Famous Quotes & Sayings

Colin Roy

I also think he won't be a dictator but that he'll be an open coach. He wants his assistants to do their jobs. He also has good insight as to what is the purpose of high school athletics and what his kids will have learned when the season is over.

Bob Shrader

I think the players wear really in the game because of that (loss) in their preparation. My assistant coach ran practice Friday and he said they were just primed. They had a real enthusiasm for the game.

Erich Leinsdorf

I was an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan. It was my first trip to America. During that winter, Austria was swallowed up by the Nazis.

Ryan Bishop

I think they have one of the best offensive lines I've seen. I'm telling one of my assistants in the second quarter, you take those guys to University of Utah or BYU and they're as good as some of those guys. They move their feet, they block. They're very good.

Sam Jr

I have great assistant coaches, and I rely on them. I don't have to do everything myself.

Butch Davis

I don't have enough credentials to be the full-time guy, but I am the assistant offensive line coach for my son's seventh-grade football team,

Brad Shaw

I didn't get much sleep last night. It was tough knowing you had a part in getting out of here a guy who gave you a chance to be an assistant coach at this level.

Ajay Devgan

I didn't always dream of being an actor - I started out as an assistant director, so doing things away from the camera is natural for me.

Rohit Shetty

I don't go for holidays or celebrate my success because I know nothing is permanent. I don't let it get to me - like I am India's top director with too many hits. If that happens, I might lose the connect with my audience. The day I go wrong, they will run away from me. I want to be like an assistant director all my life.

Isaac Newton

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Sandra Smith

He was a leader, he wasn't a follower. The boys are really having a hard time. Every last one of the kids is having a hard time because they really looked up to Jeffrey.

Frankie Dettori

He could win it and go on why not? He's done nothing wrong. He just lacks experience. He's got to tackle the big boys sooner or later, so Saturday should be a good test for him.

Simon Fuller

S Club 7, in some ways, was a continuation of some of the things I'd have liked to have done with the Spice Girls. It was also a shift in tone. S Club was this equality of boys and girls, very positive, very uplifting, didn't have the edge of the Spice Girls. I didn't want to repeat it.

Kevin Evans

He's a good boy and he's getting better and better. I tried to rough him up but I couldn't connect because he's so tall.

Medea McGlynn

Her room is ready. Since we weren't sure if it was going to be a boy or girl, we tried to keep things unisex.

Maura O'Connor

Hockey has always been a big deal here with the boys program. But people are starting to realize what we're doing. That's good, because we really do have a good team.

Todd Cheney

He's awesome. He works hard. He's great on his feet. He's a class individual. He does well in school. He's nice to people. He's the full package. He's great kid. He's a cover boy and it's well deserved. Here's a sophomore that is first and second in the state so far, wow.

Dan Hoffa

I thought we really stepped up in the fourth quarter on defense, otherwise we struggled the other three quarters. Offensively I was very pleased with what the boys did. They just seem to step up when they need to and that is something we've been doing all season. This was a good team win and I'm proud of them.

James Jeffords

I was lucky to be able to call Christopher Reeve a friend.His passion for life and for improving the lives of all Americans serves an inspiration to all of us. He may have played the character of Superman in the movies, but he lived the role of a superman through his life.

Pierce Brosnan

I was looking forward to making (Bond) edgier and grittier -- and for all of that to go down in one phone call was highly disappointing,

Tony Oliva

Kirby meant to me a lot. For me, it's like my own son. He used to call me 'Papa', too.

Cindy Mannes

I would not say it's an epidemic by any stretch, but it is a problem. We used to get one or two calls a year ... Now we're getting one or two calls a week.

Manny Fernandez

Jacques said any roll we can get on is a bonus. Well, I would start calling this a roll.

Rick Dunlap

I would say the ice fishing is what we call gravy. The lion's share is made in the summer and fall.

Mark DiCamillo

I would suspect his tone would change significantly if they don't make it onto the November ballot. If that happened, I could see calling the Legislature all sorts of names by the end of the campaign.

