Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jay Payton

I just smacked it up the middle. If that second baseman had gotten to that ball, I probably would have just kept running out of the stadium. Or maybe run out there and picked a fight with him.

I just try to get base hits. If they go over the fence, that's fine.

Doug Harvey

I just loved officiating, and I hope what I did helped make it better. That's what I tell young umpires: you can have fun. I never spent a day where going out on a baseball field didn't make me feel better.

I just love being with those kids. They love baseball, and we just have a great time together.

Paul Konerko

I just hope it doesn't change either of their luck or our luck, because we were playing OK. You don't want to screw around with the baseball gods.

I just didn't let my first two at-bats help me and knew I had to something to help the team out whether it was a base hit or a home run. I gave a little pose, but I got kind of lucky that it got out I didn't hit it as well as I thought I did.

I just decided it would be best if I just focus on one sport. The (football) coaches said I could be 100 percent baseball now, and I'm looking forward to that. I haven't had the opportunity, yet. I'm looking forward to the strides I can make this season.

I put out the players who I have seen training best during the week. Beckham and Roberto Carlos have not trained well and I considered that they should not play. I choose the side based on the work they do during the week and this was my ideal side.

Joshua Malina

I plan someday to do a one-man show based solely on the e-mails of Bellamy Young. And people will think I've written a brilliant comedy myself when, in fact, all the text will be directly from Bellamy.

I pick sports based on facility availability, the variety of games, and to maximize participation, not to encourage the competitive spirit to extremes like winning at all costs. I don't want players to sacrifice the credibility of their witness for Christ.

Steve Finley

I pick my spots, but guys still play me in at third base and a little bit at second. I've always said if the opportunity's there, I'll take it. It depends on the situation.

Ron Gardenhire

I personally think he handles himself good when he's out there. He's a little more relaxed. Third base is a hot spot. He handled it fine, he did fine, but I think he handles playing out there a lot better.

Clematis plants were planted at the bases of the cables to create a semi-transparent walkway of greenery and flowers, which have yet to mature. Benches still need to be installed, and the cascading pools around the causeway won't work until next spring.

clarify and reinforce that all businesses that provide services, goods or accommodations to the public cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status.

(Beijing) hopes to establish legal basis for (its) Taiwan policy ... and Chinese leaders want to establish a base line.

Dontrelle Willis

I'm kind of breathtaken. It's historic. It's a beautiful thing, not only for baseball but for my team, ... Hopefully we'll just keep going.

Jay R. Ferguson

I'm from Dallas. My whole family is based in Texas and Mississippi and Arkansas, spread throughout most of the South.

I'm pleased with how we've played so far in the first half. But there's a lot of baseball left to be played.

Slobodan Milosevic

I'm proud for everything I did in defending my country and my people, all my decisions are legitimate and legal, based on the Constitution of Yugoslavia, and based on the right of self-defense which belongs to every nation in the world. And their decisions - NATO leaders' decisions were all criminal.

I'm out driving the kids to hockey or basketball or baseball. It was time for me to do something for myself.

Roy H. Williams

I'm optimistic and pretty pleased, with a few footnotes. A lot of our normal bases of customers aren't here.

I moved for a mistrial based upon his demonstration in front of the jury. It's highly prejudicial.

I moved for a mistrial based upon his demonstration in front of the jury, ... It's highly prejudicial.

Jennie Finch

I'm playing first base and pitching and hitting. I feel like I'm almost better than I've ever been. It's like, 'You're going to walk away like this?'

Dontrelle Willis

I'm just out there having fun, ... If I'm not having fun I'm definitely not playing the type of baseball I want to play.

I miss baseball badly, ... If I didn't get some sort of closure, which came with winning the state championship, I'd probably be somewhere playing baseball, too.

Michael Barrett

I'm just a baseball player; I'm not a math major. I'm still not real clear on it. In the event of a three-way tie, it comes down to runs scored, I believe.

Alaina Huffman

I'm excited about becoming a transmedia storyteller. The idea that we can tell the 'Agent Mom' story online with MTV Comics and build a fan base that we can take over to Paramount to discuss turning that story it into a movie is just awesome.

I'm fortunate enough where I still get to do the things that I've done for Little League for 30 years and that's coach third base and call pitches. I get a lot of input from Dante and Mike.

Jeffrey Sachs

I'm focusing on a world divided between rich and poor, and a world that doesn't seem to be able to manage the natural base of our lives: air, oceans, or biodiversity. It's a mistake to think that globalization is automatically beneficent and should run its due course-but also to think that it ought to be shut down.

I?m so proud of these students. Some play baseball, softball or run for the track team, hold down jobs, have homework assignments each night and they still found time to raise this much money? Words cannot describe just how proud I am of them.

Frank Robinson

If nothing else, your mindset is at ease. You have peace of mind. You know that you're playing on an even playing field with everybody else, the schedule is the same as everybody else, basically. You don't have that extra travel. You don't have those extra games tacked onto a road trip. You're not out on the road, away from your home base for 20-some days. It makes a real big difference. You can see it already here. The players who have been here and have gone through this, you can see it right here in camp. You could hear it in their voices on the telephone during the winter. Now, does that translate into wins on the field? Who knows.

Elizabeth Warren

If nobody can sell mortgage-backed securities based on trillions of dollars of unpayable instruments, there's a lot less risk in the overall system.