Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pat Riley

They're flying. They're sixth in the league in scoring. That wasn't the way they were last year. And they don't let you stay close anymore. You used to be able to stay close to them occasionally but sometimes now they get out there and run. They're a different team this year, but their defense hasn't suffered.

They're all pretty small magnitude. Maybe that largest one, you might feel if you were pretty close by.

They're a good team that finished second in their league, but I think some other tough teams we played this season really prepared us for this game. We're all just excited to be one step closer to our goal and moving on.

They're a good team. It was a good experience for us because we needed a close ballgame.

They're a good rival being this close and they've always provided us with good competition, so we always look forward to playing them.

They're obviously very close to being done with that long string of tightening.

They're not close to where they need to be.

They haven't had too many close games lately. We're just hoping to make it a ballgame.

They have some things to work on but had some close matches that could have gone either way.

There's a lot of people I know and like from here. You always feel closest to the team you come up with.

That game is going to be tough, but we're ready. I think it's going to be close the whole way. The win is going to come at the end.

Richard Grasso

A large percentage of orders are entered in the hours after our close through about 10 p.m. EST,

Richard Boucher

(Albright) will continue to try to close the gaps and move forward on the issues, ... We want to use this period productively.

A little closer this time. Just a little.

Elliott Abrams

The mishandling of the would-be airplane bomber Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab's visa is only the latest piece of evidence that the granting of visas should be taken away from the State Department. For the granting of visas - especially today, when terrorism is such a complex threat - is far closer to being a law-enforcement function.

You're really looking for wide open shots on that. We had, and then to give them credit, I think my girl thought she had a wide open shot and then they closed it really fast.

You're pretty close to the station. So, you are taking a lot of valuable land for parking.

John Rutherford

zoom in and get real close and find out what's going on in there.

You've got to win by two (points) so we were as close as we could be. A point her or a point there and we could have won 3-0.

You've got to win a close one at some time or another (in the postseason). We just made enough plays to advance.

You see the closer and the starter on ESPN, and that's it. The only time you see us is when we mess up.

Dick Vermeil

You saw what a real man's made of. There might be a number of you who don't come close to understanding what a real man's all about because you're not forced into the environment like people in our responsible positions are. But I think he told you the truth as well as he could tell you.

Debbie Ford

Your soul's desires compel you to grow, evolve and move closer to your highest potential.

Martina Hingis

You still hope, you know? I mean, I thought it might be out, but it was a very close call, so you can. Maybe something happens.

Your rates, if they're not a record, they are pretty close to it.

Your going to have close games like this during the season. All that matters is that you make the plays when it counts to win those games.

You're not mesmerized by the lights and can actually see the stars. You're getting back to your origins. You're closer to God.

You're essentially getting close to bribery. The whole thing just smells bad.

You never know how close you are to having a top horse, ... It's not an exact science and it can really happen overnight.

Karen Miller

You miss the playoffs and you're, like, a big loser. You might as well be the Royals if you don't make the playoffs. Close only counts in horseshoes.

Young teams sometimes just need time to learn how to win. It's a process and the frustrating thing is that it's been something different doing us in every game. Our foul shooting's been 54 percent in the five losses so that's been one constant but we've lost three of them by 4 points or less. It's hard enough to win and you lose the close games when you can't do things like make free throws.

Lena Horne

Young people today would get a great deal of encouragement from knowing how close we could be if we had a man like Dr. King around.

Tubby Smith

This is as close as we've been to playing a complete game in a long time, all year long. So hopefully we're starting to gel and come together at a critical time.