Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think the closest game we've had all season was in the regional final to Libertyville at seven points.

Peter Jacobsen

It is going to be right down my alley. These guys not only are my heroes, but they are also very, very close friends, and good friends. We will be giving each other the needle quite a bit. It is going to be one of the highlights of my golf career, I can tell you that.

David Beckham

It is frustrating to hear the fans criticize the manager so close to the World Cup. As players it is hard for us to take. They are entitled to their views because it costs a lot of money to follow the team everywhere.

Michael Cuddyer

It is frustrating, because I've been feeling good at the plate and it's getting closer to the start of the season. We only have 12 games left. It's frustrating, but you can't do anything about it but just try to get back to full strength.

Kerry Collins

I was definitely looking for the first down first, ... I knew the situation and felt anything that was close to getting a first down was covered. They had some people on Randy, two or three guys on him every play. J.P. was on the safety, so I took a shot at it.

Jim Tressel

I was disappointed we didn't get it closer for the field goal if we weren't going to score a touchdown,

I was disappointed to come so close to a team that good, but was encouraged that we played well and weren't intimidated. I think we are starting to mature a little bit.

I was driving very well off the tee. I was prepared for it. It was close but Steve Kidron is real good.

I was close to tears all the time. It struck me that we were the ones crying. They had no food, clothing, uniforms, or books, but they still found a way to enjoy life.

I was close to not playing because of feeling unwell. I felt tired and ached in my body. But I gave it a go to see how I felt and the putts started to drop.

Steve Nash

I was bummed, but I'm happy for him, ... I told him, 'I just want you to go where you're happy. Obviously, I want you to be here.' I thought he was pretty close to coming.

Kerry Collins

I was an Eagles fan growing up, growing up so close to them, watching Jaworski (quarterback Ron) and (receiver) Harold Carmichael and (running back) Wilbert Montgomery, and those guys. So, there's obviously a tie there for me. Of course, when I was in New York I was able to play them every year down there, and I still have a lot of family and friends back there.

Felipe Alou

He needed a GPS to get close to it.

He might get close to 500. If we play long enough and get deep enough in the postseason, he could punch out 200 guys this year.

We can look to the end of rate increases as they've intimated that there may not be very many more. The market's been looking for signs that we may be closer to the end.

Marcus Trufant

We can finish games, and we can close out a game. That's how you do it, and whether it's close or not, as long as you get the 'W' that's all that matters.

This was one of the closer ones we've seen. But we were expecting that. Eaton Rapids has a lot of good, young kids.

This wasn't like the San Jacinto game. We were closer there. We just need to do a better job of offensive execution.

Bob Hill

We feel is it is our legal and ethical obligation to close the road as soon as possible.

We expect to see sales to our western customers increase. We'll be closer to the customer, which means they should get their orders quicker.

Susan Vreeland

Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered.

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us or close to us.

What do you mean, I can't be here? I happen to be a close personal friend of the owner, and ...

Josh Groban

What most people know about me, they know through my music. This time, I've tried to open that door as wide as possible. These songs are a giant step closer to who I really am and what my music is all about. Hence the title.

Bill Self

What Micah and I visited about should stay between Micah and myself. What he said was consistent with his statements last week (about personal reasons to play closer to home).

What makes me the proudest is that our families are close, work closely together and have a true Aloha between them. That is what we hold onto as dear and sacred.

There is a grave concern as far as the fresh fruit industry's future. We are going to work closely with Commissioner Bronson and the USDA to ensure that the new management plan safeguards our crops and our markets.

There is a flaw in the system that needs to be closed in the future.

Dick LeBeau

There is a finite number of blitzes you can come up with. But it?s sort of like music. There?s a finite number of tunes, but we probably haven?t come close to exhausting them all yet.

There is no danger of the water being contaminated if it is filtered prior to entering the tank. The tank is a closed system, so it would be impossible for mosquitoes to gain access.

Steve Allen

The purpose of having an open mind is the same as having an open mouth, the object being eventually to close it on something solid. But one should never close either mind or mouth until the general circumstances of the moment make it reasonable to do so.

We talked about that after the game. We probably didn't need to keep (Palmieri) close (to second). I don't think he was going to try and steal third.

We try to keep the game close until the end, and then we try to get our points. We've been finishing games really well. Everybody thinks we can win; we have to go out and get it.