Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

We're going to be challenged by this, as we are in many other projects we've done in the past.

We're very encouraged by our second half, we challenged them at halftime and we weren't very happy and we do we control our own destiny.

Barry Bonds

The fast ones I'm able to see. The slower ones I'm missing. He challenged me one time too many.

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.

Dan never told me they were definitely going to take Mario, but he kept telling me they were seriously interested and wanted to negotiate. I challenged him on it, and he never wavered.

Chris Petersen

That is something I'm always challenged with on the field. To be a good person even when it's not going like it should.

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.

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.

That march really gave us a sense of atonement, a sense of being better men than we were, ... It challenged us to do more.

Terry Stotts

It seemed like when they wanted to turn up their defensive pressure, they did. They challenged a lot of our shots, but during that stretch on the offensive end, we had three or four opportunities that didn't go, and they ran the other way with it. The lead went from four to 12 pretty quickly.

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.

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,

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

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.

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.

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.

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.