Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Farrell

What he has shown here is what he has shown from his first start in Double-A two years ago, pitching in a playoff atmosphere. One thing we've seen repeatedly is every time we've challenged him, he's responded favorably with an increase in his stuff, whether it be through velocity or action.

We've been challenged all year long by our opponents. We're the team that they want to beat, which could make their season.

Jason Terry

We were down big and it was just real gutsy for us to be able to come back. We challenged ourselves in the huddle. We knew we hadn't played good 'D' at all, and for three quarters there we played lock-down, solid defense. That was huge, it was big for our confidence. That was our mission and our goal going into this trip, to win each game, and we did that.

This is coming in an environment where consumers are being challenged by higher interest rates and energy prices.

After the North Hall game (a 1-0 loss on Friday), I decided we need to change some things, and I challenged them to play better.

Cory Booker

In college, I was a fiercely committed Democrat - a meeting with Jack Kemp, then Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, challenged my blind partisanship.

Lord Hailsham

I'm rather hoping this is a unique case, because as far as I know it is the first time the Government has challenged the composition of the House of Lords and I rather hope they will never do it again.

Rocco Mediate

I just challenged myself as much as I could out there to keep playing good. You know it's so hard and so penalizing, that it won't let you lay down. it won't let you relax.

It was a good team effort, and we played with a lot of energy. I challenged the players after the loss to Irving, and a mark of a champion is how a team bounces back. And we did that.

Chuck Hayes

It was obvious from the first half that we needed some energy, somewhat of a spark, ... I challenged myself to get every rebound and work my way around my man.

Al Horford

They challenged our front court. And I think we handled them pretty well.

Pete Carroll

Very dramatic. As exciting as it can be. A wonderful day for college football. It's something we'll never forget. For an energy junkie like me, it can't get any better than that. To be challenged to the last tick of the clock is really special for me.

We don't want people to think they have to put on pearls and furs to see opera. We want people to feel comfortable and have an engaging experience. We want them to be challenged by the material, but not by the economics. Opera is not just for the wealthy.

We challenged Timmy at halftime to really get in his face.

We challenged them before the game and I think they did a good job. We have always emphasized free throw shooting and today we were 14-for-18. That made a huge difference in the outcome of the game.

We challenged their shooters well, (freshman guard Bobby) Riddell hit a couple at the end, but I think we did a good job of challenging their jump shooters.

We challenged the girls at halftime to step up.

We challenged ourselves this week to know the Giants better than they knew themselves.

We challenged our kids. Someone wrote in one of the papers that no one would want to play Shamokin in February. I told them 'you've got the chance girls and it won't be easy.' We had a long time to practice for them and the kids just executed perfectly tonight.

We challenged Lee this week at practice and I think that he did a good job tonight kicking.

We challenged him and have been expecting him to have this kind of game. Hopefully, this will jump start him.

We challenged her at halftime. We told the girls to go to her inside, since it was a mismatch, and she responded greatly.

We challenged Heather pretty hard in practice the other day, and to her credit she stepped in and made some huge shots.

Lance Armstrong

This is the guy (Ullrich) that has challenged me and our team,

John Conyers

This is the ultimate acknowledgment by the government of this woman who challenged the laws of her state to help end segregation,

I pointed to each kid before the match and challenged them. I told them either they were going to show they were contenders or pretenders. ... They proved they are contenders and did a nice job coming back.

In the two matches that we have played this season, Glasgow have challenged us.

In the second half, the whole idea was to put pressure on the rookie. We showed him stuff he's probably never seen. Coach challenged us and we responded.

I really challenged the guys to come out and show a lot of intensity. I didn't want them to overlook this game. We had to jump this hurdle before getting to the next.

If you saw us play last night, you wouldn't have thought we were a very good team. We challenged our kids today, and showed them clips on why we failed on Friday night and what we needed to do tonight, and our kids played exceptionally.

I think our girls will be really challenged up there.

I'm an older guy and obviously a little technologically challenged like most of us at this age. But obviously it's not so far out there that you can't figure it out. Since we've got it, it's become a great means of communication.

If you give great players a challenge, those players will do great things. I challenged my players, and they did just that in the second half.