Famous Quotes & Sayings

Geoff Smith

The people that were watching us for 10 years telling us why it wouldn't work and they wouldn't invest in it and thought that that was the wrong way to compete were a little foolhardy.

We just have to come out and compete for four quarters, every single play,

We're primarily a junior-oriented team, but we feel we can compete at the varsity level.

We think he can come in and be a decent guy to compete for that job. We need to get better in our passing game. We didn't have the most prolific offense, and we think he can definitely help us in that area.

We talked as a team the other night, mostly about having to step up. What's done is done and we are going to have try harder to move past it and everyone on the team is going to have step up a notch and get things rolling in the SEC. Our goal is still to win the SEC and compete for a national championship if everyone steps up and stays positive.

Paul Tergat

I am delighted and excited to compete in New York. I have been at the race several times before as a spectator, this time I will be in action.

I am looking forward to the season. I think if the kids stay focused we can compete with most anyone.

I am always looking for an opportunity to compete personally. I feel this sets a good example, and I try to lead by example when at all possible.

I am very excited about Mortensen. He possesses three pitches and will compete for one of the starting roles.

Venus Williams

I am very disappointed to withdraw. But I feel like I need more time before I am able to compete at the highest level.

John Anderson

I am very proud to continue it in the fashion that we have done so over the past 25 years. I look forward to continuing to compete at a high level.

David Boies

But they don't come out of nowhere to compete with Windows. Not in 12 years.

But it's not that much pressure in this round. Not enough people compete so most all of us move on. The pressure comes in the next round.

But having said all that doesn't mean we're going to give it away. We're going to compete utmost at conference and section time. ... I'm in no way pessimistic about the season and after a week of practice I'm feeling better. People are going to know we're there.

He will not compete this spring. And that's all I can say about it.

Noam Chomsky

Haitian rice farmers are quite efficient, but they can't compete with U.S. agribusiness that relies on a huge government subsidy, thanks to Ronald Reagan's free market enthusiasms.

Had we played the last six holes a little better, we would have been right there at the top. There is no doubt we gained confidence from this tournament, as well as a knowledge on how to compete for championships, which is equally important. Our focus this entire week was making good decisions on the course, and the girls did a very good job of that, which resulted in positive scores.

He is an outstanding control pitcher with good movement. He will compete for playing time as a freshman.

Obviously, his future is bright. He's going to be the future of Penn wrestling. ... We're really looking forward to Matt accomplishing some high goals and having that opportunity to compete to become a high All-American or national champion.

Obviously, he's done a lot right his first three starts, and this is a big step up. I think he's earned his right to compete with them. Now let's see if he can do it.

Right now it's more important to have Lauren for the Conference Championships than to have her compete in the multi-events at Drake. It's unfortunate that she was invited to compete in the event, but we need to do what we can to nurse her back to health and have her ready to go in two weeks.

Peter comes to compete every time he hits the water.

Ports are there to compete for the services of those in attendance.

Personally, privately, we don't hate (Morgan). Kinship, by clan, there's nothing wrong with that. He does not have the knowledge or the competence to lead his people.

Kevin Garnett

Giving up is very easy. To continue to work and to continue to compete is one of the most difficult things, especially in a rough environment when you really don't have anything to play for other than dignity.

Kenny Wallace

If those drivers were just with Busch teams, I think everything would be fine. It's their research and development, their constant testing and wind tunnel time; it's hard to compete with those types of teams.

We want to be able to compete each week this season.

Rick Carlisle

We're excited to move up in the standings by winning. I wish I could say we are playing really good basketball, but we obviously have struggled. It's been a tough road. We've got some things to do to look more like a team that can really compete at a high level in the playoffs.

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.

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.

We are just looking forward to another opportunity to compete and look forward to districts (playoffs).

Tony Lewis

We're excited about this because we're going to a new conference where we expect to compete for the conference championship.

Buzz Aldrin

Us reaching the moon convinced Gorbachev and other leaders that the Soviet Union couldn't compete with the U.S., so they revised their agenda. But people have short memories.