Famous Quotes & Sayings

If you pass this or any ordinance, you can expect to be challenged before you even enforce it, and you can expect that challenge to last for years.

I don't know if the Red Oak numbers include their annexation to Interstate 45 or not. The annexation is currently being challenged in court so that number could change.

I don't know if I touched it, but I knew he was pretty shifty, so I kind of challenged him a little bit. Then I poke-checked and saw he was going to lose the handle on it. I don't think he expected that from me.

how depression challenged a president and fueled his greatness.

In the first half, we were a little passive on offense. In the second half, Hooper stepped up big, and I challenged her to take it to the goal, and she did that and got quite a few good looks.

Kyle Davis

I just told them, 'You're down 34-0 at the half. We got a fumble recovered in the end zone and didn't play well. You can lay down and get run over or you can step up and play hard'. We challenged them. The defense didn't give up any points. They played harder. They're starting to learn. Jackson was where we are, last year. They're getting better. We want to be there next year.

(The girls) were in it the whole game. They never let their heads go down and they kept preparing. (Live Oak) has a really strong team. If it wasn't for our defense to back up (pitcher) Sarah Villar?They definitely challenged us.

The girls really gelled as a team and pushed each other this past week. Today at the meet they challenged each other to better each of their performances.

These guys pinned their ears back and got after it. I kind of challenged these guys before we walked out there. I said, 'Let's make a name for ourselves on defense. Our offense has just been so great over the last few years. People say this defense is not comparable, but this was a first step to disproving that.

This is a good tie for the fact that we were down 2-0 in the third on the road. The kids really challenged each other before the third period to come out and win the period. We didn't win it, but it was a satisfying tie for the fact that we were down.

As a matter of law, it is unnecessary and improper for this Court to determine whether the reason for the challenged distinction actually motivated the legislature,

Right now, we're just playing sloppy. This is the first time we've been challenged on back-to-back nights (since early in the season) and we didn't respond very well.

After last week, we challenged the kids to play four quarters of football. I like the way the team responded.

Defense! We helped each other, we challenged shots, we made it tough to pass. We competed on the defensive end.

Greg Oden

Coach Conley made the point that I've challenged myself from the time I was young and goofy. It would be a good thing to challenge myself and see what I've got to improve on. I'd love to do it (Olympic workouts).

Coming in, we knew that Gentry had something that we didn't -- a conference championship. I challenged the guys this week to go out and get it done. And I love every one of them.

There's been nothing to suggest he'll crack when he is challenged more. I see consistency in his work ethic, routine and demeanor.

At halftime, we challenged the kids. We weren't executing on offense. After our first drive, we didn't score, and the fumble hurt us.

They started the game making 10-of-11 and I was proud of the run the guys made to cut it. Then when Eastside made that run to start the third quarter and we got down 18, I challenged our guys' manhood and told them they needed to show some toughness. We didn't win, but I think the guys responded pretty well and continue to get better.

Terry Francona

They had this thing kind of mapped out. I don't think this is a real deviation from the plan. I just think they wanted probably to test him further with better hitters. I don't think he got challenged a lot (in Double-A). They let him go through the order more than once. I think they wanted to have him maybe face a little better competition.

John Lehman

This is the classic confrontation you see in Washington ... because the president now has been challenged directly by the leadership of the Congress and by the lobbyists and by the bureaucracy, ... American Morning.

Maurice Cheeks

This game was a quality game for us because Memphis is a quality team. The other night I challenged our team on the defensive end and our defense was great tonight.

They should have challenged the decision nominating him, which outlined the terms and conditions of his relationship with the Commission.

Allan Ray

For a freshman, that was a great play, just having the confidence to go up there and make a play like that at that time in the game. He went up and challenged him and made a great play.

Brent Sutter

There were a couple of players who were more responsible about it than others and I challenged them. I told them, 'Buy into the program or you don't play and how embarrassing would that be if you're sitting in the stands at the world junior championship and you're a good player?

Amy Vanderbilt

And with fee demonstration funding, Glacier has been able to put a lot of funding into making it more accessible. The key element is that the physically challenged visitor wants to have the same experience the other visitors have. They don't want to be singled out.

Everything we do starts with our defense. I started to watch them stand around in the second quarter, so I just challenged them at halftime to dig deep down.

Disney's challenged the zoo world to up the ante. The trend is to be more theatrical, put storytelling in there. But they shouldn't try to go to the level of 'faux authenticity' that Disney can achieve.

Sidney Crosby

was amazing. You don't have a choice but to play your best. They force you do do that because they're smart and that's the fun part for me, I'm being challenged to think faster and be creative.

We are going to continue to be challenged and we are looking forward to it. It's not easy. You want losing to be tough. But we've got to get over it when we go to Arkansas.

We are going to be challenged in 2006 to get supply and demand back in alignment. We've got our work cut out for us.

Herb Kohl

We want a good seed. We're not content being the eighth seed. We want to be sixth seed or the fifth seed. So we have to win a host of games over the next 23. We're being challenged and I hope and I expect that we will respond.

We're going to be challenged physically. They are by far the most physical team we've played to date. We've got to be very disciplined to stop them.