Famous Quotes & Sayings

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

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.

Patrick Long

I had a good start and was able to negotiate the traffic to keep the car in the lead. The car was handling great and the Porsche power was keeping me out front. When the caution came on lap 30 we had just passed pit entry and we were beaten to the stop by a few cars. The team did a fast pit stop and Mike was able to make up ground. He was the man on the last lap, a great battle and a great win for the team.

It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general on the other side of the Atlantic; but there was never a time during my command when I would not have chosen some settlement by reason rather than the sword.

It ended up being a battle -- I'm sure that's what it's going to be for the whole series. Everybody's pretty fired up. It was like a playoff game.

Tommy Bowden

I just figured the battle on the odds had run out

Roger Clemens

I listen to my sisters who are living in Georgetown with her. They said this is different. So I've been traveling back and forth and I thought at one point she would be able to battle back a little bit, but this one wasn't looking good. I went back up there (Tuesday), spent the evening with her and most of this morning. I feel very blessed that she's at peace now because the last 10 years was hard on her and the last two to three days were grueling. But she was very tough to the end.

I'm close to being ready. If I'm not ready right now, I will be ready for training camp. And that's really when the battle is going to heat up. But we're going pretty strong right now.

If we want to win, we have to win the battle in front of the net. It's tough when a big guy is in front of the net, it's tough to defend it. It's all positioning. If you're smaller, you have to be a little smarter.

If you do something so often, you get used to it. Playing back-to-back games battle tests a team.

Mike Connolly

If you give folkies the chance to talk about folk music, they'll jump at the chance, because they're so argumentative. They never shut up. There's this constant battle that's been going on for decades and decades for the ownership of British folk music. The arguments seem to be an integral part of it. Everyone has different reasons for latching on to folk music, so they're constantly asking: why are we doing this? Why is this important?

I don't know if it's a wake up call that we need or if it's just kinda having a confidence every time we go out on the field and knowing that even if the other team scores a goal, it's not the end of the world and that we can battle back from that.

I didn't think anything was going to top the battle we had with Dolgeville on Monday but this match did.

I didn't know if I was just going to be a rental player. This makes me feel a lot better about being here and wanting to battle for the rest of the year with these guys.

Jack Adams

After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.

He's really pitched very well. His first outing was dominating. He didn't get a decision, but he pitched about as well as you can pitch. The second outing, he didn't have his best stuff, but he was able to battle through it, and that's a maturity level we didn't see from him early in the season last year.

Phillip Daniels

He's one of the nicest coaches I've played for. He's a man that will go to battle and protect your back. He's one of those guys who always wants to know what the players think and wants to make sure we're OK. ... You don't hardly ever get a coach who wants to know how the players feel. Half of them don't care. They just want to win.

I don't think losing one battle means you've lost the war.

Eric Davis

I don't know if I've ever coached a better competitor than Mike Gray. He battles out there and will do whatever it takes.

Clint Bowyer

If Martin has the equipment, he's going to be there. The bottom line is every one of those guys can take away the rookie of the year honors. It would be pretty cool to come down to the end of the year in a battle with Martin like it was last year and have that shoe on the other foot.

If Microsoft had won this contract the battle for the mobile media player market would have been close to being over.

Harold Wilson

I have not always in my dealings with General de Gaulle found quotations from Trafalgar and Waterloo necessarily productive, and he has been very tactful about the Battle of Hastings.

Shoichi Nakagawa

I had an impression that ground battles will kick off from now on.

Robert Esche

I never like being pulled out. It was the right decision. I know it's part of the game. You want to be there when things are great and when things are bad, I want to battle it out.

Martina Hingis

I'm very excited. We've had great battles over the years, and now that I haven't played her since my comeback, it's definitely a great challenge. We always played one of the best matches because we knew every time we played, either we win the tournament or we were close to doing so. So (it) always brought the best tennis out of each other.

I'm very very proud that they have that much drive to mentally and physically to stay in it. It was a battle in the second half.

Kyle McLaren

I'm wondering why it took us so long to get started, especially in the battle we're in. It's inexcusable. We've got to get better, because there's only nine games left.

I like the man who faces what he must,/ With steps triumphant and a heart of cheer;/ Who fights the daily battle without fear.

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 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).

But you don't want to make your spouse's battles yours. You might have opinions, but ultimately it's your spouse who's in charge of his or her working life . . . and it's his or her family.