Famous Quotes & Sayings

She had this old tin bathtub that you can carry around, that they used to use before indoor plumbing. We saw it hanging in her garage. It was the original tub they used in the house. She was going to throw it out, but she let us have it. We hang it up now.

She had eight shots. She's posting up and not getting a touch because we're not doing the things we've done in the past and I credit Connecticut with that. It was a battle of wills.

She brings a whole different dimension to the (No.) 9 slot. She's swinging a great bat in all types of situations. She's really giving us a lift.

Shane really gutted it out. That is the longest he has pitched for us and we had him for 75 pitches. Give him a lot of credit for gutting it out and being very effective. That was a huge factor for us to have him come in and shut them (Phantoms) down. They swing the bats well.

Shane never takes a night off. He's the type of player that will go to battle every time he's on the ice. He comes to every game ready to play, and has been an integral part of our team's success this season.

Shane brings a lot of leadership abilities to us this year. He's used to winning and he's another bat and another glove. He fills the shortstop void real well.

Since the hurricane, there is a new 'normal' in Baton Rouge. We have become Louisiana's largest city. We went from 350,000 to 600,000 in a few days. There is gridlock at many intersections as New Orleans people struggle in a new city. There have been rumors of increased crime, desperate people wandering the streets.

Since starting this business, I have always wanted to design bed and bath products. The talent and experience at London Fog/Homestead has been the ideal partnership for us. We have worked closely with them from start to finish on this program and we are thrilled with the results.

Sir, our Iraqi partners have been conducting battalion and Brigade-size operations since April. They have been planning and coordinating with other Iraqi security forces, such as the Iraqi police and local government agencies, preparing for this referendum. Sir, we as coalition forces, we have taken a supporting role only as they prepare to execute this referendum.

Travis Hafner

Since we've been home, it's only been the one game where we scored any runs. We're missing out on a lot of chances and not hitting with men in scoring position. Everybody is frustrated that we're not swinging the bats better.

She's a hard worker. It's definitely hard to battle her in practice. She brings a lot to the team. When she shows what she can do, she'll be a good player.

She's a good little athlete. She's taken on pitching, is learning quite a bit and learning how to stay composed. She's got a good bat so hopefully that will start coming around.

She hit a good pitch. Sometimes you have to give it to the batter when they do that.

Most people would have thought that, given the length of time that international players have been using the bat in Tests, the bat was legal.

Ryan Miller

Most people look at him and don't think much of his size, but he's actually a very strong kid. When he's in there battling he's great on his feet and he's good with his stick. He's coming up with pucks most people don't believe he can get. He's making things happen.

Mike is doing a good job for us, but Cory has a strong arm, and I think they'll battle for the position next year.

Sathya Baba

Mind is the battery cell, Intelligence is the switch  

We have had some tough battles with Traverse City this season. Competing in a playoff environment will continue to challenge our guys and prove to be great experience in the development of our players.

Brit Hume

It's a battle to be seen in the world of advertisers and in the world of business as a serious force.

Brian Lara

If I have to put anyone to bat for my life, it'll be Kallis or Dravid.

Arthur Conan Doyle

I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?

We're having trouble getting the bat on the ball. And then we'll go through spurts where we'll make errors in the middle of the game, and that's just killing us.

We're handing the baton off and letting someone else take the next leg of this important race.

Ned Yost

There are things we're still trying to accomplish. The .500 mark is one of them, and to continue to battle in the wild-card race is one of them. You can't fall too far behind in either one of those at this time of year.

Merle Haggard

We've been in many battles together (always on the same side). Over the last few years, we'd become closer than we ever realized ... We were outlaws together.

We've been improving, we've been improving everyday. We still made a lot of mistakes tonight but we're gonna get better. I like the way we swung the bats tonight. We really kept our front side down and we hit it in the gaps. That's the way we like to hit.

We really had to battle for it, and the girls made tremendous improvement throughout the season. They have played so well in the second half of league, and that was our goal.

Chan Gailey

We really feel that our wide receiver position is set, and we feel good about that. Now they aren't battle tested in games but they've taken the first big step to getting there.

Ron Gardenhire

We're 17 games in. I'd say that's too early (to be concerned). We still haven't found a groove yet. If we do that, we can compete. If we're 7-10 here and we've got people injured and some people who aren't here, I think we're battling pretty good.

We're 0-3 in the Big Ten now. It's a bit of an uphill battle and we need to do anything and everything to get of the hole.

We ran into a team that played really well tonight. It wasn't a lack of effort or not believing, but they just beat us tonight. They swung the bats better than we did.

Luis Castillo

We're a team and we go out there and we battle together, but when it comes down to it, the three games we lost, the defense let up at the end; we let them score. It felt great to go out there and really get them stopped. The offense gave us a great cushion and we locked them down.

Michael Turner

Yesterday, I hit the salad bar, tried our batch of chili and the cream of chicken soup.