Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brandon Roy

We had a chance to do something special. We feel we had a good chance to go to the Final Four. But I look at it, if it didn't happen, it wasn't meant to be.

We had a chance to do something really good, but we still made a good showing. We're starting to shoot some good numbers and we're getting into contention.

Eli Manning

We had a chance to do it, but obviously, we didn't. We've got another chance next week, and hopefully, we'll do a better performance.

We had a chance to do it and we didn't get the two points. Every point is crucial right now. We have to make sure we get more of these.

Guillermo Diaz

We had a chance to do a lot more, but life is tough. You've got to deal with it.

We had a chance to cheer Morgan on. It was a great thing for my team to see one of the girls they remember. She's playing so well in college. When former teammates have success, it makes everyone feel good.

We had a chance there early in the game. We just didn't make contact and get on top of the ball.

Mack Brown

We had a chance in the last 5 minutes. We throw it in the end zone and drop the ball.

We had a chance but turned it over. I was very happy that they fought back from an eight-point deficit.

We had a chance at toppling the dynasty. We couldn't do it, but we tried.

We had a chance at them. We just shot ourselves in the foot a lot today. (We) had a lot of chances to score and couldn't get a big hit really when we needed one. We come up once or twice, but we left a lot of people on base.

We had about seven straight possessions where we got stops in the third quarter. We really stepped up our defense tonight. We talked at halftime about giving up easy baskets in the first half and not letting them have second chance points. I think half their points were in transition off turnovers.

We at least had a chance to move on.

We at Chancellor and Hicks Muse have always had a great deal of respect for Jeff's wide range of talents and energy,

Billy Graham

The hope we have in Christ is an absolute certainty. We can be sure that the place Christ is preparing for us will be ready when we arrive, because with Him nothing is left to chance. Everything He promised He will deliver.

To their credit, they hit some big shots when I thought we had a chance to come back. And I thought it propelled them to the win.

To the extent the UAW wants to negotiate a contract that all manufacturers can live with, there is an outside chance for some accommodation to be reached.

Trust me, this is the right way. The important thing is people need to come to the rally. The greater the number of people either on February 26, 27 or 28, the higher chance we have of winning.

Bruce Babbitt

This isn't just about today, this about generations to come. And you've got a chance to be the greatest conservation President since Theodore Roosevelt, and I think he's done it.

Bruce Babbitt

I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I'd do it all over again, every single minute.

Bruce Beutler

Chance leads to discoveries, and mutagenesis is a way to enhance one's chances of finding a surprise. Often it is the exceptional observations that lead to advances; once you understand exceptions, you understand the whole picture.

Iqbal Quadir

I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.

Earl Weaver

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.

With all the snow, I didn't think he'd have much of a chance to play here.

While getting a rhythm of playing every week is nice it gave our kids a chance to see just how fast, and big and strong Naples is. So from that perspective it was good to be able to see a team.

E. M. Forster

Human beings have their great chance in the novel.

There are probably five or six teams that have a chance in Class A. But you just never know how kids will react coming out of the Christmas break. Strange things can happen.

Bode Miller

You have no chance whatsoever with these higher bib numbers.

Christopher Moore

When I teach seminars, I tell people, 'Your stuff has to look like something that's out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.'

Derek Jeter

I always appreciated the ex-players. Being a Yankee, you get spoiled. Old-Timers Day, all these guys coming back, spring training, being around them, you get a chance to get to know them. So I always think you learn a lot by listening.

Dinah Shore

Trouble is part of your life - if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.

Dick Costolo

When you're doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do what's expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.

Don Kardong

Sure, the first light snowfall may be a chance to dance giddily, leaving squeaky footprints through the neighborhood, marking the runner's right to the domain. But later drubbings of snow merely complicate running. Snow turns to ice, to slush, to ice again. Tire ruts twist ankles. New snow hides the hazards.