Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Foxe

In this league, you lose your close games and you're 7-9. You win your close games and you're 10-6, 11-5. That's just the way it is. There's no question this league is clumped.

I just gave up a couple of singles in a row mixed with a walk or two. I threw a lot of close pitches that could have been called either way.

Brandon Rush

I have that down pat. I can shoot it over a big guy. The only way to stop it is to keep me from getting that close in.

I hope it gives us some momentum going into the playoffs. It was a great way to close out the regular season.

Retief Goosen

I hit a nine iron perfectly to get close to the hole, then unfortunately hit the par putt a little too hard.

Elizabeth Warren

I held my father's hand while he died of cancer, and it's really painful when you do something like that up close and personal. My mother was already gone, and I was very, very close to my father.

Bruce Bochy

I hope that gets worked out with Trevor. I can't say enough about what he's done for the San Diego Padres , the community, myself. He's been my closer since I've been managing.

I haven't really felt sorry for myself; I haven't really been mad or anything. I've just felt disappointed. I'm disappointed my senior year ended the way it did, and I'm disappointed I'm not here as the team closes out the season.

I haven't heard a lot of differences yet and I'm watching very closely. I think the next few weeks we'll start seeing if there are different policy visions butI can promise you this we're gonna be watching closely and trying to be ready to respond to any deviations.

Corey Patterson

I haven't given it any thought, ... I'll stick to my game plan, and at the end of the year or close to the end, I'll start thinking about that and see what I come up with.

I have respect for these evangelical leaders, but sometimes they aren't very politically sophisticated. Sometimes they talk more than they should. And sometimes some of them want to leave the impression that they're big shots close to the seat of power,

Ernie Els

I really felt like I was close to doing something special. Unfortunately it wasn't to be.

I really felt like I was close after that second. But then I missed the cut by a shot the next week, played tired the week after and never could regain my momentum.

I really like the way we finished the meet. We had an extremely young team, and it is nice to finish strong. It is a good sign for our future. We have some good young talent. Our seniors did a wonderful job of leading and teaching this year. I am proud of the team. We are close enough to be competitive in the future.

James Blake

Him and Roger (Federer) have just really dominated this year, ... And so I went in with nothing to lose...It helped me knowing that I had played really close with Roger, played really close with (Andy) Roddick.

Bruce Bochy

He's shown the Padres 80 times what he can do. You don't get too close to the stove without getting burned.

Ben Howland

He's so gracious. Everybody is wanting to get close to him, touch him and get autographs. This is his program.

Jamie Foxx

He's so close to his mom he is like a little boy. That's what the girls like about him.

Hopefully, with a combination of the guys who do return and the freshmen, we'll come up with that right chemistry, that type of closeness and oneness that great teams have.

Vladimir Radmanovic

Hopefully, we're going to close out this season the way we're supposed to and go into the playoffs and do something good there.

Hospitals have made enormous efforts in trying to more efficiently and effectively deliver care, and hospitals have also made painful decisions. Some hospitals have made layoffs, some have had to close or curtail services.

Humphrey Bogart

How can you close me up? On what grounds?

John Gibbons

He's pretty steady with what he does each year. He drives in his share of runs. He'll probably hit close to 20 home runs. I've heard where he's going to hit more than that, and we'd love that, but that's not something he needs to do.

He's real close to being like Marshall. The one thing about Marshall was that he was the smartest player I've ever been around. He's a guy who knew what everybody in the offense was supposed to be doing on every play. I'm not just talking about the running backs. I'm talking about everybody.

Avery Johnson

He's proven he can go two weeks and jump out there and do something, but as we get closer toward the end of the season, I'd like to try to plug him in here and there. You can't expect him to always get out there and be Superman.

Jeremy Siegel

I don't think (tech stocks) are cheap. But they are closer to true value.

Justin Chon

I don't think I'm a star. I just love to act. I'm not thinking I'm even close to where I want to be.

I don't promise you podium finishes for this year or even victories but we will make our mark and put everything in place to close the gap to the top teams and get there.

I don't know if we got a little comfortable when we got the lead or what. They made a little run at us and got close to us, but we hung in there and didn't quit, we just kept playing hard.

I don't know if they'd close this weekend. I have a personal goal of the weekend after that.

I don't know, ... I don't know if he'll make a good closer. I would say he has the stuff to make a good closer, but does he have the command? I don't know. That remains to be seen. The guy's been pitching for 10-plus years professionally and he always has a high walk total. I'm not sure that lends itself to the closer role.

I don't know if I would go to Pennsylvania, but I would definitely go to a place in Maryland because it's going to be closer to my home,

Fred Couples

I don't know. I just closed my eyes and hit it and it went in.