Famous Quotes & Sayings

I'm getting an opportunity to show that I can pitch in big games, and all you want as an athlete is a chance. You want a chance to be able to do big things, and I'm getting it. This is everything I've asked for, and you've got to take advantage because you never know when it will come again.

I'm going to take advantage of every single one.

I'm going to be honest with you, we were sloppy. We were on the offensive line, we were sloppy in the secondary and they're going to think they can take advantage of it. We've got to correct it.

Diego Corrales

I'm not going to muck up his win, ... I'm not going to even entertain that there was an unfair advantage tonight. I'm not going to destroy what that man worked for. He went out there, did a good job, and I congratulate Jose Luis Castillo. Give him his due. I didn't want my win destroyed last time. I won't destroy his.

We've never played at home before (in the WIAC tournament), except in 1999 when we played in a play-in game. We play well at home. Any time you play at home, it's just a huge advantage on your side.

We've got a lot of kids who can play and who can come in and contribute, and that's been an advantage for us. Everyone understands their role.

We have a definite advantage at home. Teams have to walk through the big front door and then wrestle in the spotlights.

We have a chance to win the tournament just like anybody else. We have to take advantage of it. We haven't done anything yet.

We had to come out hungry. We didn't have home-court advantage and Collinsville did. Coach told us, 'The team that executes the best will win the game,' and that's what we tried to do. We tried to come out and execute in all phases.

Brian Billick

To a degree, the biggest advantage is you stay fresh and are able to tag-team the backs a little bit, especially late in the season.

Michael Redd

T.J.'s smaller than him, so he tried to take advantage of that.

This weekend we have to compete hard in our games with Minnesota, and go for it. We're on home ice for the next six games and we want to take advantage of that.

Rob Blake

This team in the past hasn't taken advantage of some of the leads we've had in a series. So we have to force the issue, not sit and wait and see what's going to happen. (The Stars) are a veteran team with guys who have won Cups and their best game is going to be (tonight).

This was truly an awesome example of nature taking advantage of everything she's got available.

Sam Allardyce

This was perfect example of what happens when you do not take advantage of the chances you create. We had 17 attempts on goal to their three yet ended up losing the game.

This was a discovery study that established the concept of taking advantage of the immune system to detect cancer.

They just took advantage of our weaknesses. We didn't really have a true point guard. Not having Lindsey was a big empty spot for us.

Chris Shelton

They just felt like I wasn't in their plans at that time. Detroit has given me an opportunity, and I'm taking full advantage of it.

They just beat us on some odd man rushes. We got a few good scoring chances. I would not say that we played a great game, but we played a solid game. They just took advantage of turnovers by putting everything in the net.

They left a lot of opportunities for me to take advantage of, because they were so worried about Carl and Aaron.

It was great to get out early this morning. Conditions were perfect for scoring, and I took advantage of it. It never hurts to have a good start, so I'll take it.

Jim Lampley

It was hard (for Juarez) to have the same sort of engaged respect for Soto. But the more you looked into it, you had more reason to believe that Soto was one of those guys who had learned on the job (despite five losses) and learned from his mistakes and was capable of taking advantage of this opportunity.

Justin Dentmon

It was hard because you have to play tentative when you have four fouls because you don't want to get your fifth. They can be more aggressive then, because you have to be careful. They took advantage of that.

Mark Hendrickson

It was kind of a cut and dried game. Three mistakes and two walks. That's what hurt me and they're a good team. They score runs in bunches and they took advantage of my mistakes.

Sidney Crosby

It was just the matter of taking advantage of our chances and making things happen. When we move the puck good things happen. It's not like we haven't been doing that in the past. It's just that they haven't been going in. It was nice to see them go in tonight.

Rafael Benitez

It was against a team that we would be expecting to fight for qualification. They are a very good team at home, with their fans behind them But I had an advantage in that I knew the team and knew the atmosphere here.

Candace Parker

It was just 1-on-1 with me and her, and I knew I had the height advantage over her, so I just took it and shot over her. Fortunately it went in.

They would have done their homework and it will be a tough battle up front. Yes, we will focus on the set pieces and see what advantage we can get there, but there are other aspects to the game.

Porter Goss

They very definitely would like to find out all our secrets so they could copy them and take advantage of them, either in terms of their national security, the modernization of the army -- the PLA -- or in terms of competition in the marketplace,

Jason Collins

They've lost a lot of games this season. When things start going downhill, it seems like it's going downhill quickly. We just had to take advantage of that in the fourth quarter.

They've got the widest margins in hardware production. And as a result they've been able to drive down the price of hardware -- an important competitive advantage in a weak environment.

They've got the best home-court advantage in the league. It isn't the biggest crowd, but it's the most vocal, the best at influencing the game, the calls, the opponent, everything that good crowds do.

Mike Cahill

Sometimes it might be just as valuable to stay an extra semester to take some of those skill-based courses or take advantage of that really great internship - experiences that they'll need in the job market.