Famous Quotes & Sayings

I know that rivalry exists but I don't think it was an advantage for me. You shouldn't think of these things before a race.

I knew I had to put a lot more on my shoulders. I've gotten a lot more confident in my game and I've been trying to take advantage of it.

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.

Bobby Petrino

It's really important for us to keep the best player in the city of Louisville here every year. I see (Henderson) right in line with Michael Bush, Brian Brohm, Mario Urrutia and Earl Heyman. He continues that tradition. His movement and maturity give him an opportunity to compete early for a spot to play. He's got an advantage that he'll be here all summer working out.

Doug Williams

It's opportunity. I was lucky to get it. He finally got the opportunity, and he took advantage of it.

Sean Elliott

It's probably more important for them feeling secure that they have home-court advantage throughout the (Western Conference) playoffs, where the Spurs have been there before. They've won championships. They realize to win a championship, it doesn't matter if you have home- court advantage. . . . Dallas, on the other hand, they haven't been there before. They need that security blanket.

Robert Thompson

It's pathetic. It's pathetic that someone in a time especially right after Katrina, seeing people suffer, would take advantage of the system.

It's my overpowering length that is such an asset on a golf course like this, ... The course is playing well, and it's playing fast. I've hit the ball solidly the last couple of days and had enough opportunities that I've taken advantage of a few. I hope I can continue that.

Kristi Toliver

It's my home away from home. So when I get to visit my family and hang out, I'll take advantage of it. I'll take time this summer, and I'm looking forward to it.

Alexander Ovechkin

It's my fault we lost the game. I must take advantage of those chances, but it was not my day.

Eddie Jordan

It's unconscionable that some of our citizens have decided to take advantage of this natural disaster, ... It's indefensible. It violates every code of morality. And it's against the law.

It's unfortunate what happened to Kyle. But I'm always going to take advantage of an opportunity.

It's unfortunate it's gotten to the point where the average fan can't hardly get an autograph because of all the people who are trying to take advantage of it. They're more than gracious to sign programs and things to help the charities, but they have to watch out for the pros who walk up with a backpack full of memorabilia they want them to sign. The big-name guys can spot them because they see them all the time.

Derek did a great job of getting the ball inside. Over every team, we're going to have an advantage in height, and we used it well tonight.

Desperate Housewives' was a surprise hit, ... If it holds up, if it's successful this year, certainly I think next year you'll see something else come on that tries to take advantage of it.

Democracy is a big advantage for us. It is not the only advantage, but it is definitely one big advantage.

Davy has been this energetic and this important for us. For sure he's a humble guy to tell you they are watching 7 (Eddie Johnson) and 15 (Josh Wolff) and they don't think that the 22 (Arnaud) can do much. So he takes advantage of that. He was our most effective guy today. That's a credit to him. That's also a credit to Josh and Eddie because they draw the double teams more often. If you look at it, Davy has that one guy to run at. That's like a kid in a candy store. That's exactly what he's looking for.

Joe Torre

David missed his spot on a couple of occasions, ... and we were able to take advantage of them.

Clint Hurdle

Danny is taking advantage of the opportunities that he's been given. He's provided some very good defensive stability behind home plate. His receiving and his blocking and his throwing has been a marked improvement over anything that we've really had here in a long time.

Dan is a playmaker in front of the net. He makes a lot of things happen inside the 18-yard box. He's probably one of the best at taking advantage of opportunities that open up for him.

Butch Harmon

Darren Clarke has an 8-wood in his bag because of the availability of being able to get to the green out of the rough when, normally, you couldn't. I think when you see rough as severe as it is here, instead of having to take a wedge and hit it out, you can take a wood and have a chance to get it on the green. To me, that is a player putting another club in his hand trying to take advantage of the situation.