Famous Quotes & Sayings

You can't control the story if you don't tell your story. As long as this is true, others will define who you are.

Greg Maddux

You can't control the outcome of the game, but you can control what you put into it and that's what I'm going to do,

Shawn Springs

You can't control that. There's nothing you can do about that,

You can't control that, ... All you can control is your preparation, the way you go about working. The results you can't control.

Elton Brand

We wanted to control the pace. We didn't want to let them get any fast-break points like they did when we played in New Jersey.

We wanted to control Megan Duffy, we wanted to keep Notre Dame off the foul line, but we did not stop the high-low game.

Phil Garner

We've had problems with the Cardinals, no question. We've just got to buckle down now and play some good ball. We're still in control of our destiny.

We'll have to stay away from turnovers, control the football and keep the ball away from them as much as possible.

Luis Valdez

We'll have to play better defense (than the last time we played them). We have to control J.C.'s touches and points in the paint.

To state that the drugs are not suitable for routine influenza control is entirely inappropriate, is inconsistent with regulatory opinions worldwide and is not supported by the data.

Tonight we just didn't show up to play. We let them control the tempo and in effect the entire game. We're going to work on things and try to get it back together.

To me, I really can't control what happens outside of my performance,

Stephanie Coontz

There is still an expectation that men have to know what their wives are doing and have to control them,

We had a great warm up from the first half. We were intense and executing. We controlled most of the first half and it showed on the scoreboard.

We're not numb to it. We just have no control over it. What are you going to do? In New York, it's like this every day, right?

You have to control the floor, you have to be vocal and tell people what to do and where to go. It's a completely different mind-set out there.

We really controlled the paint. Our post players did a good job of limiting their touches.

John Abraham

When I was drinking, I didn't like people thinking that drinking had control over me,

When I was back with Baltimore, Sidney Ponson used to tell me that you can't control wins and losses but you can control 200 innings, ... Now, I'd like to get that.

When people leave their controlled burns, they should be sticking their hands in there to make sure its cold.

When people go to work Monday morning the traffic control will be in place.

This whole notion that Dubai is going to control or set standards for U.S. ports is a canard.

There is a control on the level of violence which is still at a worrisome level, but there is a definite control over the immediate potential for it to escalate.

Martin Biron

We rotate a lot of players in those positions. The guys go out there 20, 25 seconds. The first time it's out of the zone we get a change, get some fresh legs. That allows us to get a lot of pressure, and it's a controlled pressure. When one guys goes, the other three know how to respond. It's not a free-for-all, running around.

We knew that Steve's flight would generate a lot of interest but we're delighted that the website, which we worked hard to develop, can cope with the unprecedented volume of traffic it has received. This is not your typical website: the information needs updating minute by minute and because of its design, we are able to use people here at mission control to write the stories rather than relying on IT support staff.

We need to eliminate the mistakes that we're making that we can control. Unnecessary turnovers. We had two of them right there at the end of the first half that didn't have anything to do with (UNC).

We thought the Water Quality Control division ... indicated a willingness to examine the details of the (permitting) program, and that means (we have) an opportunity to work with them. We think we ought to explore those (details) before going to court.

We didn't control the game. The last couple of weeks we talked about that a lot. You have to control the game in the postseason and play smart. It's frustrating because we just didn't play very well tonight.

Until we get control of the running party that this has become in the past couple of summers, we'll be running some of that longer-term monitoring with our ranger staff.

Jim Thompson

Parents often feel that they don't have a lot of control over their coaches.

Parents just want to be able to put controls in place with as little hassle as possible.

Parents feel they have some control over peers but feel media is everywhere.

Over the last 40 years, there have been lots of equal-protection defenses to criminal prosecution thrown up, with people saying 'my use of this controlled substance is religiously derived,'