Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Kelley

He saved this franchise really. I think this franchise would be in L.A now if it weren't for him.

Larry Dierker

In my opinion, he's the only one in this franchise who should have a retired number.

Larry Brown

I hope I can make a difference. I'm going to try my hardest to make this franchise proud of the team we put out there.

Sean Burke

I have the utmost respect for everything he did on the ice and everything he went through. And he's probably a guy responsible for saving a franchise in Pittsburgh. Just an incredible career.

George Tsamis

I know what these three guys can do. They have been key contributors to this franchise in the past.

Ron Artest

I made myself into a franchise player there, but I kind of sneaked up on them.

Mia Bloom

The old centralized al-Qaeda is gone. It's become more like a franchise operation.

Donnie Nelson

Michael has played a huge role in rebuilding this franchise and taking it to where it is today.

Gary Bettman

Long term for all franchises, especially for a well-run franchise like the Avalanche, having a predictable, stable system is better.

Jimmy Conrad

I was like, well, there goes my chance.

Roy Sommer

Kaspar took a selfish penalty. He goes after the referee -- what's he going to do? They scored twice because of that.

Ken Davis

Keeping it tuned up and keeping it well maintained it goes a long way.

Lorenzo Bundy

He just goes with the flow, wherever the water takes him. He knows he's going to play in the leagues. He knows he's a big leaguer waiting to happen.

Byron Scott

He just doesn't seem real sure of what he's doing out there right now. Again, it goes back to repetition and knowing how to run our offense. . . . I can't wait for Speedy to get back.

Willie Randolph

He'll be fine. He's a good kid. Goes about his business. He's got a lot of teammates who can take him under their wing and I'm sure they'll do that.

Brentson Buckner

He knows what to do and he goes out and plays hard, and you can't teach a person to play hard. You can teach them technique, help them get stronger, help them get faster. But playing hard, that comes from inside.

Ozzie Guillen

He reminds me of Greg Maddux. He goes out, throws 200-plus innings and throws as quick as he can.

Winston Justice

Happy with what I did and happy it's over. We'll just have to see where it goes from here.

Ben Chandler

I think it can be a distraction to the player being recruited and the team, if it's something the team is not used to, ... Around Loomis, little old Loomis, it's a little crazy.

Charlie Coe

He'll be a player for us. He's a young guy, so we'll have to get him in here and see how he does. But with our situation, he'll have a shot.

Dave Tippett

He's a tremendous player who does everything so well. And he's going to be especially important under the new rules.

Steve Hutchinson

What else is he supposed to say, 'We're going to try and lose? Every player is supposed to think his team is going to win.

Gary Capaldi

We took a film of this game, and each player will get a copy. But we do not want it to stop now.

Steve Shingledecker

I think it's so well deserving. From his sophomore year to his senior year, the work he put in to become an all-state player is tremendous.

Leroy Franklin

He's going to be a player to watch.

Al Spalding

I was not able to understand how it could be right to pay an actor, or a singer, or an instrumentalist for entertaining the public and wrong to pay a ball player for doing exactly the same thing.

Lionel Messi

Messi or Ronaldo best player in the world? In the world, I would say Ronaldo. Messi is from another planet.

Scot Bunnell

Harrison is playing really well and to go over there and win will be a challenge.

Thomas Muster

I was so tired of playing tennis, so tired of traveling, of hotels, everything related to this sport.

Jimmy Newman

When he's not playing polo or sleeping, he is concentrating on getting well-mounted and staying well-mounted.

Tony Bethel

When he (Simmons) is playing at his best, we win.

Brad Wilkerson

We've got to realize what we're playing for. Now's the time to want it.

Bill Guerin

We've got to keep playing for our lives.

Jeremy Trueblood

I thought we had a better team this year. But that was before we started playing the game, I guess. But they were a better team than they were two years ago -- a lot better.

Ryan Ghere

I thought that made them start playing harder.

Grady Sizemore

I think we got the team that can do it. We just got to keep playing the way we are. We're right where we wanted to be, and now it's up to us.

Charles Seaton

What makes them so valuable is their familiarity with our system, ... a specialized location.

David Hare

The one thing that 'Via Dolorosa' has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion.

Charles Frazier

When everything is immediately available and infinitely reproducible, nothing is valuable.

Henry Ellis

The byproduct is sometimes more valuable than the product.

Alfred Marshall

The most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings

Jack Canfield

Everything valuable takes time, there are no overnight successes.