Famous Quotes & Sayings

To me, this is as good as a BCS game. Everybody will be watching us. It's not like one of those rinky-dink bowl games that people don't watch. This is a big-time bowl.

William Perry

When we got down to the Super Bowl in '85, against the Patriots, we're down there on the field checking things out. This helicopter flies overhead, probably taking pictures, and McMahon just moons it. He mooned the helicopter from the field.

O. Henry

The ratings all week have been tremendous. Interest in the Steelers is just huge, and ratings were very, very high. And this was one of the highest Super Bowl ratings ever.

Tony Hawk

I was skating with friends in my neighborhood, and then eventually I was invited to go to the skate park with one of them. When I saw people flying all around - literally flying in and out of bowls - that is when I knew I wanted to do it. I wanted to figure out how I could get there and how I could fly.

To go to a bowl game as part of a BCS conference is a pretty big deal. A lot of things came together to make this happen. I always expect big things to happen.

Ryan Clark

We don't have any stars. We don't have a Pro Bowl player on defense, which I don't think is fair because we definitely have guys who play like it. There's no egos on our team. Everybody wants to play everybody.

Yotam Ottolenghi

A food processor, or even one of those small bowls that fit on a stick blender, is a real treasure. No, that's not an overstatement.

Here in the Netherlands there are towns that take part in the throwing of toilet bowls for a laugh.

Dennis Erickson

We want to compete for conference championships and go to bowl games.

We want to have two major bowl games in town. And it's been the luck of this town that we've had high-scoring games.

Rahul Dravid

We played with five bowlers because we thought it was our weak area. But we lost the opportunity after restricting them to 216-4 at one stage.

We plan to move back eventually. As soon as I get the Sugar Bowl wrapped up, I'll go home and start renovating.

Tyler Oakley

In middle school, I was really into the 'Redwall' series, about anthropomorphic rodents in medieval times. I had a bowl cut, too, if you need the full imagery.

Vince Young

Perfect is hard to get but we did a great job today. We came out to win the game and we expected to win. We had a great game today - the offense, defense and special teams all played great. We're going to keep playing hard. We hope we made a statement to the bowl voters today.

Drew Miller

My season has gone well. I got a chance to play a lot, and I'm looking forward to playing in the bowl game.

On the one hand, I love the bowl system. I love the opportunity to be in bowls, and it's a great thing. I would like to keep the bowl system and still have a playoff. That allows team to get in there (a championship game) that normally wouldn't get in.

Joe King

One of the camps I went to was the Shrine Bowl Camp. I think I got some recognition. I had the number one vertical jump (36 inches) and the second fastest shuttle time while I was there.

One of the reasons why we supplement the bowl payouts is to help ensure that schools aren't overly concerned about the finances of their trip.

I was going to (have a Pro Bowl year) regardless of whether he got hurt or not, ... Football is all about opportunities. I definitely didn't want it to happen this way. But it is what it is now.

Paul Allen

I was at the Super Bowl last year just hoping that one day we'd be able to get there. I may seem like a mild-mannered guy, but my gut was churning inside: 'Let's win this game. Just win this game. We've got to win this game.

Joe Greene

My first season with Pittsburgh was 1969. We were still in the old NFL. My second year, we moved to the AFC when the leagues merged. I went to the Pro Bowl that season, and there must have been nine Raiders and nine Chiefs. I got to know all those guys.

One of our goals was to really enhance our reputation as a good bowl team.

My first experience truly around professional players was the New York Giants in their Super Bowl year with Lawrence Taylor and that great front that they had. Seeing how much of technicians these guys were, they were students of the game. So that was a great place for me.

We did not lose, but this will probably be our worst Super Bowl in five years.

We did it for all the playoff games last season, and pat-downs have been part of the Super Bowl since 2002.

There is a putting green right next to the president's cabin. Most people who have been here talk about the bowling alley. (Clinton) loves to bowl.

There are more men in bowling than women. Right now there's one woman.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Buttermilk's palate-cleansing tartness is one reason it's used a lot in southern India, where meals often end with a small bowl of the stuff served with plain rice and pickles.

I'm always worried about them. I know they're coached well. Coach (Mike) Briggs is a good coach, and they have two former head coaches on that staff. They've got a couple of kids that the Shrine Bowl is looking at tailback and wide receiver, so you know they can put points on the board.

Chris Collins

I'm always edgy when I bowl and Walter Ray has been my most difficult opponent.

Joel Fuhrman

I make a big salad bowl just for myself, double or triple the size of a normal salad.

I mainly just wanted to bowl at home. It's fun to bowl at home. Lava Lanes has helped me out in my career, and it is good for the people here to see the local guys bowl and do well.

My dad started me bowling and I had two coaches pick up where he left off.