Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wayne Burnette

Any time somebody was bouncing a basketball somewhere, he wanted to be around.

Rob Judson

As hard as this is, our group is instilled with character and we will rise from this. There's a lot of basketball left.

Doc Rivers

As a staff, you get to see how your guys handle playoff basketball, and I think it's easier to evaluate in playoff games what you need for the following year than it is in the 82-game regular season.

Jeff Capel

As crazy as it is, with only 2.6 seconds left, we had a chance. We got a great look. Nick had an outstanding shot but just missed it.

Tony Skinn

As college basketball players at a mid-major level, it's a great feeling. You couldn't ask for a greater script to this season.

Tod Kowalczyk

As a player you want to be one of those guys that's indispensable, someone you need to have on the floor at all times. He's a freshman and he's going to be a good basketball player.

Andy Booth

As an outsider you hear about how much passion there is in the community, but until you're in the spot it's hard to imagine there's a community that cares more about girls basketball than this one. I embraced it. What more can you ask for? You have kids who want to get better, and I can't think of any better spots to be in.

Clyde Drexler

As a young guy, he probably said and did some things that were perceived as being selfish, but he's a winner. All he's ever tried to do is play hard and maximize his talent on the court. He's a basketball junkie and when a guy is that talented you've got to love him.

Israel Idonije

As a child, I always said I was going to be a professional basketball player like Michael Jordan.

Anthony Anderson

Set your heights more than what you see around you, see beyond.

Sylvester Stallone

I have a fear of heights that borders on mania.

Fernando Pessoa

For I am the size of what I see / not my height's size.

Lon Carter

It always comes down to times, heights and distances.

Wiz Khalifa

When you livin' this high you can't be afraid of heights.

Susan Cutter

We're not out of the woods yet. We're not even in the height of hurricane season.

Rush D. Holt, Jr.

The Tea Party and the like are about what we can't do, instead of the American ideal of what we can.

Mother Maribel

So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.

Al Lang

It was unacceptable play on our part. When we get down there, we have to score six points instead of three.

James Garner

I spent most of my time playing pool instead of studying.

Simon McBurney

I sometimes feel I would like to do crazy things with 'Endgame,' where someone says something, but the words, instead of being spoken, are written words projected out of their mouth.

Mike Morse

I've been through a lot worse. I need to get at-bats, play every day, instead of being up there just sitting around. I look at it in a positive way. I need to show them I belong.

Troy Sunderland

That's why we really felt, if the other two kids could get to nationals, we could surprise some people and as a team do some things. Now, instead of going with 10, we'll have to do it with eight.

Odette Annable

If women just got into it a little more, then the world would be happier. Instead of stabbing each other behind the back, just get into a fight, and then everything is out in the open.

Andy Warhol

Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there -- I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television.

Bobby Knight

Competitive drills enhance quickness.

Kevin Estes

She's quicker even though she's not as big as Gabby (Wade) or Sophie (Russell).

Karen Ostrov

It does work, but it takes time. It's not a quick fix.

Don Gould

You'd be surprised how quickly you get used to having them.

Laurie Bowlin

That quick set they have is impressive. I don't know how you would stop it.

Jason Bacashihua

It was 1-1 going into the third. We were doing great. Then they got two quick ones and we could not recover. But we will turn this thing around.

Danny Morrison

It was a big win for us. We wanted a quick start to put them away early.

Kerry Collins

I've got to make decisions. I've got to make quick decisions. I can't manufacture something.

Sunil Mittal

You can choose to be very profitable very quickly if you don't want to grow.

O. Henry

The old rivalry, which may not have been so strong two, three years ago, is back, and it's marvelous.

Mike Farrell

Telecom is also strong today (Tuesday) and those have been the most oversold stocks.

Gerard Bisceglia

Preposterous is a strong word, but it is warranted in this case.

Terry Tamminen

It would be much stronger if it was a law.

Dave Mitchell

It was typical, good, tough wrestling. We have a pretty strong region.

Howard Gantman

It was very strong in terms of Californians contacting us in support of the filibuster.

Josh Reed

The wind was really strong all day. It was very make-able.

Kathy Emerson

The work is very exciting. In fact, we've remarked how much stronger the work is now than what it used to be.

John Fitzgibbons

This is not a strong time to take someone public.

Theodore Sturgeon

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.

Sam Phillips

I'll never retire. I'm just using up somebody else's oxygen if I retire.