Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was weird to get my first at-bat before I pitched my first inning. That helped me relax. I was just trying to get through the first inning. That was my goal. I was expecting to have some rough innings and have to battle through it.

It was an exciting finish to a tough battle all day.

Shelden Williams

It was a long, dog-fight game, and it was just a battle the whole 45 minutes.

J. Taylor

These protests have a profound effect on the morale and the emotional well being of the soldiers, many of whom are fresh from battle and still carry the psychological scars from seeing their comrades killed and wounded right next to them.

Is it going to be considered as an exception within the framework of the WTO, or are people at it going to say, 'Oh, this has been signed at UNESCO, but it does not touch our work.' This question will be at the heart of the battles to come,

William Story

I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the Battle of Life,The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died overwhelmed in the strife.

Dick Vermeil

I've been with him through the lowest time of his career. I've helped him come off the field with a terrible injury and I've watched him battle back to the point where you're willing to give up a first-round pick to watch him play again.

Max Biaggi

I've been trying hard all weekend, but I just couldn't go fast in the qualifying. But when it came time to race the problems were a little less and I was able to battle my way up.

Mel Stottlemyre

I've been here with Joe for 10 years and this has by far been the toughest year for him, and it's the best job he's done. He's done a good job year in and year out -- this year the job he's done was really special because he had a lot of things to battle through.

It would look like the very thing people aren't looking for this year from either party. Two politicians fighting out their own battles instead of fighting over how to solve people's problems,

It would have been a very bitter, difficult battle which probably would have resulted in his not being confirmed, if history is a guide,

Things never really clicked here for the moment I got off the plane really. Seemed like I was on the back foot all weekend and things never came good to be honest. In the race I had a good battle with a few guys and went back and forth with Barros a few times then I overshot at the end of the straightaway and lost a few places. I feel I let my boys down here and don't feel good about it. I just want to make sure we come out of the gate fast in Sepang next week and put things straight.

Corey Perry

Things like that happen in the game. There was a battle in the corner and it escalated. You've got to do what you've got to do.

The winter has been unusually harsh this year again. It's a constant battle for these survivors.

Randy Foye

These are the type of games we like. I know no one believes us but ... we like to battle it out and just grind it to the end.

Roger Clemens

These are really good games, fun to pitch in and fun to battle in, but I wish they'd come out on our side a little more often.

The rivalry has been great for Alberta lacrosse. I'm expecting nothing less than an incredibly tough battle again.

There will be some leapfrogging in the battle for the highest throughput,

Ed Orgeron

We tried to turn it into a position to see if we can get our second team ready in case something happens to Brent. We had a battle there and we still have a long ways to go. The speed of our offense wasn't what we needed and what we expect to have with Brent.

We talked about how there's probably going to be a stretch in the game where things don't go like we'd like them to go. We've just got to battle through those times and keep playing defense and good things will happen.

Patrick Sharp

We just played the way we wanted to for three periods. We got away from it early and were trading chances with them and were playing sloppy defensively. As the game went on, we tightened it up. We won the battles we needed to.

When Alicia tied the game it was just a classic battle between two great competitors.

We lost in our battle to save Terri, but we believe it is incumbent on us to redirect our efforts to saving the lives of the innocent, who every day are being targeted by the euthanasia cult.

Chris Johnson

We lost a tough match last night but I still think we played fairly well. I have to give these girls credit, we have played three matches in a row this week and all three we have had to battle to stay in. We are starting to get our offensive weapons tuned in a little better but still have a long way to go. Our defense and passing abilities have kept us in games so far this season.

Jim Wallis

We have to distinguish between people we can win over and those we can have a clear public conversation with. We are winning the battle on evangelical Christian college campuses; it's just under the radar. We can't give up on everybody. We have to take back the faith.

We will see more battles of the data.

Yoko Ono

(When) I read about the battle of the widows, I thought 'I'm not John's widow, Yoko is John's widow,

With Jake, it's funny because what you see is what you get. He puts on no airs. I love the guy. I'd go to battle for the guy every day of the year.

With four senior pitchers, we trust any four at any time. All will continue to battle for innings and the nice thing is that all of them have good experience.

Ernie Kent

We are certainly looking forward to it. We are going to work hard these next couple days. It's going to be about who wants it more in that environment with two teams going down there with not a lot of fans in the building and playing in neutral court. For us right now, it's one game at a time. We know we have Washington State and that's going to be a battle for us.

The third quarter was some kind of blitz. I thought we would be able to pull away from them and then, boom, the game turns on a dime. We knew we would be in for a battle the rest of the way, and sometimes you grind it out and make it happen.

The thing that's frustrating to me is sometimes I feel like there's going to be days when I have to battle and today wasn't one of those days.

The thing I'm really looking for is that perfect night, when you're out there and it's like a window opens onto the world. And you get a whole brigade marching down in one glorious moment. The battle unfolds in front of you, and you get it all on camera history in motion.