Famous Quotes & Sayings

I was working out about 12 times a week. I was tired of seeing kids I had beaten (in other tournaments) wrestling in the state meet. I wanted to be there.

Jeffrey could have been better in some areas. He had some chances to challenge more shots when other guys were beaten on drives and had opportunities to get some more rebounds.

I think business, government and unions have to work together, and the common enemies to the global economy. We're being beaten by the global economy, and we've got to unite together to win.

I think a lot of people were looking for Nortel to make a big deal in the optical space, where they've been making a lot of acquisitions, ... They went a little bit off the beaten track to go into the Web hosting space.

I think it's the pattern from pre-announcements to earnings ? these are two companies (Motorola, Yahoo!) that have beaten lowered expectations, beating pre-announcements. When you expand that to the Microsoft story, it makes it even more powerful today.

Erlana Larkins

I think that was really good. If we would have played a team that we would have beaten by 30, that wouldn't have been good for us. We might have gone into the next game and relaxed.

I think some of the sectors that have gotten beaten down the hardest probably offer some of the most promise now. The technology sector clearly, some of the health-care names, more the biotech and technology health-care names than the big pharmaceuticals. But what investors really want to own think are companies with very, very strong top-line growth, and there are very few industries that have those. The old leaders will probably be the new leaders again.

I think in the first half, you saw a case of the nerves. We were happy to be here, but I told the guys there was more work to be done. I told them we had nothing to lose. We were the sixth seed, playing a team that had beaten us twice. I told them nobody expected us to win.

Michael Ballack

I think it's great that he doesn't let himself get beaten down.

I think it's an excellent deal for the city of North Adams, ... It relieves the city of taxes, allows us to boost up our reserves, which have been beaten up over recent years, and allows us to retain our water rights. I'm very confident that the watershed, being in the hands of the Forest Service, will be protected indefinitely.

Playing at home gives most teams an extra push to play well, so hopefully we?ll be all right. But we realize they have beaten us and we need to play a certain way to beat them.

Ron Gardenhire

Our outfield's been beaten up pretty bad, and Jacque's the one guy that needs to step up. And he's been doing that.

People need to understand that, by the end of the year, Gulf Coast was better than Trinity Valley. That speaks volumes about our region. We've already played and beaten some of the best teams in the country.

Jon Gruden

I think we have beaten some pretty darn good football teams and have been fairly consistent throughout the year. We've got a talented defense. We have a good running game and we are looking forward to seeing what we can do. Every year there are dark horses that jump onto the scene.

I think we've been competitive with teams in our league. We haven't beaten any of them, but we have been close. We like to think we're a free throw, a turnover or a shot away, and this provides a new opportunity for everybody.

I think we've beaten some strong teams and won some very good games. We've also lost some we should've won. I think it has been shown that we're young and inexperienced.

Robin Quivers

I saw how beaten down you were, how miserable you've been. The last couple of years have been very difficult.

People are looking to buy stocks that got beaten down and have good growth prospects and the Internet stocks fit that bill. Last week they got creamed.

Our guys just need to be mentally strong and go after them. Other teams have beaten them there; it's going to be tough though.

From the beginning of the season, Tel has improved 100 percent. He's beaten some very good kids in the past two tournaments. He's just been tearing it up.

For us this means a lot, because we have some seniors who have never beaten this team the whole time they were here. We were doing it for them and for ourselves so we could say that Manatee will do it again.

Global Crossing has always been a great business partner to us. They've helped us understand how converging voice and data would help meet our company's growth objectives while saving us money -- and indeed, our response times have improved, reliability has beaten expectations and costs have come down. We look forward to continuing a rewarding relationship with Global Crossing.

Shawn Smith

That's two years in a row we've beaten Howard. We're improved a little, but I think the rest of the county is too. We'll see.

Arron Afflalo

That's the only team that's really beaten us this year.

I was pretty dirty on that after getting beaten so I felt that I still wanted to play and now I have an opportunity to go on tour and play some more football which I'm very happy about.

Phil Keoghan

Who knows how far they go? They were beaten out so far by a 9-year-old kid,

I think Merrillville is the clear favorite. They've beaten everybody in our sectional and I think everyone would prefer not to have drawn them. ... We get a break with the bye, but we have to beat Merrillville at some point, so why not start out with a chance to beat them.

Andy Roddick

I think I would have beaten most people today but credit where it's due, he played a very good match. The shots he was able to come up with were very good. I was surprised that he was able to lean in and hit some of the backhands. ... I haven't seen that before.

Man, there have been times I've walked through a line, and these girls are slapping my hand just as hard as they can after we've beaten them.

Melbourne were terrible, I reckon Carlton would have beaten us today. We never looked like we were in it.

Mario's been the missing link. I wouldn't be surprised if he hit 90 or 91 mph (on his fastball Saturday). The way he was pitching, he could've beaten anyone.

Matt Paxton

Marcus has never beaten his brother before. He beat him today.

Freddie Roach

(Marco Antonio) Barrera had beaten Morales, and Manny had beaten Barrera, and I just think Manny took him lightly, believing he was on the downside. But we miscalculated. We won't do that this time. Morales will still have the reach and height advantage, but Manny will have speed going for him. And he knows he has to win this fight.