Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Brady

We did a nice job of handling the first five to seven minutes of the game. We told our guys Duke was going to come out in those first few minutes and try to get us on our heels and that if we could work through that we'd be in good shape. That's what happened. A tone was set and I think they knew they were in for a contest all night.

We did a much better job of contesting his shots. He did a really good job at creating space and was able to knock down a few shots, but with Speedy, you want to try and make him into a jump shooter first, but you have to contest those shots.

We did a good job on the defensive end of making them take contested shots. Defensively, I thought we did a good job to start the second half.

Kobe Bryant

We didn't match it. We didn't contest their shots.

Brevard did great. It was a very hard, hotly contested event.

To me it looks like these legislators are simply covering their tails because they know how hotly contested this has been and they made perhaps some unpopular votes with their decisions last session.

We knew he could shoot the 3. We were late sometimes getting out to contest the shot. He knocked it down, so I give him credit for making good shots.

We always light up the house. We always had contests there every year. When we moved here, we decided to continue the tradition. We lit up the house, and before we knew it, all the neighbors were doing it, too.

Jay Wright

We've got very good shooters, and I don't think it was a matter of them not being on their game. Texas just contested everything.

Darrell Royal

We've had some good contests in the last year; at the Rose Bowl, and up there in Columbus, that's about as big as it gets.

Louis Walsh

Well he's better than Jason Donovan, Pete - with reference to a contestant who Pete said couldn't sing

The public has the impression that the insanity defense gets used a lot. It rarely gets used and when it's contested it rarely wins.

They all are still really great shooters, so we still have to be able to go in and still contest shots. We can't leave anything wide open and can't take anything for granted.

We weren't playing smart at the defensive end. We have a senior lineup, and we have to pull out this type of game. We needed to contest that final shot and make her win it at the line. She struggled at the line.

James Baker

We will vigorously contest the efforts for a manual recount in Florida.

We won five of the 11 contested matches. And we forfeited three matches.

Byron Scott

We got stops, we forced them into some contested jump shots and we were able to rebound the ball. We just did what we do best, and that's try to get up and down the floor. That's how we play basketball.

The theme of the local poetry contest is to glorify God in some way. If we get all these kids thinking about God, they will transform their neighborhood, their city, maybe the world.

The contest went pretty well. Now we have to see how we do with a wedding.

We have a fast pitch here, with lots of grass, and that will make for a good contest here. It will be good to see how good the batsmen on either side really are on this track.

This whole contest is just totally inappropriate because of the themes of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe . It is simply a retelling of the story of Christ.

Ronda Rousey

See, for some reason, I feel like it's a victory if I wake up one minute before the alarm. It's like I'm in a contest with myself, with my foot kicking around until it wakes up the rest of my body. It's the stupidest thing. But it makes me feel like I've already won something.

Dick Gephardt

strongly supporting everything that's being done in this contest by the Gore-Lieberman ticket.

It was awkward, while a contest was still under way, ... But those constraints are off and we're moving forward.

It will be a hotly contested race, and I think the initiative will win.

It's a contest to see who can write the bawdiest limerick.

Fabio Capello

It's an open contest between us, Milan and Inter,

It's just a fog to me right now. I'm not sure if it was contested or not. I was able to shoot it like a normal shot, though.

It was a lot tougher than I expected. What proved significant was that I was right there in the contest despite losing the first set.

Ben Gordon

It was set up for Andres and they read it well. He took a contested shot. But at that point we were just trying to get a shot off so we could get another opportunity at the ball.

It wasn't because they were shooting lousy; they were contested shots. I thought we played pretty well. We handled their pressure. You can't fault the girls. They played hard.

David Bass

It's a positive development because another few days of contested campaigning would do damage to an office that is in serious need of unity.

Lobsang Wangyal

Even though the last date for receipt of applications for the Miss Tibet contest this year is June 30, we've already received five applications, which is encouraging.