Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was a kid named Kevin, and I signed a different ball for him and gave him a glove. He tried to give it back and asked for a right-handed glove, but I don't have one.

It was a huge surprise when (national team coach Jenny Lang Ping) asked me to come and train. I wasn't really out there with the impression that I was going to make any training team.

These boys have always done what we have asked and have always stuck together as a team. They deserve to be back-to-back state champions.

Richard Petty

These sprint boys weren't happy with how the sport was being promoted and where it was going, so they asked me if I'd still be interested in helping them, and I am,

Carine Roitfeld

I started as a writer for magazines, and soon they asked me to illustrate my stories. I started from the bottom of the bottom. And I climbed the stairs, one by one.

Jay London

I slept with this girl, in the morning I asked her if she wanted breakfast in bed? She said one pig in the blanket was enough.

I see them making strong social connections that I'd never seen before. When they're ready, I've asked them to try and leave the island and visit the rest of Second Life.

Larry Brown

Isiah asked if he could talk to the team. We were about to leave and Mr. Dolan happened to come by and Isiah asked Mr. Dolan if he would say something to the team.

Sven Eriksson

I should be happy if we can go on playing like we did, I think we played a fantastic game yesterday. If you take away the last three minutes of extra-time, they did exactly what we asked them to do. Knowing the English mentality, I think they will look forward to Thursday.

Sheridan Smith

I've been so lucky with the people I've worked with, but I'm such a fan girl. When I moved to London at 16, I saw a man from a Dulux advert on the bus, and I asked for his autograph. I was so excited; you can imagine what I'm like now - I really need to control myself.

I've definitely been asked about some of the characters. These characters are composites. In general, people want fiction to be really simple, like, 'This is his life.' And it's just not true.

I've been planning on this for the last three weeks. I knew it was a possibility when I got the job. In our first conversation, he asked for his release.

I've been on to her about not shooting enough. We've talked about that. She does not take enough shots. In the last couple of weeks, I've asked her to take at least 25 a game.

Jordana Spiro

I used to play chess when I was a kid and participate in national-level tournaments with the geekiest guys. This one time, I was losing terribly, so I batted my eyelashes and flirted as I asked for a draw. My dad just couldn't believe it. He thought, 'What have I created, a floozy?' But it worked!

Eddie Campbell

I used to write a column in there, called Genius, And How It Got That Way, they had asked me to write a column on the great comics in history.

John Beilein

Things were very quiet in the locker room. And then I asked for a moment of prayer.

They approached me and said, 'We would like to do this to avoid recall.' I asked them how many members they had and they never could give me those numbers, ... I didn't do this to avoid recall. I did it because I wanted to.

The wrestling coach came up to me and asked me if I wanted to wrestle. He explained the sport to me, and I said I'd try it out.

The victim asked him a second time to slow down, and that's when he was run down. There's no question that it was intentional. This was not an accident.

These are the questions that need to be asked by an independent commission.

Elizabeth Stanton

Through the protracted and disgraceful assault on American womanhood the clergy baptized each new insult and act of injustice in the name of the Christian religion, and uniformly asked God's blessing on preceedings that would put to shame an assembly of Hottentots.

Sylvia Hatchell

We just talked in the locker room that this is great. I congratulated them and asked if this is good enough. And they said, 'No.' They want to do bigger and better things. They're special kids, they have great chemistry and they have fun.

We just had to put it in the hands of the Lord. We knew Stan was doing what he wanted to do, so we just prayed a lot and asked the Lord to take care of him.

We just gave them a few basic instructions and they didn't really do what I asked them to do. I asked them at halftime, they play a very compact game and they like to start everything in the middle and work their way out, so I asked our guys at halftime to start playing the ball wider and over the top of their last offender and they just didn't do it as much as they should have.

We weren't sure if he'd be able to play today. We had so many kids banged up this week, we asked if our team bus could get a handicapped sticker.

We were performing in Puerto Rico one time. I'd had surgery and couldn't perform the dance routines. The crowd was calling out, 'La colora!' He couldn't figure out what that meant, though he spoke fluent Spanish. Finally, someone said, 'The redhead!' They wanted me to dance. He tried to explain why I couldn't, saying I'd had surgery. 'Want to know where she had it?' he asked the crowd. 'In Las Vegas!'

What that means, ... is when we are asked to provide intelligence on a particular topic, we do so without shading or shaping the information in any way. It is not a question of partisan support.

What's very disturbing to me, is that there were administrators who were around who heard everything that happened in the hallway and they were not asked to give statements. Then this young lady disappeared for an hour and a half and returned to school. The police were called and she was not found. When the police left, she turned up. I'm very disturbed by that.

What's the single biggest thing the audience wants to know about? The most often asked question I get is not about the plays or the actors. It's about the seats.

Mitch Albom

when all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I am going to live-or at least try to live-the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.

Drew Brees

We went into a couple of sports equipment stores and asked if they had heard of Darren Bennett, ... They all said he's great; he made it to America.

We went around house to house and asked the people if they liked the idea.

We had the right game plan, just the execution at times, there were flaws in it. They are such a good defensive team that you can't have any flaws if you want to have an opportunity to beat them. Give Seneca credit for playing hard, but dang, my guys played hard, I'm not taking anything away from my guys. (Jensen and Brown) did everything I asked them to do tonight; they represented Plano High School very well.