Famous Quotes & Sayings

When it came to crunch time, he was there for us. He was a very calming influence for us. We knew if one of our defenders got beat, Shep was back there.

Mario Batali

The proximity to the Mediterranean... it's been a calming influence or just a generally good thing.

She's one of the few players used to being in pressure situations. She stepped up as a leader has had a calming effect on our team.

She's a calming influence at times, she's a source of energy at other times.

The OPEC suggestion that they would not cut production targets has had a calming effect on the market.

Freddy is the definition of a leader. He's a calming and focusing influence and he fights every game, every step of the way.

He really took a lot of pressure off of Josh. He's such a calming presence on the whole defensive core.

Eric Thomas

For us, not to have Joe running off to the locker room in a cart told us he was calming down already, that this wasn't the end of a career, it was just a speed bump.

He's been outstanding back there the last two years and he's a calming presence. We're going to rely on him more than ever. He's a very hard worker and determined to improve.

Steve Hawkins

He makes great decisions and plays at a fantastic pace. He has the game under control and is a very calming influence on us, which we need because we're a very young team. So it's a very different season for Brian.

Paul Duffy

He knew his own game. He didn't seem to get nervous, and he just let the game come to him. He had a very calming effect on the team.

Pat had a knack for taking on the most difficult kind of assignments and making it look easy. She had a wonderful skill and wisdom for calming everyone down and making them play well together.

Part of reason we delayed having this meeting for three years is that the city went through a learning process on traffic calming issues.

That could've been our worst half of offense of the year and it's a one-point game. We prepared for in-your-face, man-to-man pressure, and we still played like we were down 20. We were too jumpy. We didn't have any calming influence on offense.

Jean Chatzky

It doesn't help to follow every rise and fall of your portfolio. It's better to tune out the day-to-day shifts, in fact. But getting a handle on the larger picture will make you feel more secure, and that goes a long way in calming your fear.

Guys are saying, 'Hey, we're willing to give anything a try. And Coach Willingham is exactly what we needed. He has provided a calming hand.

Jamal Crawford

He's a calming influence for us, a great veteran, a great leader and we're going to miss him.

He's just kind of a calming influence over everything. When he wasn't there, we had to move people around.

Obviously the market was well prepared for a change. Maybe the market is expecting some more calming comments from Fukui.

Monetary tightening, a strong currency and tamer U.S. demand should spell slower economic growth ahead, calming inflation fears.

Enya

Wintertime for me is a time when I do a lot of my writing in the studio. It's a time I enjoy. And it's very reflective and a very calming time of the year. Throughout the year I gather a lot of musical inspirations, and this is where I bring them to the studio and see what will evolve musically.

We are good for about three or four errors without him. When he was out, we had to make some shifts in our lineup and play a couple of guys out of position. He is a calming influence while out there on the field.

Kate Walsh

I find it very calming because she knows exactly what to do and exactly where we need to be and how much we need to see to make it look real.

He was the one that explained that everything would be all right, and that nobody got hurt, calming me down. That's Sam. That's just the way he has always been.

He has a good calming effect. He has an excellent fastball, changes speed. He's a guy we needed in there.

Lisa Marie Presley

Between all four children and my husband, I don't get to do much. But when I am in England, I cook and I garden, and it's much more calming and relaxed.

We can't promise that it will be a traffic light. It could be some other traffic calming measure.

David Eckstein

It's pretty calming to step to the plate in that situation.

David Eckstein

It's pretty calming to step in there in that situation. I don't know why, but it's a feeling that comes over you. (The fans) are so loud, but you just understand it's you versus him ? that's all that matters at that point.

It's energizing, calming and promotes focus. A lot of people are passionate about the practice. They can fully embrace the fact that it's so mental, and it engages the mind in a different way.

I tried to figure out a way to replicate those in some way. Some I couldn't even get close, some I could come up with a convincing version. We turned water into wine. That one was very easy for me to do. The calming of the storm I was able to do, but we show how we pulled that one off with special effects.

As far as his personality is concerned, he's a quiet leader . . . But all that stuff comes out at game time because he's one tough nut. He has a terrific work ethic, on and off the field. He's not a gifted student, but he's a very good student because he works at it. He's the same way on the football field. He's just a big calming influence out there.

Kevin Towers

During rough times and tough times his leadership came out, ... He could have been volatile, but he was a calming influence. He remained strong.