Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Vecsey

For good reasons, there are no ties during the Stanley Cup season. Somebody needs to win so the lads can get out to their cottages on the lakes, where all hockey players spend their summers, or so I have been told.

I'm expecting it's going to be pretty intense. Just from watching it, I think it's the most exciting time of the year for sports when the Stanley Cup playoffs are going on. I'm just thrilled to have a chance.

Michael Essien

I'm fit. I'm good. I've felt good for four or five matches. There's no pressure on us. This is our first time in the World Cup and we're going to do our best.

Sven Eriksson

I hope the World Cup is not over for Rooney. He's an optimistic young man, a fighter, so I hope he can take part.

I have played 11 years of Davis Cup and I think once I won a fifth rubber so it doesn't come around that often. It is a special moment for Chris.

Lupita Nyong'o

I loved make-believe. I was the child in the cupboard playing with my Barbies.

That led me here, ... That's when I decided I wanted to do what I could to help the World Cup be successful.

Milan Hejduk

It's special. It's once every four years. It's something that doesn't happen every year. It's a great to be in the Olympic village. It's totally different from the World Cup and World Championships.

Everyone has been going on about the overall World Cup and the situation with the points,

Everybody wants to get to the cup final, but Dundee will be equally determined to be there.

Rob Blake

It wasn't about the Stanley Cup the year before, it was all about the gold medal. That's been the talk the last three years, and now this year. When you go home in the summers, the gold medal is remembered more. The difference now is defending the gold medal.

Mandy Moore

It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.

I've had plenty of chats with Tim about the Davis Cup and he has stated his feelings on it and I respect that.

Jurgen Klinsmann

I've got my plan with everything necessary for the World Cup preparations.

Zinedine Zidane

I've got a year and three months left on my contract. We'll get through these three months, get ready for a nice World Cup and then we'll see.

Lucy Parsons

Oh, Misery, I have drunk thy cup of sorrow to its dregs, but I am still a rebel.

Not a soul, ... But if you'd have said to me in Vancouver, 'You can win a Stanley Cup but you can never do an interview and you can't be in the parade,' I'd say, 'Where do I sign?' My ego's a lot smaller than people think.

There's 10 guys on that team that played with me in the summer and we just won a Mann Cup together so I know those guys know how to play and know how to win.

Terry Bradshaw

This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in my life. They may as well turn the Busch Series over to the Cup teams and let them have junior races.

There's been at least one study that's shown an increased risk of miscarriage in women who drink moderate amounts of caffeine, and that's only 1 1/2 to 2 cups a day.

Henrik Lundqvist

There's been a lot of talk about the last Olympics. It was a tough loss for the nation. Of course, we want to have a good tournament. We had a tough World Cup (in 2004) as well. So I think everybody wants to see us play a good tournament.

If the World Cup goes badly, Scolari naturally will not stay, but if it goes well it would be impossible to hold on to him, even though it would be our desire to do so.

If you had told me when he made the switch that he would be on the Olympic team, I would have said he had a great shot. But if you had talked about winning World Cups and world championships, I would have said let's wait and see.

Tim Howard

If you qualify for a World Cup and expect to get an easy group, you are in the wrong sport. It doesn't work like that.

Clive Woodward

If you look at the way we've played in the last 24 months I think we have played with a lot of width, ... But you don't win the World Cup with width.

Marianne Vos

I like to sit down, relax, have a cup of coffee on the terrace and read a book. I like to travel the world - and I'm lucky to see so much through cycling.

Sven Eriksson

I really hope, fingers crossed, there will be no injuries, because I always said England will have a great World Cup if all the players are fit.

Investments for new products and marketing for the soccer World Cup will have an effect on the profit margin.

If you weren't a ticketed passenger, you couldn't get even a sandwich or cup of coffee.

Glenn Hoddle

In every World Cup there's always a player who comes from nowhere before every tournament - normally someone who gets in that you don't expect - and that happens all the time with England.

In a Davis Cup tie, you always expect to win. Of course, you guys (the Americans) have the first chance, but in the Davis Cup, you always get some surprises, like the one last year with Croatia. We are also a Balkan country. Maybe we can follow those guys.

I guess we have to win our remaining matches and come through the play-off for a top five spot and make it to the World Cup in Germany.

Janet Evanovich

You're such a cupcake.