Famous Quotes & Sayings

He was so ready and so focused and so determined to beat him. He had it in his mind that he was going to do it. I think that is the biggest battle you always have, inside your head, with a kid that's beaten you before.

Frank Thomas

He was saying how loaded this team is and how tough it is finding at-bats for everyone. The guy who's swinging the hot bat will probably decide things a lot, but I told him that playing two out of every three games or something like that is fine with me. Whatever he needs to do to keep guys fresh.

I also thought Josh Stevens ( 2-for-4) swung the bat well today, but we had several guys who swung the bat well. And you've got to have that (hitting) up and down the lineup to be successful.

He was a late-inning stud all through college and continued in his first pro year. He has an 88-90 fastball with a good slider. He's an outstanding strike thrower, missing bats down in the zone with a low, three-quarters delivery. He has presence, confidence and instincts on the mound with a history of success.

He was a good friend and Extension director. He went to bat for all of us. We're certainly going to miss him.

Edward Kennedy

He was a constant profile in courage on countless issues, continually insisting that the Senate live up to its ideals and always willing to wage lonely battles for noble causes.

I was taken aback by the way the guys just kept fighting and fighting. Early on, it didn't look good at all. All we could do was battle back, and we did that.

I was swinging the bat well today. But it's not just me. We all are starting to swing it.

Casey Stengel

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice.

I was telling our guys to get as few walks as possible because we wanted to swing the bats today.

Christopher Nolan

I wouldn't consider doing a Batman sequel unless I felt like it could be a great film, a film even better than the one we already made. But I certainly couldn't do another one on such a large scale right after having finished this one. I'm very glad to be doing something completely different.

I would say in Division 2, St. Clair boys have just been rolling, and I think the Division 2 race will be a great battle between St. Clair and (defending champion) Lutheran North,

I would have liked to win, but then there is only so much you can do for it, and this time it was Fernando. I'm certainly not complaining about finishing second. There are several good teams, all of which are capable of battling for the title, and it's great to be one of them.

I would hate for people to feel complacent -- like we're somehow winning this battle -- because you have a problem leveling off at a terrible point.

I would go to battle with T.O. any day of the week. A lot of people don't understand him.

I wish I could say I wanted to be batting like this at this point in the year, but I can't say that. It's nice. I'm hoping to keep it up.

I wish I could of had her batting for everybody.

I would be glad to go to bat for her. She was a very credible, believable person and deserves that sort of respect in this situation now.

I was pleased with the effort. We had several pins. The kids looked good. We've got some quality kids here and they'll battle to the end.

I was pleased with our effort. We didn't win, but we battled back, and that kind of battle is what I'm looking for.

If we get the bats going, I think everything else will fall into place.

Jack Rio

If we gain an edge with them having to battle in the dark uniforms, then we'll do that for the opener. I just thought that a team coming out of the northwest, why not put them in their dark colors?

If we had to go to battle tomorrow, we'd be ready.

If we're going to make a run at Battle Ground, we're going to need all our guys stepping up Saturday.

Mike Robinson

If we knew how tough the weight class was, we might have reconsidered our decision. But you never know. Maybe he'll knock off the No. 1 seed right off the bat -- he's been wrestling pretty well.

Johnny Damon

I grabbed Trot Nixon's bats today and I'm grabbing any bat that feels good now.

Kevin Boothe

I got my love for football watching him play in high school and then going off to college. I talk to him about four or five times a day. He's married now and has two kids, but whenever I go home, we have video game battles like we are teenagers.

Jesse McCartney

I grew up as a huge comic fan and a huge Batman & Robin fan. I watched all the TV shows, went to all the movies - I even had the lunch box; man, I was in!

If we can't win the battle in court, we'll find every voter we can touch and make sure they have every piece of information needed to participate.

If we can swing the bat and be particular about what pitches to swing at, and be patient and stuff like that, I think we can put some pressure on some people. You look at the numbers these guys put over through the course of the year, there's no easy out in there. That makes it tough on everybody.

Sergei Gonchar

If we can somehow fix this problem, it's going to keep us in the games. The game is going to be closer, and we're going to have a better chance in the third period. It's so hard to come back when you're down two goals, and we put ourselves in the position of having to battle back. It's hard to do.

Tim Carter

If we could translate, I'm sure it would be bat profanity.

If we could just run him up or see him, we could say we know where he's at, we know he's there. We could start with a battle plan.