Famous Quotes & Sayings

I was very proud of her in the second half. You could see her getting ready to go for the basketball, and it would have been an over-the-back call and she backed off. That's a good thing, to see them taking what you tell them and going out and doing it, especially going into the tournament. We're going to need her to stay out of foul trouble.

Jaret Wright

I was trying too hard, ... After that, I got better movement and backed off a little.

Susan Minot

I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.'

Just because we didn't win a championship doesn't mean we didn't have a good season. We never backed down from anything.

I think that charged the club. Whether he hit Bobby to send a message or not, I think the team backed up Bobby. We scored five unanswered runs, and that nailed the coffin.

Bobby Bowden

It feels like you backed in instead of knocked your way in, ... We wanted to win our way in.

I think she's improving every day. She's there every day, pushing herself, working hard. The quality of work she puts in during practice is amazing. She's phenomenal. And she's not a big girl. She's small, but much stronger than last year. I can't think of an occasion where she's backed down from anything.

Paul Hartley

It doesn't get much better then scoring a hat-trick in the semi-final at Hampden Park. I'm delighted we're in the final and we've still got a lot to play for this season. To play the way we did today was exceptional and I'm really pleased for the fans who have backed us in great numbers this season.

Ernie Els

I think he's a legend in the making. You (media) guys have helped, but he's backed it up with his golf game. He's 24. He's probably going to be bigger than Elvis when he gets into his 40s.

Price dynamics in gold next year will continue to be largely determined by speculative interest, backed by a myriad of justifications like inflationary risks, energy-price led economic slowdown, expectations of a US dollar correction, soaring physical demand, supply-side constraints, hopes of large scale central bank buying and so on.

Our quarterback position is going to take a lot of criticism, but Chris has been our guy. He has never backed down and he's done a great job.

Our officers backed off the chase because of the danger. But the suspects' car ran out of control and hit the house at about 60 (mph).

Some of the best shows on TV start with the perception of controversy, which is usually not an issue if it's backed by quality. The intent with 'The Book of Daniel' is to make a high-quality show that is both highly entertaining and thought-provoking.

I think in the past we've sort of backed ourselves into a corner (as an) open pocketbook.

Wayne Chrebet

I think it's just human nature, when you get backed into a corner, no one believes in you anymore, the chips are down. If you're any kind of competitor, that's when you'll come out and play well. We have enough guys who are like that in this locker room.

Yet another survey of the economy is suggesting sustainable strength. Rates backed up a little because of this report, but you're treading water a bit because of payrolls data lurking on Friday.

Daniel Johns

With our first two records we backed ourselves into a hole musically.

John Sullivan

When you get on the field at West Lafayette, that crowd is intense. You can tell there's a hatred for you and you're backed into a corner, and the only thing you can do is fight your way out.

We wanted to run and throw, but we just couldn't do that. We made a lot of errors and got backed up.

We all know here that transportation is a big issue in the Bay Area. To see that backed up year after year after year only reinforces the importance.

Graeme Smith

We thought after having gone through their top order twice in Centurion and with the moisture in the wicket here, we backed ourselves to get a big chunk in their batting order.

We had a couple of opportunities that we didn't take and we backed that up with poor discipline. Playing our third game in 10 days, that gave us too much to do.

Graeme Smith

We backed our bowlers to take a big chunk out of their batting order, and in the first two or three hours we created a lot of chances. But I would have to say the gamble hasn't paid off.

We backed off in the third quarter. We had some turnovers and they got on a roll. Cabell Midland can score. We want back to the pressure and got on a roll ourselves.

James Marsters

Yes, we were looking for a Faith spin-off, but then Faith backed down. Eliza got a really wonderful offer over on Fox in a show, and, for reasons I didn't talk to her about, she decided to go there, and everyone respects that.

We had a sophomore at quarterback start, we backed him up with a ninth-grade quarterback. I'm real proud of both of 'em. We're going to come back Monday and try to get better.

Ron Gardenhire

This year he's been very, very solid. As good as they get in this league. We haven't exactly scored a lot of runs. We know that. But he's backed it up.

Especially when you're backed up like that, there needs to be a real sense of urgency to take care of the ball. That could be a real momentum swing.

Fogg was great, and Zach backed it up with a stellar performance himself. It was nice to have those two guys come out and do what they did for us.

Ben Lilly threw excellent for us. Our defense backed us up and we hit the ball when we needed to.

Believe me, we took a strong effort at Burnett and that was going to be a very significant financial obligation. It got beyond the point where we thought it made baseball sense and business sense to go for it, so we backed off.

Everything's still backed up and the whole day is going to be messed up.

Mark Zandi

Consumers will see higher prices on coffee beverages and even chocolate if the raw supplies get backed up at the ports. In agricultural products, prices of cereals and breads could decline. If we can't export the wheat and grain, then the excess supply will have to be consumed domestically, pushing down prices.