Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joey Santiago

I was basically eking it out. (The reunion) couldn't have come at a better time.

I was basically able to seamlessly pick up my life where I left it off.

Alex Rocco

I was a young kid; I did a little time in the Billerica House of Correction, and it basically turned my life around because I said, 'Oh, I'll never be locked up again. They're not taking away my privacy.' So I flipped a coin: heads - Miami, tails -California.

Tim Howard

I wasn't a troublemaker. I wasn't impertinent. The teachers liked me. But year after year, the comments on my report cards basically came down to a single point, and it was 100% accurate: I seemed to get nothing whatsoever out of all those long hours spent in the classroom.

Tom Shippey

My colleagues in the literary department say it's all very escapist stuff. I think, 'No, no, no.' It's actually all about what happened in the 20th century. The 20th century has basically been industrialized warfare,

My coach basically said I should step up. Their post players were very small. He told me to get big.

My client hadn't done anything wrong. He basically was approached to do something wrong and he notified the FBI and he notified the Rangers and he basically blew the whistle.

Manny Acta

Most of the players here were not involved in the Caribbean Series. That was something that basically the fans were the ones that were really involved in that, took it personal. We were going to try to beat whoever we faced, whether they speak English, Spanish or Italian.

Most importantly, the players want to be shown respect. They don't want to have cards waved in their faces, or scolded like children. 'Show us respect and we'll show you respect,' was basically what they were saying.

Michal has been doing a lot of extra work with the fitness coach and is currently basically doing a mini pre-season,

Brian Cashman

Mel told me that he'd always be interested in staying around. I talked to the Boss about it. He thought it was a good idea. Mel thought it was a good idea. Everybody basically felt: Let's continue the relationship. Mel did a tremendous job here for a long time and provides a lot of valuable insight. So it's nice to have him as part of the support system as we move forward.

Why wouldn't you be pissed if a guy you loved and came to play for is basically forced to resign?

Pete Carroll

We have our way at halftime. Our guys know that situation well enough now that they know what's going to come from me, I know how they're going to respond, and we're going to go about our business in a particular manner that gives us a chance to win ? because basically they believe they can't be beat.

Kelly Ryan

We just basically got rid of a body, and how we gonna explain it. Um, you know, obviously if we thought that, you know, by burning the car it would get rid of ah, of the person completely. Um, I don't know, I don't know why.

We just basically eat it until we can raise prices.

We just aren't talking about it much. The decisions regarding Tim and Zach are out of our control. We are wishing the best (for) both of them, but at the same time, we are basically moving forward with what we have.

We just couldn't get in sync, particularly offensively. We just couldn't get anything going. And they (Middletown) were basically playing from their own 40 to our goal line. We never really ever pinned them deep because we couldn't get any field position.

John Gibbons

You have to do that early. There are some new faces. Cutoffs, relays and bunt plays are basically the same everywhere, but there are some variations.

You can grow with grace. This is a type of smart growth. Basically we just want to stop sprawling Utah and create plans we're proud of. It's a statement we're trying to make: You can grow in style.

You can get any film now basically for free, and that's where I think the model we're talking about is - if you give people what they want, how they want it and when they want it, they're more likely to pay for it.

You can always basically shut down the production operations.

We had a new offense (from last year) and I basically didn't know anything when I came back. I was out of shape, too. It was tough.

We had a motto before the game, just basically coming into the game was let's live 'til tomorrow, find a way to get to tomorrow night and not be satisfied with getting there. But, from this point on, boy it's one game at a time. You can't look forward two or three games down the road.

We had way too many turnovers last week. That's something we focused on this week. Our offense is getting better every day but it's still a young group. Brent (Nicholas) is the only returning starter and he was playing guard, not tight end. So it's basically 11 new people. We're starting from scratch. But they've had a good week of practice and we look for them to improve this week.

You are basically talking about paying for the rental of the county center and staff time. It's a one-hour ceremony. It is not a party.

You are basically going to have a paralyzed region.

You are basically a blue-collar worker out there. You're the man behind the quarterback and the person that makes everything run. . . . You're in every play. You have to be ready to take on any challenge.

We've gotten better every game defensively. We're understanding basically what it takes on defense and we've gotten in a lot better shape. We know we need to run with our man, (and) work with our man.

Mike Montgomery

We've looked surprisingly good, ... With only four starters back, we're basically a young team.

Wendy Kopp

We've done a lot of research on the characteristics of our teachers who are the most successful. The most predictive trait is still past demonstrated achievement, and all selection research basically points to that.

We went up there and basically laid an egg. But this is a different level in the playoffs. Everything in the past is over with and it's time to get going.

Whether you look at the core personal consumption expenditure index on a monthly basis or a year over year basis, the inflation trend is basically 'steady Eddie.

Mike Burns

You always think you're going to go home. You expect some damage, but never to lose everything. I think everybody basically felt the same way. That's the hardest part.