Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hideki Matsui

An event like the baseball classic is very important for baseball. This time of year is a very important time to prepare for the season. It was a very difficult decision for me, but I have no regrets.

Shairon Martis

As far as I'm concerned, I was very pleased with my performance today. For me it was special to do it in the World Baseball Classic.

H. Hunt

As far as a baseball player's collection, a personal collection, it is easily unprecedented.

Robert Henderson

As a youngster, Kirby just loved to play the game of baseball. He wasn't as talented as a lot of the other kids we had in the program, but because he loved to play the game so much he worked hard and was very dedicated.

Thomas Morgan

As a child he spent all of his summers up there, playing baseball and swimming. He was on the first traveling team started in seventh grade, a football team known as the Bearcats.

Scott Easter

The boys today, they play little baseball outside organized practices and things like that.

Pat McMahon

Avery has worked extremely hard. We're just trying to create some offense. He has won an opportunity to play. He's a baseball player. He's the kind of guy I like to be around.

Damian Moss

At school, I was the only guy who played baseball. Everyone thought I was a little different. There are a lot of people who can play baseball out there.

Jamie Bamber

Back in the Eighties, I'd buy the biggest Benetton jumper I could find and would wear it long-sleeved, hanging off my shoulders, with a varsity jacket and a baseball cap on back to front with a quiff. I was the smallest boy in my class, and I looked like a reject from New Kids On The Block. Terrible.

Beat Siegenthaler

Any sophisticated investor will recognize the country is not about to fall apart.

Christopher Stone

as a symbol of my faith in my country that they were doing everything they could to get us released.

Anders Rasmussen

As a small country we will gain influence by getting a seat at the table where important decisions are made.

Jory Hancock

A school has a different status. There are only about seven schools of dance in the country, and it is important for that reason.

Donald Rumsfeld

As a result, we have some folks in that country that have been working with the government and helping them think through ways of doing things,

John Ivanko

As a country we tend to think of eco-tourism as always over there. It doesn't necessarily have to be that way, especially when you have places like the Grand Canyon. We're just not thinking of it as much as a country.

John Ivanko

As a country, we tend to think of eco-tourism as always over there.

Martin Tobias

As a country, we have severely underinvested in energy, and I think that's a pretty big opportunity for investors.

Stephen Dodd

As a country I found it to be superb and I feel that by playing the co-sanctioned events it is good for everybody concerned,

Bill Keefer

Any game without a strikeout, I'm happy with.

John Chaney

Any game we win is an ugly win.

Ron Dayne

Any road game is going to be tough. We just have to get our mind right and be ready to play.

George Khoury

Any poultry on sale in an unregulated market and any pigeons or game are now culled.

Bill Belichick

Any players that haven't been in the playoffs need to do everything they've done before and more to try to prepare. You can't simulate a playoff game in practice. You can't simulate it anywhere.

Clint Hurdle

as good a game as you will see here

Kevin Osnes

As a team, we have to understand that the game starts inside-out.

Curt Grottenthaler

As a team, it was a real good, solid performance to start the season out. It's good to get on the positive side of things in the first game and start getting a little confidence.

Jonte Flowers

As a team, we stay loose and really take it one game at a time. We know how important each game is. We just go out there and have fun.

Kirk Kaczor

Any time a team shows frustration it makes you feel good because you know you're doing your job.

Richard Hyman

Any idiot can amass intelligence. It is being able to leverage that knowledge. They are good at that.

Henry Stern

Any hill is a good hill, just watch out for rocks.

Raymond E. Feist

Any good story can galvanize a person, make him/her think about things a different way, reassess their own motives and needs, but that's never my intent. That's an unintended consequence of me just trying to entertain, to write what we used to call 'ripping yarns.'

Chevy Chase

Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.

James Hogg

A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart - better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog?

Vic Rimmer

Ashdown did a good job of maintaining what they had.

Terry Stotts

As good as we were in Seattle over that five-year period, and that five-year period was as good a five-year period as there had been in the history of the league, I don't know if we had a 14-game winning streak.

Greg Zipadelli

As good as we've been in the past, we've never been as good as this.

Peja Stojakovic

Probably I won't be available. My knee is still hurting. Hopefully we can get it better.

Jim Bolla

Officially, all we're saying is she's suspended right now. It's day-to-day, and hopefully when we get to Reno, we can get some things resolved one way or the other.

Dave Roberts

The more interesting we make this, the more I'll have to try to push the envelope. But hopefully it doesn't come to that.

Kirk Pedersen

Right now we are struggling a little big with our relay teams. We are going to work on those and hopefully get them to run a little better.

E. Hicks

It was unfortunate that we didn't play well on a national stage, but hopefully we can turn all that frustration on the Eagles.

Shane Murphy

I've been saying we're a work in progress, and there's still improving to do. Hopefully we can keep getting better and get to where we want to be.

Tim Frisby

This is a start. Hopefully I'll get more this season,

William Henderson

This is the first time and hopefully the last time I'll have to do that.

Bill Bunting

That's what we're looking for, hopefully less taxes and less government.

Frank Robinson

Ready or not, here it comes. It's not going to wait for us.

Jeff Suppan

Really I'm just getting ready to pitch, whenever that is.

Robert Dozier

Definitely. It's going to be a fast-paced game, and we'll be ready for it.

Austin Boyce

The system he has is set up for the underclassmen to step up. When you're a senior, you're ready to be a leader.

Ray Scott

Somebody that's 0-8 or someone 8-0, it doesn't make any difference, you have got to be ready to play in this conference.

Bill Shepherd

Sail her well, ... I am ready to be relieved.

Jake Peavy

It was an ER in there at 6:30, getting me ready to go out.

Rick Barnes

It was about like getting ready for a trip to the dentist.

Jose Castillo

I've been working out every day and I feel very strong. I'm ready to go.