Famous Quotes & Sayings

This is how St.John's is supposed to be ever since I was little looking at St. John's. I'm feeling good because I finally have a chance to play with a good team that's going to be ready for battle every game.

Ralph Neas

This is going to be the most important, most controversial Supreme Court confirmation battle since Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.

Richie Sexson

This is a pattern we need to break out of, and right now. Coming out of spring training we weren't looking at having a 7-13 kind of April. But it's the hand we've been dealt. We've got to battle out of it.

This is a team with heart that does all the little things necessary to win. They compete. They hustle and they work hard. They don't let the little things bother them, and they just battle through it to try to be successful.

This is as well as we've swung the bats all year.

This is not going to be any X and O's battle on Thursday. This game is about two teams very hungry for a victory.

Richard Foreman

This issue is only a skirmish in preparation for a huge battle -- over whether North Korea is willing to give up its nuclear weapons.

This isn't going to be an easy fight, but Steve and I recognize we can wage a better battle if we join forces.

This is the age-old battle between patients, their doctors and insurance companies.

The whole idea is to develop a picture of the battle - before, during and immediately after - so people can tell exactly what happened.

The White House and the Congress took off with the baton . . . but they haven't finished running the race. The fundamental job of the government is to protect and defend its citizens, and at this point, the United States is still very vulnerable.

This group of kids have a strong mental game. With our bats as hot as they are right now, there wasn't any doubt that we could bounce back when they tied the game.

Nick Saban

This game is really about our players and not about me going back to Baton Rouge,

Hugh Jackman

This cure is the source of the battle that's going on. You have to eventually take a side. That's what I think is great about this story. For Wolverine, he works that out. There is a lot at stake in this movie. I think that there's going to be a lot of shocks in store for the fans.

It is unfortunately true that our generation and that of your parents have left you with a big mess that will now be yours to clean up: wars, budget challenges, pollution, global warming, battles of health care, natural disasters. They're all there for you. We're willing those to you. Are you ready?

It's a good thing to have two coaches. One does batting practice while the other does the infield, or whatever.

Greg Chappell

It's a good flat batting wicket with not a blade of grass seen on it.

Tom Gordon

It's a good feeling to come in here and play the first two games well. This team has played us very well and given us a battle each and every night. Right now, it's the stretch run, so we need to play every game as hard as we can, leave it all out on the field and have fun out there.

It's a good feeling to be at home and it's a good feeling to get a win. Four to six weeks ago, we probably wouldn't have won this game, but we're coming together as a team. It was better for us to battle back and win this game than to win by 12 to 15 points.

Juan Pierre

I told him I was going to get him. I said, 'You think I was catching you just for your benefit? I was waiting for this day, too.' It's going to be weird, a guy you went to battle with and played behind so much, being on the other side trying to get hits off him.

Reggie Jackson

I told him, as long as you have a bat in your hand, you can rewrite the story. Instead of just talking to a writer, you can write the story.

I told our guys we've grown up a lot this week. We've got five games in and we've seen a lot of positives. Offensively we've got a lot of guys swinging the bat well. Defensively, other than last night (at Benjamin Logan) we played very good for four out of our five games.

Frank Beamer

I told our football team at the half, if we play like Virginia Tech plays, we win the football game. That?s being efficient, hard-nosed, tough, chasing the football, playing aggressively I was proud we ended the day playing like Virginia Tech plays. I thought our kids gave great effort. They hung in there and kept battling and kept coming back.

Clint Hurdle

I told my guys in the meeting today, man, it's like a snake. If somebody tells me it's dead, I'm going to run over it three times before I believe it. You tell me he's not swinging the bat good, I'll believe it when he's left here and we've been able to handle him.

It might be a long-term struggle, but the battle will continue unless this scourge is eliminated.

Iker Casillas

It means we can play with our batteries fully charged. We have rested all (northern) summer, worked well in pre-season and now we have all our strength to play at full pace.

Bobby Jackson

I tried to make it an interesting game, but Brad hit some big shots. We need to battle back and find some way to get this thing turned around.

JT Woodruff

I tried to be a lot more personal with the lyrics. Some of them are definitely about heartbreak and girls, but a lot of them are about my father and his battles with alcoholism. That's how I like to listen to bands. I would like to know that the singer was actually going through that.

Sanath Jayasuriya

I tried my best to bat and I took an injection in the morning, the doctors were not keen at all on me going out there.

Mike Holmgren

It's a great story. He has come in this year and done a marvelous job. He is one of 18 children. He has had to battle for his place his whole life. He appreciates everything. He works hard for everything. He doesn't expect anything to be given to him, and I can't say enough about the young guy. Do we miss Ken Hamlin? Certainly we do. But Marquand Manuel has been better than good this season.

It's a little more fun to actually have the bat in your hands.

It's a little frustrating, especially the way we were swinging the bat in Arizona.

It's a little bit harder this past week to get up and to walk to the bathroom in the morning. It's much easier in space,