Famous Quotes & Sayings

If you're expecting some kind of advantage because of the soap opera that was going on all offseason and through training camp and they won't be focused, that's not going to be the case. They get up for games like this.

If you look at their penalty killing and hours, if you look at the minutes that were spent in that situation, they created an advantage in play and an advantage on the scoreboard so it's pretty easy for us to find the place where we need to improve.

If you have your pitches moving all over the place, you have an advantage. That's the thing I need to understand is I have the advantage because I do have the ball. I can make it do this, this, this, this. I can make it go all over the place. Just trust it and do it.

If you got a guy 6-9 and run him through the paint and suddenly stops and posts, usually he has somebody on him 6-2. We took advantage of that particular opportunity.

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In the first half, we owned the boards and controlled tempo. In the second half, (Mount Olive) got into transition, took control of the game's momentum and took advantage of their offensive rebounds.

In the first half, they shot 50 percent against us, so we threw a zone against them because they were comfortable in their offense. It was a good zone, but we didn't take advantage at the other end. We just didn't shoot it well. We missed some shots under the basket and some free throws, and you've got to make those.

Rick Barnes

I don't know if it's an advantage or a disadvantage. I told the guys were only going to worry about the game in front of us. From there, you move on to the next one if you're successful.

I don't know if it's an advantage for us anymore, ... It's just that time of the season where everyone's in a tough stretch.

I don't know how many more years I've got personally, and I don't know if I can ever have this kind of year again. So I want to try to take advantage of it as best I can.

Mark Brown

I don't know if that result will give us an advantage or not. You can look at it two ways. They might be on a downer and maybe the long journey back home will have affected them and they could be a wee bit less focused than they normally would be for the game. But they could just as easily be fired up - after a heavy defeat you often want to get back to winning as soon as possible.

Warren Beatty

I don't know if I will run, ... interestingly, politically, you have a kind of tactical advantage when you don't know. Because other people know. They have plans. They have exploratory committees. ... So when you don't know you have flexibility.

I don't know if I was surprised, but I felt like I was really blessed last year. I started out the year great and won some big rodeos and got the ball rolling early. I felt like I took advantage of some opportunities I had.

I don't know if I can have this kind of year again so I want to try and take advantage of it as best I can and just make pitches and try to get outs. I was with Boston in 2003 and I wasn't an important part of the team and that kind of hurt. But I learned a lot from that and it feels good to be part of the team this year.

I didn't try to force anything. If it comes to me, I'm going to take advantage of it. The last couple of games I didn't feel that I had the opportunity.

I didn't think we came in mentally prepared. We came off a win against Elkins with some momentum and we should have taken advantage of that.

Flavia Pennetta

I didn't feel like I was in control and I couldn't play well. She took advantage of the important moments and won those points. She made me run a lot, I don't think I've ever run that much in a match. I had no time to breathe. She played really well, really intelligently, and I really think she deserved to win this tournament.

I didn't know he could do this before. In high school and the beginning of his college career he was a scorer. But I'm sure he's taking full advantage of having the ball in his hands now.

Ilya Ehrenburg

Music has a great advantage: without mentioning anything, it can say everything.

Before we get into Baltimore there are going to be a variety of changes and obviously we are hoping to take advantage of them. The biggest challenge at the moment is to keep pushing at all times. The first week was very intense because everyday we saw one or two boats which made it very easy to drive everybody in the team. The last five to six days we haven't really seen another boat so it's like racing an imaginary electronic opponent. It's so important to keep fighting all the way to the end of this leg.

Harrison Ford

I continue to develop some things for myself and also take advantage of good parts as they come along.

He's stepped up and took advantage of a situation that was presented to him and excelled in that.

He started talking about his wife and how she was taking advantage of him, spending his money, ... He said he met her at a bar ... that he'd had sex with her one time, and consequently a baby came out of it.

Hopefully we'll catch them after Donald Carrie. It's like life after Robert Kent (for Jackson State). They're struggling, and teams go through that. We'll try to take advantage of that and go after their quarterbacks. We'll try to keep them frustrated.

Seth Godin

How dare you squander even one more day not taking advantage of the greatest shifts of our generation? How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?

James Posey

He's our guy, but if he's not there we still have to get it done on both ends of the floor. That's what we did tonight. That was taking advantage of the opportunity.

He's probably the most talented guy we have on the team. He can run, block shots, defend and he can shoot the ball. I just hope he doesn't get discouraged and continues to work hard. That's the same thing that Al did. He knew he was good but waited his time. And when his time came, he took advantage of it.

Lleyton Hewitt

He's playing with so much power that I knew it is tough to break his serve. But, luckily, I was able to take advantage of a couple of my opportunities.

He's right, there really isn't a home field advantage. Unless in your head there is home field advantage and you change the way you play. I don't think we're going to do that.

He's really just coming into the prime of his career. I'd like to think his confidence level, and with the way they're going to call the game, which is going to be an advantage to a skill player ... he's a great addition. A great addition. I think for us, Pavel can make a play or do something that can create a scoring chance in a few moments.

He's ready. He's got composure about him. I think he's had enough big-league time where the anxiety has passed him, so he's just enjoying it, taking advantage of the time that he's got.

Manny Pacquiao

I don't think I have an advantage because he is coming off a loss. I think he wants to recover his name, he wants to win this fight. This time we are prepared for his jab and his straight.