Famous Quotes & Sayings

Today, I hit the ball nicely and concentrated hard. I didn't try to get ahead of myself which I tend to do. End of the day I am a very happy man.

Today has given us a psychological boost ahead of that match. We have taken two points off the champions while Saracens will be coming off the back of a 50-point defeat at Northampton and they are bound to be a pretty unhappy camp. We have arrested our downward slide and I am very pleased with this result.

Today, fishery managers are continuing to ignore the law and allow unsustainable fishing for too many of our economically and ecologically important fish. It's time to listen to the science and put long-term sustainability ahead of short-term profits.

To get ahead in the rat race you have to be very tough, ... but whether you have to be mean and disrespectful to people, as well as being tough, is a valid question.

To date, Tampa has enjoyed a very strong race meeting. The first 48 days of the season have been exceptional in terms quality and growth of live handle both on and off track. As a result, overnight purses paid are up a respectable 6% over the 2004-05 season, and with several key race days ahead of us, I truly believe that another record meet will be completed on May 7, 2006.

What we went through the past few years, it was kind of like kids being passed from foster home to foster home. You never really get comfortable. Now we are comfortable. We understand that these coaches are going to be here for the long haul and guys are buying into what the coaches are talking about. Buying into the philosophy of this team. So I think we are way ahead of where we were last year.

What we've seen is that he went ahead of the pack very early in his career. There was an element of catching up by other players. He raised the standard. And now, he seems to be stepping forward again. We'll see if the others step up to the challenge.

Michael Griffin

What we have ahead of us represents a challenge significantly greater than when we first went to the moon.

What we have accomplished, we have with volunteers. This is going to take time, but we have moved ahead impressively, now owning our own building. We have touched thousands so far and it can only grow and get better.

Teddy Atlas

Here's a guy that was running away from the pack like Secretariat winning the Belmont by 30 lengths, and now people are starting to question the quality he was running away from. Exactly what was he 30 lengths ahead of? ... But now that he's lost and lost in devastating fashion, I think people are asking that question louder and more often.

Here, investors are looking ahead to the BOJ meeting and at the end of the week we'll be awaiting U.S. jobs data. With these factors ahead, I don't think stocks will be able to move much at all today.

Lev Grossman

Hating a book is not unlike hating a person; in fact it's tempting to just go ahead and hate the author personally, by proxy, qua human being, except that I know that would be a mistake.

Guns don't fall from the sky into the hands of criminals. The crime gun market is fed by a small, identifiable group of reckless gun dealers. Yes, we must severely punish criminals who use guns. But we must also stop the flood of illegal guns at its source -- the gun dealers who put profit ahead of public safety.

Having harvested all the knowledge and wisdom we can from our mistakes and failures, we should put them behind us and go ahead

He's actually come in ahead of schedule having passed the appropriate medical test, but it's been a challenge for us not being able to put out the same back-line on consecutive weekends.

He's a first-pitch fastball guy. Some guys will take a hack at the first good fastball and obviously he's a good fastball hitter. He'll work the count a little bit so if you get ahead maybe he chases one.

Shane Doan

He's 19 points ahead of the next closest guy on our team. He's able to create things from nothing on offense.

Her work ethic. We're trying to get her to work harder in practice. Last year it was at a five out of 10. This year, she's at a seven rather than nine or 10. It's better, but her future is ahead of her.

Jonathan Cheechoo

He's a great player. I've watched him since '94, I guess. He's always been one of the best players in the league, so I got lucky to get ahead of him.

Here we are just into 2006 and already there is another mother planning to bury her son. It's sad. It's the first homicide of the year and we have a long year ahead of us.

Here we are, four weeks ahead of Thanksgiving, and it hasn't gotten stupid yet.

Johnny Damon

Going into Yankee Stadium, we expect to win. We know what the job ahead of us is. We need to win as many games as possible.

Going into this tournament, they're ready to play. We're more ahead of the game than we were last year going into this tournament.

Elton Brand

Golden State is hovering right about .500 and they're behind us in the Pacific, so it's very instrumental. We're in there, so we have to stay ahead of the teams that are behind us and catch some of the upper-echelon teams.

Gold closed out the week on a firmer yet inconclusive note as traders squared logbooks ahead of the weekend.

He's a lot further ahead than he was last year. Sometimes you don't have the command you want early in the game, but he made the adjustment. As the game went on, he got pretty good.

He's a lot farther ahead than I ever anticipated just watching him on TV. He's a polished big-league pitcher. Mike's been through a lot, losing 20 games and not ducking starts. He's pretty far ahead.

He's a tough man, ... and he knows he has a tough job ahead of him, with all the changes about to happen.

He's defiantly thinking ahead to re-election. He wants to win back those moderates and Democrats, many of them that helped put him in office.

He seemed to have a purpose. He was driven. Big things were looking ahead for that young man.

He's done well. I had my concerns and I think he's a little ahead of schedule. From what we can see, his injury is behind him. It'll take a little time, but certainly over the next month or so, he should be coming into form.

Jim Haslett

He should have thrown it to Joe. He made a poor decision, and the next thing you know they're ahead 17-7.

He should go ahead and pay me for next year's game, I would guess, ... I see a trend and I don't see it changing anytime soon. I mean, we're dominating the Sun Belt.