Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andy Blackston

(The Bulldogs) just absolutely don't beat themselves. To beat them you have to outplay them.

Joe Biddy

The boys came as a shock. It was an absolute shock.

George Gregan

The big thing is they give a big boost of raw energy and enthusiasm and ? you just see the absolute excitement and joy of being part of the national team and it just reinforces to everyone the special sort of place we're in,

Stephen Baker

At some point, absolute price is an issue.

Elizabeth Gaskell

A wise parent humours the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

Bubba Cunningham

Ball State makes it an absolute priority to comply with all NCAA rules, and our student-athletes understand we take this very seriously. Our primary focus right now is ensuring that students going into competition are eligible to play.

Keith Powell

Athol Fugard is one of my all-time favorite playwrights. It is an absolute honor that he would grant us the rights to Exits and Entrances ahead of many other more established theatre companies. In my mind, the best way to return this compliment is to devote our entire season to him. I see The Island as sort of a companion piece.

Steve Courson

Athletes didn't invent this stuff. We opened Pandora's box. We're still trying to figure out how to close it. It's bottomless. It's impossible to eliminate them. Let's accept it's inevitable. But don't put athletes on a moral pedestal when it's an absolute joke. Don't speak of purity and ideals. There's too much money invested in performance.

Jim Scherr

That was absolutely improper and something we have taken great measures to have our athletes not do,

Tom Hockenjos

As for the rest of the year, of course I hope we'll keep hitting then ball and the pitching matures. And of course, we want to improve that defense.

Dan Sullivan

As for the fumbles, we run to the ball pretty well and when you do that well, that's what happens.

Don Buford

As a team, we had a real good spring. Guys swung the bats real well, then all of a sudden everybody went into a slight batting slump together and right now they seem to be working their way out of that and hitting the ball consistently. We've hit some balls hard and haven't had any luck with the hits falling in, but now they're starting to fall in and that's the difference in winning.

Rocky Peterson

As a point guard, that's who you want to have the ball late in the game. He worked hard on his free throws over the summer.

Joe Lobendahn

As an individual, my goal is, of course, to have more (tackles) than I had last year. I still need to get an interception -- that's one of my goals, too ... and a touchdown, too. Honestly, as a defense, you're going to see us running to the ball more, everyone just swarming the ball.

Ernie Whitt

As a team we probably threw too many pitches. This is the first time they have thrown to hitters. Overall we were OK. We played errorless ball and swung the bats well.

Carlos Delgado

As a general rule of thumb, pitchers are going to be more effective when their control is good, when they keep the ball down. He's got good stuff. It's important for him and all the pitchers to throw strikes.

Dan Johnson

As a freshman, she could hardly kick the ball 10 yards. Now she really sees the field well. She had three assists in our first two games. She hustles and she's a worker. She always has been.

Tommy Dempsey

As a freshman, Rodney has shown great leadership qualities. He's really done a great job of getting the ball where it needs to go.

Bud Lachel

Competition is a good thing to have, but you have to keep everybody happy.

Jim Gray

The team that won last year prides itself on being the last team to register. So they usually register around 4:30 p.m. on the Friday of the competition and they have won the last four or five years that they've been playing.

Mike May

The thing about winter sports that will always restrict participation and competition opportunities is weather. It's tough to go snow skiing in San Diego. Another problem is that there are only so many places you can do some of these things.

Brad Adgate

The Olympics are one of the top television events.

John Connell

The most significant implication of these findings will be in housing and destination services. Volume increases will mean greater demand and competition for housing and will thus drive market costs higher.

Steve Hill

Once we've rebuilt that we plan to enter it for competition with one of the students driving it. They're sorting out their own insurance.

Troy Bell

Once you get to the hub, you may find the schedules being a little reduced and at 4.5 down nationally, there's going to be more competition to get that seat.

Mahesh Bhatt

Sometimes, in the face of fierce competition, actors were tempted to sign more films than they could cope with.

Mark Cooper

Telecommunications has now gone from a regulated monopoly to an unregulated duopoly with just two major players. Consumers know that is not enough competition to lower their prices and drive innovation.

Jack Sweeney

Dick understood economic trends, and he understood what the paper needed to do to stay on top. He also made sure you understood what needed to be done. But it wasn't hard to comply with Dick's wishes. He led by example.

Dean Fryer

If they don't comply then we file suit to get a judgment.

Brett Hall

These types of special privileges are not only difficult to comply with, but it's very expensive.

John Bolton

We strongly support the commission's investigative efforts. We expect the government of Syria to comply with these requests fully and unconditionally as the Security Council resolutions require.

Michael Kashtock

We have laid out steps that we think manufacturers of these types of candies can take to comply with the guidance. We think that they're going to be well received.

Dwaine Lentes

The only regret I have is missing the second half of last season. I learned from it and made sure I was eligible this year. I feel like I have made up for lost time this season.

Tom Angell

Murderers and rapists are still eligible to receive aid.

