Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gary Player

It's like a mile race and you're 50 yards ahead. This is as close as it can be without being a tie.

Bo Ryan

It's kind of like the free throws we've given up. We've lost a couple games because (against) Michigan and Northwestern, they (didn't) miss a free throw down the stretch. We just closed out (a victory) the same way.

It's kind of like rooting in the back of a dark closet for an umbrella. I was told there's specific things that happen between Lou and his new girlfriend Candy. It's a delicate situation.

It just makes me sick to my stomach that we were close to doing something that would have been very significant and again, we come up just short on it. We had our chances.

John Jay

It just gets to the point where you ride the ponies until they fall. There's nothing to hold back on. As athletes, we think they should want to close off the season being on the floor as many minutes as possible.

It's a lot better working closer to home.

Richie Sexson

It's a loss. It's frustrating. No matter how close it is, it still goes into the loss column.

Tim Raines

It's always a great feeling. We've been close a couple of times, and in 1994 were robbed by the strike. But you never give up.

It's always a different intensity. I try to make it as close as possible. ... Overall it went pretty well. It's a matter of getting my pitches in, just getting comfortable on the mound again.

It's always a close game between us. It always seems to be a one-run game and this is a big game for our girls. They knocked us out last year and we want a little revenge.

Mark E. Smith

It's already become unaffordable to live in Orford, but this whole tax issue didn't help. I don't deny that what they've given as an appraisal on our home is close to fair market value, but the view factor is just a whole new concept.

It looks like it's getting closer and closer each day.

Kylie Jenner

People think they have a perfect idea of who you are from a four-second Snapchat video... and fake blogs, stories, magazine covers. In reality, that's not the case. Nobody knows who I am except family and my close friends.

Kim Harrison

I was very introverted. You know, I had my close group of friends, but I really didn't care what the cool kids were doing.

Mickey Rourke

A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you.

Karen Thompson Walker

Nothing has happened to me out of the closet that was anywhere near as dangerous as being closeted.

He always has had a live arm. We thought he would really help us down the stretch when we started getting injuries. We thought we were close to a deal.

Kristen Butler

He called for him. Gauge turned around and started running towards the house and got close up to the edge of the driveway, and that's when he was shot.

Heather and Denise have been so close over the years.

He really studies hitters, probably more than most closers. I viewed him as a setup man, because he hadn't closed in a while. But in the spring I saw him, and I didn't realize the stuff he had and how he managed it. (This season) doesn't surprise me, because it was that good.

He probably had a triple-double with at least a dozen steals and close to that in assists.

Arthur Blank

He probably got close to a five-minute standing ovation.

He opened the door for me. If I ever get the opportunity, I don't want to be the one to close the door.

Gore has the economy on his side and the statistics he will be able to produce will be an impressive argument. I am expecting a very close election,

go over $3 and close to $4 and stay at that level for at least a year.

Greater expectations of foreign currency generation from the manufacturing and the mining sectors will help narrow the gap but not close it.

For the moment, at least on the fitness side, I'm getting really close to peak. And on the tennis side, I just want to get better every day and I'm not thinking about that. I just want to enjoy it and hit some balls.

For the immediate future, I think we will see prices pretty close to what we are seeing now.

For somebody who's a really good defensive player, it'll be interesting to see how much of an impact someone can make on a close game. If you're in that shirt you're special ... if you're on the floor, (everybody) should be ready to play defense.

Greg Kinnear

I have a very well organized closet.

Brad Penny

If I don't walk those guys, they don't score five runs. If they get three runs, we end up winning the game. A couple of pitches were close and could have gone either way. Unfortunately, they didn't go my way.

If he doesn't get hurt and passes all the skin tests, there's nobody that's even close to him. He hasn't had a close match all year.

If he does even close to what he did in high school, he's going to help us.