Famous Quotes & Sayings

We had a lot of looks at the goal. We would like to take advantage of our opportunities a little bit more while we can because once the postseason gets here, those chances are really going to decrease.

Colin Clarke

We had a lot of good opportunities we didn't take advantage of, and Walker comes up with a great save to keep it at 1-0.

We had a lot of chances we didn't take advantage of.

We had four hits and they walked six of our batters but we just couldn't take advantage of it. If we get just one or two more hits at the right time, we probably win the game. I guess it just wasn't our day. Things like this happen every now and then.

Lindy Ruff

We had to take advantage of a club with depleted defense. To finish the year with a win like this, this is a real good win for us.

We had to start by sensitizing communities. We needed to convince them of the advantages of bringing the child back, to the community, to the family and to the child itself.

We have a height advantage so our guards were throwing the ball over the top and our post players were getting good position.

Ric Edelman

You are gambling on tax advantages being present in 20 years when you are ready to withdraw from the contract and I'm not convinced that's going to be true, ... I think that the consumer is generally unaware of certain material facts, particularly the tax risk and compensation issues.

We wanted to move to a place where our cable company is separately structured, so we'd have cable-based currency to take advantage of further consolidation in the cable space, ... And we wanted to be able to dial up or down our ownership of cable, based on our view of the industry and of the needs of the company at a given point in time.

Josh Howard

We wanted to keep the ball out of his hands as much as possible. Through this whole winning streak, we've been playing great team defense. The last two times we played the Lakers, we didn't play great defense and let them take advantage of it. We got tired of it.

Lindy Ruff

We wanted to go on the playoffs on a roll. This was a big game for them (Carolina). We knew they'd be fired up. Our challenge was to keep the shifts short and make sure we could maintain a good pace in the game. Our puck movement was excellent, we skated real well and took advantage of several turnovers.

We've got the best home-court advantage in the country, I believe, so why wouldn't we want to use it as much as possible?

We've got some kids that I thought didn't shoot the ball that should have. We had some looks but didn't take advantage of it. A lot of that is on me; I have to encourage them more and help them in those situations.

We've had good years, we've been in the finals, ... It's a hard tournament to win. It's a hard tournament to get to. So we're here, let's take advantage of it.

We've kind of used that to our advantage a little bit because we're capable of playing with anybody in the country. The stage we're on now is our opportunity to show everybody we can play. We'll just stick to it and run with it.

Joe Barton

We have between 1 to 2 million barrels of day of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico that's been shut down because of the hurricane, ... I think a very good case can be made today that some retailers have taken advantage of that and have begun to gouge the American people.

Dick Vermeil

We have to manage ourselves in a way that allows us to neutralize advantages that a home team has. We've gone there and won before, (but) we haven't beaten this football team before.

Tom Crean

We have to make it a defensive game every time we turn around, that's the Big East. You've got to take advantage of your possessions.

We're working hard to use our network advantages to build strong customer relationships. We'll continue to aggressively roll out telephone service to make the three-product bundle available in a majority of our footprint, and we're on track to offer telephone service to between six million and eight million homes by year end.

We're way better than them. We gave it to them from the very beginning. ...You've got to give them credit for taking advantage of our mistakes.

Claude Shannon

Use the word cybernetics, Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments.

Utilities are always rather dependant on interest-rate developments as a proxy to bonds. Had interest rates increased, then bonds would have become more attractive. As it is, the competitive advantage of utilities has remained.

With the way (Peterson) was throwing, we knew that we had to take advantage of any opportunity. I had a feeling that one or two runs would be huge in that game, and the situation arose and we went for it. Both guys executed their parts perfectly.

Carlo Ancelotti

With the talent we have in attack, we always believe we have a chance. I agree we didn't play a great game, but we had a small advantage playing at home and I think that helped.

Steve Novak

We're really maturing as a team, we know how good we can be. When it comes to ranked teams, (we) need every advantage we can get and they (coaches) have done a great job of preparing us for these games.

Paula Garces

Let's be honest. The powers that be all of a sudden realize that there's a lot of money to be made from the Latino market. It all comes down to economics. That's what's happening. So what! We're in style. I mean, that's silly, but I'm taking full advantage of that.

Paul Singer

A great deal of stupidity has chipped away at the massive advantages of Western civilization, which could terminally decline if it remains on the current path. But these problems can be solved - and swiftly - if the right leaders emerge.

We pulled one out. I thought a home-court advantage could come handy, and it sure didn't hurt us.

Ken Hitchcock

We played great yesterday (Saturday in a 4-3 loss to the Rangers), didn't get rewarded and came back and we had a flat start. They took advantage of our mistakes today.

We played good fundamental softball. We took advantage of their passed balls in both the innings when we scored runs.

We played fairly well but Russell shot the ball extremely well and we never could get the lead late in the game. It was a game that seesawed back and forth all night with Russell taking advantage of the home court and some timely foul shooting to gain the victory.

Mahela Jayawardene

We have to take one session at a time and try and be ahead after the first six sessions which is the first two days of the test match. Especially against Pakistan, experience shows that if you give them early advantage they are going to run away with that.

Gilbert Arenas

We have to take advantage of the opportunity we have here. We're going to be at home for a while. This is where we can make our climb in that Eastern Conference.