Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's definitely a surprise (to lose so many close games), but one of the encouraging things is that we've been in every game, so all we have to do is learn how to stay focused for every crucial possession of the game. I think we'll be alright.

Arjen Robben

It's close to where I live so I was curious to see it from a close distance.

It's close to rap, but it doesn't always rhyme.

It's close to democracy, if not true democracy. Our problems are being solved.

It's close to $400,000 to save the bridges.

Laura White

It's closer to us than other stores, and the prices are decent.

It's closer to home, so my family can come see me play.

Jim Thompson

It's close enough to the lake that the fish don't have to swim far.

It's close enough that a lot of them can get to it. It's exciting, (but) personally I can't treat it any differently. It's just another NCAA tournament and we've got to stay focused on the game.

Larry Noble

It's been growing in recent years as lobbyists have been closer and closer to campaigns.

Al Horford

It's been up and down all year when it comes to those kinds of close games. And we've got to start finding out ways to win games. Whatever we can do to come out with the win, that's what we've got to do.

Doc Rivers

It's been the story of our season that we're close enough but we just can't close games out. I told the guys they are playing hard and they just have to live with it.

Jamal Crawford

It's been there. At times we've had it and at times we haven't. But now we're learning how to finish close games. I think that's going to make us better in the long run.

Chris Duhon

It's been frustrating. We've lost so many close games we should have won, games that we had control of and let slip away. So we have 14 games to kind of redeem ourselves and get into the playoffs.

It's been difficult this year because we wanted to get back (to Hammond) and win. We got real close last year with Fairview -- we were tied with about three minutes to go and ended up losing. It feels good to get it done.

It never even crossed my mind to turn pro at 17 years old. I wasn't ready. Emotionally, I wasn't even close to being ready. My game, physically, I wasn't ready to be out here day in and day out. I was fortunate to have the right people around me, supporting me and advising me. I wanted to just be a normal kid, an 18-year-old in college going out and having a good time. I would not trade those two years for anything in the world.

David Healy

It must have been a really strong close to the month. December wasn't a big blowout for incentives, so there wasn't a lot of payback in January and consumer confidence really took a jump.

Maurice Ager

I told coach I had to make up for the time I missed. I sat out for seven or eight minutes. The game was on the line. ... I just felt I had to take some shots for us to close the game out.

It now seems to me that she told everyone everything -- from her closest friends to a woman who babysat for her once or twice. If this is someone she had met once or twice though, she wouldn't necessarily have called everyone the next morning.

It's a new season for everybody. If somebody gets knocked off, it's going to get really interesting. Even that year we got beat, I think it really shows that there's not a whole lot of difference between the teams (in the tournament). It really comes down to the teams that can win the close ones.

It's always tough to come close and lose, ... We knew we could play with them all along, but we just made some key mistakes.

It lets them know we can be in there and we can win close games. Don't be scared, just get in there with confidence.

It'll depend on how the market interprets the statement and whether or not they can tell if the Fed closed the door to further hikes. If they haven't, they'll want to know how wide that crack is.

It kind of hits close to home. They're in the same type of scenario as us. We know what it's like to be embarrassed.

Chris Kaman

It just seems like we couldn't close it. We were up by 15, 17, 18 and we just kept letting them back in it. It's kind of disappointing, but we got the win.

Rafael Yglesias

It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and years on the same story without it being close enough to their life experience to fuel their commitment.

It's great that we're being competitive, but at some point we have to start winning these games. In two years we've closed the gap, but a loss is a loss. There are no moral victories anymore.

It's disappointing that something they hoped would provide a greater kicker couldn't be there and that they delayed the launch for nine months to close to a year.

Cartier Martin

It?s depressing. We just can't seem to get over the hump. It hurts to lose a close one like that, having an opportunity in the lane on the road. You get frustrated.

It seemed to me to be a lot more pressure for us. We played so many close games last year. It was always like 'if we lose, we had a great season.' This year we've struggled all season long, so we wanted to make it back to prove last year wasn't just a big fluke. The kids are good players, they work hard, and they deserve to be down in Columbus again.

It was a heck of a dual meet. It was an incredibly close meet, but that doesn't give justice to how close it really was.

It was a big win for Michelle, who lost three close matches last week.

It was a nine-point game, but it sure felt a lot closer than nine points.