Famous Quotes & Sayings

Figuring out how to make the 'deadwood' hit the live pins is a great challenge. Regular bowling is about strength and speed. In candlepin, timing and dexterity matter more.

Paul Tagliabue

Fans here are knowledgeable and passionate, ... They are ready for the next step. They have supported the American Bowl games in record numbers, and NFL programming has been a part of television in Mexico for many decades.

Alex Berenson

It has been said that the Fed's job is to take the punch bowl away just as the party gets going, raising interest rates when the economy is growing too fast and inflation threatens.

Ricky Ponting

We knew that if we had to win the World Cup, the defensive side of the game had to be better, which means bowlers will have to bowl tight and we will have to field better.

There are 21 stops in the Denny's Professional Bowlers Tour, and one of them is here. The top 64 players in the world will be bowling in Parkersburg in the West Virginia Classic, and the final rounds will be televised live on ESPN.

There are little incentives when you bowl in a league, like side pots, high game pots and 30 Clean pots, so I have the motivation to bowl better. Whether I'm bowling in league or a big tournament, I try to have fun. Any time I go do that, I go in and try to incorporate practice into my game. I work on being consistent and making spares.

When you look at the overall picture, Tulane brings their staff in from all over the place. And they haven't played in this stadium. Everyone's very appreciative of the help that the Independence bowl people are giving. A lot of the people involved, running the game operations, have never been in that stadium. But if we're organized, we'll be able to minimize the glitches.

Bob Lewis

We were surprised any bowlers still bowled at the bowling alley.

Stephen Fleming

We've got to consistently get more runs from our top order. What that does is it gives us more time for the bowlers to recover, and gives us an opportunity to win games rather than chase games.

Steve Harmison

We've got the seam bowlers to exploit the conditions.

Don Shula

Losing a Super Bowl destroys all the good things that happened to get you there.

Dick Van Patten

I may eat nine bowls of dog food, because eight isn't enough.

When you're bowling well, it's contagious, and our seniors have been to the pinnacle. They have had a great career, but we have a lot of good bowlers coming back as well.

We will have to be as efficient as possible in all three disciplines, batting, bowling and fielding.

Brian Dawkins

When I went to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii with my family, I was still in shock. That loss definitely fueled my fire this offseason.

We came close to filling the plane, and more than half our customers were non-Club Corp. members. It was a very successful event for us, and we've seen a big increase in business because of the Rose Bowl package.

Why, after he'd just gotten rid of Randy Moss , would the Vikings' Mike Tice want to pick up another high-maintenance receiver, Koren Robinson ? ... I mean, unless Robinson had some really choice Super Bowl tickets he wanted to unload?

Those who play at bowls must look out for rubbers.

Antonio Gates

Tony has definitely set a high standard at tight end. He's done it year in and year out. This is just my third year and I'm upcoming. He's been to six Pro Bowls. I have to get to six Pro Bowls to say that.

We all learn from each other and it's not really who's name is in the headline. It doesn't matter to me whose name is in the headline when we get to a bowl game; it's just that we get there.

We all knew it was bowl game or bust. As seniors, it was our goal.

We all have the Super Bowl ring on our finger -- all four teams. It's just a matter of who's going to let someone else take it off. At the end of the day, there's going to be one team out of the four that keeps that ring.

This year's Midnight Bowling was a great success. Students really enjoyed themselves and had a great time,

To see a hungry kid eating a bowl of rice like it's ice cream -- there's a satisfaction in that, that words can't express.

We had a chance to make history, and that motivated me a little more. You can make history by going 16-0 and winning the Super Bowl and we did the opposite. We made history by winning as a sixth seed.

Truthfully, I mean, it was a combination of both, ... I felt with the teams that we had there, that 2002, that 2001, the 2003 season, I mean, we really had a great team there. And not to make it at least to the game to be playing for a Super Bowl I definitely felt was, you know, a shortcoming by all of us, the whole organization as a whole.

Vince Lombardi

I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.

Harbhajan Singh

I would say I am an ordinary bowler but one with a really big heart, and that's what has stood me in good stead in all these years.

We would always try to have Notre Dame in our bowl picture, even if that's in the form of an individual contract with the school.

This Rose Bowl had it all - the hype of two undefeated teams, major media market representation and a game down to the wire. It's everything a network could hope for in a big game.

Barry Alvarez

There can be a lot of distractions during a bowl game. The team that can stay focused can win. I think that's one reason you see a lot of upsets.

Steve Simmons

The reason we recruit and train hard is so that we can utilize our depth. We did a pretty good job coming off the Bowling Green game.

Hines Ward

When I signed the deal, I wasn't a Pro Bowl player, ... To go to four straight Pro Bowls, you deserve some type of raise. They said, 'Come into camp and we'll continue negotiations,' and that's why I'm here.