Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Keegan

As contact with the enemy draws nearer, anticipation sharpens into fear. Its physical effects are striking. The heart beats rapidly, the face shines with sweat and the mouth grows dry - so dry that men often emerge from battle with blackened mouths and chapped lips.

Roma is a very technical center-mid who reads the game well. She is coming back from an injury but is someone we feel will battle back and contribute right away. Romo has good vision and a fantastic work rate, and she will give us more depth in the midfield.

Right now we're in a battle. Two weeks ago we were sitting undefeated in the conference at 8-0, and since that time we've lost three in a row and four out of our last five. Right now we're sitting in a battle for second place at 9-4. Every game from now on is a playoff game ? we need to battle for position.

Milan Hejduk

Pretty much in all of March we are on the road. (Tuesday's) two points are really important for us. And now every game is really important. It's a battle for a playoff spot. Every two points are huge. The race is tight and it's going to go down to the wire.

William Wordsworth

Perhaps the plaintive numbers flowFor old, unhappy, far-off things,And battles long ago.

Satan may win a battle here and there but victory is ours!

Mike Holmgren

Our depth in the secondary, particularly with our nickel back and dime back coming in, was not good last year, ... I'm glad we have Kelly Herndon. One thing about Kelly, he'll battle you. He'll physically play the game with you, and that's what you need, what you want.

Again, we played the top team in the league to a very close game. I'm very proud of this team. They never give up and they battle to the end.

Heinrich Heine

The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle

Dick Cheney

a few opportunists are suggesting they were sent into battle for a lie.

The old story in antitrust cases is that the government wins the battle and loses the war. The question is: What do you get in relief?

After 90 minutes there were puddles of water all over the pitch. It was a real battle but nonetheless full of entertainment with every player giving their all.

After I threw my bullpen two days after that start, my leg was great. So there were no worries about that. My location just wasn't there at all today, for whatever reason. I'm doing the best I can to see if I can fight through it. After the first inning, I was hoping to just battle and give us five or six innings.

The most important thing for us is to realize that last season is over and this one is completely different. And that if we don't run or battle until the end we won't win anything,

David O. McKay

The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.

Jonathan Ogden

Strength is important. But the No. 1 thing is knowing your opponent. If you know your opponent and what they like to do, and you try to take that away from them, force them to another move, then that's half the battle right there.

Keith Richard

Southern Illinois is in the same boat a little bit. When you play defensive battles such as this, every point is at a premium, the game could go either way. I'm not so much happy that we won here, but that we won.

So this has been a battle of ideas, ... This has been a battle of institutions. We recognize that there are certain fundamental things that you have to do collectively through government. But it is through the free market that the ingenuity of individual creators and enterprises flourishes.

Anson Carter

Special teams was huge for us. We worked on the power play a little bit this morning because we realized that was going to be a big focal point in the game, and the special teams battle ended up being what tipped the scales for us tonight.

Once we got the conference to a point where we wrapped it up, that's when we started thinking about the state tournament series. Whether these guys could make it or not? We're not an overpowering team, but we will battle you. I thought we could play with anybody, but we didn't really blow too many people out.

During my six years with them Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director) constantly supported me and, I have no doubt, fought many battles on my behalf to keep the initially controversial programme going.

Defensive battles get real physical. You can't get going offensively when you're concentrating on defense, but these defensive battles can get fun too.

Compared to three years ago, I believe that this conference has come a long way in developing some good players. It was neat watching these younger kids battle each other and a lot of them play on the same teams in the summer.

Coach Battle was more to himself, not quite as vocal, very methodical and businesslike. Coach Majors was real vocal, with a lot of energy.

Coach Battle was a good coach. I think he may have ended up being a great coach if he hadn't been so young when he was hired.

Matt Schaub

Coming into those situations and getting on the field in the heat of battle and having to make plays will definitely help. Whether it be the short term or long term, being in those environments will help me.

They're a good defensive team. There weren't any easy shots today. Some people in the stands may not think so, but I thought we played well offensively. It was a battle of tempos.

There's been an ongoing battle for a while between people who are positive on the recovery and the people who aren't.

Peter Pace

There's also no doubt in my mind that he does not see this battle as a battle between religions.

Robbie Deans

There's a lot of similarities between the two sides, so it really is going to be a battle of wills and of wits.

There's anxiety, battle fatigue, lack of sleep and they're miles from home. Any of those is difficult, but all of them together is bad,

Susan Butcher

There was a lot of pain. I've broken a lot of bones out there, but it was what I loved doing. I didn't really choose to have leukemia. This is just a battle that was given me.

E. O. Wilson

At first we played a little scared. In the second half, we had nothing to lose. We wanted to play with our hearts and finish strong. To battle them and not give up.