Famous Quotes & Sayings

We had to go out second and that is a little bit of a question mark since the weather changed so much. You never know what will happen with the cool temperatures and the wind, but I was flat on the throttle. It felt pretty good. We did some race setups this morning and the car seems to be very good for the race. Rahal Letterman Racing had enough data coming into qualifying that we were not too surprised by the conditions. I got some information from Buddy after the last practice when the wind was really strong. Overall we had a strong run. Of course, we would obviously like to be faster.

We had to bite the bullet. We invested in a really expensive security system.

T-Mac did a little bit of recruiting. That was pretty big for him to do that. That's the whole thing to feel wanted in a situation.

This was important to us, and any little bit helps.

This was every bit of the game I expected it to be. You could tell from the get-go that we had the talent to stay with them. But they had the depth. We didn't have enough in the tank.

This week we'll be depleted quite a bit because it's vacation week from school. Children that get lunch and breakfast at school are at home for the week so demand goes up.

Those two kids that threw today are both good high school pitchers and the problem is we expect too much out of them. You're not always going to throw perfect pitches, they were both off a little bit and Central did a good job of hitting.

Those two have been sharing duties in the post and have started to give us a little bit of a presence. They had 17 points and five rebounds combined (last Saturday). I don't really have a plan of how I'm going to use them. I usually just go with what the foul situation is.

Those two girls are seniors and they've been chomping at the bit for three months to start competing. Here we are, so it's no surprise that they did really well. They're both going to vault considerably higher.

Those trails receive a lot of traffic and less natural snow, ... We experimented last winter with airless guns and long hoses and showed that with even a little bit of snowmaking, we could make a huge difference.

Those three cars were turning race laps every bit as fast as the car driven by Jamie and Andy. The fact they finished much lower is not related to the performance of their cars or driver abilities.

Those scenes are not going to go away. Bush can recover a bit through damage control but those early impressions could be devastating for him and could hurt his party.

Gary Sheffield

This team's resilient, ... We don't quit. Guys in here have battled back from injuries, the pitching staff's a little bit banged up. Now, we're starting to come into our own.

Michael Robinson

This team seems a bit different. Something about this team is different. I don?t know what it is. We always seem to stay focused when we have to.

This team is ready to take a big step. You have veterans who've been here four years. Now, they need a little bit of a different direction.

Troy Glaus

This team is not one that's going to roll over and go away. We're going to scratch, we're going to claw, we're going to put good at-bats together, try to get a couple of runs here and there, bite into the deficit a little bit and punch ahead. Tonight it worked out.

This team has taken a bit of a hit because of their comportment.

This team has taken a bit of a hit because of the expectations of some high-profile athletes. It was a case of mismanaged expectations and some unforeseen circumstances. But we'd hope a few incidents would not overshadow what we view as a great performance by our team.

Paul DePodesta

This was something that I don't think we could count on, but we were prepared for it. We talked quite a bit about it (Tuesday) as the first round was unfolding, and once it got past about the 20th pick, we were pretty confident that he was going to be there for us.

This was really good. I had a good quick sixth inning and went out for the seventh. I got the first guy out and then got in a little bit of trouble. I felt good. I thought I could throw a (complete game) but everyone in the bullpen came in and did a great job. We got the win.

This was a top predator that probably was 3.9m long and swam around using its jagged teeth to bite and cut its prey, like dinosaurs and other predatory reptiles did.

This was a top predator that probably was 13 feet long and swam around using its jagged teeth to bite and cut its prey, like dinosaurs and other predatory reptiles did.

This was actually a goal that we set as a team. We are just trying to improve at every meet and some of the meets we have had quite a bit of success. Overall, we are on track where we want to be. As a team we have done really well.

This was a bitter pill to swallow. This was one we felt we could get. We couldn't pull it off.

Jonathan Katz

This was a bit on the high side.

This was a big win. This will build some momentum as we now look at a bit of a layoff (before sectionals).

Lucretius

What is food to one is to another bitter poison.

What I've been doing, I'm now going to be doing a little bit more of.

What it tells us is that we may see a bit of an easing off of economic growth or momentum. But even though the trajectory of growth may, in fact, ease a bit in 2006, I think the expansion remains intact.

We flustered them a little bit and then it just builds. That's usually what Minnesota does to us. They've caused us a lot of problems before, and they still did cause us problems. But I think we flustered them a little bit more.

We got a little bit overextended, a little bit overbought. A lot of buying came into the market in this last rally. We're due to get a little bit of pullback. ...The individual investor is still not convinced he should be in the market, and he's not. I think we're going to be range-bound for a while here.

We got a little bit of rain when we got to Dixon, so it wasn't too bad.

Wayne Gretzky

We got a little bit lucky. It's hard to keep all of your good, young defensemen. He's a tremendous young man who works hard every single game, every single practice. He never cheats in one drill, and that's how he plays.