Gary Brown

Ken Lay is what I would call a fix-it man who thinks he can pick up the phone and take care of it because of who he is, a man of power. It's as though he thinks he can call anyone, any time. They're not going to like that kind of attitude.

Rich Beem

Just think of it as a golf cart with a V-8. Call it the Silver Bullet, baby.

Jason Statham

I was like, 'Well, we'd think he'd be useless around kids,' ... But I think he finds himself more comfortable around children than he realizes.

Kerry Nelson

Kids at the children's shelter are coming out there and getting a lot of one-on-one because there are so few children out there. The reading program out there is really helping these kids a lot.

Britt Ekland

I would teach U.K. parents how to stop their children throwing litter. London is a beautiful city but its streets are disgusting.

John Romano

Keeping an elderly couple in their home for another 10 to 15 years makes good financial sense. If they stay in their home, their cost to the town is minimal compared to the family with four children that would replace them.

Julian Fellowes

He wants to hear their opinions. As an actor, it was what I always craved. You really want as an actor to be treated as one of the grown-ups. Half the time, you are treated as a demented child who has wandered onto the set.

Ciara

Having a child with someone, you're always going to be respectful of that. But the song 'I Bet' was honestly inspired by my life experiences - I can't just say it's from one experience.

Tony Buzan

All children are much more intelligent than they are told they are or the school thinks they are; they just have different intelligences.

Sugata Mitra

It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information they have just discovered to people who may not already have it - an elderly grandmother, for instance.

Sugata Mitra

In most schools, we measure children on what they know. By and large, they have to memorize the content of whatever test is coming up. Because measuring the results of rote learning is easy, rote prevails. What kids know is just not important in comparison with whether they can think.

William Korman

I take no issue with why she chose not to work here. But to then insult me by saying I'm not a real lawyer - that's offensive.

John O'Hurley

I am excited that I have been chosen as the host of such a television institution.

Joe Sparico

I guess she just chose me to lean on. I'm just glad she's happy and home now.

Kevin Bacon

Interestingly enough, (a decision of Atom's) is possibly part of the reason why we're unable to over-turn this rating because he chose to shoot it in one master,

Jean Chretien

chose to ignore or distort the clear evidence.

Charles Gibson

chose Pitcairn because of its people. They're friendly and they'll talk to you -- and I've learned a lot from them.

John Legend

I'm truly humbled that you chose me for this.

Aden Darity

I'm honored that they chose us to represent hip-hop.

Bob Cimmino

Iona did a great job recruiting him back in high school. Considering he chose St. John's and stayed close to home, I could definitely see Iona as a real possibility.

Andre Previn

I'm on very good terms with all my former wives.

John Hanson

It's great having a former Governor step up -- we're honored to have her as part of the team.

Kerry Healey

I don't think it's really good once you've lost an election to sit around, watch your former opponent, and swipe at them.

Laith Kubba

We have a policy to go after Iraqi funds whether they were abused by members of the former government or spent by international bodies.

Seth Godin

We've had people who were yoga instructors. ... We have a former marine, and we have everything in between,

Remi Oyo

The prerogative of the return of former President Taylor remains that of the Liberian people and government.

Katie Couric

But first this is the President's seventh, seventh trip to the hurricane zone and the former oilman is getting a real firsthand look at the devastation that's there.

H. Hunt

Get referrals from your former clients, and even join their organizations so that those members can be your clients.

Nathan Barankin

If someone holds incompatible offices, they have to vacate the former office.

Phil Jackson

He (Lakers owner Jerry Buss) knew what he was trying to get accomplished, but still in all, it never quite seems to match up.

Wanda Jackson

I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... not only were they personal friends.

Patty Douglas

To me, it's perfect. We're here, and Jerry is getting stronger again, and we are so grateful.

Bill Gray

Jerry Lamb was one of my heroes. He wouldn't let us lose.

