Famous Quotes & Sayings

For her to throw a one-hitter, she had complete control. She was never threatened on the bases or anything.

For him not to come out and look at it, he has no base calls to make.

For John Woo, it is quite difficult to make a movie in Hollywood in his own style. Because Hollywood is based on a producer system, it is difficult for a director to express himself using his own style of filmmaking.

Rafael Furcal

For me, it's like a regular game. I guess the Dodgers needed me more than the Braves needed me, and that's why I'm here. It's a business. I'm happy to be here. I have a lot of friends there, but baseball is like that.

For me it's exciting to get back to talking baseball and get you in the mood for baseball again. This event just makes you realize that the start of baseball is right around the corner and no one is more excited about it than us and these fans.

Forget winning the World Series. I enjoyed playing baseball for the first time in a long time.

Steve Phillips

For a star player, he's one of the lowest-maintenance guys in baseball, ... You didn't have to worry about a late-night phone call, there was no entourage issue with him. He showed up to play every day, played hard and produced.

For a series of meetings, if you can reduce the no-show factor by even 1 percent, that can make a significant difference. If you're running a series of 100 dinner meetings and you can get even one more doctor to each one of them, then you've touched 100 more physicians. That has a lot of impact. Even a minimal decrease in the no-show factor can pay volumes in dividends for years to come if, for example, those 100 doctors were to change their prescribing habits based on what they learned.

Stephen F. Lynch

Following the strike, I think the thing that brought people back to baseball was the big home run contest between Sosa and McGwire.

Football was important, but baseball is my first love. I know I can play baseball longer for health reasons. I feel can be more successful in a sport that I love rather than something I just do well.

Vin Scully

Football is to baseball as blackjack is to bridge. One is the quick jolt. The other the deliberate, slow-paced game of skill, but never was a sport more ideally suited to television than baseball.

They don't have the organization behind them. They don't have the money behind them. And they're really based on one issue and one or two personalities and that's not enough to hold an Israeli party together.

Jamie Martin

They don't actually get it. They don't keep up with baseball, so they don't know (about Johnson and Maddux). They're two bright girls, but when it comes to baseball they're clueless.

They had seven hits and we had six. The difference was we didn't execute with runners on base when we needed to. We felt like one or two runs could win this game for us.

They had five 0-2 hits. We've got to get better in those situations. The difference in the game was that we struggled defensively. They had bases loaded in the second inning, they hit it to the mound and we throw it to the backstop." ()

They had a very good inning and scored a bunch of runs. They are a very good baseball team.

Jason Hanson

They had a good baseball season and he was a big part of it. I was hoping the team's success would carry over into basketball season.

They had a decent season last year. They should be competitive, based on that.

Debbie Allen

They had a clear idea about what I really wanted to see, based on our initial conversations, and they did a great job.

They (government) had based their projections on inflation declining but inflation is continuously going up.

Don Baylor

They feel they can get right to the NBA, compared to four years in the minors and maybe I'll make it, maybe I won't. I don't know if there's a lot of parents directing their kids to play baseball these days.

Scott Skiles

They earned the right to play however they wanted to play, based on what's best for their franchise. We had to do what was best for us. We're glad we're in.

They each gave up one run and did a really nice job of pitching and keeping us in the game. We didn't get enough hits. It was a very good baseball game and very well pitched and played on both sides.

They are down to the base needs so they are not focused on their bigger picture, long term financial needs.

They are deliberately preventing their subscribers -- who are paying good money every month -- from watching the team that they consider their baseball team.

Joe Torre

They are both the same type of pitcher, where they really base their success on feel.

They are small, and one might think this is inconsequential but their numbers are creeping up. I don't think, based on what we know about Toyota, they should be ignored.

They are probably the most dynamic line in the United States Hockey League. Their focus is based on the production they receive from (that line).

They are primarily selling into their installed base and are not expanding their markets, ... Design innovation only gets you so far. It's hard to continue growing if you keep selling into your installed base.

Frank Robinson

You don't want these kids to feel shattered because they don't come through with a base hit or make a play in a tight situation and feel like they've cost us an opportunity to do something.

You don't want a bunch of people panicking and terrified that we're not going to be able to do anything for them. We're developing our communications plans right now, and based on what we know, we can have some of that ready.

Ron Gardenhire

You don't think too many performances could top what Santana was throwing, but watching Nathan go out there and strike out the side with the bases loaded was pretty good, too.

Marcus McNeill

You can't let one game define your career. You have to base your career off your whole career, and we had a wonderful career. I went from a boy to a man at Auburn. I'll always love Auburn.