Famous Quotes & Sayings

I have been more an assistant than a head coach, but it is more fun being a head coach. It is more agony, too. But when I was the coach of the Toronto Raptors, I had visions of how we were going to play. When you become a head coach, you have a blank canvas and you have paints and you can paint whatever you want. As an assistant coach, you make suggestions.

I have been in touch with fellow Lions in Louisiana who are assisting me with coordinating needed items for the hurricane victims. Many homeless Lions are staying at a Lions children's camp in Leesville La., which has become a refuge for the homeless and also a distribution center for Lions helping Lions.

Tommy Thompson

... I have been ensured that no shots will be fired at the funeral ... assurance from the other side (Clansman) was given a long time ago.

I have been blessed to be associated with some unbelievable people. I've needed that help as a coach.

Russ Feingold

I have been assured by the chairman of the federal budget committee that the milk tax provision would not be included in the next federal spending bill. But that doesn't mean we're not going to keep an eye on the matter. The tax is something that our dairy industry cannot afford.

I have an assistant coach and we're just trying to build technique on some of the short game stuff.

I have been an assistant long enough to know that you don't stop making suggestions if your suggestion is turned down. You just keep on making suggestions. If I make 10 suggestions, he is not going to use 10 of them, but he is going to use some of them.

I have a tremendous staff. Any of them could have been the head coach, if not for the rule about having to be an assistant first. I'm real fortunate.

I have long taken the view that monetary policy should not be aimed at asset prices one way or the other.

Susan Collins

I have long believed that it would have been far more effective at this stage for FEMA to have given vouchers for housing and to assist people in finding private-sector housing. I think it still is a possibility.

I have known the family for 40 years. They are an asset to the community.

I have informed Sam I am taking up the option on the second year of his contract. There is still a big room for improvement, but he has pace, he has confidence and he will definitely be an asset to the club.

I have never been on any kind of assistance before, and when you need it, they make it so hard,

David Chang

I hate to say 'chain restaurant,' but we're sort of a corporation now. How do we defy that concept, where people assume each restaurant can't be good?

Chet Faker

I hate fame. There's this assumption that everyone wants it - that by being a musician, I've signed up for it at some point. But personally, what I signed up for is sharing my music. I've always said I'd rather have four No. 10 songs than one No. 1 hit.

Vince Carter

I felt bad. It was far from what they assumed it to be.

Gene Chizik

I feel very blessed and very fortunate to have been able to make the move to the University of Texas and continue a streak. You know, it's been fun. It's not something I think about it a whole bunch. Obviously, it would be nice to continue that streak, I can assure you (of) that.

I feel this is key because I think people assume that their families are going to want them at the house at a certain time,

I think it's going to take some federal assistance to ... deal with this.

I think it's going to hurt them by around 15-to-20 cents a share, assuming it goes on to the end of the quarter.

I think it's inappropriate to have someone associated with that organization on a hate crimes commission.

It could be as an assistant athletic director, an associate athletic director, a coach, even somebody who isn't in I-A now but was previously. The Division I-A world is different than everywhere else.

It could be two-and-a-half to three years before it's ready to market, assuming that we're successful in our clinical trials.

It conflicts directly with the mission of the church to assist people who come to us and are in need.

It confirms the Fed's optimistic assessment of the U.S. economy, and essentially signals that the Fed's measured (monetary policy) tightening campaign will persist,

It is a big assumption that the weather of the future is going to be represented by weather of the past.

I think the main thing is I gotta be patient. I have to finish plays whenever I get a chance just be more assertive on offense. My offense comes from my guards getting me shots. You just got to put (struggles) behind you and you got to rely on your teammates to carry you.

Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.

I think the market is going to have a good decline early next year because of all the broader issues. To an extent, it doesn't matter who replaces Greenspan, assuming it's not a shocker.

I think the legislature has a responsibility to assure safety to not only the workers but also the public.

Damon Galgut

I think the impulse took shape in early childhood when I was very ill with lymphoma for a number of years. I spent a lot of time in hospitals and sick-rooms, being read to by various relatives, and I learned to associate books with love and attention.

I think the players wear really in the game because of that (loss) in their preparation. My assistant coach ran practice Friday and he said they were just primed. They had a real enthusiasm for the game.

I think the only other guy I've been associated with who was that dominant was (AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner) Vida Blue in 1971. It's just no contest.