Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Gates

We can see this evolving landscape. We've all got a common challenge here.

We have the challenge of an 18 month integration to go through and when we look at our assumptions it's wise to be more reasonable with regard to those assumptions than more aggressive. The real key to the success of this integration is what we are going to look like after we complete it in the September quarter of 2007.

We were going to work as hard as we could for each other. She pushed me to limits I never thought possible. She challenged me about how to think and how to play the game.

Greg Smith

We were sluggish the first half, especially defensively. We were giving them too many open looks. We challenged the guys at halftime to play harder, and we did play with better energy.

We were sleepwalking for a while, but we got after the team at halftime and challenged them. They responded. We played some great defense.

We have a lot of players who can contribute, including more depth than we have ever had in the past and we are going to look to play a lot of players. I've never had more of a challenge than I do this year of trying to figure out a starting lineup.

We wanted to make something a real challenge that took time and effort, so we said, 'Let's swim 100 miles in a weekend,'

We wanted to keep him yielded. Tonight I challenged Josh Lawrence, who is a very good defender, to do that.

We've got some excellent team chemistry. We're just trying to get better every week and every game. There are so many facets to this game and so many things you have to have figure out and that's going to be our challenge over the next couple of weeks.

Brian Behlendorf

We've made a lot of claims about what we can do, now we issue a challenge to analysts to go and figure out a way to measure it.

Mark Parker

We have challenges but challenges have always made us better and stronger.

We have to hold ourselves more accountable. Two years ago, I played on a team that went 1-10 in January and went on to win the Stanley Cup. We had good character guys. We have good character guys here. We just have to rise to the challenge and have to push each other.

UTSA is obviously a pretty good team having already defeated us this season. Having them at home gives us an advantage, but we know it will be a challenge and that we will have to compete for all 40 minutes.

We're still trying to rebuild inventory. We're not anticipating a great September. September will be a challenge and we will have to make do with very lean inventories.

With the 'Three Ks,' it is a guessing game to see who will take first each race. It is nice they have each other to challenge every race.

We've done a lot better than expected overall. The next challenge for us is to win on the road.

Mark Foley

It states, History should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future. It also suggests that this celebration of the end of slavery is an important and enriching part of the history and heritage of the United States.

Without a doubt, we faced our share of challenges in 2005, but we've also seen strong indicators that show our strategy is working. We're optimistic because we have the right strategy and the right people coming together.

Without a doubt this law will be challenged in court,

Diane Kruger

You always have to challenge yourself or else you get soft. Right?

We really tried to challenge the front of the rim. And we didn't shoot like we usually do. But, you know, a lot of times we'll shoot it well, but we're 8-of-8 or 9-of-10. That's eight or nine points. Tonight, we got 27 points at the line.

We really showed a lot of toughness at the end of the game. I challenged our players when we were behind. We could have gotten down and folded when things weren't going our way, but we didn't do that. We fought back and had a good chance to win the game.

We have some juniors on this team and I challenged them this week. I wanted them to use this game to not only prepare for the rest of this season but next season too.

Dan Monson

We couldn't play them the same way we did the first two times. It just wouldn't work. We needed something to change that, and we challenged Vince earlier in the week.

We played them last year and had a tough time. It will be a challenge for our kids. We'll see how they come out and handle it.

We have a lot of good players at a number of positions; we have so many of them coming. The challenge is to find places for them to play.

I was not happy about giving (the grand slam) up, but I had to challenge the hitters because it was the seventh inning and we had a 7-1 lead.

Pat Gillick

My challenge is to try to coax five more wins out of this team to try to get us into the playoffs. Once you get into the playoffs, as we all know, you never know what happens.

Meridian is very talented. They have most of their team back from last year. We'll have to play well. Our challenge is playing teams with size.

Middle's always been able to put up points. But this year they're playing much better defense. That's what's going to challenge us.

Henry Blodget

While the combined entity will have a large global footprint, we think cultural and managerial integration of the two companies could pose a challenge longer term.

Neil Young

Who is a better person to tackle that challenge with than Steven Spielberg?

Whoever plays Lynden is uniquely challenged. It's a different ballgame. The main challenge is that it's a different kind of a game plan, a once-in-the-season test. I think we will respond well and have a bend-but-don't-break style.