Famous Quotes & Sayings

Scott Flemming

He was a huge part of this win. He took it upon himself to drive to the basket and score or go to the free-throw line and score.

Billy Donovan

He was a great guy. It was such a tragedy, what happened. He touched a lot of lives. I know with St. Francis, he and (athletic director) Randy Maris had a lot of plans, he wanted to give Bud the chance to build a basketball program and unfortunately it didn't work out. At least his family, his kids, will have something they can hold to and remember him by.

Chris Wallinger

He was a good shooter and dribbler. He was actually better at basketball than soccer.

Garrett Temple

He used to be just fat. Chubby. He was a ballplayer, but he was chubby. Now, he's taller. He's still big, but he's a great basketball player. He's not just a big guy in the middle.

Bob Wilkinson

He was a wonderful man. He is the one who made me into a high school basketball star.

Terry Stotts

He can run, and he has a high basketball IQ. You'll see the ball in his hands as a playmaker. He's very competitive, and he wants to win. I liked his demeanor on the court and the way he reacted with his teammates. It's reassuring.

Ray Young

Heck, you're talking about three of the top 100 basketball players in the (history of) the NBA. But that's a great goal to work up to.

Pat Riley

He kept telling me he's ready. But I'm a stubborn old coach.

Alison Bales

He'll always tell you he was a basketball player in a football player's body. He was my toughest competition. Taught me how to shoot, the whole form thing about keeping your elbow in, all the basics. He helped, and I pretty much give all the credit to him.

Chad Reitz

I was looking forward to the 2005 season when things fell apart. I ended up in a dispute with my sister (Chanda) and father (Les) about our race team, and we parted ways. It was a bitter ending and there are still a lot of hard feelings.

Kaley Cuoco

I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.

Rick Adelman

Kenny came up huge in the end. He was the guy they were leaving open and he hit that one shot with a little bit of luck, then the second one was dead center and he hit the free throws.

Bobby Cox

John is not 100 percent, ... But if he's 95 percent that's good enough. He is feeling good. . . . It's just a matter of at one time locating his fastball and feeling a little bit better.

Mike Gray

Jobs and employers are not increasing their salaries by 21 percent or 16 percent why don't you do us a favor why don't you forgo your salaries so you can feel the bite as much as we do.

John Timoney

I think it's a bit premature to go into any kind of speculation now,

David Begleiter

I think it's a bit of a negotiating stance.

Scholanda Hoston

I think it's a bit of an advantage, just in having some experience. That plays into being able to help our younger players along.

Alison Goldfrapp

I think it's a bit of a myth that if you can read music you can write music. It doesn't work like that.

John Gibbons

All the reports I had is he can hit. He's kind of had a slow start but today it really clicked for him. ... His ticket is his bat.

Deb Rathburn

It's a small place and hard to play at. We had to just settle in and play our offense and our defense followed and clicked afterward.

Kathy Kinney

It's very addictive. It's a little known fact. I saw it happen. It clicked for Drew Carey. He loved it.

Bree Turner

It just clicked that it was the next step for me; choreographing didn't interest me, and opening a studio wasn't a passion for me. I didn't know if I'd be very good at acting, but then my first scene in acting class... I just loved it.

Bryce Swafford

We did a lot of things very well tonight. We clicked very well.

DAVID FEHERTY

There's nothing wrong with Mike -- he just hasn't clicked yet this year. There's time left and I expect him to win before the season's out.

Chase Utley

I still don't think we've clicked as an offense. We can still do a better job. We're all going to get going at some point.

Fred Carter

I said, 'Well, this has got to be news,' so I clicked on it, ... It had the whole transcript of what he said. I Googled everybody and nobody had it.

Stephanie Johnson

We just clicked really well as a team. Our connecting and passing went really well and we made smart decisions with the ball. That's what won it for us.

Anthony Zinni

I would say we're within a week or so. We're ready now but there are a few more pieces to put in.

Michael Lloyd

I would say up until the recent few weeks, it looked like CSX might be doing a better job, now the shoe may be on the other foot, ... I'd be more worried about CSX going forward than Norfolk Southern.

John Gibbons

I talked to him today about a few things and I hope he got the message. You see guys on the other side like (Derek) Jeter and (Gary) Sheffield get down the line.

Joseph Beninati

There are such very few large-scale opportunities in Greenwich.

Daniel Woodrell

I joined the Marines the week I turned 17, and that led to a few experiences that might qualify as adventure - eye of the beholder.

Dani Shapiro

The mind is a monkey, hopping around from thought to thought, image to image. Rarely do more than a few seconds go by in which the mind can remain single-pointed, empty.

Roger Thompson

He's a good kid. He's been working as a laborer there for a few months now.

Liz Rosenberg

Her last tour was kind of a greatest hits tour, and I don't think she would want to repeat all the songs. But there are a few off the list that she left out.

Brian Smith

Going into the state tournament, we're ranked fifth or so. Every guy's going to need to win a match, and more than a few need to be pretty high on that podium so that we can reach our team goals.

Art Hogan

I think the dollar's recovery has a huge impact on the market, when you look at things like gold, which is getting tattooed today, ... I also think it's important psychologically, like when oil finally peaked in the mid-50's.

Jeff Gordon

He wasn't real happy with me, but we finally worked it out.

Albert Camus

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

Maria Corbalan

I'm happy. I'm very happy that it's finally going to be done.

Greg Olsen

I had a minor medical problem and they said I couldn't go. It took me a year to get well and then I finally went into space. That should just let you all know that you should never give up.

