Famous Quotes & Sayings

Then we had six 15-minute rounds, and after each round one competitor was eliminated until three of us were left to compete in the final.

Even with the opportunities Franklin had, we still had the opportunity to win the game. We were right there with one of the better teams in the conference. ... The team as whole is understanding what it takes to play at next level, at tournament time. Obviously you want to win, but it's good to know that you can compete with them.

David Williams

That had to happen, especially the way La Cueva handled us so easily last season, ... It's easy for kids to say that they can compete with any team around, but to go out there and make it happen is a different story. We did that.

That is what I really want. It would mean so much to me, and to compete at that level would be amazing.

It's impossible to compete on price with the loss leaders at department stores or electronic stores. You'd be crazy to do that.

It's completely fair. There's a 12-day window, and you can compete every day to try and get points. If you have the most points in the previous 12 days (of practices and matches), you get to play. That's the way it should be.

George Romero

There's this Hollywood mentality that we have to compete or have effects or have a star... it's hard to get past that stuff.

These old mills like this, they had their day, but they just couldn't compete anymore.

These were a couple of tough losses. But we showed we can compete with them and we're going to have to (today) and probably in the playoffs. We're the top two teams in the league.

These things happen from the top down, and from the top there was a sense of humor and a confidence and competence that you don't question.

Martin Jones

This is a very important game for us and a win is essential if we are to compete for promotion.

This is kind of what I wanted. You get three or four games right away. You get to compete and get some games in and get some experience. They are not gimme games, these are games that we could lose as well. All three of these teams made districts last year.

Once the doctors told me I was healthy, I knew it was just a matter of time before I was able to get back out there and compete for nine innings. I knew I would be back.

Once they're officially in the league, they can compete right away.

After we did that, we knew we could compete with anybody.

Lance Berkman

It's night and day. We have very few of the same personnel. We don't have too many established guys, but I think we've got guys that are gritty and compete well with the bat.

Any time you compete in a league like the ACC, that's a tremendous challenge. But Georgia Tech is an institution with a history of being competitive and doing well. I see no reason why that can't continue to happen.

It's a professional sport. We play here together, but for two weeks we're going to be enemies. We're going to compete for a medal in the Olympics. That's going to be a little weird, but obviously, we've done it before. We're used to it.

It's all about being a competitor. If you don't compete you can't play this game.

Pat Summitt

It's all recruiting. Not just a Duke or North Carolina. You've got Maryland in the mix. The people at the top have forced everyone else to elevate their intensity and recruiting, and that enhances their opportunity to compete at a different level.

Claudia Schiffer

It's very difficult today for girls to become supermodels. There is a lot more competition, a lot of countries in the East have opened up so there are many more models than there were in the Nineties. Now they have to compete with famous actresses but also with, say, reality stars to be on the magazine covers.

For customers in Richmond, it's very important to know we haven't canceled service from LaGuardia. Delta will continue to compete vigorously in the New York market.

Mark Dantonio

I'm not going to walk out of here with my head down. I'm not looking for moral victories. I'm just looking for guys who will play with toughness and will compete and I think we did that. Maybe (Penn State) thought we were going to go in the bag, but I was going to keep playing.

I'm excited to compete on TV in front of an audience. This will take video gaming to the next level.

Erik Guay

I'm really disappointed. I've been training for so long and just for that, and not to be able to compete is really frustrating. ... There's no way I would make it. I would have to ski on one leg pretty much.

I just want to be comfortable with our 'physical' level. I want to know we are physical enough to compete at the highest level.

I left a big sign on my door saying 'Don't Wake Me Up, I Have to Compete Tomorrow'.

I learned how to pitch better and how to compete better. I had a little slower velocity and learned how to throw my change-up for strikes when I needed to. That was a big help. It was something that I needed to go through.

I hope the injury will be healed in time to compete at the 2006 World Championships.

S. Truett Cathy

I have people say, 'I'll come to work for you for free,' and I tell my employees they have to compete with that.

Mark McCormack

I'm about as concerned as Jack would be if he read that I was practicing to compete in the Masters" ()

Kevin VanDam

I love what I do and you have to, to compete at this level.

In general, the private schools tend to play at a higher level than the public schools, which is difficult to compete with. The public schools get massacred every time. In general, the gap is definitely getting wider. I think parents are looking to place kids in the situation where they're at a higher level of play.