Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tony La Russa

I have coaching friends, and when we get together, we often talk more about what we're doing to get players' attention than we do about the fascinating X's and O's of our sport.

I have found that a person is not a failure due to lack of opportunity, but because of failing to focus attention and resources on the opportunity at hand.

I didn't really pay much attention to it. I liked him. I thought he was a nice kid; he was unusually nice. But we weren't tight.

I don't keep track of our stats, so I don't even know who our leading scorer is. I honestly pay more attention to our opponents' stats.

Phil Jackson

I didn't want to create an impediment in that situation. I wanted him to be productive. But it didn't seem to be working in that direction. I think more attention was better than less.

I didn't pay too much attention to the table when we were at the top and I'm not now either. There's no point in thinking, 'if we beat them and they lose to them,' we just need to win some games for ourselves and whatever else happens will happen.

I didn't pay too much attention to Auburn. It was always 'Roll Tide' at my house. Auburn was the only school in the state that didn't recruit me and they were the closest to my high school.

I didn't pay attention to time. That's my error. I put it on my shoulders.

I didn't pay attention to the call. I was too focused on the game. ... I did come back and make some plays to make up for that.

Daunte Culpepper

I didn't like the way we weren't paying attention to detail at the end of the game like I know we can and I know we should.

Rivers Cuomo

I didn't get as much attention as I wanted from girls as a teenager. I thought that if I became a rock star, I would finally get all that I wanted - but it didn't happen.

Martha Stewart

I did not want the media attention currently surrounding me to distract from the important work of the NYSE, and thus I felt it was appropriate to resign,

I don't expect people to pay undying attention ... all the time. But if today is a day when the threat is higher, that's do-able. Then you start to put extra effort into finding out what's going on.

Josh Howard

I don't even pay attention to that any more. We're just going into the playoffs trying to get ourselves better. We want to keep playing great basketball like we've been doing and hopefully end up playing in June.

Lamar Alexander

I'd like to schedule my media attention on the day after the Iowa caucuses. He should enjoy the attention while it lasts.

I don't know that O.J. would want to draw that type of attention to himself.

I don't know what it is. I think we have to really focus a lot more and everyone has to pay attention to detail and really kind of buckle down and make sure we do everything.

Tommy Amaker

I don't know what has transpired the last few games - the way he has shot the basketball, he's not shooting as well. I don't know if it's more attention being focused on him with those other guys being out that's wearing on him. I don't know, but we have to rectify it.

I don't know when people's attention spans went where driving 15 minutes to Henrietta or Greece to shop is considered a long way. I don't want them to make another Ridge Road (in Greece) out of Chili Avenue.

Larry Foote

I don't care if he is the fifth all-time leading rusher of the NFL ... No, seriously, 'Bus' deserves all the attention he's getting. He's one of my heroes, and for him to come home and play what may be his final game, that's really special.

Bill Belichick

I don't care what happened last week, last year, last month, what the overall record between the two teams was going back to 1947 or whenever they started playing each other, or who wins when the wind is blowing in from the north. I pay attention to what the matchups are for each individual game.

Charlotte McKinney

I can feel so bad about myself, especially if I start to pay attention to the kinds of stupid comments around the Internet.

I am having discussions regarding the mandatory use of visors in our league with the stakeholders in our league, which includes the team owners, league personnel, the players' association and the National Hockey League. Unfortunately, it takes an incident like that to refocus attention on the issue.

I am glad people are reading our editorials and paying attention to our coverage of Desert Hot Springs, ... We don't have issues with Desert Hot Springs. We do have an obligation to be a watchdog.

I believe they took it all into consideration. Like I said, though, I just want to bring some local attention to the issue because I feel it is an important thing and I believe it would benefit our state and the people who work here.

C. S. Lewis

God has infinite attention to spare for each one of us.

The provider community is not going to pay attention until they see a large number of people,

We very much hope that these sanctions will not be implemented bluntly in a way that would be damaging to the Iranian people, but it is going to be sanctions that will get the attention of the Iranian government.

Al Yankovic

I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know.

Bonnie Raitt

The one thing I know is that if you're not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.

Eckhart Tolle

When you are present, when your attention is fully and intensely in the Now, Being can be felt, but it can never be understood mentally.

We should pay more attention to social development and people's livelihoods.

We should pay attention to control of bank credit offerings and strengthen guidance for commercial banks.