Famous Quotes & Sayings

We never really paid attention to the business side of it (before).

We need a lot of dedication from the newer girls and from everyone. We've never had a set team show up every day. We need players who will be here, and who will pay attention and not (mess) around.

I need attention. I like the attention.

David Hoffman

I want you to pay close attention to the rumor, innuendo, opinion and what purports to be news as opposed to what people actually know.

Oscar Arias

I will have to pay attention to half of the population who didn't vote for me. But I can tell you that I know how to negotiate. I'm a conciliatory, humble listener.

Ricky Davis

I was just finding guys, drawing so much attention and they were stepping up. I got to give credit to my teammates for hitting shots and stepping up real hard.

Aaron Rowand

I was just trying to pay attention to the way the ball flew and the way it came off the bat. It's a great ballpark. Beautiful.

I think they're trying to distract the public's attention from the real issues.

I think they are very much helping each other in the attention that teams have given them. Both of them are pretty tall and good jumpers, so teams have to think about putting those 5-9 guys out there to cover them.

Ross Martin

I think these guys were maybe watching each other and they didn't pay too much attention to me. It was a bit of a surprise.

I think the U.S. needs to keep up the pressure on the Nigerian government to pay attention to these people, and do something about their poor conditions. Because I honestly, truly believe these people will fight till death. And there's going to be one behind every tree from now on.

Jamaal Magloire

I think the whole reason why they traded for me was to become a playoff-contending team and to take a lot of pressure off the rookie. I've done so thus far. There's been a lot of attention that our opponents have put on me, and he's been able to get rebounds that way and score easy baskets. That's built his confidence.

I think the more we study and pay attention to what guys are doing, we might be able to pick up tendencies and might be able to do the little things a little bit better.

It is a tough schedule. But if we can maintain a high level of attention to detail, I think we're going to win a lot of games and be very successful.

Mike Tomlin

It is a player-friendly scheme, but at the same time the expectation level is very high and the attention to detail is very high.

It is beginning to shift its attention back to the strength of US economic fundamentals.

I think the schools in a small town give you attention you need. A lot of my kids teachers are people I went to school with, so I know them,

Michael Mann

I think the resolution involved in the high-def, Blu-ray image demands we pay attention to every detail to a level we've never seen before. The audiences have to believe everything they're seeing. As viewers, we're all so experienced and so much smarter than we realize. With Blu-ray, there will be less tricking of the eye.

I think there's no question the UIL paid very close attention to travel. The thing people don't realize about travel is its not just varsity. You have junior varsity, sophomore and freshman teams involved.

I think there are a couple trends worth paying attention to. Number one is the re-emergence of financials. We've seen that already over the last few months. They've had a tremendous run but they're coming off such a lousy last year-and-a-half that I think it's fair to say that it hasn't really left the station. But there's a lot of whistle blowing going on. The other one is that investors are very nervous about any kind of whiff of disappointment of not meeting expectations, so there is tremendous short-term volatility going on, and that's a buying opportunity.

O. J. Simpson

I think such a provision would eliminate a potential basis for challenging the regulation and therefore increase the legality of the ordinance. ... However, it may also have the effect of bringing attention to the city's regulation thereby increasing the chance that the city's regulation would be challenged.

Rick Carlisle

Jermaine is drawing so much attention now, he's going to have a great impact on what happens offensively. Not only when he's scoring, but when he's passing out of double teams. Seven assists and no turnovers is proof of that.

Carlos Delgado

Jeff Loria in Houston (two weeks ago) came up to me and said, 'Don't pay attention to what you heard on the news last night.' He said, 'You're not going anywhere.' That's what he told me to my face. So that's what I've got to go on.

Jeff has fullback toughness and tailback speed. He's an outstanding blocker and is a guy who can get the yards when we need them. He really makes us a tough offense to defend because he's a guy opposing defenses have to pay a lot of attention to.

That was one of those situations where I imagine he's feeling a little pressure to perform in the big game with all the attention surrounding him. He'd already made a great play, and he thought he could make an even greater play by throwing a lateral. But any coach will tell you that's not really a good play unless it works.

That's the way we are looking at the game Wednesday. UAB is a great team, but now we turn our attention to Tulane in the tournament.

Jay Cutler

That's the reason I wanted to step up and throw, to get some of that media attention and ride that wave a little bit.

Jessie Pavelka

I think a lot of us think we've failed when we've put the weight back on, but when this happens. you have to pay attention because you can actually learn something. You didn't fail. You just need to stay conscious and know where you went wrong and try again.

I think it was a day of market psychology taking over and looking at those crude prices, because there was nothing else to pay attention to.

I think it's terrific. He's doing it the right way. I'm particularly pleased he's using funding that requires serious attention to historic preservation. This remains the only linchpin structure left on Main Street.

I think it's still a long shot, but it all helps to focus attention on this issue.

Dick Thompson

I think it's significant because it draws our attention to the fact that this is a very, very difficult disease to get for humans.

It gives scant attention to environment and social costs of the kind we saw in the eyes of the displaced families