Famous Quotes & Sayings

Herb Kohl

No two umpires, or no two referees, have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game, ... And ballplayers and basketball players understand that, depending upon who the umpire is and who the referee is, the game can be called entirely differently.

Matt Thissen

San Diego isn't a hard place to want to go to school. It's a good school. Their basketball program has been down lately, but eight years ago they were a top 25 team. Their coach left to go coach her alma mater at Ohio State. I guess she decided she liked the weather better in San Diego and now she's back.

Steve Alford

It was the same scenario. The last 5 minutes, I just thought they were the tougher basketball team.

Kevin Stallings

I've been saying our team has been playing good basketball. We just don't have a lot to show for it.

Bobby Cremins

I've been blessed. I got to live the American dream when I was coaching, and I continue to live the American dream. Without basketball in my life, I don't know what I would have wound up doing.

Mike Predmore

They are a great group of guys and a great group of young men. I'm not taking anything away from them as basketball players, but they really are great people. I can't say enough about them as people. In the long run, that's probably more important than anything else in life.

Todd Hansen

This is a nice win because it puts us up two games over three teams. We've been winning games, but could only get a one-game lead. Now we've got a little cushion. I thought our kids played a pretty good basketball game tonight.

Tom Barker

This is a sport where the kids that aren't big enough or fast enough for sports like football or basketball can come in and compete. It's a great way to build up a kid's confidence.

Frank Haith

This is our second year (in the ACC), and I wanted our guys to understand the passion for basketball (in the conference).

Sean Dockery

The team tried to tell him not to show it (in his) face. I think he did it for a second. But eventually, he calmed down.

Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the persons house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of it's head with a note that says "You." After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done.

John Milton

And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet.

Mariano Rivera

I like a calm life where nobody bothers me.

Manu Ginobili

I was very upset at halftime. I tried to calm down, play a little slower pace. Things started to go better.

Felipe Alou

He was the king of the mound today. He was a very calm kid out there. Right now he's overpowering people with his fastball. There's going to be a time when he's going to have to go to the other pitches. And he will.

Manase Hopoi

He hasn't really been showing that much stress. He's been really calm and cool. He's going out there, working really hard and trying his best.

Unknown

Calm provides clarity. Pause to consider the gifts you have been given, the difference you have made and the direction in which you are headed.

Samir Mihi

Calm has returned but it's a precarious calm. The smallest spark risks an explosion.

Scott Shane

Mr. Ford's decision to pardon Richard M. Nixon for any crimes he might have been charged with because of Watergate is seen by many historians as the central event of his 896-day presidency.

Jacquie Fernandes

Everything that happened in the past we've let go, we've moved on. Ever since Central last year, this is what we've been waiting for and it's finally here, so we're trying to prove ourselves all over again. Show everybody that we've got a new side and just try to work to get back Central.

Rachel Nichols

There's something so soothing about the hum of Grand Central Station.

Michael Eckert

But we're not looking at anything like we've seen in the last few days like central Texas.

Yi Xianrong

It is a clear signal to the property market that the central government has the determination and the means to curb investments and housing prices.

Neville Isdell

strong performance in Latin America, central and eastern Europe and northern Asia, as well as stabilization from an increasingly focused North America.

Frederic Mishkin

It's irrelevant what somebody's politics are. It just matters whether they would be a good central banker.

Michael Eckert

It will be dry and relatively mild on Christmas in the Central Southern Plains and the desert Southwest, ... In the Southeastern U.S. it will be dry and relatively mild.

Herbert Murerwa

It will, therefore, be critical that market-pricing mechanisms be embraced, which are central to ensuring the viability of industry as well as the well-being of consumers.

Cary Thompson

She ran our offense all year. She was a real floor leader for us.

Terry Boe

Michelle has to take the front seat tonight. She led our team up and down the floor tonight.

Karl Hobbs

His status is at the point where he's getting up and down the floor a little bit. And we're hoping that he'll be able to play on Thursday.

Doc Rivers

He's been great. He's been in a zone on the floor, off the floor with teammates. He's just been in a zone all the way around.

John Washington

The floor plan has expanded about 30 feet,

Stephen Braveman

The floor is a nice place to be when you're trying to be quiet and have intimacy. You can't hit your head on anything, and you have more space to spread out.

Billy Donovan

They like to go up and down the floor and we like to go up and down the floor. The team that executes that phase better is the team that will win the game.

Kristi LaFleur

A lot of people have thought we weren't going to make it all year long. So the girls psychologically wanted to go out on our home floor and prove them wrong.

Akeem Wright

They are going to be tough to beat. They have a good guard in Richard Roby, and they have a lot of guys who can spread the floor and shoot the three.

Mark Schmidt

We have really struggled at the foul line. I don't know why.

Ellen Allen

We did a good job from the foul line.

Mark Winter

From the tip we were in foul trouble. At one point, all of our starters were in foul trouble.