Gregg Semanick

In New Jersey, 2.5 million people are eligible for the service. That's a lot of people who can get their return quickly and without cost.

Shannon Schonrock

As long as we're winning, it doesn't matter. It's great to see different people step up on any given night. And it makes us hard to prepare for because you don't know who to focus on. A lot of our numbers are down, minutes-wise, but it makes us that much tougher knowing that we have so many people that can contribute.

Lori Bennett

Our serve and service return was very weak in the first two games. But we had a lot of things that worked well. So for the third game, we focused on serving more aggressively.

Michael Barrett

The one thing I like about this team is as great as it was, as fun as it was, there's no real celebrating what happened today. It means we're focused and moving on.

Tim McCutchen

It was the same press. We used the same press-breaker, but we didn't execute. We just were not as focused and ready to play as we were the first time." ()

Jane Garvey

The whole issue of wiring is something that people have been focused on for a while,

John Shin

This is stronger than expected, the highest since spring of last year. But it's less important since it doesn't show anything about the impact of Katrina and everyone's focused on Katrina right now.

Adrian Jones

You're not really focused on the star, but the co-stars to see what they're doing to help the whole scene.

Mike Scioscia

This win was a good win for the team and gave us a big lift. We have to focus on winning from here on out.

Bryant H. McGill

When one learns to focus energy through surrender and sensitivity, they become free, and can access the expansiveness of endless possibility.

Derek Damon

That's not how you want to be going to the NCAA Tournament.

Deonte Tatum

This was huge. We needed this just to keep rolling into the WAC Tournament. Our whole outlook is to win the WAC Tournament and get to the NCAA (Tournament), so it's important for us to win the rest of our games.

Miles Avery

We won back-to-back Big Ten championships and that's something to be proud of. It's two in a row, but we have to do more for the NCAA championships.

Claire Coggins

We are disappointed because there are some teams that are 14-16 (that got into the NCAA Tournament), and it doesn't seem right, but that's the way it goes, and we are really proud to get to play in the (W)NIT, and that we get to play at home.

Richard Midgley

Nobody talks about the NCAA Tournament, not the players or coaches. Only you guys.

Whitey Ford

I don't think there's any question Temple will be in the NCAA Tournament.

Adam Haluska

We can go into the (Big Ten) tournament without any worry about the NCAA tournament. There's no pressure on us.

Mike Nardi

We're ready to go and we're prepared for the NCAA Tournament.

Ron Bonjean

The speaker is making it a top priority to get that done.

Mike Claffey

We've taken that on because it's a priority for safety reasons.

Steve Squyres

For Spirit, the priority has been to reach a safe winter haven.

Jakaya Kikwete

I will make sure research and development is a top priority in agricultural development.

Gary Snyder

The first priority is just to get them registered,

Edgerrin James

They just signed a new guy, so they are working to get better. As long as it is a priority ten it is all right.

Mario Garcia

Automatically in the state of Arizona, if you're over 80,000 pounds, you get fined,

Don Stewart

Are we in violation of any state statutes?

Steve Kendall

The thought was the state was going to do something.

Mike McCurry

there will be steps that the United States will take." ()

Tiffany Fisher

It was very frustrating. (Heritage Christian) was better defensively than any of the teams we've played. They were a lot quicker. They were just better. That's why they're state champions.

Robert Hansen

The state is already telling us what to teach

Steve Mottinger

These are things the state wants you to forget.

Mark Johnson

This isn't about us wanting something now. This is about what we want our state to be 50 or 100 years from now. If we wait another 50 to 100 years, it'll be gone.

Dan Christman

That one hurts. It's all about getting everyone you can to the state meet. That was a big one to lose.

Gene Miller

The students are coming, and we're going to have to do something to accommodate the growth.

Sathya Baba

The teachers of tomorrow are the students of today.

MaryEllen Elia

We have a way to go with our 12th-grade students.

Ray Romano

I would get my student loans, get money, register and never really go. It was a system I thought would somehow pan out.

Terence Lewis

I was, am and always will be a student…, the day I stop learning, is the day I die.

Louis Garrel

I like being surrounded by students and intellectuals.

Willie Smith

If the students see it as something they can put to use, then they are interested.

John Boyles

I have a vision for the way students can be represented.

Richard Skaggs

Some of the students were still out of control.

John Mushtare

As I understand it, we're going to need a lot of help. We need to win out and get some help.

Lori Chappell

You really have to see the grounds to understand how populated they are.

Brad Meltzer

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

Brad Pitt

There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I'm responsible.

Cameron Diaz

Intimacy starts with a relationship with yourself, an understanding of who you are.

Alain de Botton

For all his understanding of worldly concerns, when it came to fathoming the deeper meaning of his own furious activity, Sir Bob displayed the sort of laziness for which he himself had no patience in others. He appeared to have only a passing interest in the overall purpose of his financial accumulation.

Charles Jencks

In 1979, postmodernism lost its understanding of the meaning of ornament. It degenerated into kitsch applique.

Damon Lindelof

When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world.

Bodhidharma

When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.