Famous Quotes & Sayings

That's what's we have to continue to do. That's just the bottom line.

Steve Alford

That's why we're the No. 1 league in the country. It's obvious. We respect everyone, and we have to play well. ... We're down to five games, but a lot can change. Teams near the top could be in the middle. Two weeks from now we might be talking about teams at the bottom no longer being at the bottom.

That's why the district referred it to the inspector general. Let's get to the bottom of this and see if we are paying a fair price, as we want to do.

That's who wins the conference ? it's who doesn't falter in the games they are supposed to win. And when you talk about the bottom of the league being that much stronger right now, it puts a lot more pressure on everybody, every day.

John Nash

That talk is ridiculous. Those are the same people who said Chauncey Billups was a bust. The fact is, it takes a while in the NBA, and it takes a while to make the transition from high school. The bottom line is, when we drafted him, there wasn't any commitment to play him in his rookie year, he was going to sit and learn from the veterans. Yet, somehow he forced his way onto the floor through way of practices. And this year, there was no commitment to start him, but somehow he won the starting job. Then he got injured.

Cliff Floyd

That's wrong, that's so wrong. He always had that positive vibe going. Always had a smile. That's just horrible. We're in the clubhouse today and we see that 'critical condition, critical condition' on the bottom of the screen. 'Is it ever going to go back to stable?' Now he's gone. ... It's a shame, man. It's awful.

That's high for a freshman. Usually, freshmen are going to be in the bottom third.

That's kind of what we need. We've had good production from our 3, 4 and 5 hitters with our seniors. Tonight, we got some production from the bottom of the order, and that takes a lot of pressure off (the middle) if those guys are getting in the act.

Richard Allen

Boxing is the bottom rung as far as pay is concerned, ... For every Tyson or de la Hoya, there are thousands of guys that make only about 100 bucks a round.

Bottom line: We've given training, we have a procedure in place and that procedure was not followed.

Joe Browne

Bottom line, we told the clubs today that we are making progress.

Bottom line, we lost the game on turnovers (20) and free throws (16-for-34). A very winnable game which we let get away.

Flip Saunders

Bottom line, we are a multi-dimensional team that can play different ways. We can play inside, we can play deep perimeter and we can play mid-range. We can do different things and that's what makes our offense so effective.

Bottom line was they had 16 minutes to continue their season. I think no matter what we put in there, they knew that in the back of their minds that they had 16 minutes to decide whether they wanted to continue on to Thursday or tonight was it.

Michael Eisner

Bottom line, this year was obviously a disappointment, ... Duplication and inefficiencies inevitably worked their way into our operations and I am working to make sure they are squeezed back out again.

Bottom line: They're extremely positive concepts that can help people better go through life. They make sport and life much more fun.

Bottom line, the issues of premeditation and intent are going to be the issues in this case.

Bottom line, know what they want and know how they want it.

Bottom line, it was just flat-out effort. They wanted to send a message and they did that.

Bottom line, it was hard to get excited as most of the demos focused on corporate or web/graphics oriented -- making this look more like demos from MacWorld last year, than consumer-oriented killer apps.

Bottom line, it's a status issue. They want people to look at their wheels.

Bottom line: It doesn't seem like they're going away in the southern part of the state.

Bottom line is: You have to do your job no matter what the situation, ... And I wasn't able to get that done.

Grant Hill

Bottom line is, we've got better players and a better coaching staff this season. We need to take it as a personal and collective challenge to be better than we were last season and from the guys I've been talking to this summer, I think we are going to do that.

Bottom line is we didn't win. I think we come out of this game with a lot of positives that we found out about our football team. But, we have to continue to get better.

Andy Roddick

Bottom line is they were just better than us this weekend,

Bottom line is that we played a city game and we won. Shootouts are a terrible way to end the game, but it looks the same as any other win on our record.

Bottom line is that there were a lot of guys who were brought in here to win a Super Bowl. You can pick out a few bright spots on the season, but to me it's a complete failure. Anything less than hoisting that Lombardi Trophy is a failure.

Bottom line is, it was a fantastic quarter for Lycos. All of the key lines grew and grew very solidly. More importantly, we have an exceptional company with a great premium for our shareholders, and a great success story to build upon.

Bottom line is, it was a fantastic quarter for Lycos, ... All of the key lines grew and grew very solidly. More importantly, we have an exceptional company with a great premium for our shareholders, and a great success story to build upon.

Bottom line is it's not flagging any inflation pressures, at least on a core basis.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Bottom line is, it's good they're in China. . . . But there's a lot more they can do when it comes to thinking through the human rights implications of their business practices. If high-tech companies are serious about doing the right thing, they can join together and lobby for more transparency and accountability in the way in which Chinese officialdom deals with Internet services.

Bottom line is, if you do not use it or need it, it's clutter, and it needs to go.