Famous Quotes & Sayings

Billy Donovan

It's all based on drama. Drama sells. Coaches have made money, coaches have gotten fired and players have been recognized for their achievements. I was part of Cinderella, but as much as the NCAA Tournament has propelled me and given me a lot of great moments, it's also provided a lot of hurt, pain, and suffering for me. It goes both ways.

It's all pretty much based on strength of schedule. Another thing you have to look at is all four of Pitt's losses have been on the road. In the new RPI formula, losing on the road is useful.

It is understood that the highest-ranked man and woman, based on his or her four best results over a two-year period, will each earn a six-figure jackpot.

It suggests the trend has changed, because each week's estimate is based on the trends. This is clearly an important change, when taken with other news, particularly monthly payroll statistics. It suggests more good news is on the way.

It's very difficult to try to make a stock market forecast based on an interest rate outlook because things change. We don't think you gain a whole lot of value by trying to make those type of predictions. Take a step back, get rid of a lot of noise, and focus on good businesses, good industries and not pay too much, you sleep a whole lot better and you've got a much greater probability of success.

It's very common to find tourists that pick their travel destination based on where the brewery is, and actually travel from brewery to brewery.

Its usually based on patient preference, but the kind of services each hospital offers is also factored in,

It's not necessarily replacement of your loan cost. It's replacement based on the value of your automobile.

It's not looking very good. We made an offer based on the value we think he brings our club. We'd like to have him back at the right number -- not just at any number.

It's not like you're handing over the security function to the terminal operator. Some time ago, we looked at the major terminal operators in the country, based on the number of containers they handle, and it's interesting that, of the top 20 that show up on the list, of those, only a few of the major ones are American companies.

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.

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.

I'm not John Wooden, but he wouldn't play a guy based on potential or stats. Five seniors have stayed and they are playing for money. Five years ago I would be praised for rewarding guys for what they earned and not for what their stats say.

David Harris

I keep points throughout our practice rounds and team members are chosen based on their point totals. I've kept those totals since we started practicing in January.

I like bringing comedy to musicals. That's what's so much fun about this show, because the writers are so based in comedy. I've been able to make it dance and sing ? and keep building things ? in a way they're not used to. For me to be able to get people to laugh in dance is huge because it doesn't always happen.

Charles Schumer

I hope we rise to the occasion. To have Wyoming get $38.31 per capita, while New York gets only $5.47 per capita, doesn't look like a formula based on threat, but looks like a formula based on politics, to me.

I hope we can have a discussion based on a draft report at the next meeting.

I imagine the curfew was very important, especially the first couple of months. But I think at this point and time, based on the interaction I've had with the local community, people are really wanting to get out and stay here in Bay St. Louis instead of driving to Waveland and Diamondhead and other counties to go out and have a good time.

Norv Turner

I imagine based on readings I'm getting and the feeling I'm getting, there's people interested in me being an offensive coordinator again, so I'll look into that. I wouldn't rule anything out, but I do know I want to coach.

Moshe Katsav

I identify with your pain, ... We know you moved there based on your conscience and the decision of Israeli governments.

Marshall Williams

I made my decision based on my visit and my overall feel for the program and the school. I knew it was the right fit for me.

Danny Meyer

I'm a big believer that you can try to change the world based on philosophy, doctrine, and belief. But I think the thing that really drives the world is hedonism, the pleasure factor.

I love the sound of '70s glam records. I love that snare sound. The recordings I like, it's all based on if the snare sounds good. The drums have to sound great.

Kevin Spacey

In film, movies' schedules are based on three things: actors' availabilities, when are sets being built, when you can rent the place you're going to film in.

Influential people aren't buffeted by the latest trend or by public opinion. They form their opinions carefully, based on the facts. They're more than willing to change their mind when the facts support it, but they aren't influenced by what other people think - only by what they know.

In general I am not as pessimistic as Gartner, but I am not as optimistic as Microsoft. I am a little concerned about some of the predictions based on the software (builds) we are seeing now?each build is more stable than the previous build?but there is still a long ways to go. If we don't see substantial stability improvements in May when we get Beta 2 then I will be worried.

D. J. Cotrona

That's the great thing about G.I. Joe: it's essentially superheroes, but it's military based - and it's based in reality.

That's one of the best things, to be honest with you. If we go out and have a few drinks with a couple of adults, they're usually hockey parents. The kids hang around with kids who play hockey. If you think about it, our whole lives are based around it.

That is extraordinary, an extraordinary increase for all of their executives. That really doesn't make any sense based on the company's performance.

Jay Wright

That's a Big Five game, and as long as we play in the Big Five, I'm never going to have one of these games let me make decisions about my team. These games are crazy. I'm not going to be down on my guys based on what happens in these games. We just have to survive these games.

That's a change from the previous test, which was a needs based test, or support based test and now it's dictated as a relationship-based test, as well as needs-based. That's a significant change and might hurt a lot of lower income families as a result.

That really set us back because a lot of our offense was based on (Moore's) inside running,

Brian Leetch

It's like I've been saying all year. The power play is based on results. It doesn't matter how many chances you get or how long you're in the zone. Tonight at a key time we got a deflection and it looks like the power play was the difference, and in the end it was.