Famous Quotes & Sayings

E. O. Wilson

I just realized to be patient and be ready when it's my turn. If I can keep shooting 64 every day here, then things will change quick. It's good to come out and play well when I get any chances like this week.

I'll take our chances any time in a one-game series.

I'll take my chances with any of those guys. Baez is not hitting as high as we would like, but I like my chances with them. If that pitcher makes one mistake and Baez hits it over the wall, we win the game.

I looked at the guys that are on this team, the chances of winning (and) the makeup of the guys,

Being away for a week to 10 days, maybe even longer out of sight, out of mind, as the saying goes. It gives other guys chances to impress the manager. I'd be doing myself a big disservice if I wasn't there.

Before election night or the next morning, I would have said the chances for a rematch are zero, that the loser would be quickly forgotten. But we're in a different world now.

His chances of winning are not very good. Let's be very clear about that.

Higher interest rates make it much more comfortable for Japanese investors to be holding dollars. The chances of rate increases in the U.S. continue to rise while in Japan the prospects are much less certain.

Hey, I keep going. I think if you get it close enough times, eventually I'll kick it in and be unbeatable or somebody is going to help me out. I'd just as soon keep trying to play good and keep having good chances and we'll see what happens.

They're two of the most popular teammates. Our team recognizes the little things that they did. They were the start, they were the first people who took chances on us.

The guys are hurt and frustrated. We just can't get it done. We had chances up until the end. The disappointment level is up there.

Ernie Els

The heat kind of took its toll at the end. It was quite muggy and I had a few more chances on the back nine.

Ernie Els

The heat kind of took its toll at the end, ... It was quite muggy and I had a few more chances on the back nine.

You want to get that runner, ... Yes, they might still have runners on first and second with one out, but you will take your chances with that instead of letting the go-ahead run score that late.

You've got to make plays when you have chances and the opportunity arises. If you don't, you are not going to win many games.

The major reason children lie is to escape punishment. The chances are the more a parent or a teacher is harsh, aggressive, or punitive, the more motivated children are to make up a story to protect themselves from punishment.

Vijay Singh

The key was hitting more fairways, and when you hit more fairways you get chances for birdies. You can't make birdies from the rough here.

Their keeper had some fantastic saves. We should have had those chances all game.

This is merely a blip. We had a lot of chances in the game and their keeper made some good saves.

This is a great triumph. Our chances of playing the World Championship grew today (Saturday).

Tom Glavine

All I can do is keep trying to pitch and keep giving us chances to win, ... Sure it is frustrating when you try and go out there and win games and do not.

Any discussion of zonal tax rates immediately raises constitutional issues. The chances of changing section 99 of the Constitution by referendum on this issue are zero,

A podium at the end of the season would be wonderful but we have to realize that the chances of obtaining that are not too high,

Noam Chomsky

As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they're developing what's called 'nuclear capability,' which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That's not a crime.

As he moved up, I didn't talk to him as much. I did get some chances to meet up with him at training camp. It was great to get inside information about the 49ers, a team that I was very interested in.

As a taxpayer, I think it's the right thing to do - if he can get the right people to do it. I've always said that a skillful customer increases everybody's chances for success.

Pretty much all year, we've been given the green light to be offensive if it's there, that's why we've been able to get the odd goal here and there. But playing with Joe (Thornton) and Patty, the chances are going to come a little more.

Performance wise there are no complaints from me. We created plenty of chances after playing some good football, but couldn't take them. A couple of wins in our next two matches could change the picture dramatically.

Peter Hayes

Realistically, the chances of a breakthrough are very slim given the rigidity of the U.S. position on key issues.

Rain chances are looking better all of the time.

Rather than risk a kid getting hurt in a game that doesn't mean anything, we'll take our chances on making mistakes in that first game.

Our failure to convert on second chances on defense really hurt us in the middle of the game.

Lindsay Davenport

Normally you don't want to give yourself that many chances till you win it, ... I kept coming back here, kept always struggling in the finals. And today I was happy, finally, after all these years, able to pull it out.