Famous Quotes & Sayings

In the spring of 1957, Mickey Mantle was the king of New York. He had the Triple Crown to prove it, having become only the 12th player in history to earn baseball's gaudiest jewel. In 1956, he had finally fulfilled the promise of his promise, batting .353, with 52 homers and 130 RBIs. Everybody loved Mickey.

J. F. C. Fuller

In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading.

In the last 96 hours, we have shipped 440,000 sheets of plywood into the west coast of Florida, 30,000 generators, 1.2 million batteries and 150 truckloads of flashlights. Those are some of the items that are just flying off the shelves right now.

In the end it was a good toss to lose because the wicket got better for batting on the third day.

David Suzuki

In the environmental movement . . . every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.

In spite of conventional wisdom to the contrary, in our view, Sun has a future and, potentially a very bright one. We see the passing of the baton as affirmation that Sun can move into a strategic harvesting phase combined with focus on streamlined cost structure.

Jeff Goodell

In recent years, America's wealthiest man has begun to tackle energy issues in a major way, investing millions in everything from high-capacity batteries to machines that can scrub carbon dioxide out of the air. With a personal fortune of $50 billion, Gates has the resources to give his favorite solutions a major boost.

Mick Cornett

In Oklahoma City, we know all about tragedy. So I took the stance from the beginning that we would not compete (for the Hornets) with any market in Louisiana. When I contacted the league, I made it clear that if the team decided not to play in Baton Rouge or New Orleans, only then would we be interested. It's my belief that if this team can, then it should go back to New Orleans. Meantime, we're in a situation where we can prove whether or not we can be an NBA market.

In order for us to beat Fargo South at state, we're going to need some help from some other teams. It should be another close battle with Fargo South, like the (East Region).

Jim Perrin

In one way I'm glad we're starting to swing the bats better and getting runners on base. Now it's the timely hits we need to get. Once we start getting those to sneak through or fall in we'll be fine.

I really expect some sophomores to give some seniors a real battle for starting jobs.

Tony Campos

I really liked how we swung the bats today. It's nice that we don't have to rely on the same three or four girls to get it done every time. Everyone in our lineup is hitting very well right now, which is very important to our success.

I really liked how we started the fourth quarter. Things were not going our way to end the third quarter. We were not getting all the calls. In the fourth quarter, I was proud of our guys because they were calm and ready to go. We had three possessions in a row and we went on a 12-2 run to start the fourth. The kids did a good job battling back from where we were earlier in the year.

I put it all to music and put it on the scoreboard during batting practice.

Adrian Beltre

I prefer to hit 3-4-5, but I'll do whatever the club needs. I started the season in 2004 hitting seventh, and that didn't work out too bad. By the end of the year I was batting fourth.

In training this week we have talked about the dropped catches, which ruined our chances. The batting of the St Catherine team... they have a good batting line-up with Tamar Lambert and others. They'll be coming gunning. They have won outright, so it should be a good match.

Ichiro Suzuki

In the second half of the 2003 season -- actually, I'd include the 2002 season in this -- I started to struggle as I approached the 200-hit mark. As I got closer to the goal, I lost control of that part of batting and sort of lost focus.

Adam Kennedy

In the playoffs, you're going to see good pitching so it's going to take everybody. But having Garret swing the bat like that will be big for us.

Gary Gaetti

In that regard, it's very important for him to take as close to a full speed batting practice as he can. It looks like he's able to do that now, and I've never seen that before from him.

Craig Wilson

If your hands and your upper body aren't what they should be, then you are not going to be able to swing the bat real well.

Jamie Dixon

If you would have told me we would lose the rebounding battle by 11 and only be down by one with less than a minute remaining I wouldn't have believed you.

In my mind if they had everyone on their roster from last year we'd be in a battle for second place.

Chad Cordero

I never thought I would do what I did last year. This year it's a lot different. I know my role, but I've still got to go out there and work hard and battle and show that last year wasn't a fluke.

In fact, over the past week, it was a veritable blood bath for commodity prices.

I never thought we would hit like this. But I'm glad to see that my 400 or so pitches in batting practice and my sore body paid off.

In every company's history, there is a time when it is appropriate to pass the baton and give a new management team the opportunity to lead, and that time has come at McDonald's,

James Dyson

I've fought court battles over my inventions before.

Euripides

Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.

Cassandra Clare

It was like the calm just as one engaged in battle, Will thought, when thought fled and inevitability took over.

Cassandra Clare

It's love, not the Battle of Thermopylae. You don't have to treat everything like it's a last stand.

Cassandra Clare

He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor.

Kresley Cole

Before the final battle in 'Poison Princess,' Evie remembered how to use her Empress powers, practiced with them to the point of exhaustion, then had a trial by fire. In a way, she earned those powers, as she hadn't before, so that was certainly a confidence builder.

Kyla Pratt

To see two couples that are battling to make it work just shows that love is in a marriage, but there are also trials and things that you have to make it through and showing women and men how to keep it spicy.