Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dan Mullen

Athletes face some of the same issues any student deals with: academics, family and personal issues, career or educational path changes. Each person has a unique set of circumstances that lead to decisions they make.

Edwin Moses

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

Dave Peterson

We had a very encouraging effort from many of our athletes for the first outdoor meet.

Dave Kohnen

We like to outlet and run. But you've got to have the ball. Mascoutah has some great athletes and they made it difficult for us to control the boards. We did a better job of blocking out in the third quarter and were able to push the ball.

Mitch Barnhart

You have to remember where you want to compete. The schools at the lower end have not had that much success. If you want to compete, you must give your coaches and athletes the resources to do it.

Doug Dexheimer

I have a good feeling. We have some good athletes and good attitudes.

Dennis White

It is a very lofty but reachable goal, ... It's difficult to obtain, some of the best tae kwon do athletes never make it to the Olympics. It's definitely possible though, and it will be quite an accomplishment if he reaches it.

Cui Dalin

It is also the first time that the number of the athletes in snow events exceeds those in ice events. Though we are just rookies in snow events, our athletes are confident to try their best in the Games.

Bill Trumbo

Jeff gets good athletes and they play hard. He's a great competitor and tries to get it done the right way.

Helio Castroneves

Once you do it, you have to keep it going. You have to understand, he (Stewart) is not the one who started that. When he's in the mood to do it, he might do it. I have fun with it, and obviously it would be a thrill to climb this fence here and celebrate with the fans.

Jane Gillette

The whole concept was to celebrate spring, not illustrate Washington.

Paula Abdul

You moved me. ... You celebrate what this competition is all about, and you are an American Idol.

Bob Kemp

We want to celebrate the immense positive contribution of volunteers in Henderson County.

Lord Mayor

We went on and celebrated and had a great, great party.

David Liss

Magic has been around forever, and it's also been in trouble forever. I'm not suggesting that there was ever a time when the practice of magic was celebrated by those in power. Actually, such practices were routinely demonized by monarchs and organized religions precisely because magic is inherently democratic.

Kevin Walsh

She loved events. This is the kind of thing that would celebrate what Kathleen would do. She loved to go to softball games and tournaments. That was the main reason.

Deborah Moggach

I look in the mirror expecting to be 34 and see someone who is 58. What's that all about? I haven't even thought about turning 60 yet, but so many of my friends have celebrated it by now that it's lost its terror. And I don't mind being 58; it's just such a surprise when one doesn't feel it at all.

Steve Golden

I hated them. To think that they're celebrating their heritage, the first World Series they won, they have no right to do that. I know a lot of people feel the same way. They won the Series in '59. They can celebrate the '59 Series and everything since L.A., but they don't have to celebrate '55.

Bobby Labonte

Now it's a matter of getting everything together, and we'll do that. Whether it will take one week or 10 weeks, I don't know the answer. But I know the enthusiasm is there to do it, and our goal is to do it, and heart is in this.

Brian Henson

I was already sort of mixing my science physics enthusiasm with entertainment and directing and puppetry.

Carine Roitfeld

Enthusiasm is something so positive.

Elbert Hubbard

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Norman Vincent Peale

Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk to much.

Dylan Moran

If you're talking about crowd enthusiasm, it varies. I have a decent following in Australia so I like there. I'm interested in playing everywhere.

Paulo Coelho

Defeat is for those who, despite their fears, live with enthusiasm and faith.

M. Wolfe

But there is also an enthusiasm factor. Stoning the pillars is the last rite of hajj, and throwing the stones can be a physical release. People really want to get into it,

Dave Ellis

He was a nice guy. He was always helpful, he was always keen and enthusiastic about everything.

Bob Howry

As a visiting player, it's motivating because you hear their fans get all excited and you want to quiet them down. And that's what we did tonight.

Hilery Walker

People get excited when we tell them that we're going to send the money down to New Orleans.

Sean Coste

The seniors are excited about it. Our players are excited about it. We can finish with a win. It would be four in a row.

Mark Slough

Sammy is excited to be back and I think they're excited to have him back.

Pat Green

I've probably played there about six times, over the last two years. It's one of my favorites -- I think it's incredible, ... I think that good music does well in New York City, and that's what I'm excited about.

Torey Lovullo

I've opened up in this stadium and it's been a tough go. We're excited to be going South and we're going as far South as we possibly can.

Acie Law

The way they have been playing, they are a hot team, and we'll have our hands full. But we are excited to be here and look forward to playing well.

Skip Prosser

That's for you guys to talk about. We're excited about who we have back.

Cynthia Rowley

You see guys on the street, and they're obviously kind of experimenting and excited about new things,

Dennis Northcutt

As long as I'm doing what I'm supposed to do, and I'm going out and helping this team in any way, I'm going to be here, ... The only way I'm going to lose my job is if I'm messing up and not getting the job done.

Javier Solana

The solution of this problem is not only military, the solution has to be political.... We are prepared for the possibility of helping with a cease-fire,

Peter Briggs

The students get help they need, and we learn about the rest of the world by being involved with them.

Robert Reisz

So we are suggesting this was a relatively helpless little hatchling.

Juan Avila

Thank you to all the people who helped us get this house.

Kirby Moses

Ten of our 14 wrestlers scored points which helped us today. There were 15 teams and we didn't know what to expect. We were the smallest school there.

Danielle Jackson

Ryan has really stepped up and takes some of the pressure away from the rest of us. She's going to help a lot.

Daniel Burns

It was unbelievable, ... but I knew it was helping us.

