Famous Quotes & Sayings

We had hoped to win it, but we rebounded from some tough matches and had three kids on the podium.

Brad Faxon

We had hoped to get one or two of them. They all turned us down.

We had hoped to get more done, but there were so many obstacles.

Tom Brokaw

We had hoped that he would be here so that we could have a reunion tonight ? a celebration.

We had hoped Dwayne would make it for Wasps but in the end he is another two weeks away from being fit.

We're very pleased with the way things are going. This has been everything we had hoped it would be.

We hoped that people who would come on a Wednesday would also give us a try on Sunday. It's been very successful.

That we won with our defense, that's no surprise. North has better shooters than we do. We just hoped we could score enough to stay in the game, then win it with defense.

That's what I hoped for. It was nice to see it, particularly on their court.

Cokie Roberts

He's always hoped I would have one. I never have.

I knew we were going to be ferocious. I knew we were going to play hard. I just hoped it was well enough to put ourselves in a situation to win. We couldn't. It wasn't because of a lack of effort. It was because Florida's just better.

Scott Maddox

I hoped we'd respond this way. I told them that they've got to come out tonight and prove that they still want to win the conference, and they've got to come out and swing the bats.

I hoped not to get to this point.

Zach Miller

I hoped I would win when I entered, but I didn't actually think I would win.

I hoped it was gone. Then we wouldn't have had to play until 8:30.

I hoped after today, I'd have a better idea of how long this would take, but now I couldn't even guess. There's just so much to do. I'd say cleanup will be going on probably for several months.

Chuck D.

He told me that he hoped that he could persuade me to win his vote over. And I said I hoped he could too, because we'd all prefer a harmonious process,

David Sanborn

I didn't try to think what my audience wanted and then make the music accordingly. I made the music and hoped that as many people liked it as possible.

Tom Renney

Pretty deflating. It was a tough start obviously, not what we had hoped and planned for.

It's kind of a blur. I hoped we could maybe play it over. Maybe I could back into her, push her down -- I don't know -- do something different.

It's as optimal a situation as we could have hoped for here.

Willie Anderson

They tore up his deal. I would have taken value at that time. I hoped they would have let me ride into the sunset as a Bengal, like Jonathan Ogden as a Raven.

The year 2006 is not going to be the year we had hoped it to be last year.

Donald Williams

There were a lot of people who thought we'd never get to this day. There were a lot of people who hoped we'd never get to this day.

This is the worst-case scenario of what we hoped wouldn't happen.

This is better than I even hoped for.

This is as upbeat a testimony as could reasonably have been hoped for.

Kevin Constantine

It's pretty severe. We had hoped it was just a twinge, but he couldn't even do the simplest drill.

Rob Enderle

It looks like a comprehensive package, but they've been working at this for some time, ... Most of us hoped they would be at this point a year ago.

Marianne Timmer

It was incredible. I strongly hoped to get to the podium. It was like being in a movie.

I prefer open space, ... We always hoped that it would stay that way.

I'd hoped we'd go to the summit having lifted the siege, having stopped the hostilities, having had the international inquiry so we can concentrate on what kind of transition we need between this period and back to the peace process,

How many miles to Tokyo? This is what we had hoped for. The role he has here suits him well.