Famous Quotes & Sayings

I was very pleased with Matt Smith's race, he put in extra effort and we might not have made it (to state) without him.

I was very pleased because we got some really good efforts all around. We had some performances that are encouraging for weeks to come. We were pretty steady all the way through.

I was very disappointed with our effort today, and if we would have done better we could have won a meet for a second week in a row.

Brian Green

I was happy with our effort tonight, ... We just need to keep working and get our girls some game experience. They've got a very good team over there. Rome has always been a tough opponent.

I was happy to be able to contribute. It took a tough team effort to win tonight. We all played well.

Mike Sherman

I was fairly encouraged for the first time this year - there's no thrill in losing and there's no moral victories by any stretch of the imagination in the National Football League - but I saw some things out of the team. I thought they battled, I thought they competed, they fought and did the things that winners are supposed to do from an effort standpoint.

I was excited for Joey and excited for the fact that it would reaffirm what we've been talking about for the last three years with him. Now if he can give that kind of effort for five straight matches (at the NCAA Tournament), he can win a national championship.

It feels good when people recognize the efforts that we're working for, but at the same time it's not something I say, that I want to be Big Ten player of the week. I just go out there and play and try to win and whatever happens happens.

It felt great to get the pick, but it was a team effort the whole way.

I think right now, we are playing well. Defensively, our intensity has stepped up. The energy and effort we are giving is more important than the wins. I think we are figuring out now that we have to go out and play tough for 40 minutes.

It didn't work the way we all would have liked for Holly this year. But it was never out of lack of effort by him. He gave us a heck of a first 40 percent last year and never got back on the field after the injury.

I think Manny knows that we have made a good faith effort to meet his ... request.

I thought it was a great total team effort and we executed well on offense and played outstanding defense.

I thought it was a great team effort defensively. The girls did what they needed to do to win.

Shawn Green

I thought it was a good opening meet for us and I was pleased with the effort I saw from all the races.

I thought it was a good-faith effort on our part to show them they're part of our future. It's one thing to say it and another thing to show it.

Justin played a good solid game. Justin comes to play every night. Sometimes you can question his decisions, but you can never question his effort or his enthusiasm for the game. I enjoy watching him play.

Judicial imposition of same-sex marriage seems to be on the horizon. We also oppose efforts to strip God out of the Pledge of Allegiance.

I'm so excited to see what has been years and years of effort here in the valley come together. This is huge.

Maybe some energy and effort should be used to grow other areas.

Anastasia Myskina

I'm happy as this win will help my effort to regain a place in the top 10,

It has been a great team effort to come back and win without some of our great wrestlers. Some have stepped up and filled the void, and it has come from different places.

Richard Powers

I think this is really an effort by Nortel to sort of sweep the decks (and) move forward.

I think this effort points out that science is done on a global scale. We can establish restrictions here in the United States, but the science moves forward in other countries.

Mark Rylance

I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a house for the Stratford man, to make it so difficult for us to prove that it was Francis Bacon, because it is very difficult to prove.

I think that is the lesson of the Israeli efforts over the years.

Tom Kane

It is incumbent upon us to make every effort we can to improve the service we give to our members.

Lauren had a nice effort today after pitching 11 innings (Thursday) night.

I was worried about our legs and that's why we played a lot of people. The effort was there.

Tim Armstrong

I was actually hugged by the president of the parish, who is similar to the mayor, when we arrived, ... We were the first relief effort that made their way there.

I will do nothing that hinders the recovery effort in the state of Mississippi.

I was just really proud of the effort we gave. I thought our kids were focused to start the game.

Regrettably, two different types of products seem set to hit the market. But this is the kind of technology that will be around for five or 10 years. Efforts should be made continuously to make unification happen.