Famous Quotes & Sayings

Freddie is a chip off the old block. As a player, he was like another coach on the floor. He was our point guard and he was completely unselfish. He could read defenses like a gem and he'd do whatever was asked of him.

Mariano Puerta

Four or five days ago I was on holiday but the ATP called and asked if I wanted to come as the second alternate,

Francis asked if we could bring up our medical brigade in January of 2005.

Frequent examinations should be made on collieries that have been asked to shut down and those that were required to enhance safety measures.

O. Henry

From our perspective, we want to support the baseball classic but it's actually a plus for us he's coming here on March 1 and not going there, but we haven't asked him not to play. I think it's going to work out very well.

Mark Frauenfelder

Forrest Mims is the author of the famous book 'Getting Started in Electronics,' published by RadioShack for many years. I bought the book in the 1980s and had a blast making the projects in it. When I was editor-in-chief of 'MAKE,' I asked Forrest to write a column for the magazine, called 'The Backyard Scientist.'

FSB contacted us and asked how they could help.

From the whole country there's been an outpouring of love and resources and support, ... It was difficult to leave, but I was in the last group to take their break. The NFL has been doing so much for the city of New Orleans and for the Saints, when they asked me to flip the coin I couldn't deny that.

From the Eastchester game to now, it's been an unbelievable ride. ... They've worked hard every single day and done everything we've asked of them. They really deserve this.

I was in New York for a dance program, and I decided to give (volleyball) a try. My mom called the coach and asked her if I could play.

Kirby wasn't a very romantic man at times. He bent down on one knee and showed me the ring and asked me if I would spend the rest of my life with him.

Keyed Entry is an exceptionally gifted horse. He's got loads of speed, he's very willing and he's obviously done everything we've asked him to do so far.

Ron James

I wrote back and asked if she could be more specific. She e-mailed me back with exact labels and products, and the good news is that we were already planning to carry 90 percent of it.

K.B. she just took over. She put her heart and soul into it. She never came out of the game, and she never asked for a breather. She stepped up and was a leader.

Karl has truthfully told everyone who's asked him that he did not circulate Valerie Plame's name to punish her husband, Joe Wilson, Everyone is everyone.

Keith introduces most songs on guitar, ... But right before we started I asked Keith if he'd mind if I did a little cadenza up front on sax to lead into his intro. He said, 'Go ahead, man, do your thing.' I started playing, and Charlie immediately joined me. I had this short statement in mind, but then I thought, 'Charlie's playing with me; I've got to keep going.'

Josephine showed up to play today. Before the game, someone asked if she was ready, and she nodded yes. And I guess she was because she was awesome. We could use that every game.

Joel urged that I consider this, this year, ... We talked, and I asked him about the range of things that you think are important, and what the governor is going to run with. One thing led to another, and we finally concluded that this is something that makes sense.

Jody and I told them that we thought they stepped it up and competed very hard. You know, we couldn't have asked for anything more out of those girls. It's hard when you don't have your top lineup out there, but we communicated well in doubles, and had a few girls step it up in singles.

I talked with John just last week about this and asked him some questions about our values -- and he is solid. In fact on Family Research Council's scorecard he has scored a hundred for the past several years, being right on the issues.

Emmanuel Lewis

I talked to Mike and asked him, 'How do you feel about it? What do you want me to do?' And he was like, 'You don't have to do anything.'

Mike Holmgren

I talk about that a lot. I think if you asked one of my players, they'd probably tell you I kill them with that stuff. Just being careful. It's the last thing I told them Sunday night after we broke from the stadium after the game. After this incident, it gave me another opportunity because they were listening. I mean for the guys who kind of tuned me out before, now I had everybody listening and we talked about it, which, I think, is my responsibility as a coach. You know these guys are my family, and it would be like talking to your own kids, you don't want bad things to happen to them so let's try to help them a little bit.

I think it is about both. Not only does it help the financial situation, but it sends an appropriate message to employees that they're not the only ones being asked to bite the bullet.

I think it is a great thing to do and we can be flexible with what happens down the road. For instance, the Paint Crew, which is a student run organization, has asked us to facilitate a contest for its shirt.

It bothers and hurts me so much because I love those two like brothers. Those two have done what I have asked since the day I took the job. They are great kids from great families who made a really bad decision.

Scott Stapp

But do you know I was never asked in 10 years if I was a Christian personally? We were only asked if Creed was a Christian band.

Mike Jones

Basically I've been struggling all year, so I just wanted to get the bat on the ball and get a base hit. Coach asked before the game if we remembered the end of the football season. It was a good game for us.

Basically he was fine. He was alert. I talked to him and there was no change in his neurological state. It was the same thing afterwards. I asked him if he had a headache and was dizzy. He said no.

Barry's wife, Linda, had the table set with china, crystal and elegant silverware, but I saw it and told her that just wouldn't work. So I asked if they had any newspaper, and she just poured the crawfish all over that elegant table.

Because of the wonderful people that work with me, I don't ever think I missed a school function. I always had brownies whenever I was asked to bring them, ... It was difficult, but that's when I had to rely on people that surrounded me to help me. It gets back to 'it takes a village.'

Halle Berry

I'm a really good gymnast. I can do splits and back handsprings. I'm always asked to do it on a talk show. And every time I go they say will you do it. I say yeah, but I'm always wearing high heels or a short dress. And I keep saying one time I'm going to go on and wear jeans and sneakers so I can do back flips.

I'm always asked when the lights will go on. My estimate is it will be several weeks before the very last customer at the end of some line will be hooked up.

Jim Haslett

I look up at the scoreboard and there are signs, 'Let's Go Giants'. The referees, when they flipped the coin, they asked us if we wanted heads or tails. They had no idea who the home team was and who was away. The crowd noise we had to deal with, we never had to do a silent count at home.