Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pete Rose

Four or five times a week, ... But I never bet against my own team, and I never made any bets from the clubhouse.

Frankfort is an excellent team and we got down early. You can't do that against good teams. The kids played hard all night and I can appreciate that.

Tyler Cowen

France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French spend hundreds of millions of dollars subsidizing film production, extend interest-free loans to designated filmmakers, and have placed quotas not only on imports but on television time.

Eddie O'Sullivan

France had a couple of injuries which forced some changes but they have also reacted to their disappointment against Scotland. We expected there would be some sort of reshuffle and it's interesting they have brought back some of the old guard. They're circling the wagons after a surprise upset.

Freedom from menial work should be a rallying cry, not a cudgel to be used against the Left. How much liberty is there in having to do something you hate in order to survive?

For some reason when our backs are against the wall we regain our poise and play smarter. In the second half we did a good job of being patient and waiting for the defense to give us an opportunity.

For some reason, we seem to have a hard time scoring against this team. I'm just excited we were able to pull out an overtime win.

Kyle McLaren

For some reason, we played well against them (the East), now it's time to play well in our own conference.

For some reason teams don't think we can execute against the zone. Rich Central came out in a zone right away and we can score on that.

For some reason, (Reed) lights it up when he plays Phoenix. His biggest games the last three years have come against them.

Friday's meet against IUPUI gave us an opportunity to swim some events we don't typically swim, allowing for some fun prior to the tough meet against Oakland.

Friday's game was very physical. They played hard against us. They tackled hard. Cudahy possessed the ball pretty well, but didn't get shots against us.

Freshmen lining up against one of the best players in the history of the Big 12, that will help them be better in their own games offensively and knowing what to do defensively if we get into the postseason.

Tommy Bowden

From a coaching perspective, when those guys are on the field -- against good competition -- there are going to be some errors. But I don't think these freshmen want to be treated as freshmen anymore.

From a size standpoint, they're probably a little bit bigger. I don't think they have the depth, or experience at guard that T-Town was able to put up against us. The big thing is difference in style of play. They like to play slow, and they don't like to go to their bench at all. It comes down to whoever can control the tempo.

From a selection perspective we want him to have medical attention and be one hundred percent fit for the home series against Australia.

From a political standpoint, any aggressive initiative against crime helps the mayor. If he doesn't do anything, I think that would be more likely to invite opposition.

From an athletic point of view, I can't think of anything bigger. To win three of four games against the kind of competition we faced here, to bring home a trophy. I could not be happier.

From March 20 to 26, all the BJP workers will be in the streets of the country for an agitation against inflation.

From her first game against Charleroi, when she had 23 points and 12 rebounds, I knew we had someone special. Her post moves are her strength. Now, she's developing a game in the open court. It's impressive when you have a 6-1 girl who can handle the ball so well. I can't wait to see what she does next year.

From Day One, that's the way we've played. We've played defense like that all year and we planned to do it against Tennessee. We knew we had to be aggressive in this game. Putting pressure on the ball was important for us. It makes it difficult for the guards to get the ball inside.

From cracked sidewalks to public housing, to federal transportation dollars for Hialeah, he literally has transformed that city and often against great adversity, many times without the recognition he deserves.

Lindy Ruff

From a work ethic standpoint and skating, we did a lot of great things in the game. To bounce back after the dismal 30 minutes we played against Montreal, we did a lot of good things.

William Blum

From 1945 to the end of the century, the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements struggling against intolerable regimes. . . . In the process, the US caused the end of life for several million people, and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair.

Frivolous lawsuits against the food industry present the latest effort undermining personal responsibility. An overwhelming majority of Americans oppose these abusive lawsuits and are disgusted by these frivolous claims,

Eric Hoffer

Friendship Never explain / your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe it anyway. A real friend never gets in your way, unless you happen to be on the way down. A friend is someone you can do nothing with and enjoy it. However much we guard ourselves against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us. It is not so much the example of others we imitate, as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.

Fundamentally, he was two years out of sync. He felt pressure to keep working on the job and drawing his Cabinet together. There was too much weighing against it.

Tom Coughlin

Fumbled the opening kickoff, had a punt return against for a touchdown, a kickoff return against, an interception when we're knocking on the goal line, five turnovers. Just beyond belief that we would play that poorly.

Fujimori has repeatedly claimed that there is no evidence against him and that these charges are nothing more than political persecution. But in the cases we examined, substantial testimony and documentation point to his direct criminal responsibility for serious human rights abuses and institutionalized corruption.

Larry Brown

(Frye) was up against a great, great player today and didn't back up once.

Fundamentally, we do have enough oil right now, and we have enough products. We may not have enough in future if we get this cut-off because of possible economic sanctions against Iran.

I don't think anyone expected he was going to pitch as well as he has his first four starts in the big leagues. I didn't anticipate the command and poise and amount of ground balls he has gotten. He has been a strikeout/ground-ball machine. Not a lot of guys get the ball in the air against him.

Don Cooper

I don't think anybody could tell you, 'Yeah we were expecting three CGs against a club like that.' It's pretty amazing. I don't know, maybe I should stop being amazed by these guys.