Famous Quotes & Sayings

People want to see the underdog win once in a while and this is a chance for the kid with the good heart.

Pavel Kubina

Phil drafted me and he and Jacques me gave the chance to play for this team.

(Phillips) is fighting for a job on this team and I'm glad I got a chance to throw to him.

Peter is on his way. He has a good chance at winning state before he gets out of here.

Perhaps this speaks to the fact that people still want to leave things up to chance and not rely on science for everything.

Keith Tkachuk

Points don't matter to me. Giving my team a chance to win, that's all that matters to me.

Poetry gives me a chance to express the way I feel. You name it, I'll write it.

Pop music doesn't always give a vocal group like ours the opportunity to utilize four-part harmony so this is our chance to pull out the stops vocally. Honestly, its one of the most exciting records we get to make.

Rick Nash

Personally, I wish there were another 30 or 40 (games) left and we had a chance at a playoff spot.

My swing felt great so I was firing at every pin no matter where it was. I had a few chances but it was a lovely day for me so I can't complain.

Joey Harrington

On fourth down, you have to go to a guy who can make a play for you. On fourth-and-17, what are the chances -- 5 percent? You go to the guy who has a chance to make a play -- go up and get it.

Nick seems to be wrestling better and better each week. If that trend continues, he has a good chance of qualifying for state.

Nick had to be the star, and he was. I thought we played pretty well systematically, but they had some great chances and he never flinched.

Kevin Nolan

Nobody here would begrudge him the chance because he deserves it. But we hope it doesn't happen because we want him to finish the job at Bolton.

No. 1, we claimed him because we think he's a very talented player. He's got size, speed, quickness. No. 2, we feel we can have success with guys who are looking for another chance to do well. I think we can relate to that and understand that, and hopefully help him recognize what his abilities are.

E. B. White

Never would I have dreamed after the two surgeries that I would have a chance to come here, ... I just wanted to play again. For a while, it didn't seem like that was going to happen.

Mike Timlin

Ninety percent of the time, Edgar is going to turn that over. That's part of the game. I had a chance to pick up his mistake and save a win.

Nearly all the tv stations and weather people are forecasting an 80% chance of rain over the next 24 hours so we decided to make the call. We didn't want to make this call, but with the forecast we wanted to make it early and not at the last minute so to not force any unnecessary travel.

On the positive side, it has happened early. We've had to re-define the roles of some players and plug people in, but the timing allows us a chance to recover.

Paul Konerko

On paper, it looks really good. But we still have to win our division, and then take out chances in the playoffs. If there's one thing I like, it's the pitching staff. I think that was the key for us last season. We have the potential to score more runs this year, especially with a proven guy like Jim (Thome) in the lineup. But with our pitching, they're not going to need a lot of help on most nights.

On paper it looks good for us right now. This a chance for us to gain more confidence and win some games we should win, but baseball's really goofy, and anything at this level can happen.

On offense, we were excited about the chance to come back.

Marty Turco

On the ice, it's not a big deal. We're just worried about the chances of it getting worse. Right now, I don't see it.

Lenny Wilkens

Only time will tell, ... I'm sure when you're paying a guy that kind of money, you're going to give him a chance to see what he can do. But time will tell.

Brian Vickers

On some levels, our sport is self-policing in that if you make a mistake and get into someone, chances are they'll settle the score. It may not happen at the next race, or the one after, but somewhere down the road it all usually evens out.

On Sept. 10, there was a strong chance we'd dodge a recession as historically defined. One reason we had dodged a recession was remarkably timely Fed policy. Fed policy has as much chance to work as it ever has.

Maulik Pancholy

On 'Sanjay and Craig,' I've had a number of chances to work with Chris Hardwick, and that is so much fun.

On Mother's Day: "It's just a rip-off, to tell the truth, a chance to sell my perfume and other things that ladies like.

One of the many pluses about these opportunities is that these jobs provide people a chance to work where they live. Successful applicants won't have the rush-hour hassles that confront many Southeast Valley residents who work in Phoenix or other parts of the Valley.

One of the purposes of the event is to give kids a chance to play where the state championships are played.

Octavio Paz

Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes.

Patina Miller

It was always my dream, to do a leading role on Broadway. It's what I went to college to do, in hopes of one day someone taking a chance on me and saying, 'You know what? You're going to be our girl.'

Mikhail Gorbachev

I think we need more young people; we need to elect young people to government. We need to give them a chance, in the media, in politics, in democracy.