Famous Quotes & Sayings

I can't do anything different based on the importance of the game. I just have to pitch my game. I've said that all along, even though it's playoffs, you're going to get 85, 86, 87 (miles-per-hour) on the corners and I'm not going to strike too many people out.

I can't say I'm disappointed. Based upon our practice rounds, we've been lowering our scores a little bit. We were having a hard time breaking a 200 (in nine-hole events) and we got down to a 185. We had a couple other rounds in the 190s, so we're getting a little better.

I can't really do anything different based on the importance of the game, ... Even though it's the playoffs, you're going to get 85, 86, 87 (mph) on the corners. I'm not going to strike too many people out, not going to give up too many runs. I just keep us in the game and battle. I need some runs. I need hitting. That's just the kind of pitcher I am.

If they were the first school to offer me, I would have committed right then and there. They're right in my back yard. All these other schools are recruiting you from out of state, and this school's five minutes from your house. They should have been the first school to offer me. I pretty much based my decision off that.

Paul Tagliabue

I have concluded that this is appropriate for a number of reasons related specifically to THG. These include uncertainty at this time as to whether suspensions based on pre-October 6 tests could be imposed during the 2003 season with the requisite competitive fairness for all 32 teams.

I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now -- unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

I didn't really know what to expect to be honest with you. She's very talented, but my expectations were based on what I saw in her work ethic.

I don't know exactly what it is, but I think our conference is the best in the state based on the battles every night. Every game we've played, there's not a whole lot of separation. It seems like every night we go out, it's a battle.

I don't have any steadfast rule. I think it's more of a generality. I think in Mike's case, he's a guy who expressed a desire to have a multiyear deal. Based upon his past performance, we were open-minded to it.

I don't enjoy doing the daily stuff... but I would love to do something like the series that I did on 'Change India.' That was not just news. The programme was based in public policy, so that kind of influences change.

I did start writing about global politics way at the beginning. Songs that are based on having read something and that made me think about the world slightly different. I would write songs based on that new inspiration.

Larry Wachtel

I don't know that money managers controlling billions of dollars are going to make major choices based on this minor development,

Brandon Routh

I don't know that I can compare myself to anyone. The film is different, and therefore the character is different. This is just one more version that's based on everybody else's, with just a few tweaks that I bring.

I don't know whether the story is based on someone seeing Jesus walk on ice. All I know is that during that time, a freeze could have happened and it could have looked like someone was walking on water, particularly if it rained after the ice formed.

Red Grange

I don't care how complicated they make the game seem, it's really based on two principles and those are blocking and tackling.

Peter Shaffer

I'd be willing to bet that any incursion throughout history in which the invading country has proclaimed it is bringing benefits to the conquered is based on a lie.

Peter Benchley

Ideas for stories come to me based on my life, so who knows? If somebody sends me to become an astronaut, that's what I'll end up writing.

My inside game is pretty much based on quickness and my quickness is back to where it was. I've just got to get the explosiveness back and just get the feel back. I felt pretty good toward the end.

My foundation is based on helping children, and I hand-pick projects that are close to my heart and home.

My form so far hasn't been great but your year is based on the whole season and not the first month or two.

Lester Holt

My first priority is to provide perspective, ... This story is so broad-reaching and there are so many elements. I don't want people to make their judgments based on one report. We should never be in a position where we're firing up a mob. I don't think it's our job to beat people up.

One of the things Bode is really exceptional at is bringing intensity to big events. They bring out his best. I think that's what you're going to see. He'll bring something special and extraordinary, based on what he's done in the past.

Pat Riley

Obviously we're concerned about everybody's health, based on what happened last year. We've still got 19 games to play. You can't walk around on egg shells, but we do have to be conscious of the maintenance of these guys.

Obviously, we knew based on the team's success in 2005 that fans would be prepared to buy season tickets in order to secure the chance to buy postseason tickets in 2006. The support of the fans has been overwhelming.

Obviously, when there's a new government, we'll need to reassess our positions, based on the formation of that government and the composition of the government.

Of course I was a little worried knowing how many points they had come back from and how dangerous they are. But we've been playing together for a while. Based on our past games, I knew we would come up on top.

No one looked at that stuff. They didn't invest based on those documents. They wanted to invest in KL because everybody else was investing in KL. Why not get in?

No one looked at that stuff, ... They didn't invest based on those documents. They wanted to invest in KL because everybody else was investing in KL. Why not get in?

Trust your hunches.... Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

My job is to interpret the law based on how the legislature and the court has done it and then, of course, to use our system of justice to develop some new legal tools and new concepts.

Flea

All my career, all that I've really done has been based on emotion and intuition and gravitating toward what sounds good.

Ivan Krastev

A more stable relationship between Poland and Russia based on reconciliation might revive the reunification of Europe.

John Roberts

with an open mind. They won't be based on my personal views.