Famous Quotes & Sayings

Patrick Chan

I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.

You know you're in every game, you know you're competing with teams that are in the playoffs and teams at the top of the league. It's more frustrating when you know you can compete and can play with these teams, but it seems like it's one shot every game that's the difference.

We didn't compete at the plate, period. As many mistakes as we made, as many runs as they scored, we just didn't compete at the plate.

We didn't compete at the plate like we needed to and we just didn't get it done.

We didn't compete as a team as well as we needed too. We've got a lot of work to do, but we look back and see that we're not loaded with a whole lot of junior and seniors. Though that doesn't matter, whether you're a senior or a sophomore you still have to go out and win the race. Look at Hansen. He was going to go out and run a good race, that's what it's all about.

Bryan Robson

We didn't compete and we didn't pass the ball. I could have taken all 11 off at halftime.

We don't have to get into numbers. We know we go out and compete every night.

We don't have to do this to get accredited, but when (North Central) reviews the materials they look for how we are sure students are competent in areas. Every university is faced with accountability.

Andy Hallett

We're not very old. That's the thing that excites me is we're not very old. The girls think of golf as not just something to do, but something to be very good at. We have a lot of fun but, at the same time, we compete in practice. I think it's paying off.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

We are right now going through the process, and it is -- as you know, it's always very important that we appoint the right person and the most competent person, the person that really is skilled and has the experience,

We are really looking forward to it, and we were hoping it would be like that. That's why we invited them. They've got a super team with a lot of history so it will take everything we have to compete with them.

Our kids have to work doubly hard to compete with schools that require their students to take debate as a class.

Mark Dantonio

Our guys have worked hard this spring and we have had good competition at a lot of positions. I have been pleased with our effort most of the time, yet I know we need to get better in a lot of areas, too. I am looking forward to who comes out ready to play and compete on Saturday, and who plays with toughness and who plays fast.

Luis Gutierrez

Our goal was to compete with a working robot. We were already victorious when we got there, and we ended up taking it all.

Our goal was to try to compete every game and then try to be there at the end of the year. We now have that chance.

Dom Capers

Overall, we improved as a football team yesterday. We did more of the things it takes to go in and compete and win a game.

Over the years, to me at least, you can compete at a pretty high level with out big men. But if you don't have a point guard, it's tough.

Natalie has done what I thought she'd be able to do; she's just done it better than I thought she'd be able to. She likes to compete and she's really done a nice job stepping into that starting spot. Hopefully she'll be able to continue to do that.

What we're trying to do is win back market segment share at the low end, and we did that in the first quarter. You'll see us continue to compete very aggressively. On the other hand, you won't see us lowering prices more than we need to to win the business.

Rafael Nadal

I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.

We expect to compete for a championship. We expect that every year.

John Gibbons

We expect to compete all year long. In saying that, we haven't done anything yet. Talk is cheap.

Judy Johnson

We can't compete with Dubuque or Springfield (Ill.), but we can make it a more modern museum. (The current museum) is wonderful and it has lots of neat things, but it's static.

We were very fortunate to get a Big 12 school and Houston, a strong local draw, here and get about 20,000 fans. As long as you're not trying to compete with the big boys, it is possible to do well.

Colin Cooper

We'll compete in the set pieces (against the Bulls) and I'm excited about what we can do on attack.

We were looking to improve on last week's conference game and work on some things at this tournament, ... If the kids improve their defense and passing, they can compete with any team.

Wes Newton

We are better this year. Now we just have to compete well with the big programs in the state and move up to their level.

John Tory

Were all the protests really necessary? People have the right to expect better and more competent leadership than that.

We're a little young again. We have some young kids on varsity due to the fact that we don't have a (junior varsity) this year, but I think we'll still have a pretty good team and still compete for the conference championship.

We played most of the game like we weren't nervous, but we have to learn to be the aggressor. We can't get discouraged. We have to keep working. We can compete with the teams in this region.

We feel it would be stupid to compete in Melbourne.

Kirk Hinrich

We've gone over all their stuff, and hopefully we'll be able to guard their sets a lot better. But we just need to compete a lot harder.

We've entered an era when very good, competent people aren't getting jobs. One remedy is to stand out, to self-promote. If you do, you're going to get the nod over some co-worker.