Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Shelton

I really used that season as a learning experience. I tried to stay as sharp as I could physically by taking extra batting practice. It was a really big year mentally, though. I was able to watch major-leaguers play up close and ask a lot of questions. It really prepared me to eventually play at the big-league level.

I recognize that I have asked for a lot of dramatic change out of my staff and that change is hard for some, particularly those who have worked in a stagnant bureaucracy for years.

Daniel Gibson

I remember the first time he stepped into the gym, a freshman with this far-away look on his face. During practice he stopped and asked me questions like, 'What am I supposed to do on that play?' and 'Where am I supposed to go now?' At that point I knew he wanted to make himself a better player. I saw it from Day 1.

Michael McMillian

I remember the first job I ever had was working on 'Firefly,' and I was talking to Joss Whedon, and he was asking if I was going to Comic-Con. He called me a loser for not going that first year.

Rick Barnes

I remember getting beat and getting thrown out of the game. I guess you will ask me why I got thrown out of the game. Is that what you want to get into?

I remember being asked one time who was driving, and I guess I mumbled out me, but I don't recall. They said I was swearing up and down I was driving, but I wasn't, I don't remember that at all.

I remember asking the question to my assistant, 'Now where is she scoring and how? Well, she gets it close to the basket, spins and scores. There must be a reason. They can't stop it.

I remember asking them what took them so long to find me.

Charlotte McKinney

I remember asking one of my agents, like, 'Hey, is this Instagram thing good for models, or is it bad?' And they said, 'No. Keep doing it. Heidi Klum, or whoever, has millions of followers, and that doesn't hurt them.' So, I kept with it. I think it definitely helped.

I remember once when my vice-captain came and asked me permission whether he could get married on a particular day because there was a match on. Even the parents of the cricketers come and tell me to look after their children. I am very happy working with them because I have a free hand.

Roy H. Williams

I love the coast, I love the seafood, ... Then they asked me how I like my steak cooked, and that shocked me.

I love that kids come into my office just to talk or ask to use my computer. I wake up every morning saying that I'm just so lucky. I love what I do.

Jonathan Banks

I love Russell Crowe's line to Oliver Reed in 'Gladiator' where he asks him, 'Are you in danger of becoming a good man?' It's one of my favorite lines ever.

Dusty Baker

I'll just take the same. Everybody asked if last year was a career year. I don't believe in career years. Once you do it once and find your formula, you should be able to do similar. He knows what he's doing now. He has an idea. He knows how to make adjustments quickly. He's very consistent. He recognizes very quickly what the opposition is trying to do to him and he knows his own limitations.

I looked him in the eye and asked if he wanted it, and without hesitation he said yes. He wanted it, and he took it, and as teammates they backed him up.

Michael Jackson

I look at this as a staff award. It's a good indicator that our staff is doing some of the right things and our kids are responding well to what we have asked them to do.

I'll trust you to hold (my daughter's) Sweet Fifteen for me and walk her down the isle (sic) for me someday on her wedding day. That's all I'll ask of you bro, I've always been a burden to you ... I'll trouble you no more after this ...

I'll tell you what: If you will go to court with me, and ask the presiding judge to authorize a release of that information, I will release it,

Sonny Rollins

I look at all that from the inside, so you'd probably have to ask someone else.

Brian McCann

I know everybody wants to see if we fail. If you had to ask me, I think we'll do the same thing we've done all year.

David Carr

I know I can, ... But you'll have to ask my offensive line whether they are up to the task or not. It's hard to lead a team to the playoffs when I'm dusting myself off from a sack about four times a game.

I know Ian Westwater has been to see me play for Raith and I am sure the gaffer will be asking Gordon Dalziel how I am doing on a regular basis.

Lofa Tatupu

I know my place as a rookie, ... I'm doing what my role asks of me and nothing more. I'm not trying to force my way into a leadership role. That's just what comes with the territory.

Stephen Morris

In the six years I've been here, there's only been one instance when we had to ask someone to leave. And they did without a fuss.

In the short term many people will ask why. However, we ask our fans to judge us on the results.

Marilyn Miller

In these times board members and the public are constantly asking us to come up with innovative ways to deal with rising costs,

I just had fun playing with these guys. I have been playing with these guys my entire career. I couldn't ask for a better group of guys to play with. It's tough to go on this note. It's fun to go out with these guys.

I just had faith in Coach Ken and I knew he'd get me someplace where I wanted to be. I didn't even sweat about the schools. People asked me what school I was going to go to. I didn't know who was recruiting me.

DeShawn Stevenson

I heard coach ask for a new clipboard. You got to love that. He wants to win badly and so do we.

William Crawford

I heard a loud boom that shook the house. At first I thought it was the furnace. I asked my son 'Did you feel that?' It shook the couch. I thought maybe something fell upstairs, or maybe the chimney collapsed or something. I went outside to look around. You can see the town garage from the house; I thought maybe it was the back of the bucket banging. Nobody was at the town garage.

Maury Wills

I heard all the black people buzzing about this man in Brooklyn named Jackie Robinson. I asked who he was and they told me. Right then, I said, 'I want to play for the Dodgers someday.' That was my childhood dream.

I held her and I asked if she was OK, and her eyes were open but she didn't answer,

Larry Brown

I honestly think that if you ask each one of them they'd tell you they're competing at a high level. I don't know if everybody understands that we need everybody doing that every possession, especially when we're shorthanded, we're young and inexperienced.