals, some guys wrestled well and some didn't. But we had some tough matches.

Rick Comley

Right now, you hope to find a way to win and we did. We were resilient enough to win tonight. Probably, earlier in the year we wouldn't have done that.

Earl Spencer

Respect for the family's privacy at this stage is thought to be only just, in view of the public nature of the earlier part of the day.

Peter Dunne

Most of the Q1 openings were earlier than planned and have been performing better than anticipated in the short time they have been opened.

Keiichi Sano

It is a very choppy market. The earlier hurricane threat did impact the U.S. oil market. Refinery runs were being reduced as workers got evacuated. Now Emily looks to be approaching.

Mike Sullivan

I think St. Joseph is a much better team that they were in December. Their third and fourth swimmers are swimming much better this time of year than they were earlier in the year.

Brian Fuentes

That was unfortunate for Zach. He was a guy that had some issues earlier and was starting to come back, and it stinks that his season's over.

Josh Beckett

I was kind of fired up about my situation, and it was escalated when I heard they were stealing pitches, and that's my fault,

Alexis Hornbuckle

I think they had the swagger we usually carry. It seemed like we got frustrated, and we let down instead of getting fired up and trying to get it back.

Tom Tylutki

That weapon was fired at least 20 times.

Adam Dennis

That wasn't a friendly thing. He shot the puck down the ice at me so I fired it back.

Charles Wald

That's triple A, air-to-air artillery, being fired at this A-10 ,

Carlai Moore

It gets you all fired up to go lift weights now.

Daniel Briere

It fired up our will when we heard things like the more the series went on, the tougher it would go for us. Those were just motivation points for us.

Jamie Mayne

I think she was fired up and made about (injuring) her knee (in the first quarter).

Mark Richt

He was awesome. He was probably more fired up during the game than anyone.

Folarin Campbell

Regardless of the attention, all four teams are going to come out here and give it their all.

Barry Trotz

Paul took four penalties. I was ready to strangle him.

Jim Edmonds

Our lineup's been thin all year. We played without three guys for three or four out of six months. We'll be all right.

Jim Edmonds

Our lineup's been thin all year, ... We played without three guys for three or four out of six months. We'll be all right.

Cathy Alexander

Our league lost a lot of players. Vail Mountain will be the strong team, but the other four teams lost a lot of players and are all young.

Mark Sweeney

Steve Finley, having him as a fourth outfielder is a luxury that a lot of teams don't have. Obviously he's not a fourth outfielder but that's what you have to pencil him in as.

Dan Witter

State is kind of like a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. You don't really look at it until you get there because we have to win four games.

Chris Roberts

Some of the properties have been sitting for over four months. They need significant repairs.

Christopher Cox

Some of the most significant thefts have occurred during the last four years,

Massimo Moratti

Mancini will stay with us ... Adriano will have to play well in the remaining matches (of the season) and should stay with us too.

Mark Riley

We never thought about winning nine matches in a row. If we just do the little things properly, it should be enough -- it will be enough.

John M. Smith

That was real important, those two wins there. Maybe in the big picture at the end, those two matches might have made the difference.

Jim Butler

That's two matches in a row that they have come through for us. That's kind of why I have them back there.

Song Zhenhua

If a scent sent to us matches with any sample from our bank, then we have a clue.

Mike Campbell

He won some big matches for us this weekend.

Mark Johnson

Whenever you win two Big Ten matches on the road, no matter who it is you're up against, you have to feel pretty good.

Yurii Pidopryhora

One theoretical model shows that young stars could power an outflow that matches what we see very closely.

Norm Bruemmer

Obviously, Gabe Willey has to come through and win matches at No. 1 and Steve Ward has to come up and win matches at the No. 2 spot. Obviously, the matches are going to be harder. But if those two players can step up moving to No. 2 to No. 1 from No. 3 to No. 2, respectively, then I think we'll be OK. I think they're ready for that challenge.

Argus Hamilton

Ohio went on alert Tuesday when a train with hazardous chemicals ran wild through the state. A brave engineer leaped aboard and brought the runaway train under control. Sounds like we've found our next FBI Director.

Larry Coker

Who's starting tougher than us? ... You don't see Ohio State-Michigan or Oklahoma-Texas start the season.

Bobby Carpenter

But otherwise I was at Ohio State. I was in school for winter quarter, for one thing, and because it?s the place where I thought I?d feel most comfortable getting ready.

Scott Bardall

We wanted to make the shots tougher for Grant. She's not Ms. Ohio for nothing.

Alyson Stoner

I started dancing when I was 3 in Toledo, Ohio, and started hip-hop dancing at the age of 7.

Bill Kurtis

The most frightening interview I've ever done was with Dr. Lonnie Thompson of The Ohio State University on the subject of global warming.

Dawn Powell

All Americans come from Ohio originally, if only briefly.

Demetri Martin

Statistics indicate that the average American is a guy named Brian who lives in Ohio.

Clark Gable

I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.

Olli Jokinen

We need points right now, and we can't keep throwing them away.

