Famous Quotes & Sayings

Our goal is to win the state championship. That is the goal, and as a program, we've said that we want to contend for the state title every year. We know what we need to do to reach that goal, and it's about perseverance.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

With this loss, I still see us being a strong contender for the state title. I wasn't happy with the way we played tonight. ... I wasn't upset we didn't win tonight, it was how we lost.

We're still pretty young, but we're doing some great things, and I think we're going to be a force to contend with.

Henry Ian Cusick

When I was filming 'Lost,' we'd be in the jungle. The only thing we had to contend with was the sound of the ocean. That was it, really.

Margaret Cho

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

We've lived out here for nine years. We have never had to contend with this before.

With the girls, if we do what we need to do the next 30 days and shave some seconds off our minutes, we should have a shot at contending for a state title.

Pat Metheny

I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work.

We had a lot to contend with last year after being moved off the turnpike. But we learned a lot.

Buddy Rice

I was never happier to see a season end than I was last year. I was really frustrated by the tough run of luck we had last season, but a few months away from the daily grind, and I am ready to go. I feel like we can return to the form that made us a championship contender in 2004.

We have our pitching back, so we're strong there. But we lost four seniors, so we're trying to fill those positions. We have some young kids getting their first varsity experience, but we hope to be contending for the top spots in the league.

Will the new Contender series be shown on ITV2 like the first one? When will it be starting?

Paul Menard

Win races and contend for the championship, that's what we want to do.

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.

Victoria Jackson

We have a team that can contend for a national title.

Zach Johnson

Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, contend in majors, win majors. I thought they were crazy.

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.

We had small pockets of weather to contend with in the Northeast and some wind at O'Hare, but overall we got off to a good start.

Gregory Coupet

Bordeaux is a contender for the title. They have shown they are an efficient team since the start of the season.

The market's been getting positive news from GM, oil and semiconductors. But we have the quadruple witching to contend with, which could lead to a lot of volatility, so even though we're up now, we could open anywhere.

Eric Williams was sensational. Right from the outset we had a difficult time contending with him.

Mark Kotsay

Even if he doesn't make any moves, the 25 guys in this room are suitable to contend for a championship,

There was 25 years of provocation. I'm not contending this homicide was justified. It was a crime. He offered to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter.

Henry David Thoreau

Always you have to contend with the stupidity of men.

They kind of surprised us by playing nearly the whole game in zone defense, when they are a man-to-man team. I think they thought they couldn't contend with us inside, man on man.

This is a real crucial time for our team. It might determine if we contend for a playoff berth at the end of the season, so we just need to focus on getting as many points as possible.

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They have a good offense so we'll have to contend that with much better defense.