Famous Quotes & Sayings

I was hoping to have the team place in the top five. That was my goal.

Robbie Jones

I was hoping to get to the NBA, but the Lord took me on a different path.

I was hoping to be the youngest mayor of The Colony, but I'll have to wait.

I was hoping to be a little more successful offensively.

Dusty Baker

I was hoping they might be able to, but they won't.

Matt Ryan

I was hoping there would be some big new initiative.

I was hoping the location would get some attention.

I was hoping that they would be good. Honestly, they're really good.

Paul Davis

I was hoping that someone was going to get to it, and John was able to put it in.

Maria Sharapova

I was hoping that it would be better by now, ... but unfortunately I am not yet able to play.

Bernie Williams

I was hoping that I could do something to redeem myself.

I was hoping our kids would come out with more intensity and excitement. But Jerome did. They understood the significance of the game.

I was hoping it would be like this, but you never know.

Pat Mitchell

I was hoping it would be $35 million or maybe $50 million.

E. B. White

I was hoping I'd get loose on a couple,

I was hoping his knee was down. We didn't want to give up touchdowns.

I was hoping he could at least see out of one eye, so he could still shoot.

I was hoping for Curtis' sake he'd make one. I've been through it before and will probably go through it again, but for these kids they live in the moment.

I was hoping for at least 3.5 -- 3.3 was on the weak side.

I think most of us were hoping for maybe a regional or sectional championship. But, it still hurts to lose in the first round of state. When you're 29-1, you kind of want to have your own spot in history. ... We couldn't do that.

Billy Campbell

I thought it was going in. He's got 30 at that point. I was hoping and praying.

I'm so surprised, I started the day hoping to be in the top 30 and now I've won.

I don't know whether we'll get them done. I'm hoping we can.

I am going into the talks totally confident, hoping that we will re-establish the legal republican order throughout Ivory Coast,

I am hoping we won't have that (many unidentified bodies), but I think we will,

I am hoping to keep every kid on the team moving forward. I just want the kids to do well.

He knew the structure. I knew him, and I was hoping he would come up and provide a kind of moral support, and I would teach him the personnel side.

Ron Gardenhire

He likes to play and he'll play through anything, so when he has to sit out, you know he's hurting. That's a little scary. I'm just hoping it's not a lingering thing.

I find out that I'm going to play a player that's totally different from him. I always wanted to play him as a kid. I'm hoping I get another chance.

Frankly, the results surprised me. I was hoping for a low, low single-digit rise.

I think it's just refocusing. Some of it is that it's do-or-die time. They don't want to stop playing. Part of it is a new season. What we did before doesn't even make any difference. I'm hoping that they've learned some things.

Burrell has been in a slump, but he's playing out of it. I'm hoping he's getting back to his old self.

Going into the game, we were hoping to limit ourselves to no more than 15 turnovers. Any more than that, we knew we'd be in trouble.