Famous Quotes & Sayings

That's the only pitch I've ever seen well in my career at this ballpark, ... He's got really good stuff, but we were able to take advantage of maybe some mistakes by him, and that's what you have to do against a pitcher like Brad Penny.

That's what hurts. We couldn't take advantage of a big thing like Aldridge being in foul trouble in the first half. That's just silly.

That's been happening on the other side of the fence. It's just nice to see us get that one opportunity to take advantage today.

That's because a couple products represent a larger percentage of the total at Chrysler than at GM. That can be an advantage and a curse, in terms of sales going up or down based on the results of a couple cars.

Matt Stajan

I was pretty fortunate to get a giveaway by their goalie to take advantage of.

I was proud to see how they came out and played together. We had a few bad breaks here and there. We just weren't able to take advantage and win that one.

Bill Belichick

I was proud of the way we fought. We got a lot of people an opportunity to play and you never know when that's going to be beneficial. That is really our last opportunity to do that, so we tried to take advantage of that.

I was real happy with how the our first group performed. They went right at (Dunbar). We took advantage of everything they gave us, moved the ball on offense, held them on defense, played good special teams and had a great kicking game.

I was real happy to see that. We didn't let up. We didn't go back on our heels. I just think that after North Valleys, we wanted to run so much and the girls just took advantage of that.

Joe Barton

I think a good case can be made today that some retailers may have taken advantage of the Katrina emergency. If that's true, that is something that needs to be investigated and, in all probability, prosecuted,

Al Groh

I think it's to the quarterback's advantage to be playing with experience behind him, and then if it's to the quarterback's advantage, it is certainly going to make it to the advantage of the team to have an experienced quarterback.

I think it's too our advantage having the home crowd behind us. It's going to be emotional maybe afterwards, but during the meet we have to think like it's another meet and focus on what we have to do.

I think it was a real advantage having tough judges tonight because we're heading into the states. The girls had to earn every tenth they got... there were no gifts out there tonight.

I think it was the early success I had. They had to give me respect that I was just going to go score, so they had to double me. I used that to my advantage and kicked it out.

I think it was significant yesterday that we upped it from the 20 percent number to the 25 percent number, showing the demand in the marketplace for our products. We continue to see healthy demand, and we think we're the best, well-positioned company to take advantage of this growth. We'll let the numbers speak for themselves.

Steve Case

I think it's now clear to everybody the Internet has arrived and everybody is talking about how to reinvent their businesses to take advantage of e-commerce, ... While many companies talk about this opportunity, no company is better positioned to take advantage of this situation than AOL.

It gives this tobacco company an icon that no other tobacco company has. Their production facilities are able to use economies of scale, so it is a huge advantage for them.

It gives Raul's side a tremendous strategic advantage, either way. It freezes the opposition. It's brilliant, if you think about it. And you have to be really popular to pull this off. You have to be really sure.

It gives other schools an opportunity. People say it's watered down, but so what? Take advantage of it. In 15 years, is anyone going to talk about Walther or Immaculate Conception going Downstate in the multiplier year? No, because everybody will be used to it.

It gets us off the ball slow. The defense is already penetrating, trying to get into the backfield. But that's the nature of this game. When you don't get home-field advantage in the playoffs, it's going to be tough.

It gives you an advantage. The second game we got a little better swings at her and the third game the same. It just helps -- you have an idea of what they are throwing.

Buck Showalter

It happens. You make some mistakes to really good hitters, and they are going to take advantage of it. I thought (Padilla) was really good right up to that point.

I think they were missing free throws with under a minute to go and any time you give an NBA team life, you've got to take advantage of it and we were fortunate to do that tonight.

I think that the advantage of having an 'all clear' is that you have a factor which you can use in the scheduling of EVAs. This allows you to avoid times that are less fortunate. I believe this will be important as we return to the Moon.

I think that's the most disappointing thing to me is we had an opportunity and we didn't take advantage of our opportunity. Hopefully, we'll grow up and understand that only so many opportunities come around ... and you've got to be ready to grasp the opportunity and take it and move on.

I think that's the advantage to us in selling lottery tickets. We're sitting here close to the Arkansas line and we have a lot of people that come into Oklahoma from other states.

I think that this time of the year, the athletes are fatigued. They have gone through a long, grueling season already, and I think the home-ice advantage is even more of an edge than it is during the regular season. Especially when you are considering a series and everything that's on the line, I think the home-ice advantage is so much more of a factor now than it is during the regular season.

I think that we had the physical advantage over them and we positioned ourselves to use that against them.

I think that was a mistake. You have to take advantage of those kind of mistakes.

I think some guys take advantage of girls who are drunk. The best thing they need to do is walk away from the situation.

I think some basic lessons are just the perfect way to start. The advantage of having lessons at Diamond Lake is that it's very gentle terrain.

I think the advantage of having the time off is to have fresh legs and to have been able to rest up. In basketball, sometimes having time off can help and sometimes it can't.

It is important to use the bench and take advantage of the impact those players can make. We have laid solid foundations and it is now about growing as a team. We need to be able to play the game in three or four different ways.