Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lindsay Davenport

It definitely would make it more exciting if three of the four Grand Slam winners were here. You can't force someone to go out on the court when they don't feel like they want to compete at this level.

Martin O'Malley

I think it would be an extreme poverty indeed if there weren't more than one person willing to compete for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party.

I think I've got a chance. We compete for the position, now he's hurt. Whatever they want me to do I will do.

Jalen Rose

Just because I got traded doesn't mean we'll be able to compete with the Spurs and the Pistons right away.

Zalmay Khalilzad

It is critical that the newly elected leaders of Iraq do their part by forming a government of national unity with a good program and competent ministers as soon as possible.

Venus Williams

It has always been a thrill to play near my home, and I deeply regret that I will not have the opportunity to compete at the Nasdaq-100 Open this year. My rehabilitation continues to progress, and I look forward to returning to competition in the very near future.

Phil Angelides

I think voters are seeing each and every day that this governor just doesn't have the competence and the credibility to govern.

I think voters are expecting a competent mayor, somebody who can get things done and get them done fairly. We're in sort of a post-party politics period here, where the traditional tribal politics are being replaced by a competency model.

It is only now that I understand that Love would have no competence without this lie that is a Truth!

Steve Slaton

I think that we can compete next year for the national championship.

It is nice to see us compete like we have. We are starting to come together better as a team instead of folding the tent like we did early in the season.

I think we're looked upon as being on equal footing. The proof is in the pudding. The fact of the matter is you have to go out and compete year in and year out.

I think we're in a position to compete for the league title. This team can hurt you in a lot of ways.

Like most teams, they lose their focus for whatever reason. It's all we've been talking about the last couple days, understanding the mentality you have to play with to compete at this level.

I watched him play four times and he may not be as fast or as effective offensively, but he's still outstanding on defense and he's a great leader. That's why we wanted him to help us compete for a medal.

I think they have a legitimate reason to raise cash. To compete with the electronic exchanges.

Ron Zook

Our players should realize we can compete with a team that is ranked 15th in the country,

Sergei Fedorov

The Red Wings have always had the big-name players. But Nashville is a good, young hockey team that plays very aggressively. They just have to forget about all those big names and focus on what they want to accomplish. They have to compete with whoever's on the ice.

Were still a ways to go before well compete with the elite teams, but theyre getting better. I think by the end of the year well be very, very competitive and be able to play teams pretty evenly,

We're still a ways to go before we'll compete with the elite teams, but they're getting better. I think by the end of the year we'll be very, very competitive and be able to play teams pretty evenly.

We rested her the last meet at Superior. Tonight we wanted her to compete in all four events one more night. I'm sure she'll lay low the rest of the week to rest up. But it looks like she's peaking at the right time.

Today was a tough day emotionally and physically. Most of us had been up since 5:30 a.m. and to travel and play a night match all on the same day was rough. I'm just proud of the girls that they were able to compete hard and get the job done.

Today's worker is looking for flexible, family-friendly work options. The federal government can't necessarily compete for talent with the private sector on a dollar-for-dollar basis, but we can make sure we are competitive in quality-of-life issues.

You know for her to come in and compete as a freshman, her first couple of days of training on the hill you could see it.

Unlike other shows of this kind ours is one where people compete to not win the title.

Unlike many other retailers with gas stations we can offer a convenience store that doesn't compete with the 'host' store.

Dave Tippett

We got these guys three times in a week, you're going to get to know each other well. I like games like that. For our team right now, it's a good thing. You like putting your team in situations where they have to compete hard, because that's when they feel good about yourself. That's the kind of games you want going into the playoffs.

Graydon Carter

Television offers a range and scope, and a degree of creativity and daring, that the bottom-line, global-audience-obsessed, brand-driven movie industry just can't compete with.

We have an exceptional team preparing to compete in these Games. We feel that this is, without question, the most accomplished team and perhaps the strongest team we have placed on the field of play in a Winter Olympic Games.

Steve Novak

We need to keep getting better. Rankings aren't what we can decide. Winning these is the only way we can impress these people. We need to win the Big East now. There is no next year. We knew we (could) compete at this level since the beginning.

We can't hang our heads and tomorrow the sun will come up and we will still be in first place. We proved that last inning that we can compete but just need to get it going earlier.

We have to view it as positively as possible or we won't be in the right frame of mind to compete on the court.

We just didn't show up to play. Defensively, this was our worst outing of the year. We didn't compete at all.