Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill King

He wanted to be a ballplayer but said 'I would have been a Double-A or Triple-A ballplayer at best,'

Dusty Baker

He's a ballplayer. These are things a ballplayer does -- they run the bases well, they hit well, they throw, they throw to the right base, they steal a base. I think we're very fortunate to get such a talent at such a low price.

Ron Santo

He's a Cub, there's no doubt about it. Not only is he a great ballplayer and a Hall of Famer, but he's a Chicago Cub.

Will Sheridan

He never promises anything he doesn't deliver. We know we have to earn what we get. At the same time, he was a ballplayer himself, so he understands where we're coming from.

Elijah Dukes

I learned that you can be a good ballplayer but if the spot is occupied and everybody comes out and does their job, you can't take it unless stuff happens. You just have to keep working hard and hopefully something happens and I get my chance and I make the best of it again.

Todd Steverson

The hardest part for any ballplayer is to get into a routine, stick with it and believe this routine is going to get him to the next level. He just has not played that much baseball in his career. Once we get a grasp on his game, hopefully, sooner than later, we'll see where he is.

Joe Posnanski

When I was a kid growing up in Cleveland, I believed - completely, wholeheartedly, without reservation or pause - that the Cleveland Indians were named to honor a Native American ballplayer named Louis Sockalexis, who played for Cleveland in the late 19th Century.

Rajon Rondo

Coach Smith has given me tough love, which I believe has made me a stronger ballplayer and a better person.

Alan Trammel

This is exactly what the Detroit Tigers need. He's what I call a good ballplayer who does a little bit of everything.

Gennaro Angiulo

I wouldn't be in a legitimate business for all the money in the world.

Tim Wilson

He knew everything about his furniture business or his development business from the ground up.

Steve Black

He jumps into the decision-making process. If you just want to run your business on your own and report results, you won't like working for Jamie.

Richard Boucher

has eroded Russia's reputation as a place to do business and eroded confidence in Russia's legal and judicial institutions.

Mark Richt

Guys like D. J. make this business worthwhile.

Ross Perot, Jr.

Half of this business is politics. As real estate developers, it's our job to go in there and get beat up.

Amanda Lindhout

Hamdi Ulukaya and Chobani have made the decision to feed 250,000 victims of the Somali famine. Their compassion speaks for itself, and is a shining example of how the business community can have an enormous positive impact on the world.

Lyssa Jenkens

Growth will continue in education and health, which have been the only steady gainers in this century. But it is now moving into business and professional services, which holds many of the highest-skilled jobs in the economy.

Greg Brenneman

There's nothing magic about working with franchisees. What you have to do is help them improve their business.

Gary Griffiths

Kids need to be connected to the school and they need to feel someone cares about them. In a large school setting it can be extremely impersonal. There's nothing worse than a student in a large setting not being connected to anything. That's the height of loneliness.

Ayn Rand

know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity. I know not and I care not. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth.

Courtney LaVere

Knowing it's the end of the season and the end of my career possibly, I don't want to regret anything.

Anthony Principi

Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan . . . deserve to come back to 21st-century medical care, ... Whatever it costs, we need to incur that cost to provide that world-class care to an extraordinary group of men and women in harm's way.

Walt Jocketty

I would think it's a good fit, ... but that's not something for me to decide. He started his career there, and he's obviously one of the top managers in the game that's not employed as a manager. Jim is going to manage somewhere in 2006. Definitely.

Karen Johnson

Just like in human medicine, veterinary care is going more towards preventative care,

Naomi Mitchison

Keep it light so you can say a lot more, especially if it's something you care about.

James Rankins

Jon helped a lot. We told the guys in the locker room that they had to pick up some of the weight (Shepherd usually carries). Fortunately, we played good enough defense to take care of it.

Lenny Harris

Joe pretty much doesn't care what you've done in the past. He's worried about what you do now. That's an impact remark that he made. Hopefully, guys can go out there and do what they can to win a job.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

Tim Hanson

Jake is a very talented freshman. Our varsity lineup has some guys that will be running varsity for the first time, so it will be interesting to see.

Robyn Kass

Just like in real life, we don't want to settle. We really want this guy to be perfect.

