Famous Quotes & Sayings

The way Alex was sitting, it looked pretty good.

Don Mattingly

The way Alex prepares himself physically and mentally, he's going to hit for power until he's 40 if he wants to keep playing that long. If he stays healthy, he's going to hit 40 or 45 homers a year for a bunch of years.

The work was great. It was a little faster than I wanted, but he did it easy, so it was fine. He couldn't have looked any better. He went off the first eighth easily, and he finished his last eighth in 11 and change without Alex even asking him.

The work was fine. He broke off nice and easy and then picked it up and cruised on home. Alex was happy with the work. He never looks like he is doing anything because he does it so easy.

The school district and Ministerium will begin the service with a welcome. Then (the Rev.) Alex Perednia will read scripture verses and give a eulogy.

Gary Cherone

When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.

What we, Alexander City Arts Inc. try to do is just bring a variety of programs for our series.

John Mayall

what came from Manchester; Stevie Winwood and Spencer Davis were the Birmingham contingent and then from the North we had The Animals, Eric Burdon -- and further up north was the Alex Harvey Band from Scotland. We all converged on London, we all had our own different styles, and it just became the London melting pot, really.

Joe McCarthy

There's no better way to honor Alex than to have somebody like John wear it, in my opinion. The kid's got great heart and determination and he never quits. ... And I don't think there's anybody that cares more about wearing that number than John does.

Phil Neville

I spoke to Alex Ferguson and it was made clear that I wasn't going to get enough football next season,

When Alex settles in and doesn't try to do too much he's a good floor leader for us. He settles in, doesn't get excited, doesn't get rattled and is 100 percent unselfish. He's the kind of kid you like having on your team.

When Alex passed away, we weren't sure what would happen with the lemonade stand. We intended to keep it going, but we weren't sure what response we would get.

John W. Gardner

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Joe Borowski

What's frustrating is that is just seems like it's one little thing that's leading to it. Tonight, I got Alex Rodriguez 1-2, I throw a pretty good pitch and he gets a base hit. One bad pitch in the outing, hey ... Giambi's getting paid a lot of money to hit those balls. You can't make mistakes in that situation.

We felt we could control the boards. That was one of our advantages. I thought Alex Bearer came off the bench and gave us great minutes.

The festival in 1992, held at Charterhouse, was the best year we had. That year, Andrew Flintoff, Liam Botham, Gareth Batty, David Sales, Alex Tudor, Ben Hollioake, David Nash and Owais Shah made it through. They had the same camaraderie that there is now in the England side.

The corner kick right before half was nice and the minute Alex hit that corner, I said that's a great ball. Ben went hard and it was a super head - you couldn't have a better corner to a head. That's real soccer. It just went boom.

I know that you've got to watch yourself with that offensive line. They're going to chop you and cut you. Alex Gibbs is a 'consultant.' His whole philosophy is, 'Whatever we can do that they won't call.' Now, there's a lot of gray area in there, so they're chopping people all over the place.

John Lucas

I know Alex wouldn't have wanted us to be out there thinking of him the whole time and not working. He'd want us to go out there and win.

Dom had an unbelievable season. He came in with 25 points in his career and was a leader from the start. He was very good offensively, and also was good on defense. He killed penalties well. He's a strong two-way player we'll miss. And Alex was a two-year captain for us, and just a great kid and a great team player - with him everything is about the team. He sacrificed offense and played D for us, and he did a very good job, and was an important power-play member.

No, because that's what he likes to do. He likes to stalk. Alex knows him very well, and we weren't concerned.

Mike Holmgren

That happens on occasion. You'll get a team signing somebody that skews, that's like Alex Rodriguez signing with Texas.

Taylor's doing a great job playing post defense. There are so many good post players in this league - like Mercedes Alexander and Haley Rogers - and that's helped get her ready.

Damon Albarn

On Blur bassist Alex James: I used to punch Alex a lot. He used to say really annoying things. I think he liked being punched.

It's really cool. After we're finished playing, people like Jeff Healey and Alex Walker will be playing on the same stage. It makes you feel famous.

I travelled to Geneva with Sir Alex Ferguson for the UEFA coaches conference last week. He's a nice person.

I told the company that I really needed to acquaint myself with the wines of Europe. Alex was old enough to take notice of things, and he showed a real interest in the wine business, even at that time.

I'm not in competition with Alex (Rios). Writers keep asking if we like each other and, yeah, we like each other a lot. But all this is out of our hands. All any of us can do is go out there and play when our name's in the lineup.

O. Henry

I'm proud of our team. We great leadership from our four seniors - Peter Jerome, Josh Trottier, Alex Olson and Kenny Lybeck. So, I'm a happy coach, even though I'm disappointed with the loss.

Robin Yount

I like Alex because he's a hard worker and he's very talented. As a utility infielder, he'll be great in that role. He was always prepared and willing to play wherever you asked him.

David Hallberg

I have one coach and one coach only. His name is Alexander Vetrov. They brought him in for me when I joined the Bolshoi. He was a dancer with the Bolshoi, and we work very intensely together.

Johnny Damon

I'm sure it would have been fine. Alex is so into his daughter and family anyway, it wouldn't have been any issue.

Joe Torre

In games that Alex does not contribute with his bat, he's helped us win ballgames, so I think that should be part of the equation. I think it's a part David doesn't have.