Scott Ashley

I want to win. If I have to score 50 points to win, I'll do that.

Ed Wade

I think there were probably points in time where a vote of confidence, if it was coming, would have come and didn't, ... I'm not naive. To say the least, I'm disappointed.

Vince Carter

I think turnovers were key, on top of them getting points off our turnovers. That was the big thing.

Valentino Castellani

For years we have been working on this ceremony, it will be one of the most important turning points of the Games.

Joe Filoteo

I would tell here to spot us 10 points before I play her. They're tough.

Jeff Capell

Jamal can do that. He can score points in bunches.

Mark Stone

For us to start the day with 18 points is a pretty big deal.

Scott Dalton

He scored 28 points for us at the state meet.

Grady Little

Outstanding. He just getting his work in and getting ready for a big season.

Lois Frankel

Right now, the city, we're calm, we're under control, we're ready to go,

Samuel Pahlsson

Rested? I don't know, but I'm ready to go.

Paul Davis

I think this team is ready to get on a roll right now. I think this is the team you're going to start seeing.

Robinson Cano

I want to win a World Series, so I'm going down to spring training and get ready for the season.

Ben Broussard

I went up there ready to hit. I didn't want to take any pitches.

Christina Sims

The are just hopping ready to get there.

Ed Pinckney

That was a long time ago. I'm ready for another one.

M. Thompson

I was ready to take some shots. I'm not going to be shying away from shots.

Keith Primeau

From the travel standpoint, it's a lot better for the players. From the rivalry standpoint, it's a lot better for everyone.

Elbert Hubbard

Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.

Ryk Neethling

What makes it important is the kind of rivalry we've been talking about with Australia, with England, with New Zealand, with Canada.

Frank Robinson

A rivalry has to be cultivated. This, in time, could be.

Justin Marshall

The rivalry between those two is on a different scale to the one New Zealand have with South Africa, which has more tradition and respect.

Bob Hall

It's a rivalry from the old Westside League,

Bill Womack

It's a pretty big rivalry all the way around I think. They want to come up here and play well, and we want to play well.

Bruce Arena

This is probably the fiercest rivalry in the group.

Aaron Williams

Honestly, you always have to put the teams with tradition up there, ... It's always a big rivalry for us.

Dan Jiron

State wild and scenic designation was not considered.

M. Wolfe

States can do as little or as much as they want.

Mary Parker

Our secretaries really know practically everyone who would need to be buzzed in, and if they didn't know them, they could communicate with them through this system, ... It's really state of the art.

Steve Lyle

Other states have called us, and are taking a look at it.

Brian Clodi

I want to win the state championship. That's the ultimate goal.

Elaine Chao

it is a wonderful statement about who we are as Americans.

Ron Greene

That way we can teach her what's right, not what's mandated by the state of California.

Clint Burgess

I think we can get another state championship. I think that's reachable. That's our goal. The are a lot of obstacles, but I think we can do it.

Kate Saunders

It is not unprecedented that the two will be in the United States at the same time.

Luke Zeller

Rebounding has been one of the big things we have worked on all season. It has been a total team effort.

Mark Ellis

Sure, we had a lot of injuries. But a lot of teams have injuries. We can't use it as an excuse.

James Allen

Some of the teams have been pretty tough.

Ray Collins

Our team is one of the most competitive teams in the nation.

Milan Brown

Other teams just were not going to let him do what he did.

Jon Heacock

I think this team as a whole, have an understanding. They have had to play in this conference, and they know what's happening.

Bill Simmons

Our favorite teams bring people together, keep family members close, bond people from different generations. Some of the happiest moments of my life involve something that happened with one of my teams.

Bill Shankly

We are a team. We share the ball, we share the game, we share the worries.

Bill Shankly

This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

Graeme Souness

Stephen has had an operation. We could have him back in three weeks, but in the worst case, who knows?

B. B. King

Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here

Gerald Cox

We never really put this one away. Two or three 3's, and we're in trouble.

Adam Dunn

That's a tough way to give up three runs,

Amy Walter

It is one thing if it is three weeks. Three months, that is another story.

Jim Hickey

I was worried that he wouldn't even make it through three innings.

Adam LaRoche

I think I was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts,

James Toney

I thought I won it by two or three points. I thought we had the edge.

Oscar Goodman

If I'm up at three in the morning, there's no other place to go.

Bill Bryson

It was an especially wonderful time to be a noisy moron.

Joe Girardi

I was 1-4, and we won 125 games. I'll take 125 wins.

Al Wolski

I was just wondering if we were ever going to get the ball.

Jon Gruden

Jiminy Christmas, 1989 is as long time, ... That's what we're up against. We haven't won there in forever. I don't even know where I was in 1989.

Tino Martinez

The '98 Yankees never won 11 in a row.

Alex Brown

That stinks. But we won the division. That's what counts.

David Elias

I think it's wonderful what we're going through,

Catherine Jones

I was wondering that myself. I don't know.

Douglas Rice

I was wondering if we were going to sink. It was very, very wobbly and very, very dark.