Famous Quotes & Sayings

That's enough that you have a chance of beating the competition. If it had been a 20 percent improvement, you don't have enough to write home about.

Bill Russell

That's a monster match for us. It was a relatively close match last year. They beat us with their last two guys. That's how they beat a lot of teams, with their depth.

That's a monkey off our back. I don't think we've ever beaten them.

Guy Burgess

That same kind of destructive stuff is done on the left as well as the right, though at the moment I'm finding the right to be in particular, as we are talking the day after John Kerry's defeat in his bid to beat George Bush.

That's a match I really wanted. I'd never beaten Justin before - in high school or in Little League - and I wanted one more shot at him. I got the takedown in the first period and that was the match. It was definitely a highlight win for me.

That's a heck of a team we played tonight. Unselfish, 21 assists in 29 baskets. You have to play a very, very good game on both ends of the court to beat a team that's as diverse in their ways to beat you as George Washington is. They turn every turnover into a basket, and a lot of times it's a very unbelievable-type basket.

That's a team we beat here at home, but the thing you have to understand about that game is their leading scorer was out and one of their other starters was out. So, we know going down there that will be a completely different game.

That's a substantial beat when it comes to the second quarter, but the expectations were just way, way too high.

That's a lot of games. The teams tied for second place we play back, to back, to back. It could all flip on you really fast. You can't get over confident and can't get beat down.

Exeter beat us in the first round two seasons ago. We came back the next year and won the state title.

Evidently, they're a pretty good football team. They beat Crescent City. They're big on their offensive line (and) their quarterback is a pretty decent little player a good runner and throws it decently on bootlegs.

Steve Camp

Every time we try to plug a hole in the system, the crooks are finding a way to beat the system.

Richard Petty

A rivalry doesn't happen in one or two races or in one year. It happens over a period of time to really get a rivalry going. We race together three or four races and get to beating on each other, that's not a rivalry, that's just a happening. You do that four or fives years, that's a rivalry.

The kids had a real good day. It cost me a pizza dinner but it was worth it to beat Summerville.

The kids felt like the burden was lifted after not beating them for two or three years.

The last few games we've been getting beat 40-20 on the glass. You can't win games when you do that.

The last couple of years we've been getting beat by our division rivals. If we want to get a winning season, we at least have to split the season series with these guys.

The last couple of weeks, they've knocked off West Coast and they beat the Western Bulldogs at full-strength. Carlton are going OK.

The last couple of weeks, they have been amazing. To go on the road and beat the No. 3 and the No. 1 teams in the conference, that's something.

The last couple days in practice we've looked like we looked when we were ranked No. 8 in the country, 11th in the country. If we can keep this up and beat Michigan and Purdue, we can get to the tournament and make some noise ... That's our whole goal.

The knock on Ohio State and coach Cooper is that we couldn't win the big game. But I think we showed that would could by beating the No. 5 team, and doing it in their stadium. It might be bragging, but I think we have the best offensive line and the best defense in the country.

The interceptions couldn't have come at a better time. It seemed like Sullivan got beat up as the game went on and it's not often you can beat up a Sullivan team.

Michael Kinsley

The Internet beat TV and print to this story, and ultimately forced it on them, for one simple reason: lower standards.

Their times were fabulous. The only team the guys didn't beat was Grand Junction, which is a 5A school.

Their quarterback will also run. He'll roll out like he going to pass, but it is a designed run. He can hurt you with his running. He'll throw just enough to keep you honest. But I don't think they are going to try and beat us by throwing the football.

Steve Sampson

Their decision to go after Landon early in the game resulted in two yellow cards. This is a guy who takes a lot of beating when he plays for the Galaxy. I think quality players have to be protected - and tonight, he was protected. That made the difference in the game.

Their height and they way they shot ... they're just a good team. Their press hurt us and I didn't think it would, and we panicked a bit. Those things happen. That wasn't our best game, but I don't know if our best would have beaten that team.

The Islamic world took a real beating because of what the clerics did in northern Nigeria, ... Islamic countries should be praised for doing so much to bring the spread of polio back under control.

Their weak-side help had a lot to do with that. We'd beat the first defender, but the secondary defense was outstanding.

Their two scores were just older kids making a play. Their seniors beat our freshmen.

The fact that we're playing at home doesn't really give us that much confidence because they went on the road twice and beat two great teams. They're a six seed, but they're not playing like a six seed. They beat a three and a one seed, so they're playing like a great team.

The feeling in this thing is that when we play our game and we are on top of our game we can beat anybody. And that's a good feeling to have.

The field has taken a beating in the last week or more. The way we've been getting the weather, there have been enough breaks in between. The big thing is keeping the infield level. It's taken some work but the outfield is not necessarily in prime playing condition.