Famous Quotes & Sayings

I knew he was a skinny dude, so I wanted to use my body to my advantage and not let him get in the air on me.

Monta Ellis

I knew I wasn't going to play major minutes. I set my mind for it. When I got my opportunity, I took advantage of it.

Shavlik Randolph

I knew I was going to play a little more than normal. When you get opportunities, you try to take advantage of them.

I like the format this year because we won our Division. But I would be upset if I were a second-place team. Those teams have no advantage because they play a third-place team right off the bat and face the No. 1 team on the same day.

I like individuals to use a home equity line of credit as opposed to a home equity loan, or second mortgage. The advantage of an equity line of credit is that you don't pay interest on anything other than what you use. You could have a $20,000 line of credit, but if you only borrowed $5,000 you'll only owe interest on that.

Udonis Haslem

I just went out and played ball tonight. I took advantage of my opportunities.

I'm ready for the challenge. I've been waiting for so many years to get this chance and right now this is a good chance and I'm going to take advantage of it for sure.

Marc Andreessen

I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with these URLs. Hopefully they'll take advantage of them.

I'm looking forward to playing there. ? Home advantage is whatever team wants it more and is going to play harder.

I'm just trying to do the most I can with the time that I have. Hopefully the minutes will grow with production. ... I'm going to take advantage of this situation.

Albert Pujols

I'm just taking advantage of what they're giving me. I don't try to do too much. I just try to get on base. Scott and Jimmy (Edmonds) are swinging the bat pretty well right now. I try to get on base so I can score as much as I can.

Jose Bautista

I'm just taking advantage of good pitches. I am seeing the ball real well and my confidence is pretty high right now.

Dusty Baker

I'm looking for health, I'm looking for bat speed, I'm looking for leg speed. It's hard to compare a youngster to a veteran player in Spring Training. The advantage always goes to the young player. There are some things I'm looking for. You want to see progress as spring goes on. I've got a pretty good idea of what he can do. I'm looking for what's left.

I'm not like the savior. I can bring hustle, clutch shots and intensity to the game. My job is to make this team better. We have the opportunity to do something special this year, and I'm just trying to take advantage of it.

I'm encouraged. I want to take advantage of this opportunity.

Seneca Wallace

I'm excited just to be able to go in there and play and get the feel of it. It should be fun. You just have to take advantage of the opportunity.

Herman Edwards

I'm disappointed in the whole team, ... We didn't play the way we're capable of playing. We didn't play one of our better games. We had some opportunities and we didn't take advantage of them.

I'm definitely rooting for Detroit just because of that. You want to have any advantage you can.

I'm really surprised people in this day and time would try to take advantage of the system that's intended to help those in need.

Ricky Rudd

I'm really sort of surprised at this run because we spent 98 percent of our time yesterday working on race setup and I got really comfortable with what I had there, ... Within the rules structure they allow you to do a few things for qualifying and the guys took advantage of that.

I'm really proud of the way my people played. They left all they had out on the floor. The difference was obviously the huge advantage on the boards. Bolingbrook is tall, physical and talented.

I'm real happy. I can't even explain it. Coach gave me some opportunities to make some plays, and I just try to take advantage of it as much as possible.

I kind of took advantage of it. Then I made some nice putts at the right time and I just didn't waver.

I just want to get an advantage -- either in the weight room or by watching film, whatever. I'm very competitive and I've focused 110 percent on football, devoting all my time to football and getting my body in position to compete at the next level.

Richard Seymour

I just want to be paid wherever my place is. What I bring to the team, what I bring to the table, I just want what's fair for me. I don't want to take advantage of anyone, and I don't want anyone taking advantage of me. I'm firm on that, but at the same time I'm willing to work on something that's fair. If I bring a certain level, then I want to be paid at that level.

Donald Young

I keep it real with the kids. I tell them about what society offers and you can either take advantage of opportunities or not.

I left it out over the plate and he recognized it. He's a good hitter, and good hitters take advantage of bad pitches.

I hope we have a lot of people come out but past experience tells me that track just doesn't get huge crowds. It's nice but just being at home is a huge advantage for our kids to stay in their own rooms and not have to travel.

I hope we can take advantage of our speed. We also had a very good summer off-season turnout.

I hope the rumor is true. If I am replaced it works to my advantage. It's predetermined that if I'm replaced I become the head golf coach.

I just concentrate and think about getting base hits. I'm just taking advantage of opportunities. I've been playing every other game, but I'm trying to stay hot so I can stay in the lineup.

I hope that we can get some stops. The key is when we have the ball, we've got to score and take advantage of our opportunities, because if they get into us and start pounding us ...

Edgar Renteria

I have patience. I'm waiting for my pitch, and I've been lucky they've been throwing the pitch where I've been looking for it and I've hit it. When you have things going you get hits. When you're struggling you hit the ball hard right at somebody. You have to take advantage when you can.