Famous Quotes & Sayings

The first thing was that we had to win our first road game ever at Mississippi State. This has all been the process of little steps where we find a way to work things out. Step 2 was beating Vanderbilt, a Top 20 team.

Kelvin Sampson

The first thing I want to do is congratulate Jim Wooldridge and his players. They won at Kansas, they were good enough to beat Texas and they were good enough to beat Oklahoma.

The first two times we beat Reed this year, I still don't know how we did it.

The first time, we got torn up. But I knew that with the talent we had, we could have and should have beaten them. But we didn't have Max back then, and I had also sat our starting defensemen.

The first time she faced Van last year she was extremely nervous and didn't do too well. This time she was solid as a rock and came close to beating her.

Chris Collins

The first thing I heard the day I got hired, I asked, 'So, what's our tradition?' ... They said, 'Well, you better beat North Myrtle Beach.' So I've been stressing about this one a little bit. We had some problems in the first half, but our kids played hard and refused to lose.

The first time I beat him, but I knew in my heart that I was so much better than he was. I should have done so much more in that first match.

(The coaches) told the kids if we could play our best ball, we could beat them. The girls believed that and did it.

The chance of the government beating the two injunctions next week are much better and so the likelihood of privatization before the year-end is improving.

The catches were all pretty tough chances, but you've got to hang on to those if you want to beat a quality side like Australia.

Andre Agassi

The challenge is real simple. Most people have weaknesses and most people only have one great shot. Federer doesn't have weaknesses and has a few great shots. So that equates to a problem. You hit it in that corner and that corner and that corner and that corner, over and over again, and you beat him. But you got to do it.

The challenge for this company is investors have been trained for them to beat numbers and raise guidance, which they didn't do this quarter.

The first half, we were beat up and down. That was a tribute to Macomb and how they played. They are fundamentally sound like I knew they were going in.

Nick Harper

The first half, we came out, we was flat. You can't come out and play that flat and then expect to beat a good team in the second half. We got away with it early in the season because teams weren't as good. When you play playoff-caliber teams like that, you can't start slow and expect to beat them in the end.

Antonio Tarver

The fight will give me what I want. It brings about the luster of boxing our sport is missing. If I can't beat Mike Tyson, I can't run with the big boys.

The first order of business for us is to take care of the basketball. They're quick and they overplay the passing lanes. We have to have fewer than 10 turnovers in this game to be competitive, and we have to hone in on those two players and not let them beat us.

The company is beating expectations despite weakness in some key markets, and if those markets stabilize, there could be more significant upside.

The confidence to beat the Yankees developed over a few years, ... Finally, we got to where we knew we could play with these guys, but at the same time, we knew that if we were going to play with the Yankees, we were going to have to play our best game, because they weren't going to give any slack. Now it's the same way here. These are two good teams who are going to go at it hard, and it's going to be entertaining, no matter which side you're on.

The condition (of the toy) is a big part of the equation. I want to beat the book price and still give my customers the best quality.

Johan Cruijff

Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.

You only got two choices. You either quit and get beat by 100, or you try to show some pride and fight your way back in the game,

You know I was really worried after we beat a good Hope team (Friday) night. It was so hot and was so emotionally draining, I thought it was going to hurt us.

Dick Vermeil

You deserve that, buddy. We beat the world champions.

You couldn't say more about this team. We have been taking a beating because we haven't been pitching shutouts but, that being said, we got it when it counts.

You couldn't say more about this team, ... We have been taking a beating because we haven't been pitching shutouts but, that being said, we got it when it counts.

E. P. Thompson

You could have men landing on Mars and Idol would beat it.

You can't go by football math (in trying to figure out who's going to win). We beat Clare 28-0, and they beat them 24-14. We scored 50-some points on Beaverton, and they scored 49. ... This is one of those games where football math doesn't work.

You can't go by football math (in trying to figure out who's going to win), ... We beat Clare 28-0, and they beat them 24-14. We scored 50-some points on Beaverton, and they scored 49. ... This is one of those games where football math doesn't work.

Corey Maggette

You can't get overconfident. But we know we can beat (the Nuggets), there's no doubt in my mind.

You can't win with one player. That's what everyone overlooks. If you shut down Emeka and Ben, somebody else is going to beat you.

You can't usually fall twice and still make an Olympic team. Until I went down, though, I'd been doing very well. I just told myself that one mistake probably wouldn't beat me.

Michael Huff

You can't take away any one particular thing. If you could, somebody would have beaten them by now.

Derek Jeter

You can't say we're embarrassed, because they're major league players, too. I don't know how many times they beat us, but they deserved to win all of 'em.