Famous Quotes & Sayings

Our starting pitching was, to put it bluntly, lousy this weekend. We know we're having some defensive problems, but we can't expect to be a contending team in the Valley with starting pitching like that.

Right now with the roster as it exists, they're nowhere near contending. They're not even contending for the playoffs. That's going to be a tough pill to swallow for (Garnett). When you look up and you're now 30, and you don't see the team contending, it's hard. It's going to be a big dilemma for Kevin and those guys in what direction they go in.

Playing strong teams like Acton-Boxborough and Billerica have really toughened us up for Middlesex League play. A year ago we weren't ready for league play. Now we're in game shape. We'll definitely be a contender for the league title. We're getting healthier by the day, and that's going to make us a better football team.

I was a little disappointed in the position as I thought we could contend for the title. But we just didn't race like I thought we would.

Dennis Ross

That's the new struggle of our time, and we have to frame it that way to understand what we're contending with and why it's so important for us not to fail.

It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.

Kurt Busch

It feels good to get off to a great start. But we're just two races in. I'd like to say that we're a championship contender with the way we ended last year and we'll just try to keep our momentum rolling forward.

William Stafford

I am a person a dictionary-maker has to contend with. I am a living evidence in the development of language.

Davis Love

I feel like I can contend every week but, when you get to a place like here or Hilton Head where you've done well consistently, it gives you a lot of confidence.

For State, we have some very high seeds and hopefully they can contend for the win.

Romesh Gunesekera

Imaginative writing, to me, is a way of discovering who we are and what we have to contend with; discovering what is out there and also what is not there. It enables me to think and explore and make something new with language while trying to make sense of our lives.

Cappie Pondexter

I feel we have all the necessary pieces to contend for a national title. We really got a chance. We still got a lot more to go, and I'm looking forward to it.

Dave Clark

He's going to be a contender to win state.

If we were a contender for the division, it would be a different story. But sometimes you just can't wait until this is over, and start all over again.

If we are going to contend in the conference, we will have to win our home matches.

Now that we've started winning games and seeing that we actually can contend for championships, we've been pushing ourselves a lot harder in practices and getting a lot tougher.

Let's contend no more, Love, / Strive nor weep: / All be as before, Love, / - Only sleep!

John C. Calhoun

When we contend, let us contend for all our rights - the doubtful and the certain, the unimportant and essential. It is as easy to contend, or even more so, for the whole as for a part. At the termination of the contest, secure all that our wisdom and valour and the fortune of war will permit.

We deny each and every one of those allegations. We contend we will prevail at the hearing.

E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters.

I think we'll be competitive. We'll contend for first place in the league.

I think we'll be a contender in our conference.

When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.

B. F. Skinner

We've got to be in position to contend shots. If we can, we've got a chance. If we can't, it's going to be a tough day.

Thomas Brooks

We will contend for a playoff position, ... The guys are getting a good grasp of the new offense and the defense. We're getting real excited about the season.

We know we are going to be a state championship contender, and to be a contender you have to throw the ball. That was one thing we wanted to establish tonight.

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We're really young and have a lot of future talent. They've worked really hard. Hopefully, the program will keep feeding itself. Our goal is to contend for another title.

We've contended four out of five years for the Super Bowl. You get to a point where contending just isn't enough.

Adrian Fernandez

This time I'm going down there expecting to run well and maybe contend for a victory.

Mike Riley

Wear is looking to be our fourth spot on the team. She is a real strong contender for that position.

We would never contend that health policy should ignore the effects of diet and nutritional options.

We didn't get involved with the Reds to wallow in mediocrity. If that's all we have to offer, we shouldn't be hanging around. We're going to give it 110 percent to put a contender on the field.