Famous Quotes & Sayings

A.J. Hawk

People always try to get us in linebacker battles with the other teams. But we're trying to be the best defense in the country. We're going in as a defense and to make a statement.

Tommy Haas

Pavel is a very good player, ... We have had some close battles in the past.

Al Groh

Our last message at halftime was something that we had said early in training camp. We just reminded the players that battles are not won by digging in. If you dig in, you just become a target. Battles are won by attacking. The players did a very good job of that, and they can be proud of themselves.

Maybe so, maybe I have. I choose my battles a little bit more now. But on the stuff that's important, I still put my foot down.

I think he battles out of tough spots now and it's not a matter of him throwing a pitch and hoping he gets the guy out. I think now you're seeing the real Jose Contreras coming out.

That was Taylor's biggest hit this season. I like how he battles and puts in the extra time to improve.

He's definitely hurting; there's no question about that. He's been taking some shots all season, and his body is feeling it. At the same time, I know what type of a warrior he is, and he battles through a lot of things. You can never count him out when things like this are going on.

He's a warrior, he's a real fighter. He's fought many battles in his life and won them all.

John Mabry

Last year, it was like a machine. It just kept rolling and rolling and rolling and rolling. This year, it's like whoever steps in comes up and does the job. It's a different guy every night. It's not the usual suspects, because most of them are hurt. Somebody goes out there and battles and gets a key hit or makes a big play for us.

I will bring diversity, a viewpoint, experience, common sense, a passion for agriculture and a desire for reasonable solutions, to the issues facing all of agriculture. I am confident the new team of officers will fight the old and new battles with energy and integrity. With the support of our membership, we can overcome the obstacles we face.

Kenneth Branagh

'Thor' has got several big battles in it, a reckless, headstrong young hero who has to confront his past and deal with a complicated relationship with his father, it has lots of savage Europeans hacking each other to death at various points, and all of this sounded very much like 'Henry V.'

Karen Traviss

The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that's by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual.

Merle Haggard

Buck influenced a lot of people, from The Beatles to me. Buck and I were in a lot of battles over the years, always on the same side. Over the last few years, we'd become closer. He even flew up to Portland to see me when I opened for Dylan last year. We were outlaws together.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Battles are lost or won in 15 minites

Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind. Individuals, and not masses, form the culture of the race.

Kevin Boothe

I got my love for football watching him play in high school and then going off to college. I talk to him about four or five times a day. He's married now and has two kids, but whenever I go home, we have video game battles like we are teenagers.

I have gray hair and it's falling out thanks to games like this. Every team in this district battles you right to the end.

David Bailey

We did sort of score a touchdown today, but the thing is you know the battles not even half over yet.

Rachel Nichols

When you get to the point where you're established enough that people link you with something, especially being an action hero babe, it's awesome. Because then you can fight the battles and have the crossbows and wrestle with swords and ride the horses because you're already believable; people see you in that genre.

We reenact battles in our area, but we also do living history, enacting daily life at schools and community centers.

Al Sharpton

When people discuss the 1960s and the great Civil Rights Era, they often speak in romantic terms as if there wasn't immense work put in, and as if there wasn't immense sacrifice that took place. But none of those battles were easily fought and won; there were sustained movements behind them.

We have had some great battles with the French over the last few years and I'm sure our next match will be just as tough.

We have a lot of work to do moving the American public to be more supportive of marriage for same-sex couples. And while we do that, we will win some battles and lose others. It is a long road ahead.

Gilbert Arenas

We have veteran guys, guys who have been through the battles and know what it takes to pull out close games like this, ... It's not like we're going to panic when we get in those situations. We're not a young team anymore.

Brendan Morrison

We came out, started to work, won puck battles and forced them to take penalties.

Those are the kinds of signs that no candidate wants to have, especially one who still has legal battles coming up.

Mike Comrie

We didn't seem as hungry to win the battles as they did, and in the first 10 minutes of the game they dictated the play.

You always had those battles in high school and we've talked about the old days. It was fun. I knew both before I came here and it was good to build those relationships.

We had a lot of hard-fought battles in the district this season. There is no clear-cut favorite. Everyone is 0-0 and it will be interesting to see who makes it out of the tournament.

Greg Rusedski

We've had many tough battles and I know it's going to be a difficult match.

The Apache and others who fought the great cavalry battles took the cavalry's horses and methods and improved on them. These great horse warrior tribes are now cowboys and they naturally raise their young to be cowboy kids.

Like every freshman entering college, he's going to have to mature. He's going to be in battles every day.

Bret Bielema

I feel pretty good about having an experienced guy like John back there. He's been through some battles before, and we'll need him to lead us through some more battles when we start our season. I'm counting on John to do some good things for us and get us prepared.