Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Smoltz

Certainly we can't rely on past formulas. Basically we depended on superstars to do the bulk of the work, but now that work has to be done by many players or we're not going to be able to compete at the level we're used to. In the past the talent of a few great players overcame our inefficiencies, but those mistakes were our undoing in the postseason.

John Smoltz

Certainly we can't rely on past formulas, ... Basically we depended on superstars to do the bulk of the work, but now that work has to be done by many players or we're not going to be able to compete at the level we're used to. In the past the talent of a few great players overcame our inefficiencies, but those mistakes were our undoing in the postseason.

Certainly there is still interest. Our goal is certainly to increase our presence in the mid-Atlantic and basically on the East Coast in general.

Chad is basically a kid who has all of the material that you need to be a star.

Maurice Cheeks

Certainly when I got the Portland job, there wasn't as much hoopla as there is here, ... I've spent time here. I've lived here. I grew up basically here. There's going to be a little bit more hoopla than there would be someplace else.

Home Depot's results weren't a huge surprise. Home Depot is basically a turnaround in progress, but the company did say it expects the back half of the year to show some material improvement. So that explains why it's not giving quarterly guidance.

Home Depot's results weren't a huge surprise, ... Home Depot is basically a turnaround in progress, but the company did say it expects the back half of the year to show some material improvement. So that explains why it's not giving quarterly guidance.

E. P. Thompson

Hong Kong companies are basically saying, 'Don't tell us how to run a business if you have these problems back in the United States.

Honestly, I didn't know what to expect at Arizona. But I liked our effort. This weekend, you have to expect to win three games. I mean we will take it one at a time, but basically we just want to get out and play. We are sick of being inside.

Being in the hotel and hanging out together. Basketball was the first thing, but we got to kind of chill out and make jokes, and it was basically the whole thing, not one thing specifically that stands out for me.

Sean Casey

Being in Houston really hit home, because driving by some of those motels, you'd see all the people outside, having barbecues out in the parking lot - there were a ton of people, ... Maybe raising money will help get these people food, water, shelter - just basic necessities, really.

Before Christmas, offensively we were running our stuff really well. But looking at out defense, we've got to get back to the fundamentals and the basic principles of our defense.

His comments fit with the basic idea of a pause at a 5% or perhaps 5.25% funds rate - more likely the former, but with no presumption that this will be the peak in rates.

Scott Gordon

His confidence with the puck is night and day. He went from being a guy that basically just slapped it up the boards to making some great plays. So much so that we've put him on the power play. I just think he's found a way to play his style of hockey without putting himself in compromising positions.

Clint Hurdle

His hip wasn't a factor. His command was an issue. He basically pitched out of the stretch the entire time he was out there.

He wrestled well. He was kind of trying to hang on at the end instead of staying aggressive, which I didn't like. Basically he was taking (Miller) down and letting him go, which is risky.

Children entering school today without basic reading knowledge are at risk of long term failure.

Chris Crutcher

By the time a kid goes to college, if he's taking math or science, at least he knows, or you hope he knows, some basics. But if you're teaching history in college, you have a lot of damage to undo. You basically have to start over because so much of what a kid has already learned is just wrong.

But he has thrown obstacle after obstacle in the course of protesters, including stopping us from holding a rally in Central Park, a very basic constitutional right.

Maurice Drew

But I think I'm a versatile back, someone who can do a lot of different things. I can run, catch, block, return, basically anything you want me to do, I'm going to go out there and do. I'll make plays for you.

Before, there was always this thing that he had to be careful - 'I'm crown prince, but Fahd is king'. Now, it's basically his reign.

Before the governor opened up the dialogue with Secretary Chertoff, the local feds were basically stonewalling the state. The devil is in the details. We need to get the feds to focus not only on the border but also the impact of illegal immigration on metropolitan Phoenix.

I never thought about it until I broke my leg and realized I have to get insurance, ... The more I was traveling and doing work I realized I did need that, basically to protect my investment, which is myself.

Allen Johnson

I'm very happy. It's been a really, really tough year. I am still motivated to continue until Beijing 2008. Motivation comes even without big championships next year. I will work on technique and basic training.

Richard Eyre

I'm wary of artistic directors who say, 'Here is my vision', because it's empirical. Basically it's about who you work with and what plays you put on; the vision comes out of that.

Russell Crowe

I'm trying to fill my basic obligations to my wife who needs to know that I'm at home, I'm in bed, I haven't had too much to drink and that, primarily important, I'm alone,

I'm used to thinking a certain way, making my reads and my throws a certain way, routes are run a certain way - now all that is slightly different, ... It's basically the same offense, but there are enough differences that a lot of the things I'm used to doing I have to learn in a different way. That's what takes so much time.

Bret Bielema

I need to have daily improvement in everything we do and I basically felt throughout the entire spring that we did do that.

I need to borrow a camera to take some pix of my studio, which is basically the kitchen table.

Danny Meyer

I never get sick on airplanes, which is incredible. You're basically in a flying petri dish.

Jerry Brown

In essence, it's a typo. The books are really put together from a series of complex databases. For headings, they're in the (computer) system as codes. Somebody basically entered the wrong code.

Steve Spurrier

I'm not ... those walks schools do, we've never done that. We've basically just bused up next to the locker room.

Tom Renney

I'm not sure that we competed hard enough for the first 40 minutes, and the third period was just basically a penalty-kill period. There's not a lot to like about the game, quite honestly. But we'll go to school and correct ourselves.