Famous Quotes & Sayings

Martin Brodeur

I think ... we're going to put this aside for two weeks, playing hockey against the best players in the world. I think definitely the distraction is you guys bringing it up to us because we don't bring it up to each other at all.

I think we're going to have to run the ball better than we did against Cloverdale.

Last year our role was to practice against those players, and I always knew that that was my role. All the newspapers said that we lost Julian and we lost some other guys and we had no talent. But we always knew we could get here.

Last year, our only competition was Pasco. Against the other teams, we pretty much walked away with a win.

Last year our backs were to the wall and we had to go against a very strong Lowell team for four games and we did it. We have been in this situation before and been able to rise up to the challenge. As for the pressure, it doesn't bother me because I put more pressure on myself than anyone could put on me. I imagine most of our players are the same.

Last year I missed a free throw in a game against East. Just one, but we were down by two. So every single game now, I practice my free throws. I shot about 100 free throws this morning so just in case a situation like that came up in this game, I could knock them down.

Lauren really showed us glimpses of the pitcher that she can be. If we can expect this kind of performance from now on, it would be huge to know that we have two pitchers capable of throwing against any team in the country.

Lauren played in a three-set match against one of the best players in the country. She was in it all the way. That's impressive.

(Lauren) gave up a lot of runs in the last few innings. But she hung in there at the end when she needed to. Her back was against the wall, but she came up with the strikeouts and got us out of it.

law implementation ... against law violators and illegal forces.

Law enforcement forces are winning the game against the Camorra, ... We can't say yet that we have completely dismantled it, but certainly we have weakened it significantly.

Law enforcement authorities have told Sears Tower officials that they have found no credible threats against Sears Tower since 9/11.

Marian Hossa

Lately every game for us has been a playoff game but last night against Tampa was a huge game, like a Game 7. But we told each other not to play tight, just to play hard. And we did. We played as a team and you saw what happened.

Late in the third and fourth quarters we just had too many turnovers and let them get into the game. We had 20 turnovers against a good team, and that was our downfall.

Late in the hearing obviously there are some quite, what we will call disparaging, comments against our trainer Tony that we want to look at in serious detail,

I was worried about Southwest because we had not run against them all year. I didn't know what to expect but they have a good team. They have more team members than they have (recently) and they are going to be our competition.

I went into last year without any anticipation of how I was going to do. I wanted to see how the whole thing would play out. It's definitely big leap to go from middle school to high school. I had to go against a lot of upperclassmen last year. In one of my first matches I had go against the senior captain of his team. I believe I beat him, but it was a little intimidating.

Adrian Gonzalez

I went home and got a tennis ball and started tossing it against a wall in my back yard to catch the rebounds. I'd go out there every day and throw that ball against a wall until I was catching every ball that bounced back. That's how I learned.

Rose George

I went down to the sewers in London and looked at a campaigning group in London called RATS, Rowers Against Thames Sewage, and I went to Sewage School and hung out with kids learning to make sewage soup and how to clean sewage. And it was great - really good fun.

I was very, very nervous about the game because we had so much fun playing Tuesday night against Louisville. Fun as in we won in a kind of loose fashion. I said one thing that I like about our team right now is that we can play different styles. We can play different types of games. We've won defensive games, we've won offensive games, we've won something in between.

George Carlin

I went straight from shenanigans to cries against humanity

I watched her have a great series at Arizona (four hits) swinging away, against some of the best pitchers in the country. Last week, she had three hits in one game against Troy by slapping.

Marcello Lippi

I watched a tape yesterday of Germany against Brazil in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup and they didn't deserve to lose that game. Then there's the Germany we saw tonight. Which Germany is it? I still think it's a strong team.

Ozzie Guillen

I wear it every day because I like the colors, ... If you've noticed, we're always playing against red. We played against Cleveland, then we played against Boston, then we played against the Angels . That's all red. That's why I'm wearing red. The National League teams are a couple of reds, too. That's why I wear it.

I watch every good hitting team he goes up against and it?s the same result. You put him against good hitters and you don?t know why, but he just gets guys out. I know why -- because he knows pitching.

Gilbert Arenas

I watched the replay five times and it wasn't a foul. It was a foul on him. I didn't even get the charge. He was falling before I even got there. When a rookie ref gets put in that situation -- somebody who weighs 215 going against somebody who weighs 165 -- it's an obvious call to make.

Brian Elliott

I watched them against Michigan State and they get players to the net and were able to score off some tip-ins.

I watched their match against the Irish and in the first half they played well but when Ireland came back into the game, even if was a bit too late, I saw great pressure around Les Blues.

Damien Woody

I watched the game against Pittsburgh, and I knew what they were doing on almost every play because Charlie is running what we ran in New England. What's so tough about his offense is that it comes at you from all angles, on the ground and through the air, and it blends a bunch of different offensive philosophies.

Scott Johnson

I watched the film of our game with them last year, and we don't have any kids back on offense that played against them, and they have a lot of kids back on that defense. That's just the way things fall. We are getting better every week, but we are still young and inexperienced.

I went to bed the first night knowing I had to win or else that was it. And I also knew it was against the same kid who blew out my knee last year. So, I had a lot going through my mind.

Mark Teixeira

I want to win this thing more than anybody. And to be playing against the best players in the world, you want to win even more.

I want to thank the fans, the students at Iowa State and everybody who has stood by me for these three years. I also want to thank Coach Morgan for all his help and assistance. I feel like I have played against some of the best players in the nation while competing in the Big 12 and I am ready to test my game at the next level.