Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jerry Sloan

This team, they've shown the willingness to try to fight back and stay in there and compete even though we've been short-handed.

This was the most dysfunctional game I've ever been in. This was the first time this year that we did not play as a team. Whatever the issues were, we did not compete on either end of the floor. In the last seven or eight minutes we finally started guarding people and that's when we made our run.

We were three players down, and it was our third game in three days. We didn't have the depth to compete with them. Of our eight eligible players, four were freshmen and one was a sophomore. It was a difficult game - but we should have competed better. We just couldn't match their size or quickness, and that was the game.

We got at each other every day in the room. It's been good to have someone to compete with.

We gave them a couple of days off, and hopefully that will help them. We're going to back off of them a little right now. We're still going to compete and work hard in practice.

We have a better understanding of how tough it will be getting into those late rounds of the NCAA tournament, going to the next level to get to the Final Four and compete for a national championship, ... We've got a lot of wisdom.

We want to get better every day. As well as we've done this year, we're still trying to get better every day. In the long term, we're trying to compete for championships. We're trying to position ourselves for a national championship.

Through their product offering, price-competitiveness, and moving production overseas, Whirlpool has been able to compete on price. That's how they've been winning.

Felix Rohatyn

Throughout U.S. history, competent public investments have been an essential complement to private investments - from the Louisiana Purchase, to land-grant colleges, to the Interstate Highway System, to the Internet.

It would have been highly possible that we could have finished better with those girls at Eastern. I had them compete at Texas to let them see what kind of competition they will face and they were able to face better competition than they would have seen at Eastern.

The women's team has a solid pack through six runners, and we won't plan to rely on just one person to compete well. It will be a true team effort.

There will be some nights when we don't have the talent to match up with the team opposite us, but I fully expect our kids to compete every day.

Mike Huckabee

I've talked with (Mississippi Gov. Haley) Barbour and (Louisiana Gov. Kathleen) Blanco and told them that we are sensitive to rebuilding issues. We are not trying to compete for people, we are here to meet people's needs and help those who feel they do not have anything to go back to,

I've used that excuse, our size, for the first five or six games. But I'm tired of using that excuse. We just don't compete on the boards.

To keep high school kids motivated is very, very hard. There are so many things that we compete with.

To have done so well in the technical disciplines is really making me think about training seriously to compete in the super-G, ... But I don't think that will be until after the (2006 Winter) Olympics.

Jamie Bamber

When I was trying to find work after drama school in London, it felt like the same actors always got the plum roles, especially in television. We have a smaller market place, vastly fewer drama-producing networks, and they seem to compete for the same established names for those projects.

We've received great reports on Carter. He's a guy who can start or relieve, and if you look at his numbers last season with the Yankees, he should be able to come in and compete at a high level for us.

Glenn Tilton

We've put ourselves in a position to be able to compete with the effect of high oil prices in 2006. I'm confident that the work that we've done will put us in a position to have a competitive result whatever the market environment may be.

We're playing a lot better (than earlier in the year). We just need to continue to compete and continue to do what we can do. There are wins out there, but we need to put together four quarters.

We tried to get a schedule with teams we could compete with.

We talked about its 20 minutes and today really matters a whole bunch. And it's a sense of urgency and the fact that if you want to compete for a Big Ten title, this can't happen today. We can't lose today.

We talked about how we needed to wear on them and wear on them. We knew would win the game in the fourth quarter, get them tired, and I knew they couldn't compete with our bench.

We just wanted to come out and compete and play. I think also it's more of a measuring stick for our guys. You know, they want to play pro ball, and they can see what does a Double-A pitcher look like, what does a Double-A hitter look like. And my guys always get a kick out of it. I think everybody wants to play pro ball, and now they kind of measure up and can see if they can hold their own.

We just showed heart, going out there and showing that we can compete with any team in the country.

We weren't quite ready to compete at the next level. We dominated the freshman teams in the league.

We weren't prepared to play. We just didn't compete tonight. I was very disappointed.

There's no difference because we happen to be a nonprofit when you're running a store. We have to compete like any other business.

Dan Smith

There's more competition than ever before. We've tried to fight back in new ways. It's good news when a company's willing and able to compete so it's not just the status quo.

Erik Guay

There's no way I could make it. I tried skiing this morning and had too much pain. I didn't think it was possible to compete on it.

There's not too many times in life you control your own destiny and these kids can definitely compete for the state title.

Gustavo Kuerten

I still don't feel ready to compete at a high level. I have undergone exams this past week, and my hip still lacks stability. I will spend the upcoming weeks in the U.S. undergoing treatment.

I've been so pleased with the improvement of these girls. We can compete with the elite teams. They worked their tails off. These girls have come a long, long way this season. It's a testament to their character.