Peter Roth

Jerry is the architect; Jonathan is the contractor.

Dennis McNally

I think Jerry would be very pleased by this.

Bob Lilley

Joey and J.J. matched up well up front. We were unlucky not to get a second and third.

Al Horford

Joe was all over the place. He was terrific.

Bobby Bowden

Joe is not with us and that's all that I can say about it.

Grant Stevenson

I knew I had Joe on the flank there with me.

Aaron Rowand

I'm going to try and pick my words nicely, because Joe might be reading this,

John Roberson

You can't tell there's pressure on Joe at all.

Alex Rodriguez

Any time you can be mentioned with Joe DiMaggio in any sentence, especially in this rich tradition of the Yankees, it makes you feel very humble. It's something that I'm proud of.

Michael Robinson

It's Joe Paterno. What more can I say. Who wouldn't want to play for Joe Paterno?

Hideki Matsui

It's getting better. I told Joe I could play. It's up to him.

Tony Oller

I've learned the truth in these sayings: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation' and 'The right project will find you'.

Dick Jauron

What I learned is you better win. When you win, you're pretty smart. When you don't, you're not.

Harry Campbell

I went from summer school to merit roll. I learned that the more you do in school, the better you will be in life.

Lauren Hutton

I was making $50 a week as a house model at Christian Dior for nine months before I learned that photographic models made $50 an hour!

Glenn Tilton

If there's anything I learned in 32 years in the oil business, it's not to speculate on oil prices.

Pokey Chatman

I learned a lot about basketball. I learned more about life.

Marcello Giordani

I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument.

Elizabeth Miller

I learned what invasive species I have. Even in my own backyard.

Chris Lee

I learned to swallow my pride. Swallow it and walk away.

Jonathan Lewis

In the locker room, on the bus, on the plane.

Steve Mariucci

They feel sick in that locker room, because we thought we had it, thought we won it, and then it was not to be, ... It tests your resiliency.

Pierre Turgeon

There's been a lot of movement. Obviously, getting in the locker room before games, you're going to have to look at the lineup to see who's your side.

Chad Ambuehl

It was really important for us to come out of the locker room with a lot of intensity. And those quick shots we made right out of the locker room were really big for us.

Phillip Fulmer

We're going to miss him in the locker room as a leader. I know Jason. He'll be around and part of what we're trying to do.

Larry Brown

With this win, in that locker room, they needed something positive.

Mike Vrabel

I've always tried to think that it was an unwritten rule that you never try to put yourself in another team's locker room.

Tiki Barber

There's no strife in this locker room, nothing that's going to provide any distractions. And that's the most important thing right now.

Ruth Gordon

. L-I-V-E. LIVE! Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.

Ken Dodd

I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside

Randy Johnson

You can't do that. This is a pennant race game. ... This is a disgrace. This is disgraceful.

Jesse Ventura

I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.

Donte Whitner

Penn State's using (Williams) like we use Ted.

George Cooper

Penn Singers is well established, so we're lucky. We have a regular rehearsal space. But I hear stories from other groups. There's a lot of competition.

Jim Tressel

We always look at Penn State as good,

James Jones

We did not play fundamentally sound defensively, and we got out-rebounded 34-29 by a minus-two Penn team.

Sergei Bubka

His statements are really crazy, we are really shocked.

E. O. Wilson

I was completely surprised at his statement (to resign).

Will Durant

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Taro Aso

international responsibilities and the state of reconstruction work.

Roger Gerlach

I just thought every year you were going to go to the state tournament, as if there weren't other teams out there that also want to go.

Jim Hood

In doing so, they have defrauded the state of Mississippi,

George Pataki

I'm very proud of what we've done with the State University and the City University. They're totally different institutions than they were when I took office.

Estelle

I'm never scared to ask a question or state the obvious, y'know.

Dave McCoy

I'm real ecstatic. This the first time we've won in the state team tournament. We did very well. I was kind of surprised." ()