Famous Quotes & Sayings

This team has played some close games like this. They've had teams make runs on them. We've had people foul out. They just found a way. That really helped us tonight ? we've been in that situation before.

This was truly horrific and tragic, because they were so close to moving into their dream home. Everyone is in shock. Pamela was the kind of spirit that you just wanted to be around.

This was the perfect opportunity to get closer to her home.

This was the hardest one, we had this one. We just couldn't close it out.

This was the closest tennis match I have been involved in in six years. A couple points here and there, and it could have gone the other way.

This was the closest site to Beersheba, so we drove down one day with our three children,

John Tortorella

This was closer to what this team plays like. It's been missing a bit. That's more of the personality of our club, but you have to come back and do it again.

This was a tremendously hard-fought game. The game had great speed and intensity, and the referee decided to let the teams play. We have won a lot of close games, so this was not unusual for us.

This was a tough, tough loss. We had a couple of close games that we were lucky to win. Now the players can either fall down or make this into a learning experience.

This was a tough place to play and we had to just go about our business. Give them credit, they played hard. We started to take control in the fourth. It was nice to see the kids face some sort of adversity, to be in a close game and pull it out.

Paul Meyer

This was an incredibly close game. The second game was key and we were able to scrape it out.

This was an important match for us, not only for conference reasons, but also for our development as we close out a challenging first third of our season. We've been on the road four weekends in a row and you could see that it was having an impact on the guys.

This was a close the whole game. The Blaine kids really scrapped and hustled.

Rod Blagojevich

This was a big step, ... Tomorrow, we hopefully can close the deal.

This was a big loss. We haven't really been able to close out games. What we have to do is learn to get stops and execute.

This was a big learning experience and this is why Richards is Richards, ... The game was a lot closer than the score.

This victory was a tribute to the heart of our team and our tenacity. We learned from some of the mistakes we made yesterday (at UCLA), won some close races and were a little more focused and tough.

What's cool about here is they won't just get their autographs, they'll get to skate with them and see the pros close up.

Karl Rove

What is important is that members of Congress have the time to get fully briefed on this. We intend to work closely with them in order to give them a comfort level on this.

What I've learned from working in New York politics is that the race is either really obvious, or too close to call, ... And this race is too close to call.

What it will do is push up first-quarter growth probably close to 5.0 percent, so a nice rebound from the fourth quarter.

We gave it away in the seventh. We couldn't close it out.

We had a few walks, two really costly errors. And they had some clutch hitting. Up until then, we had played pretty well. We just didn't close like we could have.

John Cole

We want to get the game to Doug Brown. He's been our most consistent pitcher, and we think we have a weapon at the end of the game. So if we can keep the game close and get it to him, then we feel pretty good about it.

We want to get everyone at the table, ... The more I dig into this, it's a very complex issue. We want to make sure we protect personal property rights and not close the door on economic development.

We want to get a lot closer to 100%.

We want to form one unit for the future. That means we're striving to have a mix of already successful riders and young talents hungry for success. We're getting very close to that goal with the team that we've assembled up till today.

John Roberts

We want to do everything in our power to make things easier for them, ... When you join law enforcement, you become part of a close family. You all take the same oath to do the same job, and you all pitch in to help each other.

We were one of the favorites. Audi put up a huge competitive game. It was a lot closer than we thought.

We weren't trying not to score. We wanted to lengthen each possession and take good shots. We had a lot of really good looks in close that you have to make to be able to win a game like this.

We knew it was going to be a close game like last year.

We knew it was going to be a close game. It was just a question of who could make the most plays down the stretch.

We knew it was going to be a close game. Even when we were down nine with five minutes left to go we weren't scared.