Famous Quotes & Sayings

Drew Bennett

I would say it was a pretty good battle over the years. I'd say it was a pretty good competition,

Rob Wostratzky

Joe is a senior, he's been our rock all year. Then we lost Jon ... the teeth didn't look good. But maybe this will be beneficial to our guys who had to battle through the adversity.

Paul Denning

John had one target only and that was to win. It looked like a straight battle between John and Valentino Rossi, but I think they pushed each other to the limit and both ended up watching the last 10 minutes of the session.

Edward Kennedy

He was a constant profile in courage on countless issues, continually insisting that the Senate live up to its ideals and always willing to wage lonely battles for noble causes.

Koy Detmer

He's definitely hurting; there's no question about that. He's been taking some shots all season, and his body is feeling it. At the same time, I know what type of a warrior he is, and he battles through a lot of things. You can never count him out when things like this are going on.

Wade Duty

I think it's an uphill battle all the way.

Brian Jordan

We've got to regroup at home. We've got to win our way out. Every game is important, so you've got to battle back.

Dave Corneliussen

With moles, it is more of a battle of attrition.

Sun Tzu

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Steve Ralston

Italy is a very defensive team, very well organized, they look to counter-attack. Their defense is rock solid.

R. Inge

He just knows how to pound the zone once he gets ahead. He just lets his defense work for him. He's a smart pitcher. He knows what he's doing.

Allan Ray

I think we fed off our defense a little more in the second half, and we got into a flow offensively as a result.

Tony Richardson

I think we can get it fixed. That's just not acceptable, especially the way our defense played.

Debbie Blake

I think we all stepped up on our defense in the second half.

Bob Shoop

I think that was the turning point of the game. From then on, I thought the defense had a lot of confidence.

Larry Coyer

I think some of that's overblown. They're going to run their offense and we're going to play our defense. Sometimes, early, they might target a guy.

Kevin Meyer

It is like I said earlier this week, they want to win the kicking game, play sound defense and play field position with you. We made some mistakes tonight and they capitalized on it.

Richard Goldstone

It is just impossible to have a public trial if you can't guarantee the safety of witnesses, judges or defense counsel.

Gil Brandt

He didn't work out like a tight end would work out, but he worked out like a defensive or offensive lineman. He's an intriguing guy, a good guy to look at.

Kraig Terpstra

I think we got a little more out of our post game tonight, but other than that it was a very similar game. It was a tough defensive game and Rapids played well. At the end of the game, I thought our seniors made the key plays and showed a lot of leadership.

Jeff Overmyer

I thought once we were able to rebound, and get the first defensive rebound, that we'd be able to get some opportunities to run in transition. And I think that's what got us going in the second quarter.

Mike Patterson

When they saw me wrestle, that's when they moved me to defense, ... Wrestling is kind of the same technique you'd use on the defensive line, where you have to stay low and use your hands.

David Baxter

We have to become a better defensive rebounding team.

Jake Krause

We made some defensive stands when we really needed them.

Ben Gordon

I didn't notice them stepping up the defensive pressure. I just noticed my missing shots.

Kirk Hinrich

I don't know what they shot, but we're a defensive team and should have had it on that end tonight. I really don't know how to explain it, except to say we weren't ready on that end.

Paul Columbia

(Our pass defense) is something that we need to make better. We need to do a better job with the pass rush, it's not just the defensive backs, it's also the defensive line.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

Herb Cytyrn

Jake is a very good skier and I wouldn't be surprised if he made it to sectionals.

Bill Walsh

I would say that we made a lot of good trades, but that may have been the best.

Tim Kohs

Kayla can guard any kid in the state and make them miserable. In the past, I've always had one or two kids who raised the level of the team by their intensity at practice and their commitment. McCarthy and Finn are as good as any kids I've had like that.

Ken Auletta

Journalists prize independence, not teamwork. Journalists understand waste is inherent to good journalism ... that good reporting and writing is hard to quantify.

Bobby Cox

John is not 100 percent. But if he's 95 percent, that's good enough.

Hector Garcia

John has pretty good quickness for a big guy,

Bobby Cox

I talked to Leo and I think he's going home and that's a big thing if a guy can do that. I think it's a good situation for him. He had a wonderful 15 years here and we move on.

Scott Rice

Joey's a talented kid. He did a nice job on his routes.

Matt McKay

Joe did an outstanding job on Biggs. We didn't want him shooting 3s.

Garrett Gravesen

Jobs can wait, but the lives of these kids cannot. And because no one else was doing anything else about it.

Allard Baird

He comes into Spring Training where it's his job to lose.

Phil Garner

He just likes going out and pitching, doing his job and saying, 'Thank you very much,' and going home.

Randy Foye

He's a big part of what we do. If he's out for the year, we just have to come together as a team. We still have a job to do.

Brian Sears

He's a superior horse, and Brett does a wonderful job with him. I knew he'd have him in peak form. He knows how to top them off.

Curt Johnston

I thought we were (friends). Now I'm not so sure. He's got a job to do, and we've got a job to do. We don't need to do each other's jobs.

Bill Cheney

I think the job market is on a roll.

Richard Sherman

I like every aspect of defense; I enjoy shutting down the offense.

Khaled Hosseini

Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life.

Mikael Samuelsson

I just wear tight skates, that's all. It's getting better, for sure. It's better every day.

Dennis Franchione

We're going to make a tight end out of you, yet.

Jose Carreras

I am a little nervous with strangers. But I'm not tight inside. I think I am impulsive.

Marcus Spears

When I was recruited and after I signed, I had aspirations to be a tight end and thought I would be.

Johnny Damon

I would be jacked up. But I'd be worried about that high, tight pitch.

David Morehouse

Time is tight in a two- to three-year span, not a two- to three-month span.

Tres Thomas

We wanted to keep it tight between the University and SMG until we got the go-ahead from the band.