Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think I was very average on a lot of their goals. If I play to my capability, we win that game 3-1. I don't think they were doing anything special. ... If we're going to win this thing, I have to make those saves on the bad bounces, but thank God it's a series and it's not college where it's one game and out. We can still get the split.

Alex Berenson

John W. Snow was paid more than $50 million in salary, bonus and stock in his nearly 12 years as chairman of the CSX Corporation, the railroad company. During that period, the company's profits fell, and its stock rose a bit more than half as much as that of the average big company.

Justin averaged 21.5 points and was 11 of 19 on threes and didn't get named last week.

Chuck Close

I didn't want a model in the room for three or four months. It would drive me crazy, drive them crazy. But also, they gain weight, they lose weight, their hair gets long, they cut it short, they're awake, they're asleep. And a painting becomes the mean average of all those conditions. I simply looked at photography as a way to jot down the information.

Mack Strong

I don't know where that comes from. You tell me. The guy carries the ball 25 times a game and averages 100 yards a game. I don't think that's soft. Maybe because he does it with a smile.

Thomas Adams

I do not think that the effect of good environment, of fine buildings, of pleasant homes, upon the character, temperament, will, disposition, and energy of the people sufficiently dawns upon the average citizen.

John Caudwell

I do not put my tastes as incredibly expensive, but they are incredibly expensive for an average man.

Craig Biggio

I don't care, who cares? You're up 3-1. Obviously, the old cliche, you keep getting guys out there, and sooner or later you're going to get some base hits. The biggest thing is we're up 3-1 right now. You don't care what you're average is with runners in scoring position.

I am happy with this team. They really are a great group of kids. They are a lot of fun to just be around and to coach. I am not sure what our team batting average is, but I know they are the type of guys that have one of the higher grade-point-averages.

Bob Gibson

He walked 1.9 men per nine innings, that's pretty good. I used to average about three or four -- I'd hit six or seven.

He could make a run for it. He's averaged about 25 points a game this season, so who knows.

Pat Riley

He'd average 20 points a game if he was put in that role every night and I'll be damned if I'm not going to try to put him in that role - now. You forget a little bit about how good he can be if he gets good opportunities.

He (Chavez) is popular because he needles the United States and he talks like the average Latin American would talk.

He carried himself like a military man. They walk a little bit differently than the average person. They walk with their shoulders back, and with a swagger. That's the way he walked, and he walked with confidence, like any good veteran does.

He cared a lot about people, more so than the average person.

Andy Roddick

He kind of wrapped some presents for me and handed it over. I was average in most regards, but a win is a win. I feel like I'm on the verge of playing well.

He is unbelievable. He has the second highest average in the county with a 227 for the year. I can't tell you how many times we've been in games where it came down to the last three and Tony needed three strikes to win and every single time the kid produced.

Half is better than nothing for our average member who lives paycheck to paycheck on $35,000 a year.

Seth Shostak

Charles Darwin sailed around the world for two years on the 'Beagle,' and he had quite a bit of interest in things like the iguanas of the Galapagos, even though they were primitive compared to your average Englishman.

Tom Evans

I was just an average player on a very good team. I've tried to pass my Blue Devil experience on to today's players.

If builders were thinking of empty sales offices, they clearly would not be raising prices by an average of $4,300. It's a demonstration that builders are not seeing anything out there that scares them.

I feel right now, here in Palatka, the average person really has no say-so. The commission, mayor and city manager basically run everything. They always say you can come forward with your ideas, but nobody really listens. I've become very frustrated.

I found one Web site that said March was the coldest month on record in 58 years. The average daily temperature was 56 degrees, and we had only one day in March that topped 62 degrees. Who wants to play in that?

Groups come up one night a week, a different group each night. The groups average 40 kids and 10 chaperones.

Friday's solid US payrolls headlines and strength in average earnings growth have boosted Fed tightening expectations further.

Ernie Els

From a good lie in the middle of a fairway bunker, I'll make the same swing as I do from an average fairway lie. I'll dig my feet in slightly and keep my lower body stable so I won't slip, but I don't change my club selection or setup. It's only when the ball is sitting down in the sand that I'll make some modifications.

From 1965 to 1982, the yield curve in this country was inverted 47 percent of the time, yet bank earnings averaged a more rapid increase than non-bank earnings. Bank stocks also outperformed the S&P 500, on average, over that period.

Futures have a little stronger tone to them. You look at the averages and they look like they are approaching some support levels ... And don't throw out the fact that this is traditionally a good time for the markets.

David Rosenberg

Fully three-quarters of the time in the past five years when we endured a bond yield spasm like we have seen since mid-January, GDP (gross domestic product) growth slowed the following quarter and by an average of one percentage point.

Kids have to understand that steroids will not make you a Division I player. If an average high school player starts taking steroids, he's not suddenly going to become a D-I player. These kids are also paying way more than they should for these supplements. Food is the best supplement they can get. Nutrition is the key. Kids don't need that stuff. At their age, they have so much going on with their bodies naturally. They don't need supplements.

I would say this year will be about an average year. But even though it may not be as strong as other years, it will play itself out in the end.

David Wilson

I would say the average water damage restoration that we get involved in is somewhere between $1,500 and $5,000 or $6,000. But we have had some that run $15,000 or $20,000.

John Burdett

I think it is immensely difficult to get the U.S. interested in non-U.S. topics. I don't think this is because the average American reader is disinterested, but more because of publishers playing it safe: if a thriller based in L.A. is a sure winner, why spend money plugging one based in Paris - or Bangkok?