Tim Ehresman

I thought if we were in a situation where we had to put them at the foul line we would be in trouble.

Tod Kowalczyk

It had nothing to do with him shooting 8-for-12. It had everything to do with him going to the foul line six times. If he can get to the foul line, he can score.

Gene Manson

Our kids did a great job on him inside. When he got it inside, we wanted to foul him, and it worked.

Wayne Morgan

Our team needs to get to the free-throw line a little more, and also we need to foul a little less.

Jim DooLittle

Our foul trouble was a big problem. Their baseline pressure was all that we heard it was, and they turned us over a lot as a result.

Josh Smithers

Our foul trouble took some of our aggressiveness away. We've never been in foul trouble like that.

Adlai E. Stevenson

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

Carl Mattei

After a game like that, to think we were one rebound away and we couldn't get it. I told the kids it comes down to free throws and rebounding.

Kate Bush

The freedom you feel when you're actually in control of your own music is fantastic.

Bruce Barton

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.

Edward Abbey

What good is a Bill of Rights that does not include the right to play, to wander, to explore, the right to stillness and solitude, to discovery and physical freedom?

Andy Reid

We've got a good nucleus for 2006. With another draft, and free agency, and the opportunity to get some guys healthy, expectations will be high.

Skip Lockwood

Everyone wants a free market until it's their market that has intense competition. Then they want protection.

Felicia Chester

Every day at practice we shoot 60 to 70 free throws, and I always imagine myself in high-pressure situations like it was tonight.

Bruce Cutler

Every day you're free is a good day.

Richard Segal

There will be two new products next year. In the first half there will be a person-to-person skill game and in the second half there will be another more akin to casino.

Marquand Manuel

I've never missed that many tackles in a game. Ever.

Rory Sabbatini

It would be nice to get back. I haven't had as much success there as I would like, but I think my mental game is ready for it now. I'm a lot more mature.

Michael Beasley

It was an honor to be a part of history, but honestly I don't remember all the games we've played. I do remember the trips, though, and that's what we will miss the most ? all those good times.

Paul Lanclos

It was a lot different from last year's game.

Trent Dilfer

It was all good if you were in the game to just pick up a paycheck,

Rashard Lewis

It was a little stiff, but it started to loosen up as the game went on.

John Kuckel

It was a physical game and we saw that in the first quarter and we talked about it in the huddle. We like ourselves in a physical game. We think we have some big guys that can bang.

Asif Bajwa

It was a perfect turf where you can play your game and show your skill at the same time.

Yvonne Martinez

No one was at home at the time.

Dr. Denny

All are home now, and are recovering or have recovered.

Barbara Pym

The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things . . . the trivial pleasure like cooking, one's home, little poems especially sad ones, solitary walks, funny things seen and overheard.

Billy Connolly

I'm a big fan of the Mars Bar Diet. You don't eat the Mars bar, you stick it up your arse and let a rottweiler chase you home.

Billie Joe Armstrong

The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.

Charles Spurgeon

God is our portion, Christ our companion, the Spirit our Comforter, Earth our lodge, and Heaven is our home.

Dennis Prager

It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home.

Democritus

Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.

Anurag Kashyap

If you get validation from outside, then suddenly everything you do at home is justified.

Erik Zabel

The sprint was long and difficult, Bennati kept me on my toes all the way to the finish.

Bradley Morgan

The reason I kept this season going is because I've got 10 seniors who've been playing since the seventh grade,

Joe Girardi

Too many 2-0 counts. But he kept us in the game.

Jason Grilli

My wife (Danielle) is my rock and has kept me mentally strong.

Carlos Diaz

My wife and I were so protective of him because of the acquittal, ... I was always on top of him. That night, I kept looking out the door, making sure he was there.

S. Hughes

He had promised to come to us and, thankfully, he kept his word.

Joe Paterno

I looked at my watch 12:30, quarter to one. I kept saying to myself, 'When are we going to get this thing over?

H. Hart

I never stopped. I just kept on wrestling.

Paul Richards

I kept waiting for Donna Reed to come over with a casserole.

Tom Stern

It was tough for every wrestler to get through (to state). There are a lot of kids that aren't going who could be.

Bow Wow

My fans saw 'Roll Bounce,' but also that older crowd who might not have been familiar with me on the music tip saw 'Roll Bounce' and loved it. 'Roll Bounce' opened up that door for me to have older people love Bow Wow and opened up that door so all of the kids would love Bow Wow. My fan base is really diverse; it's all ages and all colors.

Jason Dominick

This win is a real tribute to our kids. We lost a lot from last season's team and these kids really put in the time during the summer in order to get back to this point.

Butch Cassidy

Kid, the next time I say let's go someplace like Bolivia. Let's go someplace like Bolivia.

Busy Philipps

I've always liked being funny and making people laugh. I was a cut-up when I was a kid, and was always doing bits for my friends and family.

