Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Butcher

Jump into an open grave? What kind of idiot are you?" Butters replied. "I might as well put on a red shirt and volunteer for the away team. There's snow and ice and slippery mud down there. That's like asking for an ironically broken neck.

George Herbert

A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the further of the two.

Jean Alesi

F1 teams need a driver who will consistently set lap times that are 100 percent on the edge.

Jayne Middlemiss

I was captain of the netball team, captain of the hockey team and I did my sprinting, but I would push myself. That's why yoga is really good for me because it actually slows me down and finds some sort of space for me.

Jay Mohr

If it has to sell its mascot, your team sucks.

Jay Mohr

If it doesn't know what to charge you for nosebleed seats, your team sucks.

Jay Chiat

The team architecture means setting up an organization that helps people produce that great work in teams.

Jay Leno

A Pakistan businessman is claiming that John Walker Lindh is gay and that he was his lover. Say what you will about Lindh, but when this guy goes to play for the other team - he goes all the way ... So Lindh may be both a terrorist and a gay man. That may be John Ashcroft's worst nightmare.

Jay Leno

A team of British lawyers has now concluded that the Declaration of Independence was illegal, and the American colonies had no right to secede from England. Well, you thought our court system was backed up.

Jay Leno

Yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama announced his new economic team. You know what he should do? Hire those people who were in charge of his fundraising campaign. We can pay this thing off in like a week.

Jay Leno

Barack Obama spent his first day as president-elect putting together his transition team. And if you believe MSNBC, by tomorrow he will have chosen all 12 of his disciples.

Jay Leno

The Washington Bullets are changing their name. They don't want their team to be associated with crime. From now on, they'll just be known as the Bullets.

Jay Leno

Casey Anthony was found not guilty. This means that President Obama’s economic team is only the second-most clueless group in America.

Carles Puyol

FC Barcelona is the national team of Catalonia

Carlo Ancelotti

Casillas saying he wouldn't sign Messi for Madrid? Messi has a place in every team in the world.

Buzz Bissinger

Teams are made up of a lot of components. They're made up of hunger, they're made up of desire, they're made up of chemistry, and they're made up of emotion.

Buzz Aldrin

This has been far more than three men on a mission to the Moon; more still than the efforts of a government and industry team; more, even, than the efforts of one nation. We feel this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.

Buzz Aldrin

My family has always supported my activities, whether it was doing combat in Korea, flying progressively and challenging fighter-jet aircraft in Europe, or studying for a doctor's degree at MIT. They have been always very supportive and understanding of the challenges and risks involved in my career. A family needs to work as a team, supporting each other's individual aims and aspirations.

Bum Phillips

Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team.

Bud Adams

Owner Red McCombs has a track record for dumping teams - he owned both the NBA's Spurs and Nuggets at various times - and his stadium situation just isn't going to get resolved in the Twin Cities. Even some of his fellow owners have him No. 1 on the relocation list. I think Red might sell, ... He's been known to sell before.

Bud Abbott

Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third.

Bud Abbott

You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you?

Bud Wilkinson

If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.

Bubba Watson

I have a good team around me. I have people I trust around me. If I go the wrong way, they will yell at me. Just as they have in the past.

Knute Rockne

If the coach insists upon hard play, but clean play, the team will do likewise.

Milton Friedman

There is likely to be a lag between the need for action and government ["an individual's" or "a team's"] recognition of the need; a further lag between recognition of the need for action and the taking of action; and a still further lag between the action and its effects

Mike Shanahan

There can be no separation in your organization. You win as a team, you lose as a team.

Mike Thibault

The experience she gained should be invaluable to her continued growth and contribution to our team. In reality, compared to American players, she would just be finishing her college career.

Mike Tindall

I was an ambassador for Betway during the Rugby World Cup and at the moment I'm working as an ambassador for Artemis Investment Management. I also organised the first Rugby Aid in 2015. We had celebrities playing rugby against former England team players and raised a ton of money for Rugby For Heroes [a charity for former servicemen and women]. Only one celeb got crunched quite badly - Jaime Laing from Made in Chelsea ended up with cracked ribs.

Mike Tindall

Playing for England was a massive honour and when I was in the team, that was all I wanted to focus on.

Mike Singletary

I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team,

Mike D'Antoni

Most of the time when there's a communication problem, it's because the message being received is not the message you want. It's not that they don't know what they need to do, how we need to act as a team, whatever. If you don't like the message, then you go say there's a communication problem.

Mike D'Antoni

If fans are discouraged, find another team to root for.