Famous Quotes & Sayings

We can be honest. We weren't necessarily having the greatest time playing some of these places because they weren't having the greatest time watching us play. But we were always thinking way bigger than where we were. We'd be on this tiny stage thinking we were playing an arena rock show.

We have an obligation to our customers and associates to be strong in the building arena when we talk about how we give back to communities.

We'll get a half-hour shoot-around on the Redbird Arena floor, and that's great for all the teams to get acclimated. Unless you've been there before, there's not too much else you can prepare for.

Hideo Kojima

Japanese players do not like being thrown into an arena in which they are given very little instruction. You can head in any direction, 360 degrees. They say, 'What am I supposed to do? Give me hints. Provide me service instead of just throwing me into this arena.'

Francisco Goya

I have just returned from Arenas and feel very tired. His Excellency loaded me with a thousand honours; I have painted his portrait and that of his wife and boy and girl with unexpected success, for other artists had been there previously and not been successful.

This was a goal and my other goal was to place (at state) and bring home a medal. It'll be interesting because it's in a new arena this year.

George Shinn

I was in New Orleans just this past week. It is a terrible, terrible feeling to see all the homes that, to me, look destroyed. It's not just the arena. If the arena is in playing condition, will there be fans there? I don't know how many people will come back and how quickly they'll come back.

James Worthy

Knocking out the cobwebs that had been over L.A. and over the Great Western Forum and way back in the Sports Arena days when Jerry West and Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain never could overcome the Celtics - that probably was my fondest memory,

Kemper Arena was brand new my senior year. It was an awesome experience because you can see everybody play and get to talk to them. I really enjoyed that. It's really too bad they don't do that anymore.

He's a smart kid; he knows the offense that we're in. He's been with us since training camp, so the only thing with him is making sure that we're getting the proper looks for him during practice so he can get used to the rhythm and timing of arena football.

Richard Davies

His productivity in arena ball is obviously something every coach would love to have on their ball club. And it establishes some healthy competition at the quarterback position in training camp.

His natural side of the ball in college was the defensive line. This is his third season in the arena league, and he has certainly developed a lot as an offensive player. He's worked at it very hard. He's taken a lot of pride in it.

Jeremy Roenick

The owners can sit there and do giveaways and lower ticket prices to get the fans back to the game knowing that what they are really doing is taking it out of our pockets, ... It's important to get people back into the arenas to watch hockey, but it is a lot easier to do when (the owners) know they still get money back because they are taking it out of our paycheck. In essence, the players are paying for all the giveaways and free stuff that the owners are doing. Which is all well and good, but you don't hear about it.

When they're warmed up, then we run the barrels. We do that twice, and then we cool them down by walking them around the arena again. It takes about two hours.

We look forward to working closely with the Penguins as well as state and local officials as we move through the application process. Redevelopment of the Lower Hill and Uptown Districts will return the neighborhood to the community, and funding a new multi-purpose arena will keep the Penguins in Pittsburgh, making this project a win/win for the entire community. At the Isle, we believe that downtown Pittsburgh will become the best entertainment venue in the region.

Trent Reznor

I get involved with the set design, lighting and the use of film because I always hated seeing bands in arenas. They usually suck. You're not meant to see rock shows there. You're meant to see a basketball game. In approaching the idea of arenas, I asked, 'What can I do in arenas I can't do elsewhere?' I tried to make it unique, help frame the music, and make it more like theater, so it starts at one place and winds up at another.

Barney Frank

If the Bush economic program is as successful as they say it is, why do they keep firing everybody who had anything to do with it? ... an extraordinary confession of failure in the economic arena by this administration.

If the equity market continues to retrench, then there's going to be quality flows coming into the Treasury arena that push bond yields lower,

Byron Scott

He has the ultimate confidence in his stuff with what he's capable of doing. I think it's just special for him to play at the Garden because he knows how historic this arena is.

Jason Kidd

He gets out of bed with 20 points. I tease him all the time about how he shows up at the arena and already has 20 points. He's that good.

He'll lace up, get on the ice and work with the kids. He will help them and have fun with them. He's not a guy who comes into the arena with his nose in the air.

Bill Guerin

The people who are excited and ready to come back, we're extremely lucky to have them. The ones who are upset . . . you know what? We're going to do everything in our power to make them happy and to get them back in the arenas because hockey's a great game. You want everybody to come back and enjoy the sport.

We've been waiting. We're close and we're in line, hopefully, to get a team. An NBA team could play in the Edward Jones Dome until a new arena is built. St. Louis supports baseball and hockey, and there's no reason why they wouldn't support an NBA team.

We hope we we'll get on the path for moving into the new arena (next season) and celebrating the 10th year of the WNBA. We needed to change the direction of this team before those events.

He (John) wanted to make the arena better for its users while finding a home for our sports hall of fame. I will be thinking of him constantly during construction, as will many people. His example and memory will make it bitter sweet indeed, but very pride-filled.

I would be surprised if they (Bon Jovi) go and do sellout business in every arena they play.

Ryan Bradley

I got on the floor and looked up. The arena was filling for the Duke game. I looked around and said, 'Wow! This is unbelievable.' It's a dream come true.

We're operating not in a state or national arena anymore. I think we're all operating in a global arena. We're trying to be a window on the world.

Our guys played it out, and that's arena football. You guys know that. You've all covered it. It goes down to the last second.

My whole goal is the Arena Bowl, and to do that, we must make the playoffs. Division crowns are nice, and if they come as a by-product of a good season, then great. But it's about making the playoffs.

I think arena football (revenue-sharing model) is a trend in regards to sports that don't have competitive leverage to get guaranteed rights fee,

I think this is the most talented training camp roster we've ever had but not in terms of (arena) experience. We're going to see how they pick up the arena game and adapt. The guys who can pick up the game, that's who we're going to go with.

It is not an easy market to convince the populace that an arena deal actually works, and to make sense out of what everybody's receiving in the thing.