Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Van Hollen

Instead, we did take our eye off the ball. We decided, instead of finishing the job in Afghanistan, to go into Iraq. And today, unfortunately, if you look at the situation on the ground, it is a mess.

Taro Aso

understands that it was not a recalling of the envoy but an announcement of the finishing of his duties.

Pete Wilson

We haven't been finishing games lately. I'm not sure if we get too relaxed or what really is going through the girls' heads, but we have to concentrate on that. We have to learn to never let down our guard and finish the game.

If that can happen, we've got a good shot at finishing in the top 10.

Bernie Bickerstaff

He has been very efficient. His shot selection has been much better and he's finishing going to the basket.

He is not particularly quick or physical, but his sense of timing and his finishing are high quality. He remains a threat.

We're playing some good teams very close. We've improved a lot, we just don't have that finishing touch yet.

Marty Schottenheimer

Our interest is getting back and finishing on a positive note.

Our strength is hitting and offense. We've been moving kids around the infield and outfield and still finishing where they fit in.

Our goal is to have every student on track toward graduation or finishing the semester,

Our finishing was very nice. I think we got maybe four or five good opportunities and we scored on three, and that's as good a percentage as you're going to find. It was just getting more chances.

Pete Carroll

Right now with its first initial announcement it's just a starting point for finishing the season and where you wind up is most important.

Steve played fired-up tonight. He was taking hits and still finishing plays inside. When he can score inside it opens up things for our shooters.

Statistics point to what happened in this game. We had problems finishing plays where we had the size advantage, and it was painful at the free-throw line.

Fred Couples

I was just finishing on the 18th hole and he birdied No. 9 and 10. The roars, it was the most unbelievable thing I've ever heard.

Laura does such a great job finishing in the air. She's a very good player and Kelsey and she have a good connection.

I thought defensively we did what we thought we could do. Offensively, we didn't get any finishes. We weren't finishing some things to put pressure on them.

Remnants of the stone shed where they did the finishing work, ... the foundation is there.

Our kids gave it everything they had today. We won three state champ?ionships today, and that's a good performance by any standards. Memorial just had a little more than we did. Our kids had another outstanding season. There's nothing wrong finishing second at the state meet.

Our kids gave it everything they had today. We won three state champ­ionships today, and that's a good performance by any standards. Memorial just had a little more than we did. Our kids had another outstanding season. There's nothing wrong finishing second at the state meet.

Michael Campbell

Fortunately enough I managed to stumble over the finishing line,

Just because I think finishing third would be a good season does not mean we don't want to finish first

I'm starting off strong, but the most important is finishing strong.

Donnie Edwards

Marty has been talking about us finishing games. ... He has been stressing about making plays when you have to.

Donnie Edwards

Marty has been talking about finishing games since we've lost by a total of nine points those three games. And he has been stressing about finishing, making plays when you have to.

We played really good for three and one-half quarters. We were just one or two possessions away from finishing the deal, but we just couldn't get the rebound we needed or we couldn't handle the ball.

We had always jokingly talked about Web sites in the past, and since finishing school, my gears sort of shifted. I knew he'd be a good source for input and ideas.

We had a lot of question marks. I had no idea what to expect. So, I'm pretty pleased with finishing third.

We had trouble starting and finishing in that quarter.

Win and we have a two-game lead plus the (head-to-head) tiebreaker. Obviously, finishing third or fourth and getting the bye is important.

E. O. Wilson

We couldn't get a shot when we needed one. We had trouble scoring on the perimeter all night. I guess (finishing) second is better than 30 something. Maybe later on down the road we'll be thankful for finishing second. ... I'm glad for (Miller) though because if I couldn't win it, I'm glad he could.

I think he's probably 80 percent better than he was last spring and 30 percent better than last fall. But he's still got some finishing touches he's got to put on his game. But that's why we practice.

That was one grand M.O. -- missed opportunity. We have to do a much better job of finishing the job.