Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stuart Appleby

We kept them close on the Americans' home soil. There's no doubt in the future we can take this thing out.

We kept it close the first half, but things got away from us in the second and we put them at the free-throw line too many times.

We kept it close into the third period so we didn't have to make up as much ground. Luke kept picking up the pace, which is what we wanted. We feel like most of our guys can wrestle eight or nine minutes hard.

We keep losing these close games, but five or six bounces, and we could be 4-0.

We just weren't moving our feet; our guys were tired, worn out. That's what great teams do, they close the game out.

Jim Haslett

We thought that Darren's value to this football team was a lot, ... It was just a money issue at the time, and in order to trade Darren we wanted equal value. The only team that was even close was Dallas. But obviously we felt it wasn't equal value what they wanted to offer.

We thought maybe we'd get third or fourth as the season was going along. When it got closer to the end, and we realized we really had a shot at second, it was pretty exciting.

We thought about an ARM, but the rates are so close we opted for the security of a 30-year fixed.

We're not one closed monolithic system where you have to use their device, their software and their service,

We think the major shelters will be closed next week.

We're relatively close. We got some matches that maybe we wouldn't have won last year, and we lost a couple of close ones. We're coming along. It's just going to take some time.

Why do Florida and Florida State go at each other? It's the closeness and the similarity.

Why did Causey enter a plea so close to the trial? The reality of it, the unavoidability of it, finally hit him.

We've come so close plenty of times. This one is definitely the greatest feeling.

Pat Burns

We've closed the gap with the state to some extent, ... But I still don't want to make inferences that are too broad.

Scott Bakula

To be quite honest, I find that it's easier to do parts that are wrapped up in different hair and wardrobe and eras, and different period behavior, than it is to play closer to the present.

You have Dallas who's an All-American, you have an All-American closer in Gunderson, and you have Nickerson who pitched on the National team and is an All-American in his own right. With him going on Sunday you really feel like your guy, at least on paper, is better than their guy.

This time of year you're just not going to close out opponents. This is February and it is a tough month. Teams are getting better; teams know how to take things away from you, just like we know how to take things away from people. Games night in and night out are going to be like this. I'm happy because we're still finding ways to win.

Bob Bryan

We also knew that Olivier Rochus had won the doubles at the French Open . But it was logical that we won and had the match been played in the United States, it would not have taken close to three hours but an hour and a half without doubt.

To say that a reasonable man would have realized the grave danger is to say that a reasonable man, under the circumstances, would have more closely inspected the container to make sure it was safe to drink from and detected the label on its handle.

To say it's slow is an understatement ? it's really a sign that people are playing it close to the vest. I think people really want to hear what Cisco has to say.

Daniel Alfredsson

Toronto played well. It was close right until the end.

We just have to take it one event at a time and stay with them until the end. Winning close races will be key and it will come down to which team wants it more.

Gary Condit

We had a close relationship. I liked her very much,

We had 298 evacuees in the four shelters, but we're down to 120 today. Our numbers are continuing to fall as people find family members to stay with or return closer to home down south.

We got killed in the paint--especially on second-chance baskets. When we had our close shots, we missed them. You can't win when that happens.

We are starting afresh from here and I am looking forward to working closely with the Welsh Rugby Union and Steve in particular. He is an innovative performance coach with 24 years' experience as a top-level manager.

Joe Morris

We are so close to our goal to fund this trip. But, we still are short about $3,000 overall.

We are so close to Mexico, your Spanish needs to be great, better than great. It has to be perfect. You have to have excellent knowledge of the game and knowledge of the language. If not, the people will let you know.

Penelope Mitchell

T.S. Eliot was one of the first poets introduced to me when I started studying literature and has felt like a close friend ever since. No one nails urban despair quite like Eliot.

Julia Quinn

To this day, 'The Duke and I' remains particularly close to my heart; I felt it was the novel in which my writing took a huge leap forward.

Robert Redford

To the outside world, it's a big fat market where you have people like Paris Hilton going to parties. Now, she doesn't have anything to do with anything. I think the festival is close to being out of control.

Jacques Chirac

To the families of the victims and those close to them, I express my most heartfelt condolences,