Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Bryant

Jackson thanked Claypool for backing the airport, but he did not endorse him. He is neutral in the county board president race.

Vitor Meira

John has been backing me since I started in the IRL and we've got a great relationship and I feel very lucky,

Michael Woolfolk

There are strong economic fundamentals backing not only the U.S. economy but the U.S. dollar right now. We are likely to get two more rate hikes.

Dick Handbury

He?s got a very good staff behind him, both up on the hill (at the district offices) and down at the high school. And he?s certainly going to have the backing of the board.

Joe Girardi

He saw me a lot when he came to the park, because I was always backing up first base, ... He makes you feel pretty comfortable.

Alfred Goldman

We're in the process of making a bottom but probably not at the bottom. After the damage done to people's psyches, my guess is we'll get a bounce, but then spend a month backing and filling in this general area.

Jim Padilla

I think we'll see some degree of moderation, but I don't see any backing off to a large degree.

Jim Zalesky

Oregon State has a great tradition. You've got the backing of the administration, which is key. You've also got good Oregon high school wrestling, there's a good base there.

James Wolfensohn

If you were in a job where it was unclear what the purpose of that job was and what the backing that you had was and who had the responsibility...you would probably wonder...if that was the thing you wanted to do.

Steve Ralston

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

Danny Ainge

He can play defense at that position, and he can score. He is a playground legend in Chicago.

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.

Kris Kleeman

I thought the first half defense was very good. I wish we could have scored some points there to get a lead. We missed our first 10 shots to start the game, we had good shots that we have to be able to make. We didn't make them and kept them in the game.

Les Miles

I thought that our defense stymied them all day, and really played extremely well,

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.

Cappie Pondexter

I think we rebounded and played great defense (during the run). Once we got away from that, they started getting comfortable, started hitting shots.

Matt Pierce

I think we made huge strides as a team, the defense stepped up huge and the offensive line gave me time to throw. We just jelled.

Chris Grinde

I think we let our nerves get to us in the third quarter. We made just enough free throws and played good enough defense to make it difficult to score.

Tom Colby

We've given up shorthanded goals and power play goals all year long, but we had them piled on us in the same game. We just weren't executing well at that point.

Charli Thorne

I think we're at a point in our program where we can pretty much match up with anybody. I think we've proven that throughout the season. It doesn't necessarily mean we're going to come out on top, but it's pretty fun to be in a situation where you go into a game and it's just a question of executing your game plan.

Tony Sabatino

I thought one of the big keys is the fact we made a much higher percentage of three-point goals the second half. We did a nice job executing and finding an open guy.

Aaron Rodgers

I think after the game it was mostly frustration - not playing as well as I'd like to, not executing like I know I can. You can see in practice, I've had a real good camp. Made a lot of strides, made a lot of plays. I feel like my knowledge of the offense has gotten better each day and I've gotten more and more comfortable. It's just a matter of transferring that into the game.

Bill Cotter

I can imagine they never quit investigating, but I think it's unusual to be executing search warrants after they've indicted.

Tisha Hill

It's encouraging to see that we are getting some better looks, executing a lot better on offense and being more patient.

Robert Doll

This merger combines highly complementary product in terms of markets, geography, expertise and talent. As always, when you see that on paper the trick is executing and making it work. That's the task in front of us.

Charli Thorne

Offensively, we are working too much individually. We've gotten away from working together in our motion offense and executing our two-man game.

Rich Lyons

Defensively, if you hold them to 36 points at halftime you feel like you should be in the game but you're still down 14, and that goes back to us not executing what we really wanted to get done.

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Brian Beckwith

There are so many different scenarios that could play out that we can't be thinking about that. We have to focus on Friday and then on Saturday.

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

Scott Coffey

He's been so focused on proving his innocence, and now he'll try to put his life back together.

Santino Quaranta

His suspension, it's not good the day of the game. I respect Peter's decision, I respect the head office and it's their decision. It's between Freddy and the team. We have a job to do and we're focused on winning MLS Cup.

Mark Patton

I think it's going to be important to stay focused and use that adrenaline. It's the last game here but I'm going to treat it as any other game and play hard.

Ricky Mathews

I think it's great that the governor is focusing so heavily on preparation.

Tony Anderson

I think that he has focused on regaining his sobriety.