Famous Quotes & Sayings

I thought (McGrady) was doing that right before he was hurt, being very aggressive and assertive but more efficient, and getting Yao more shots so that we can shoot a percentage that can win in this league.

Ben Howland

I thought Jordan did a great job late in the game. My expectation is for Jordan to be aggressive and look to go to the basket, but he made some great plays on the defensive end.

I thought Jordan (Coffman) stepped up early and hit a big shot, Kyle (Victoria) hit a couple of timely 3s and so did Timmy (Crowell). It kind of kept (OC) from completely suffocating the paint. It was also big that Davis was the X-factor with his energy and aggressive play on the offensive end.

I thought I played pretty well. I missed some shots that I wanted to hit. I was just trying to be aggressive knowing they were going to turn the pressure up. I just wanted to attack their pressure.

I thought in the South Holt game we didn't shoot very well and consequently because we didn't shoot very well we got really tentative offensively. We just quit playing aggressive and didn't play with a lot of confidence.

Johnny, as of late, has been coming in early anyway, so I just felt we needed a little bit of change maybe to help our aggressive defense from the beginning.

John (Newhouse) may have been faster than me, but he raced me clean. I was a little worried about him because he's an aggressive and competitive driver -- but I was able to hold him off.

It is early, but we're an aggressive committee. It's going to take an aggressive effort to unseat Pombo and that's what we're working toward. We think Congressman Pombo has made himself vulnerable on the issues.

I think this was one of the best efforts we've had all year. Our girls brought out their 'A' game this weekend. I'm really proud of the way we pulled it out of tight situations. The girls were aggressive and never shied away from hitting.

I didn't get any free points on my serve tonight, which I usually do. I could've been more aggressive and taken a few steps into the court, but I let her get into a rhythm too much and she was playing at the pace she likes. I'm glad that I was able to fight back a bit after 5-1 in the first, but I shouldn't have got into that position in the first place.

I'd like to be more aggressive with the timetable, but I like to think three years. That will give us two years of our recruits. Half of the team will be our guys. By then, we should have some fairly substantive visibility of where we are and where we're going to go.

I did not see the details in the race, but it was such an aggressive race and we had to go out and do aggressively.

I don't expect them to outright sell dollars -- that would lead to a crash, which would hurt China. It may signal a less aggressive accumulation of dollar reserves.

Carl Everett

I don't give credit to pitchers. He's going to have to show it every time. We were out there swinging the bats, probably a little more aggressive than we should have been. We swung at some balls out of the zone. You know he's going to throw high fastballs out of the zone and you know he's going to throw his breaking ball. You've got to be patient.

I don't get on 'em for fouls unless it's a real stupid foul. Aggressive fouls, I'll take those all day.

I didn't do a good job of picking my spots and when to be aggressive. I think I was doing a good job of getting to the free throw line but I stopped being aggressive and I just can't do that.

I don't know what to tell you. I never could have envisioned something like this. I thought we would come out like gangbusters. We talked about being the aggressors, and I don't know if we had an aggressive spurt in us tonight.

Mike Carey

I don't know what to say. We really wanted to pinch off their penetration. We thought our 2-3 zone was really going to make them shoot over the top of us and just pray they miss some of them. We were very aggressive going after the basketball and we got some breaks. And that's what we needed. We needed all the breaks in this game to beat Rutgers and we got 'em.

I don't know where to begin. The last month our defense has been outstanding. The girls have gotten it together. We came out aggressive and took quality shots.

Josh Smith

I don't care what the numbers say, I'm telling you we're getting screwed. We play hard and I think we deserve the same calls anybody else gets. We play aggressive on both ends of the floor. We don't get that respect on the defensive end because every time we touch somebody it's a foul. Then we go out there on the offensive end and get hacked and it's not a foul. Anybody can see that something is not right.

I'd be surprised if I found a local government around the country that wasn't reassessing, ... I don't know anyone who has watched the news over the last two weeks who wouldn't be aggressive about it.

Joe Girardi

I'd be an aggressive manager. Prepared, with a focus on pitching and defense.

I am fully convinced that he will elevate the program to what you expect. You will love his values, you will be impressed with his preparation for every game and you will love the aggressive defense his team plays. He has made clear our players will do well academically and graduate and that he will comply fully with NCAA regulations.

IBM has been aggressive in terms of financial incentives for companies that are part of their overall ecosystem. They are making the effort to ensure this will be something that attracts partners so they won't go looking elsewhere.

I believe that they knew the dogs were aggressive because these dogs had lunged at people before. They had bitten before.

Graeme Smith

He wants to bowl in the tough situations, he wants to bowl when the field is up and he wants to bowl at the death. He wants to be in the mix of things and he's a much more aggressive character, he's a wicket taker - at least he wants to take wickets - so hopefully that will produce wickets down the line.

He was a very, very, very aggressive animal. He would not back off of us. He chased us for probably two miles. At one point he was probably 10 or 12 foot away from us.

He is so tough to guard when he goes to the basket. He's aggressive and so strong. Sometimes players just have to foul him.

John Davidson

Greenspan talked very little about the current state of the economy and was really admonishing lawmakers, and he made it very clear that there will be no interest-rate cut announced after the meeting on Sept. 24. I think this may have disappointed some investors hoping for a rate cut or something more aggressive to help stocks.

Greenspan's comments suggest the Fed won't be aggressive in raising rates in the near term, which is a positive for markets, but he's not saying anything that surprising,

Hassan wasn't scoring in the first half. I had to do something about it. I was more aggressive than usual.

Lyndon Johnson

Guys were nailing him. He wanted us to see how tough he was. He's a very confident, very aggressive kid, which is a little different for a kicker.

Guys were aggressive on the bases and swinging the bat. I hope that continues into the second round.