Famous Quotes & Sayings

We gave up 19 offensive boards; that's 19 more chances FCC-J had to score. You just can't win games playing like that.

We can be proud of our performance. We created many chances and should have been 2-0 or 3-0 ahead. It's all quite regrettable and just fate for Oliver Kahn. He's been excellent in recent weeks. It's bitter.

We had enough chances probably to score more than three but we're through to the medal rounds now.

We had chances with runners in scoring position to make something happen, but we couldn't get a big hit.

Jeff Conine

We had chances to win and we didn't do it. Now we're going to have to win them all, I think.

We had chances to tie that game tonight. I think we had a couple 8-meter shots that we missed that I know those kids are reliving in their heads right now.

We had chances to score in the first, second and third innings when we left runners in scoring position.

Jim Haslett

We had chances to make plays and we just didn't step up. They made plays when they had to, that's what it boiled down to.

We had chances to go in front and give ourselves a more comfortable evening but we didn't do that,

We had chances to get more guys home. Give their pitchers credit. They also made big pitches when they had to.

We had chances late, then we quit going to the basket. They (Seymour) played a lot better in the second half. I thought they really picked up their intensity defensively in the fourth quarter.

We didn't even look as though we were that hungry to finish them. You can't create that many chances in a game and not score. We have done well to create chances but the finishing was shocking. That's two weeks in a row, it's coast us five points in two games. Obviously we just have to keep plugging away.

Orison Swett Marden

Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden.

B. F. Skinner

We all recognize that it increases your chances of having success in the tournament if you don't have to play four nights. If you can just play three nights, I think it improves your chances of success. That's our reward for playing well throughout the season and hopefully we can do that.

Nobody wants to take their chances with a tough 2-0 17-year-old. You lose to a 17-year-old, it's kind of like degrading to them if they lose to a kid.

Mick McCarthy

Nobody wants to hear it, but I am here now for the third time saying we have played well, we have created chances and we still got beaten.

Chris Rock

Richard Pryor was the Rosa Parks of comedy. He took risks and chances that made it possible for a whole generation of comics to exist. No one ever rocked the mike like Richard Pryor.

People want to see things on tables and hanging up. If things are neatly displayed and easy to see, the chances of selling are much greater.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Maulik Pancholy

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

Octavio Paz

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

We have a more offensive-minded team with more weapons this year. Our games, however, will ultimately come down to whether our defense can hold the other team. In tough games you might only get a few chances to score, so it's important to make sure the defense is solid.

We could never get the lead to enough where (Maysville) had to panic. We had some chances to go up by six or eight points and take the game over, but we just couldn't get over the hump.

We could have done better. We had a couple of chances which we should have converted. The Swiss are a good team.

We just didn't give them a lot of opportunities. They didn't have a lot of chances because our defense was really strong.

We can still win. Obviously, your chances are better when you have your better players.

Those kids may have learned a lot of science (at school). But if it wasn't the science that was on the test, the chances are they aren't going to do as well. They may not have many opportunities to learn science outside of the school day.

Unfortunately we didn't score with the chances we had, and that's why we lost.