Bill Dougherty

John Brennan is a very smart guy - no nonsense, abrasive, sharp, provocative.

Mike Bobo

Joe T. is a smart guy and he's going to prepare and he's going to be ready to play, ... We've just got to get him to relax and not feel like he's got to make things happen for us to win. It's a big game. When you walk up in the stadium, you can tell it's a special environment.

Jeff Tedford

Joe is going to be our guy and we're going to go with it.

Joe Girardi

J.J. seems to be the guy that when he pitches, we win. He's always down in the zone.

Josh Humlie

I actually wrestled the No. 1 seeded guy first. I didn't realize he was the No. 1 seeded guy until I after I wrestled him. The brackets were messed up, so I didn't know.

Jeff Gordon

He was a hard guy to hate even when we were trying to get a contract.

Glenn Morris

Just simply splashing around in the water, if there is sewage contamination there is a risk you could get it onto your hands and get it into your mouth,

Jeff Koinange

hands down, even if in jail or in the grave.

Rob Niedermayer

He's got the sweetest hands I think I've seen on a guy. He doesn't panic with the puck at all. He doesn't let too much intimidate him or rattle him out there, and that's a big thing.

James Woods

Whatever it takes to get the job done. We need all hands on deck.

Paul Hefner

The purpose of this is to shift power from one set of hands to another.

Stephen Johnson

I think we need to put it in the hands of someone who knows real estate.

Matt Kiefer

I think that thought process will go through my mind whenever the season is over with, (then) I'll get to that. I'll have a lot of time on my hands without basketball, so I'll be able to reflect on that.

Tammy Johnson

I was very upset. No teacher has a right to put her hands on a child. This is not a one-time incident. This has happened before.

Heath Miller

I was able to get my hands inside and I probably used a little nudge from J.B. (Bettis) in the back to help me out a little bit.

Mariangee Bogado

I was looking at the scoreboard a lot. I knew I had the no-hitter, but I think it's all mental. I was just thinking about getting everyone out.

Tamba Hali

I think in the back of his mind, he knew we were coming. He still had to do his job, but he knew we were coming.

Pete Fenson

He just shook it off and played the way we knew he could play.

Army Sgt.

He just refused to go until he knew he had a welcoming place,

Jeremy Rowell

He knew what he was getting into. He's such a physical player on offensive side. I don't think he'll have any problems transitioning to defense. He understands how to get after the football.

Jeff Backus

He knew what he was doing. It's a letdown, but we move forward.

Alan Alda

He knew there was something wrong, but there wasn't even a name for it in those days.

Bob Greenly

He knew that he had to get stronger. Charlie?s time was spent where he needed to ? in the weight room.

Jack Levine

He knew perfectly well that at some level there would be a lot of support for him, even if he went to prison or took his own life.

Z. Sheppard

I'm getting better. It takes a little time, but I'm getting better.

Eric Duncan

It still takes some getting used to. You walk around here and you see some pretty big names.

Karel Amaranth

It really takes a village. We're all responsible for all children.

Craig Colten

The whole thing takes a long, long time.

Phil Klay

War is complicated and intense, and it takes time and thoughts to understand what it was.

Jane Smith

You have to know where to look, it just takes a little practice.

Gary Shutt

We'll let them do their work and see where that takes us.

Mark Philippoussis

Obviously, I'll do whatever it takes to get back,

David Burroughs

If it takes one day, three days, 365 days, that it will have to be.

Glen Taylor

He is very, very competitive and wants to win.

Adam Sohn

He's been here 20 years and he wants to recharge.

Tim Danson

He doesn't want to be in the courtroom, he wants to be on the ice.

Justin Hartley

I know, who doesn't want to play a superhero, right? And everyone wants to play Superman or Batman. Everyone wants to play a superhero.

Tim Howard

In the end, very little gets in the way of what Manchester United wants to do.

Steve McClaren

There is no-one more than me wants to see Mick do well at Sunderland , and I want to see Sunderland do well,

Lyle Thomas

Now, I know everyone wants to see turtles. What else?

Christopher McQuarrie

The way I like to describe Hollywood today is this: everyone wants to make 'Deliverance,' but no one wants to be Ned Beatty.

Bob Callahan

That's Yasser. He wants this worse than anything.