Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edmund Burke

I did my best. I was nervous and I just took off too fast. I didn't run a smart race. I just didn't have enough at the end. I can come back next year with a clean slate. I was glad to be beat by some good quality runners. I'll be back.

I can't say enough about the outstanding play of our team. We came ready to play. I'm proud of out team; we keep getting better every game. If we keep working and keep focused, we'll be hard to beat by playoff time.

I can't find any forecaster in this country who forecast the industry running this strong, ... It's got a chance of beating the 1986 record year, and I think we're on track to do just that.

I can't retire after this year. I could, but I can't because I'm not going to let this game get the better of me. I am beating this game. I am not going to go out sour. I've had too many great times in this game. I'm not going out sour. I'm going to go out on my terms, not the game's terms.

Jim Calhoun

I can't remember the last time we were up three with 11 seconds to go and lost. We got beat by that shot by Gerry. Anything can happen in overtime. We made the decision of who would have the assignment. Gerry made a better play and hit a great 3.

Trent Johnson

I can't remember a team that's come in here and beat us as handily as that team did. This was by far the best team we faced this year. They took Matt away, made Chris work and they made more shots.

I can't really take credit for doing a lot of motivating for this particular game. When you get beat by 20 points, you're kind of embarrassed. These guys came out and they were pretty motivated tonight.

I can't really complain. It was a good week for us. We beat two quality opponents that brought us to a level of play where we had to sustain solid play over a whole game or we weren't going to win.

Matthew Pinsent

I can't see myself racing competitively because that would really wind me up, racing old-aged, hair-coming-out-of-their-ears type people who you should be beating but you're not

Dan McCarney

I can't say that. There's been a lot of great ones here. I know we beat a real class program, a real good program, but I don't know if it's the biggest win.

I can tell you that she can beat a couple of those younger kids. They're not great swimmers, but she'll beat a couple.

I can't let Peter beat me, ... When there's a big meet, I like to swim a fast time. I didn't want to disappoint my grandma, who sat in the sun all day, and my girlfriend who came from Michigan.

Bruce Pearl

Great players are going to have to step up if you're going to beat the best team in the country. Certainly Chris carried us.

James McCartney

Growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself. I felt with The Beatles legacy that there was pressure on me to do music, and while I always loved music and it was always around me at home, I thought about doing other things.

I have been on this team for four years and this is the first time we have beaten Fallbrook. Guys from past years who used to be on this team kept telling me that we wouldn't be able to do it, so it's nice to show them that it could be done.

I don't know anything about how that works, but we have to step it up. Three dudes beat us tonight.

I don't know a lot about them. I know they're a good team. But I think we match up OK. They have quick guards and press you. They beat Lisle and Lisle beat us twice. They beat Wheaton St. Francis (de Sales) by 13 and we beat St. Francis by 18.

Freddy Garcia

I don't know a lot about them, but I'll be ready to go. I know they've got some Major League players, so you can't look past them. Every team in this tournament can beat you.

I don't know about any of that. After New Year's, we've shown that we can beat anybody. It's just a matter of putting it together the right way.

I don't have to worry. I only graduated one from last year's team and that quarterfinal game; they remember that game. They're an excellent team and I can't think of a team that can beat them but they are beatable and this is a very good measuring stick for us.

Kevin Towers

I don't have a problem with it. We play the game for the fans, and the fans like to see this guy play. To win the division, we have to beat the Giants. But if you're already talking about gamesmanship in spring training, I just think that's a little petty.

I don't have a problem with him being held accountable. But when it is brought up and repeated, it is like beating a dead horse.

Fred Couples

I didn't want Vijay last night, ... I enjoy playing with him, so I chose to play with him if I could get it done. It was a great match, and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. You know, is he going to beat me 8 of 10 times? I think so. But in a one-day time, I have just as good a shot as anyone.

I didn't want to beat on them again.

David Howell

I didn't want to beat him too badly,

Julian Peterson

I didn't want that Philly loss to cost us two games, thinking about how they beat up on us,

I didn't look out there today and think we were overmatched. Without the turnovers, I don't know how many other teams would beat us.

Bucky Lasek

I didn't go in setting out to beat Pierre's run, ... I set out to make the tricks I wanted to make. My main focus was to have fun and I wanted to make that known today.

Jim Murray

I'd like to borrow his body for just 48 hours. There are three guys I'd like to beat up and four women I'd like to make love to.

I don't feel any more pressure, but we know teams are going to try and come at us harder because we're No. 1 and they want to prove they can beat the No. 1 team. But I like that. It means they are going to play harder and that's going to make us play harder and it's going to make us better.

Steven Jackson

I don't even want to beat that drum anymore. We all know how I feel about that. I'm pretty sure the coaching staff feels the same way. I feel like a diamond in the rough, and hopefully they'll polish me up this year.

Jon Gruden

I don't give a damn what we are, ... Donovan McNabb is questionable and they're talking about him having surgery. No, if the guy's able to play, you play. We've got to win games. We haven't beaten the Jets in 20 years. I've got a lot of concern with this game.

CeeLo Green

I don't even know if hip-hop is music anymore. It's definitely rhythm. It's definitely tempo. It's definitely beats per minute. But it's product. And television is product placement for the most part. It's not passion.