Jamie Oliver

Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like.

Jami Gertz

My kids and my family are number one; I enjoy them the most.

Janet Jackson

Add to the world's confusion, we teach our kids rules that we don't adhere to ourselves.

Miley Cyrus

I always love coming to Disneyland but celebrating my birthday here with my family, friends and the kids from YSA is really awesome!, this is a night I'll never forget.

Jarkko Nieminen

The second set was huge. I knew at the end of the second set that I could win.

Jasper Johns

The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there were none where I lived. So I knew that to be an artist you had to be somewhere else. And I very much wanted to be somewhere else.

Joan Baez

I see a young man playing 'Plaisir d'Amour' on guitar. I knew I didn't want to go to college; I was already playing a ukulele, and after I saw that, I was hooked. All I wanted to do was play guitar and sing.

Kristi Toliver

As soon as it left my hand, I knew it was going in. I knew I was going to take that shot. Big-time players take big-time shots.

Billy Henning

As soon as I saw the name on the postcard I knew who it was. You could've knocked me over with a feather.

Roy Harper

As soon as I heard skiffle, I loved it and I knew that I wanted to play it.

Lee Williamson

This one was a little less nerve-wracking. I knew if I could get to 17-under, it should be enough.

Earl Holmes

We shot the gap. We knew they were going with a quarterback sneak.

Ryan Giggs

We didn't perform in the first half. They had the better of the first half. We knew we would improve, and that's what we did.

Michael McCord

Saint Clair has kind of taken the lead on this." ()

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Bobby Knight

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

Ryan Gosling

There's a lot of pressure to be the lead of a film. I have done it. It's not my favorite way to work.

John Fitzgerald

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory.

Jane Blalock

You have to have so much lead time to go out and market. What-ever we do we want to do really well. It was just too late.

Todd Tiahrt

We all know we must lead by example.

Jerry Hayes

We just shut down as a team, ... They got more physical and we shut down.

Joe Haldeman

I like the physical action of writing down by hand, and I don't just use it for writing my fiction.

R. Robinson

We wish we were playing for something, but we're playing for pride and that's a big thing in itself. Also, just to let 'em know that, hey, if things worked out a little differently, this is what y'all would've got.

Rodney Atkins

With videos, I find I'm better off if I'm playing a role inside of it. The more you do it, the more you understand it.

Jim Thome

I got to see more pitches. I got over 30 at-bats in three days. When I got back to playing in the regular games, it just seemed to click.

David Perno

Hopefully, he'll keep playing that type of baseball.

Jim Tressel

Maurice is going to be playing tailback on our scout team.

Willie Thornton

Obviously. we're playing better. We're still not where we want to be. We're still a work in progress.

Larry Hoff

I think they thought they were playing hard, but there's more ---- a lot more. A lot more.

Alex Rodriguez

I said it once that I wasn't playing and then at the end I said I was playing. But between that was ... speculation, back and forth, which I thought was ridiculous.

Craig Stadler

I saved the worst for the end, anyway. I haven't been playing all that well, but it's getting there.

Ernie Roberson

These new registrants are everywhere; they're spread all over the state.

Winston Churchill

Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.

John Vaji

If you let them get up on you, they?re going to spread you out.

Jane Addams

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.

Brodie Croyle

Don't get used to that. I want to stay back there and throw it if I can.

Suzanne Collins

Stay with me. Always.

Oscar Wilde

The best revenge is to live well.

George Carlin

Surround yourself with what you love.

Des Hasler

But if I know 'BK', he won't be able to stay away. I think we'll see him in mid-January.

Brittany Johnson

I don't know. I'd probably kind of stay off, but then again? I'd probably stay off just a little, and have teammates help, I guess. I never thought about it before.

Michael Pitts

I didn't think that it was going to stay in the film, and then I think that it was Thurston Moore's suggestion that it stay in,

Ben Smith

I didn't see any podiums out there today so I think we'll stay calm.

Sabrina Carpenter

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else.

Grover Cleveland

WHATEVER YOU DO, TELL THE TRUTH.

Orson Scott Card

I always tell the truth about what I’m selling, and then nobody buys it.

Terry Francona

Once you give up five, ... if they peck away and get one here and get one there, it makes it tougher to win.

Steve Barrow

We think it is unlikely, but it's a tough call.

Sugar Ray Leonard

The Ricky Hatton that beat Kostya Tszyu in 2005 can beat Floyd Mayweather, he was so focused and in such amazing physical shape that he would have given anybody at that level a tough time.

V. S. Naipaul

I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.

Jack Rio

He said he'd be back. That's a tough man.

Tommy Lee

We need to regroup. It's been a tough road.

Adanma Ekeledo

We don't want to lose. I know it would be tough to take a loss. So, hopefully, we'll keep winning.

Bill Fetters

Well, they always give us a tough game.

Ryan Herrs

I think having Tommy back makes us a much tougher team.