Cheech Marin

It was about taking the show and shining a different light on it. Each monologue was like a separate jewel that I helped thread into a necklace.

Kerry Prather

Once the shad have been removed, it will take about two years for the lake to produce quality bluegill again.

Fred Haberman

The thing just started snowballing, and here we are today with 25 rinks on Lake Calhoun.

Steve Hill

No way. We haven't seen what other teams look like. We'll find out what the Lakers look like on Wednesday,

Ed Parkinson

This isn't like it plunged into the lake. This rolled into the lake and there was plenty of time for him to get out and tend to business.

Thomas Friedman

No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make people's lives better, not pull them apart.

Lech Walesa

If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.

Martin Luther

In Switzerland, on a high mountain, not far from Lucerne, there is a lake they call Pilate's Pond, which the Devil has fixed upon as one of the chief residences of his evil spirits....

Eminem

Better try to stay wide awake, or you might end up found dead by the lake.

Elvis Costello

She's filing her nails while they are dragging the lake.

Bode Miller

The stuff after the Olympics was pretty aggressive.

Jin Yan

Safety and quality of all the Olympic venue projects are under control.

Andy Murray

For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world.

Shaun White

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

Mike Lambert

I wish he was younger or the Olympics were this year. I wish he picked me up earlier, but he didn't think too much of me then.

Shaun White

I didn't understand how big a thing the Olympics are until I showed up here.

Sara Parson

One of my friends went to the Olympics in '04. So a lot of us are working towards getting on the Olympic team as well.

W. S. Gilbert

I saw rowing in the Olympics and I said, 'I want to do that. That's my sport,' ... I had always been a swimmer, but when I saw rowing, I said, 'That's it.'

Jessica Ennis

I was around 15 when I first wanted to compete in an Olympics. I even remember the first time I got to wear a GB kit as a junior. I've even kept it. It's in my mum's loft somewhere, probably gone mouldy by now.

Jonny Lee Miller

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Clive Woodward

This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,

Mustafa Shakur

This is an opportunity to be around pros and watch Steve going around the court, trying to pick up some things.

Alexa Posny

This is an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Brenda Strong

We are all being called to be more present than ever, while dealing with a more challenging array of personal and professional challenges, opportunities and all-around growth.

Jane Fonda

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

Ban Ki-moon

Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Religion is about increasing peace and harmony in the world. ... People of all different religions should be given the opportunity to pursue good in their own way.

Ralph Alvarez

This is our way to provide them the taste that they crave.

David Livingstone

Providence seems to call me to the regions beyond

George Washington

Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.

Steve Monks

He's quicker to the ball. He provided a big spark off the bench.

Josh Duncan

It is huge. Another win provides more motivation. We'll keep going.

William Cowper

Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.

Mike Drake

I want to start seeing some of the results and know the provider is up to speed.

Bob Beauprez

It's something we can do an do quickly to provide some relief,

Michael Burgess

When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications.

Craig Drury

The teams in our region know he is a shooter, but I don't know if the teams up here do.

Tim Beck

This doesn't take away from us winning the region title.

Saddam Hussein

for the sake of their own people, for the region and for world order.

Lyle Mangum

Region 4 is tough. I think Region 1 is the toughest, but Region 4 is right after. I think our wrestlers have fared well.

Brian Jacques

Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill.

Diane Cilento

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.

Demi Lovato

I feel most confident when I'm taking care of my body and my skin.

Artur Davis

Mitt Romney, happens to have the exact skill set that the next president's going to require.

Brian Van Holt

Meryl Streep's got talent, she's got skills. I'm sure she wants to be on 'Cougar Town,' right?

Eckhart Tolle

To make money, to gather knowledge, to learn a new skill, to explore new territory, even to get from A to B - for all these things you need time. For almost everything you need time, except for one thing: to embrace the present moment.

Aubrey Plaza

I'm not super comfortable in my skin. I have to make it work for me, and that usually amounts to making it uncomfortable for everyone else.

Anderson Cooper

Our skin is very thin. It doesn't take much for us to jump off a ledge or to kill one another. It can happen very, very quickly.

Alicia Keys

I am able to hang with the hardest, the baddest, the worst, and I'm able to hang with the most proper and be at ease. I'm able to hang with any skin colour, any belief. I just fit in everywhere.

Cedric Benson

As a competitor, you want to be out there, making something happen, especially when the team is losing. But my time will come.

Sarah Martin

Our team worked really hard. Well, I told them to work really hard.

Jim Balsillie

No question, we took one for the team here.

Mark Ehlen

Anything that I've said to the team hasn't been effective. I've been mad, I've stomped, I've screamed, I've been encouraging and positive, and nothing matters.

Tubby Smith

Teams like this give us a lot of problems.

Jami Finan

It was a long time. Our team could not have wanted it more than anything in the world.

Kenny Rogers

They are a better team than us right now. Those are the facts.

George C. Williams

This is one of the best, if not the best, teams we've had here in a long time,

Frank Permuy

You really can't compare. Every year is different, every team is different.

Hideo Kojima

Looking back, I am thankful that I didn't go into the film industry.

Karen McCrary

We?re blessed. We?re OK. We?re just thankful to be alive." ()

Grenville Kleiser

Be grateful for the joy of life. Be glad for the privilege of work. Be thankful for the opportunity to give and serve. Good work is the great character-builder, the sweetener of life, the maker of destiny. Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.

H. L. Mencken

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

Nathan Kress

I'm thankful to say that I already have my dream job. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Corrie Ten Boom

My father prayed because he had a good friend with whom to share the problems of the day.