Frank Thomas

I'll finally get some real work in. It will be great to see live pitching for a change.

Craig Biggio

I know he's smiling right now, ... He's overjoyed. We were so happy for him when he finally won the Stanley Cup. We couldn't wait to get through on the phone to him and congratulate him.

Sy Montgomery

I have thought for a long time that one day, if I finally got to deserve it, I would love to write about the minds of invertebrates.

Aaron Brooks

I hope not. We're going to come back strong. We have to look forward to the next game. ... Hopefully we'll finally be settled into our routine there in San Antonio. That will help out a lot.

Harry Redknapp

I was looking for a reaction in the second half and I got it.

John Wardle

Kevin has got one and a half seasons to go so we are not silly enough to sit back and say that we are not going to do anything.

Franz Humer

I would say that we would see an acceleration (in drug sales), especially in the second half of the year, with the introduction of new products, with the acceleration also of the penetration of the oncology line in the non-U.S. markets,

Kevin Mench

He said he'd never seen 'turf toe' in the second toe. He said, 'Your shoes are a half size too small.

Mike Myers

We've been trying to price things at roughly half the market value.

Mike Chere

We thought we had some momentum going to start the second half (back to a 10-point deficit), but they kept hitting their shots.

Jeff Simpson

I thought the rebounding in the first half hurt us. We got one shot and they had second and third opportunities.

Bill Gibbons

I thought that run in the second half that Maine made was the key - where they really rebounded it and went out on the break.

Schatzi Hageman

He was halfway red and halfway loving it.

Mario Lemieux

I thought the other lines were pretty good, as well. We'll see what happens.

Nariman Behravesh

I think that whole line of reasoning is overdone.

Dale Mitchell

He was lined up straight with the ship canal,

Richelle Mead

My life didnʹt need to be on the line for me to enjoy dessert.

William Whewell

Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.

Walter Huston

Hell, I ain't paid to make good lines sound good. I'm paid to make bad lines sound good.

Mark Fields

Our path is not going to linear and smooth.

Steve Hutchinson

His first thing was to come over to the line and kind of thank us. It just shows you how this team is a little different.

Joe Ayoob

I'm the quarterback -- you are going to get hit. Everyone on our offensive line played well, but obviously we did miss O'Callaghan.

F. Schumacher

Going from two wheels to four, we've seen in the past that this can be done.

Ronda Rousey

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.

Richard M. Nixon

The 1970s must be the years when America pays its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its waters, and our living environment. It is literally now or never.

Richard Gilman

I want my poor value to exist past me, somewhere else.

Robert Dale Owen

After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the world furnishes no parallel, is the old root of bitterness still to remain in the ground, to sprout and bear fruit in the future as it has borne fruit in the past?

Robin Hobb

Life is not a race to restore a past situation. Nor does one have to hurry to meet the future. Seeing how things change is what makes life interesting.

Robert Smithson

When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us

Robert Plant

The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.

Satchel Paige

One time he (Cool Papa Bell) hit a line drive right past my ear. I turned around and saw the ball hit his ass sliding into second.

Shaquille O'Neal

I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way.

Jeff Beeman

He's a really smooth player. I wish he played for me.

Jerry Sloan

I thought we played with a lot more purpose tonight than we did the other night.

Luke Poore

I thought we played well. They just wore us down.

Jim Ferraro

I think you?re going to see us (in the tournament). We have a lot of young girls, but they have played well together.

Mike Ray

We're probably playing as well, right now, as we've played all season.

Kevin Young

We sucked. That's the only way you can take it. We played terrible. I played terrible.

Bob Monahan

I thought we played well enough on defense; we just shot poorly.

Jim Crews

I thought we played well defensively. We made things tough.

Manny Acta

I don't know Soriano as an outfielder. He is here to play second base.

Umberto Guidoni

And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.

Voltaire

It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.

Bill Bradley

In 30 seconds you can say a lot,

Dontez Sanders

I just wanted to see what was the problem. Because the first half, it wasn't that bad. The second half, we just didn't play as well as a group.

Herman Edwards

because it kind of sets up what you want to do on second down.

Freda Craft

The first time, in 1997, we got second in the state.

Thomas Bradley

The first half, we were flustered a little, ... The second half, we were more composed, more relaxed.

Oksana Baiul

First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.

Hope Schulte

I don't know what was going on. It just seemed like everything was just going in for me. I just did what I usually do, and (the shots) just seemed to fall.

Matt Foy

It was unbelievable. Everything just seemed to click. It seems like everything I did went right.

Aaron Miles

It was a long possession. It seemed like 20 seconds.

Fred Williams

I didn't see any survivalists; it seemed to be more for profit.

Bobby Frasor

Just watching him out there tonight was something special.

Raymond Chandler

I'm in a wild mood tonight. I want to go dance in the foam. I hear the banshees calling.

Nancy O'Dell

I'm so excited and honored to be part of 'Entertainment Tonight!' 'E.T.' was the show that started all the entertainment news, so I couldn't be more thrilled.

John Green

At least for tonight. In sickness and in health. In good times and in bad. For richer, for poorer. 'Till dawn do us part.

John Fahey

Well folks, that's about it for the show tonight.

Dee Dee Ramone

Wondering what I'm doing tonight I've been in the closet and feel all right

Gary Enis

That's why tonight was so big. We've got to go back there and play Grenada.

Stephen Kress

Every puffin we see tonight is a miracle.

Andre Dubus

For the twenty million Americans who are hungry tonight, for the homeless freezing tonight, literature is as useless as a knowledge of astronomy.