Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are close to finalizing a deal for '07. We've given MLSE an exclusive window through the end of the month, Oct. 31 to negotiate a deal for an expansion team.

Silvan Shalom

We are close to a split and when the house is on fire, you have to do everything possible to extinguish the flames,

We are close to accomplishing all of our goals. Not a lot of people thought we could get it, but we knew we had what it takes.

We are closer than we were last week. We are not yet to a perfect bill, There's always the opportunity for parties to enter from left field and disrupt the negotiations. We hope that will not happen.

We are closer in time to a stock-price bottom, making entry more palatable.

We are closer every time we step on the field than we were two years ago, I don't think there is any question about that. I don't think we played particularly well last year. I think we could have played a whole lot better. We missed out on a whole lot of opportunities. But we are close and I think people realize that.

We are closely monitoring the film and the reactions of patrons in our theaters, but as of today we have no incidents.

Jurgen Klinsmann

We have been following Manuel closely for a while. He has been constantly improving and is a very interesting player.

We have gone on record for many years now as being opposed to any form of legalized gambling on moral grounds. Gambling has never been put to a statewide vote. If it were today, I would say it would be frighteningly close to not passing.

We have four seniors on this team and their experience makes a difference in close games like this.

You can't build another bridge that's so close to ours. It's stupid.

You can lose your job in any field you go into. I enjoyed the experience and got to know a lot of good people. I wish they hadn't closed the shop - if it were still open, I would probably still be there.

We had a six-point halftime lead, and we talked about the first three minutes being important, but we couldn't hold them off. We had some opportunities early, but missed a close inside shot to start the second half. They eventually took the lead before we got on the board.

Matt Paxton

We had a real strong one, two and three man today. It's nice to see that third man running a lot closer than the other two. We've been waiting on that all year.

Craig Dawson

We had a really good match tonight. The score really doesn't tell the story, as it was much closer than it appears. George Washington has developed its program and they had a nice crowd there to support the team. The win gives us some momentum heading into this weekend's matches at Yale.

LeBron James

We wanted to be mentally focused and not give a team like Portland back into the game. We closed the game out.

We wanted them to rush some of their 3-point shots. We wanted to close out on their shooters and get our hands up and make them shoot with our hands in their face.

We wanted to play better defense and close this one out.

Drew Rosenhaus

We've had a lot of guys I represent sign there and they've all had good experiences. The Giants are a good team that just won their division and they're located close to his home (in South Florida). Sam is pretty fired up that he's heading to the Big Apple.

We've had a couple of close matches this season, mainly with John Paul II. We've done well so far this season and we hope to continue to do what we've been doing.

We've had a close relationship from the day he got here. I've always had a connection with the guys in (Kennedy's) program, and all the players from New Orleans over the years. But the stuff he had to go through in the fall, obviously it was hard for him emotionally. We just did what we could to help him.

We've had some very close games at Purcell (Marian) and Alter. I think in a good way they are not worrying about the (state) poll. They are worrying about how many games we have in a row, as well as our league.

We've had some close games going into the postseason and hopefully, we are coming on at the right time. For the most part, we did a nice job defensively, too. Hopefully we can keep this going.

Scott Skiles

We've had so many close games in which we weren't able to make the big plays at the end.

Scott Skiles

We've had our ups and downs obviously this season. But the way they closed the season speaks to what kind of group of guys this is. We had many opportunities to not be as sharp, let the last few games go by and go on vacation (today). Whenever that (possibility) presented itself, the guys fought their way out of it.

We've had our share of close games this year. All of our games have been like that. I think that helps us in the tournament.

We've got about 9,700 people working in transportation and about 9,800 in the wholesale trade sector. Manufacturing currently stands at about 18,400. There's a very close relationship between those sectors.

We'll keep a close eye on what happens this spring. If there are any big declines, we could make adjustments to the season structure.

We'll just keep working on the execution. Our next step of improvement is to be close to perfect on execution of your systems.

We'll have to come close to that 20-win mark to get a serious at-large consideration. We have to win this next game and the one after that. I don't think it's unrealistic, but I think we're a long way from that.

To manage perpetually strong growth when the output gap has long closed will likely require a string of further near-term rate hikes.

Jeremy Corbyn

Tony Benn and I were very close, very close friends for 30, 40 years. We talked to each other a great deal, and we were great friends. And I was with him shortly before he died, talking about prospects of the world and prospects for peace. And I'm very sad that he's gone.

Tonya has been truly wonderful through this. I'm very close to his siblings. He was very close to my family. Which, sometimes, people think is uncommon. But it was one big happy family.