Famous Quotes & Sayings

Last year I thought there was clearly separation after North Carolina and Illinois. It wouldn't surprise me (if all the top seeds exited before the Final Four).

I think it's long overdue. I'm glad to see that South Carolina and its link to the entire Civil Rights Movement has been noticed nationally and I think the stamps are a good first step,

I think it's a very good class for what they set out to do. They accomplished their goal. They definitely wanted North Carolina (players) to be the priority. They got the guys they wanted. And if you don't get the guys you want, you're in trouble.

I think you've got to look at teams like Carolina and the New York Rangers . A year ago nobody expected them to be where are today and all of a sudden they're Stanley Cup contenders, especially Carolina.

Participants will also tour the home of a member of the South Carolina House of Representative from the early 1900s,

Matt Baker

Past Carolina teams may have folded when we get down like that. Not this team. No one got down. We just got down to business.

Our mathematics test scores are going to be late in coming, and we won't have that information in time for parents to make a timely decision about whether they want to transfer their children. The state of North Carolina has requested that the federal government switch the sanctions for this year only.

I think the concern was that North Carolina has worked so hard to raise standards for teachers and maintain those standards.

Jim Mora

I think we ran into a Carolina team that was determined today. I don't think we played well at all, but I don't think that there was a guy out there that quit.

I thought playing at Carolina would be a lot better and I went with it. Every time I get in there, I try to do something, just try to swing the bat.

That's what eventually pushed North Carolina over the divide. It gave Governor Easley an argument: Why should our people be paying for schools in Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina?

John Hendricks

I thought it was a good event. I'm not displeased. I thought that we had a pretty decent crowd. Obviously it wasn't as large as South Carolina State. But hopefully the city of Columbia and the people of South Carolina will see that this is a very viable game, and they'll decide they will come out and support these young people. This is a very good game.

Hannah Storm

I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina native Michael Jordan.

Jim Long

We've got people here from Florida; we got people from South Carolina -- so it's a combination.

We're very proud to be here. It's so impressive, the response and the resources North Carolina has.

Ben Foster

We can say we'd like to play in Detroit, or do something like spend three days in North Carolina and be able to do that. Success means we don't work a day job and can live.

Tommy Amaker

We realize that our challenge is going to be a very difficult one with a good South Carolina team.

Larry Coker

We pushed through (practice) pretty well today. Obviously it's hot and humid. It's going to be hot and humid in South Carolina as well. We have to be prepared and ready to give a great effort. That's what it's going to take to win the football game.

Without a doubt, property taxes have become a big issue in South Carolina over the past year, ... We certainly realize there's a problem, and we've got to get together and come to a solution to fix it.

We got Carolina already, and now we got Arizona. We can get on a roll now and take this the rest of the way.

It definitely was a road game. We're on the road right now, playing down here in North Carolina in ACC country.

That was so important as far as water quality and habitat and public views. People come to South Carolina to enjoy these gorgeous marsh views.

We definitely wanted to play (Duke) again. With it being down here, it will be all Duke fans like it was today with all Carolina fans.

The question before the court has nothing to whether North Carolina should or should not have a lottery. The real question is whether political expediency trumps the state constitution.

Traditionally, around the world, tea is planted on hillsides. We're flat as a pancake, but we have sandy soil and ditches next to each field so the water drains away. The plants have been here in South Carolina for over 100 years and they're happy here.

It was a killer. The Carolina situation set me back like a big dog.

Bob Phillips

These elected officials stood up for the public's right to know what money is being spent on their state legislators. Their votes helped transform North Carolina from a state with unfettered spending by wealthy special interest groups to one that enforces accountability and transparency.

These new operations are not likely to create enough jobs to replace the labor-intensive jobs being lost to offshore production. But the recent trend has been a slowing of the manufacturing job losses in North Carolina compared with the 1995 to 2003 time period.

The South Carolina Code of Laws says if a South Carolina serviceman or woman dies in the line of duty, the flags will be flown at half-staff on the day of the funeral.

The Tennessee Titans played in Memphis until their stadium was ready in Nashville. The Carolina Panthers played in South Carolina at Clemson before moving to Charlotte, N.C. We're not looking that far ahead, but it's a possibility.

Chris Parnell

Prior to going to college, I had a pretty strong accent, and that was one of the things I had to work on a lot. I went to North Carolina School of the Arts; my speech teacher... that was one of the things we really had to work on over the years, and thankfully I think it finally worked.

North Carolina will get millions from this sale, while Oregon will likely get tens of millions because of the historical trends.

Dom Starsia

North Carolina was hard as heck. It was one of those old-time lacrosse games. We obviously wanted to win but we also wanted to get a hard game out of this because we're going to sit for awhile.