Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Izzo

You know me, I don't feel like we're ready, but I do think we can get ready in four days. Illinois is playing awfully well, they haven't lost many games in the last couple years, but we're gonna be ready on Thursday, I can promise you that.

You know, Jimmy Martin's a good kid. He was an all-American back at nationals this last summer, and Josh Townsend's just a couple little adjustments away from winning that match And Miller's in there too.

Andy Roddick

You know, I warmed up, ... I didn't really move a lot. It was about a 10-minute warm-up. When I got out there and started moving, it just stiffened up on me, kind of similar to yesterday. You know, after the first couple games, I didn't feel too good about my chances.

You could tell we were not playing well together. A couple more weeks of practice, and we would be a lot better.

You could see a real sense of urgency on our part. We had a couple of days to re-group.

Quentin Richardson

You come to a new team, new system, it'll take a couple games, ... I'm not alarmed by anything. I'm just going to keep working hard and practicing hard and keep working at it. As a player, you get frustrated a little bit, but I know with time, everything will come into play, so I'm not that worried about it.

You come into Freedom Hall and hold Louisville to 57 points, you can't say you didn't do a heck of a job. We just made a couple of mental breakdowns at the end.

You can't guard Nicole Scott with just one player. Langley (Iverson) did a great job on her but we also ran a couple of players at her (Scott) now and then.

You can't go to a log home or to anything using logs and not see cracks or checks. We can take whole logs and dry them whole in a couple of days.

Larry Bird

You can't walk in there after a couple of months off and expect to play in the playoffs. He's definitely going to have to play some games before the playoffs. There's no question about that. The playoffs are completely different.

Peter Bondra

We scored a lot of goals, a couple on the power play, ... We did the little things right and got rewarded.

We scored a couple of times and that got us going again.

We saw what happened here a couple years ago,

We're trying to get out in front of this because we think this is going to be one of the most critical problems facing water managers in the Western United States in the next couple of decades,

Kobe Bryant

Very surprised. Shocked actually. Very, very surprised. I've been hit with a couple of flagrant fouls already this year. I've been hit with a clothesline and no suspensions come of that. And I get two games for this?

Tom Glavine

We feel like there's a window of opportunity to get something done in the next several days and we're willing to explore that, ... It hurts nobody by giving it a couple of extra days.

We do see a lot of earnings acceleration in Japan in a couple of sectors in particular. We've got good exposure to Japanese retailers, good exposure to Japanese real estate companies.

Ken Hitchcock

You give skilled players that many power plays and eventually you are going to get some people tired and that is what happened. We made a couple of tired decisions at the end.

You give River Ridge a couple more players and they're right there with everyone in the league.

Jeff Bezos

You have to remember that in the Internet sector, the Internet companies' share prices have been volatile not just in the last week, but over the last couple of years. That's likely, I think, to continue.

Mike Scioscia

You have to remember, ... he was No. 1 on a lot of people's list a couple of years ago.

You get that feeling when you get one or two in a row and then you just want to shoot every time. Then other people started opening up and get a couple of assists. It's just fun.

You get a four-spot with Todd pitching and you're in good shape. He hasn't given up more than four runs in a couple of years.

You look at it like you're losing 1-0 or winning 1-0. I've had a tendency in the past when I'm up 8-0 to lose focus on a couple pitches. Before you know it, it's 8-5. If you think about you're winning or losing 1-0, it makes things so much better. You get people out.

You look at first round of district, we were in every game down the stretch. Just a couple things here or there and we could easily have won.

Maria Semple

I drop my kid off at school and then race home, and it's a very limited time. I can only do really serious writing for a couple of hours. And then I always go on a walk, I do a one-to-two-hour walk; I don't go running or hard hiking.

Maria Semple

I can only do really serious writing for a couple of hours. And then I always go on a walk. I do a one-to-two-hour walk; I don't go running or hard hiking.

Dusty Baker

You can't put your finger on it. The last couple of years we've played them tough. That's not the team you want to play every day.

Dana Williams

The major game plan is to spend a couple months listening,

The key was getting a couple of shots down early to extend their zone.

The key for us the past couple games has been working hard as a team. We played excellent defense and we did it as team, which makes a big difference.

The injury makes him doubtful for the weekend because he took a couple of heavy knocks on it.

James Sullivan

The underlying trend in employment growth is pretty good. With the unemployment rate down to 5 percent and inflation expectations up over the last couple of months, we do see more acceleration in wages. For now the Fed will keep moving on its stated path.