Famous Quotes & Sayings

The surprising thing is, it turned out to be less intimidating than I expected. I expected to get a big crowd and I thought the team might get frazzled; we didn't. I expected Stanford to come out and just dominate us; they didn't. As far as pressure goes, it was less than I expected.

The thing you know about Iowa State is their crowd gains energy with the 3-point shot, so we really want to take that away.

Sasha Cohen

I wanted to enjoy the performance. This is a really fun program, a Gypsy number. It's very seductive and playful and it's getting involved with the crowd and the judges. I enjoyed it and just let it happen.

I wanted to come out here and do exactly how I was training so I was happy with how I went. The crowd was so good.

Kevin Phillips

Texas is the bomb. We love playing in Texas because the crowds are rowdy and fun.

Sometimes they are too crowded there's only standing room if you're lucky.

It was weird. I said Friday I'd be surprised if we didn't play well. But we didn't. We had a big crowd tonight and we wanted to play well in front of them. Everything was so fast and out of the ordinary that it turned out wrong.

It was all about our intensity level, ... We tend to come out sluggish in games. I wanted to set the tone and get the crowd into it. We definitely are a second-half team. We have to learn to become a first- and second-half team.

Jason McCoy

The stage and the live crowd taught me to think on my feet, to improvise.

The simple reality when you have a crowd of that size there is going to some congestion and some delays as a result of it.

The big thing is to get local guys here and get the support of local fans. We see the crowds come out. Around town, people all the time talk about how they're getting ready for baseball.

That play was huge. They thought we were going to take a knee and run out the clock. That really kept the crowd in the game.

Jason Aldean

That's kind of fuse for the show - those first 10-15 seconds you're onstage. The curtain drops and you see the crowd for the first time and they see you for the first time. The response and the energy that's going on right there - to me, that sets the tone for the rest of the night.

E. O. Wilson

That one shift he hit everything in sight, got the crowd going, and really sparked up our bench.

Tom Williams

We've never really had someone of her magnitude before, ... The crowd outdoes what we drew for Harry Potter by far.

We have a crowd and we hope it keeps growing,

This was about the CD. First time, you know. I was a little nervous at first, but once I got up there and saw how the crowd was, it was like I just kind of interacted with them and had some fun.

We give them time to leisurely leave the Strip. When the crowd starts dispersing, we'll start the cleanup there.

We just know what to expect, with the big crowd and what we're doing this entire week.

Mario Chalmers

We just ignored the crowd and played hard. Missouri really helped us out as far as ignoring the crowd.

Sonny Lubick

Thinking back through 45 years (of coaching), I haven't seen one as exciting as that with the crowd (nearly full at 32,713), nothing when they were at the 1- or 2-yard line, four downs to go.

They always have a good crowd here and are received warmly.

Annika Sorenstam

I've never seen anything like it. The last time I saw crowds like this was the U.S. Open on a Sunday,

Terry Hoeppner

I've said that crowds win games and this crowd helped us win this game,

Barry Alvarez

You have two ranked teams and I think this is the second-biggest stadium in the country. They talk about this maybe being the largest crowd ever at the stadium, national TV again, play for a lot; if that doesn't get your motor running, there's something wrong.

To have the time away from the maddening crowds is very meaningful in a soul-searching sense. It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Marcos Baghdatis

To have the crowd support -- it's incredible.

John Smith

You have to love playing at home. Our crowd keeps getting better and better.

With golf, there's no big crowds or game-winning shots. Golf is all about mental focus and pacing.

E. B. White

This year, our crowds have been very well behaved, ... Fans are excited about the team, instead of just wanting to hang out at the game.

When I was standing on the podium, actually, I found her in the crowd and I don't think I have seen her happier before. Her smile was very big, and it made me really satisfied. It makes me remember the whole way that I've gone through, many years of hard training.

We tried to prevent them from getting a lead and getting their crowd into the game, which we didn't do. Our defense was unbelievable in the second half. I think we won this one partially because we've been in big games before.

We just started. The crowds aren't too heavy yet, but through the weekend we expect better results.