Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alex Rodriguez

This is how I define grace: you're on the main stage, and it looks like it has been rehearsed 100 times, everything goes so smoothly. That's where I get my confidence and success, from knowing that I have an edge because I know I'm prepared.

Andre Agassi

Some moments it feels longer, other moments it feels like it's flown by; you can't believe you've done it all that time... Overall, you have a strong sense for the full spectrum that you've sort of traveled.

And then when they picked me as premiere, I don't think I feel, you know, different. For me, the position mean responsibility, but that's all.

I have been blessed often by Buddha, but equally by America.

If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes.

I never staged a coup. They picked me up. Like I say, they forced me to become premier, maybe hoping that by that way, they send me to the electric chair.

Nick Johnson

I'll get mine in a few years, when I get up there and when the time comes.

Nick Johnson

I don't plan on going back to legal work. I wanted an international career, and finance seemed to be where some interesting career opportunities were.

Pamphlets on Sabbath writing are in request here I have been applied to for them by several of the old Methodists knowing that I had them to sell before.

It is a natural gift I was born with but it's something I've had to nurture in training.

Claudio Reyna

I think there are also a lot of kids, boys and girls, who are picking up the sport, and we're continuing to get better and better as the years go on.

I think each one of us has committed to improving.

Kevin Richardson

I sang in church choir all my life, through elementary school, junior high and high school.

Len Dawson

I said to myself, 'I've never gotten anything for free that was worth anything. I want a second opinion.' But sure enough, they were right.

Jack Youngblood

I remember when I started in place of Deacon in last year's first game in San Francisco. felt like I was taking a part of him away.

Stepping up a gear during any race is not an easy thing to do.

Isiah Thomas

That challenge of working through it, keeping guys motivated, keeping the group together, overcoming obstacles, all of that; I really got into it.

Dick Lane

My object is to stop the guy with the ball before he gains another inch.

Nolan Ryan

My parents played a very big role in my life and as growing up as the last of six children I didn't realize the influence that my parents had on me.

Juan Marichal

My manager said it would more effective against left-handed hitters. It seemed to me that was impossible to do without the high leg kick, which I started that day.

Tracy Austin

Lindsay Davenport was saying 12 months ago that this might be her last Wimbledon, but things have completely changed because she's healthy.

Marcus Allen

I was happy that right away we played Tennessee, I was happy that we played Oklahoma right off the top. Those games certainly helped me.

Michelle Wie

I think God destined that I play. I think it's all in the books already.

Jeff Gordon

I still think we have a great shot at this championship.

Nick Johnson

I think maybe L.A. or San Francisco could be rushed, but Sacramento is just laid back!

Dick Lane

I thought it was pretty good to be mentioned in a big paper, so I decided to keep the nickname.

Cy Young

I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball.

Carly Patterson

I thought I had gotten second, but I didn't, so I was really happy.

Casey Stengel

Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.

Mary Boykin Chesnut

I think this journal will be disadvantageous for me, for I spend my time now like a spider spinning my own entrails.

Willie Mays

I think that all athletes should practice. They should practice, because you want to know what's happening as far as - when the game is concerned.

Payne Stewart

I was wearing a back brace for a while. It started in '91 at the Open. It got to where I was using the back brace as a crutch instead of working out.

Nancy Kerrigan

I watched skating on TV all of the time.