Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Bobby Knight

Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

Bobby Knight

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

Bobby Jackson

Every game is important in the last 20 games; you have to win as many as you can. Whoever is playing the best basketball is going to go to the playoffs. We have to get every win we can and play well.

Don Hogan

West Georgia is very athletic, and you have to earn everything because they play great defense. We must take care of the basketball and play smart.

Don Meyer

If a farmer and his family can get up at 5:30 every morning to milk cows, surly we can get up at that time to practice basketball.

Dave Brubeck

I played a lot of sports and it's the plays in basketball that weren't worked out that are the ones that are just fantastic that you remember. We don't know the power that's within our own bodies.

David Halberstam

There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'

Andy Murray

When I'm in Miami I like to go and watch basketball, the Miami Heat.

John Shelby Spong

In the fall of 1988, I worshipped God in a Buddhist temple. As the smell of incense filled the air, I knelt before three images of the Buddha, feeling that the smoke could carry my prayers heavenward. It was for me a holy moment for I was certain that I was kneeling on holy ground....I will not make any further attempt to convert the Buddhist, the Jew, the Hindu or the Moslem. I am content to learn from them and to walk with them side by side toward the God who lives, I believe, beyond the images that bind and blind us.

Bobby Labonte

A top-five finish in the 150 is a good start. It gives us something to build on for Sunday.

Benjamin Netanyahu

The time has come to build here and I will build here.

Leo Veness

I stand here watching the minutes count the hours.As the seconds build up the minutes.I have become a victorious victim, to the day and its diminishing digits.

Jack Straw

What we are doing, with the United Nations ' full support, is helping that full majority of Iraqis build what we have here -- a democratic, stable, prosperous and peaceful society.

Jon Jansen

We've really set ourselves up for a good stretch here. We've accomplished a lot this year. We set a good foundation, and that's something we can build on.

Dave Checketts

We've really battled through this. Now we have a change to build Soccer City USA.

Michael Crews

We've reached the point where we can build on this. I feel pretty good about next year.

Ted Kaczynski

What a toughie. It was a hard-fought battle. I was very pleased with my girls' overall effort and intensity. We didn't quite have enough to pull it out but it was a game we can build on for the future.

Craig Colten

We tend to build for the last storm.

Chris Healy

You might have a better chance in the Truckee Meadows where there is existing, but rapidly disappearing (due to development) marmot habitat.

Shaun Pollock

To protect a defeat and still go down 1-0 in the series is pointless. We've got to give ourselves a chance to win.

Dwaine Knight

Competition on the team will be keen. This year, we have a good chance for a lot of different lineups.

Sherri Coale

Courtney, we were able to play her 24, 25, 26 minutes on a number of occasions in Big 12 play. So we get a chance to rest her ... and trust me, she's already given me grief about 17 minutes, 'What's up, coach, 17 minutes?' I already heard that.

John Pycraft

Ever since I was 4 years old, I've wanted the chance to wrestle on that 3-foot high stage for the state championship. Now I finally have that chance. It's a dream come true for me, and I can't wait to be out there.

Bobby Wallace

Each week we've got a chance to make national news because of who we're playing. Any win will be a great one.

Jerry Narron

Eric Milton just did a great job for us, gave us a chance to win the ballgame. He didn't deserve to lose that game.

Claude Puel

Europe is a demanding place which requires higher levels of focus and dedication. But it gives you the chance to do wonderful things.

Emile Sheng

Even if he decides to run, pan-blue voters may think of him as veteran who is refusing to give the next generation a chance, and there is a chance that he could lose.

Peta Todd

I've been supporting Help for Heroes for many years - I actually rode in their first-ever official fundraiser back in 2008. I have witnessed the great work that Help for Heroes do to support those who have suffered life-changing injuries and illnesses, and I want to do all I can to help raise as much as possible.

Peter Gould

The great thing about writing is that you always put yourself in the shoes of the character. If you're doing it right, you can see into the heart of all your characters. Usually, when there's a writing problem, it's because you aren't doing that.

Peter Forsberg

Well, you have your regular classes, like three hours every other day, three times a week. You get twice a week to have an ice practice. Once a week you have weight lifting. It was great.

Paolo Bacigalupi

I'm not proud of it, but I'm a great liar when I travel. I smile and lie, and things are smooth.

Peter Uihlein

As long as you can find a place to develop as an all-round player, then you're doing great.

Paul Coffey

You learn by playing a great team, and I'm talking about character things, not hockey technique.

Patrick Wilson

The great thing about doing theater is that you get to do it better the next night.

Merritt Patterson

Being outside and being in the sun is great for me.

Maisie Williams

'Cake Boss' does massive, massive things, which are great.

Josua Mata

We will hold the traditional Labor Day march and any untoward violence will not come from the workers? line.

Abraham Lincoln

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

S. I. Hayakawa

If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.

Morris Chestnut

I'm an R&B and Hip-Hop type guy. When I work out, which I do at least four or five times a week, I love to get the latest Hip-Hop because it really pumps me up and inspires me to get that workout on.

Florenz Ziegfeld

Not only may she unconsciously register a favorable impression with my associates and me, but she may also suggest something by her work that will lead to some new and novel feature in a forthcoming production.

Mike Pompeo

One of the things you don't always realize when you're younger is that not everything you try is going to work.

Treat Williams

This is the kind of work I've aspired to my whole career.

Rosevelt Colvin

If you go out there and get flat-out beat, then something's got to change. We've got a lot of work to do.

Mike Melson

I always try to work with my cousin.

Brent Mitchell

He would take derelicts on to work for him.