Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's the excitement of walking into a big arena and playing in front of a big crowd. It's going to be a different atmosphere.

It's making a huge difference. That new arena has put Charlotte back on the concert A-list, and it's a honeymoon that should run for a good while longer.

This is probably my least favorite arena to play in. We really can't blame it on the arena. The hoops are still 10 feet. You still have to put the ball in the hole. But I just never really liked it. That's just my own opinion.

The whole arena theme was a little intimidating at first. But we got used to it once we started playing.

It's a good niche between seasons, now that football is over and baseball hasn't started. Betting on arena football is slowly catching on.

It's a great place to play, the crowd's really into it. There's a lot of things about this arena to like playing in it.

Everything's going so well. You can't ask for much more so far. I'm just exited to get to the playoffs and work to get to Mellon Arena again.

Seimone Augustus

Everybody who walks into that arena has the responsibility of representing Pete Maravich. It's on our shoulders to not disrespect, (but) to play with the qualities of Pete Maravich.

The most important lesson I have learned in the political arena is that it is important to consider all the aspects of an issue before making a decision and casting a vote. I make every effort to be informed on issues and have learned the value of asking questions.

Chris Wallace

A couple of times, when we needed a big stop, we didn't get it. We gotta be able to make a play when it presents itself. You have to make it in arena football. That was basically the tale of the tape.

One coach had scripted what a day would be like walking recruits and their families through the facilities, so they could envision themselves playing there, see how the arena would function. That can make an impression on the 17-year-olds.

One challenge is having an arena be part of a casino project and expecting events. Colleges can't play at two beautiful venues, the MGM Grand Garden and Mandalay Bay Events Center (because of the casino connections). Having another one of these will compete with them for events.

Giorgio Moroder

One day. I was putting on a hill in Zurich, and a few hundred yards away, Diana Ross was doing a sound test at an arena for a performance that night of 'Take My Breath Away,' my song with her. That was a very nice game, an incredible feeling.

David Murphy

Once the new downtown plans were unveiled and the arena started to be built, prices have really gone up at Northern Meadows.

We have done this in the backdrop of knowing and hearing that no one has any money from the public sector for an arena. That is no small challenge. But we have come up with a way to pay for the entire cost of building a new arena with not a nickel of taxpayer money.

Ricardo Lavolpe

Bruce Arena is very capable and he changes something every game. We have to wait until the right moment, which is the first minute of the game, to see the team's stance and whether they are offensive or not.

Even if the arena is operable, it still may be impossible to play games in New Orleans for some time,

Dr. Lott managed significant reductions in state funding over the first four years of his administration without cutting funds to the arts. He secured funding for the construction of the Jefferson Davis Campus (JD) Arena Theatre in Gulfport and the renovation of the college's existing arts facilities. Finally, he implemented a leadership-development program with a strong connection to the arts. All this made him an obvious choice for this award.

There was a little Wyoming magic in the Arena tonight. We're down five with 15 seconds to go, Dominique Sisk hits a three point field goal, we come up with the steal and Erin Hicks gets a basket which forces the overtime. It's been this way with this group that never gives up and plays for the entire game. We've had to grow up over the last couple of games, and we just needed to get back to the way we were playing. Erin Hicks got us off to a great start tonight. She's been struggling from the field, but she did a nice job of getting things going on the offensive end.

There's so much concern going on in the interest rate arena right now with a white-hot economy and fears of inflation starting to pick up again. The Fed wants to make sure inflation stays low.

Joe Perry

There's no doubt arena shows are exciting, but you don't get that up close and personal kind of vibe, and that's what rock n' roll is all about for me.

Janet Fitch

As a middle-aged woman who has had some luck as a writer, I'd like this profession of author to remain a possibility for young writers in the future - and not become an arena solely for the hobbyist or the well-heeled.

As peoples' needs in those arenas were filled, they wanted media players for their music. An interest in graphic design and manipulation became more apparent. Pretty soon, people not only considered the possibility of Linux as a multimedia platform, but, as we can see, they are now demanding it.

Doc Rivers

What really makes me excited is that it (ticks) Gilbert Arenas off because that's what he said the last time. It was a great win for us.

The Veterans Memorial Arena is 40 years old. The scoreboard doesn't work properly. The wooden seats are original. But for its purpose, it's more than viable.

It would be pretty hard to question 'Why not do this? It's a great opportunity to get a new arena. ... We don't need state money. They can put the state money to other uses. We're offering to build the arena at no cost.

The time window for the Penguins to get financing on a new arena is short. I believe the city of Pittsburgh deserves to have the Penguins, but the Penguins also need a new building and they've needed a new one for years.

is the most heavily armed in the world and it remains an arena for potential confrontation.

Maggie Dixon

I've been in a lot of arenas around the country and there is nothing like a cadet crowd. It's not just the noise and how they get into the game. It's the camaraderie and the feeling that everybody is in this together. It's a family.

We gotta keep getting better, it doesn't really matter who you play. We're playing some pretty good teams here the next four matches, and we're going to be in some hostile arenas for three of the four. We have to find a way to keep getting better.

We go to Rutgers (Saturday). Coach told us their arena is a mini-Kentucky, that Rutgers and Pittsburgh are the two toughest places to play in the Big East. We'll have to go in there and play the same defense we played tonight.

Kevin Bleyer

Sports exact too harsh a toll on our beautiful women. Like engendered species, they should be protected, and instead, we exploit them and demand they fly too close to the sun for our amusement. We send them into the arena for an exhausting three-setter, an 18-hole playoff, a 200th lap. The burnout factor is insurmountable.

Kevin Connolly

What I think happened to the new arenas is that you need some memories. I remember going when the Staples Center first opened and it was like, 'OK,' but a couple championships later, and all of a sudden it becomes your house. You have to stake claim to it.