Famous Quotes & Sayings

After the second run scored, I still had Vladimir Guerrero coming to bat with a guy on base, so all of that was out of my head, ... The guys came to me and said, 'Keep it right there, because we have to score anyway.'

After they got up early, we definitely didn't quit. We kept battling back, and we were able to get some runs later.

It's not always the results. Sometimes it's seeing their poise or lack thereof. You want to see if they'll battle when it gets tough.

Dusty Baker

It's not definite, but it's not very possible. I'm open-minded to changes, but that's usually a very accomplished hitter's spot. I never dreamed I'd be batting fifth in my rookie year behind Hank Aaron, either.

It's not because women don't have 'the right stuff.' Women are very tough mentally. But the best-trained women still can't keep up with the best-trained men physically. If we're putting men in harm's way, we owe them battle colleagues who are just as strong as they are.

O. Henry

It's not about numbers. Being able to generate operational effects on the battle space - that's what it's about.

Tommy Bowden

It's really not open. Those guys are battling for No.2.

It's really a soft batch of numbers today. Nothing says 'recession' or severe slowdown but there is a consistent signal of softness that permeates these reports and belies some of the strength in consumer spending that we have seen early in the year.

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,

It's a little bit disappointing, because we did have a chance to get into the playoffs all the way until this last series. But the guys did well and continued battling through the end.

It only took 20 minutes and the battle lines were drawn. That was very, very depressing.

I told the girls that who plays is really going to come down to who is putting the bat on the ball.

It proves how hard it is to win it all. It was a battle to the end in both games.

Billy Donovan

I told them this would be a 40-minute battle from start to finish, and if you let frustration creep in at all, you guys are going to lose the game. This is going to be an ugly game where we may not shoot well, but we have to defend and rebound.

I told them the field, the ball, the bat and the glove don't know how old we are, so we're just trying to play the game. But we had so many runners on and so many hits, it could have been not as close. Later in the year, hopefully we'll get more runs in those situations.

Bob Brown

It provides the visual interpretation of how projectiles and powder from the storage magazines deep inside a gun battery were lifted to the firing level. It helps tell the story of Fort Flagler.

Reggie Sanders

It is what it is, ... We have to battle through. Nobody's 100 percent, but I think as long as you're functional you can go out and help the team.

Andrew Kreisberg

It's truly an honor to get to write Superman and Batman and Wonder Woman and all those great people, but when you can take something that's not well thought of and make it something that people do think highly of, that's much more gratifying, I think.

Jim Morris

It surprises me that we haven't scored more than two runs in this series. They pitch well and play good defense but we've got to swing the bat better.

It's true that it doesn't make sense straight off the bat that someone would shop for a Valentine's Day gift at Home Depot. But we do see a high volume of traffic just before the holiday.

Andrew Ference

It's not just because we're close in proximity. For the first time in a long time we're both battling for the playoffs in a tough division and a tough conference. When two teams, whether they're just down the highway from each other or not, are both fighting for the same spot it's going to be good, intense hockey. You should expect nothing less.

Mike Scioscia

It's not like one guy is getting the hits. It's like every single guy is swinging the bat all at once.

Oliver Goldsmith

For he that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day, but he, who is in battle slain, can never rise and fight again.

For many years we had one of the most bitter environmental battles in the country. We still have environmental wars, but they're comparatively small scale. We've transcended partisanship. We work closely with the casinos and ski resorts now.

Forget the cars; the battery is what they are after.

For four years here, we've been battling to gain respect. With 16 teams left in the tournament, everyone is good.

I'm not doing anything different. You kind of end up where you end up, and the last few years my numbers are pretty much the same. I've always swung the bat better in the second half.

Nomar Garciaparra

I'm excited. I've had three days of batting practice and felt really good, so this is definitely the next step.