Famous Quotes & Sayings

Israel Idonije

As a child, I always said I was going to be a professional basketball player like Michael Jordan.

Jerry Graybeal

Reaching 500 games is a great accomplishment. That's a lot of games for any coach. She's a great example of stability in our women's basketball program and it has translated to success on the floor. Carla has been a great representative of Weber State as a player and coach for more than 25 years.

Tony Parker

Definitely difficult to lose him. He was coming back very well. He was starting to play very well. He was playing good basketball so it is hard to lose him again.

Herb Kohl

No two umpires, or no two referees, have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game, ... And ballplayers and basketball players understand that, depending upon who the umpire is and who the referee is, the game can be called entirely differently.

Matt Thissen

San Diego isn't a hard place to want to go to school. It's a good school. Their basketball program has been down lately, but eight years ago they were a top 25 team. Their coach left to go coach her alma mater at Ohio State. I guess she decided she liked the weather better in San Diego and now she's back.

Lamar Butler

I've played football in a gym but I've never played basketball in a football stadium.

Steve Alford

It was the same scenario. The last 5 minutes, I just thought they were the tougher basketball team.

Chauncey Billups

It was a little different, but I'm happy to see those guys getting some important minutes, playing down the stretch when it really counted. Those minutes are when you really grow. Any move you make could be the best or worst move.

Adam Cole

It was a challenge just to play college basketball. But it's definitely rewarding now. When it ends like this, it's all worthwhile.

Joe Ridout

The most shocking thing about this is the reforms we were looking for were so modest. They were nothing more than bringing cell phone companies in line with the standards that consumers expect in their other commercial interactions.

Michael Wright

THE RON CLARK STORY is the true story of one teacher's courage to leave his small hometown and head to one of the most challenging public schools in the country. We are proud to have an actor the caliber of Matthew Perry bringing his talents to such a memorable, inspirational story.

Tori Kelly

After I shower and put in all my products, I hang out with the diffuser with my head flipped over for five to seven minutes. But before I use a hair dryer, I'll towel-dry my hair. Actually, drying your hair with an old T-shirt is a great trick. It helps to get all the extra water out, without bringing on frizz.

Winnie Pooh

We have people who come back year after year, ... Parents who brought their children are now bringing their grandchildren as well. One family has been coming for 45 years.

Janet Hubbell

The real focus here is bringing some sort of order.

Tim McGuire

The town will be the first to see it. Things always change and we want a firm plan before bringing it to the town. We want to find a project that works for everyone.

Bill Cowher

We mixed it up and did a good job of dropping eight and bringing pressure and trying to disrupt them and get them out of their rhythm. They hit some big plays there in the fourth quarter, and we were fortunate to get out of there with the win.

Italo Calvino

Bringing a child into the world makes sense only if this child is wanted consciously and freely by its two parents. If it is not, then it is simply animal and criminal behavior.

Jeff Evans

My teaching is by way of starting out with something small, bringing it big and then bringing it back locally,

Gerald Galloway

Major urban centers like Sacramento, like Los Angeles, remain protected only at the margin. Engineers and scientists have got to be fully involved in this decision process, this political process.

John Beilein

He's very, very quick. And in the Big East (Conference) you don't see that. Generally, the centers are more 6-10 to 7 feet, and 250-260 pounds. He's so quick and he's so active, there will be problems for us there.

Trudi Lacey

We are thrilled to have Tammy back with the Charlotte Sting. She has been an integral part of our team for the past five years and has continued to make improvements in her game to become one of the top centers in the league.

Steve Valdez

You can find out anything you want. We're hoping in the future to also be able to show you where the different neighborhood service centers and parks are. And after a couple of other departments join in, we'll be able to tell what programs are being offered at various parks and senior centers.

Frank Turner

What Lincoln wants to do is to create a mixed-use urban center. One of the questions the plan commission needs to consider is how many and how big and where should urban centers be the most appropriately located.

Rick Smolan

They're trying to put data centers in cold environments because they're actually generating so much heat now; they're using up so much electricity.

Barton Gellman

Iraq has the most extensive petrochemical industry in the Middle East and a wealth of vaccine factories, single-cell protein research labs, medical and veterinary manufacturing centers and water treatment plants.

Chip Conley

When people get into that fight-or-flight place, then they move away from the creative centers of their brain.

Linda Rosenstock

UCLA's School of Public Health is now poised to house one of the leading reproductive health and population centers in the United States. Thanks to the commitment and vision of the Bixby Foundation, we are able to develop and enhance programs that enrich our students' training and make a difference in people's lives.

Bob Howry

As a visiting player, it's motivating because you hear their fans get all excited and you want to quiet them down. And that's what we did tonight.

Hilery Walker

People get excited when we tell them that we're going to send the money down to New Orleans.

Sean Coste

The seniors are excited about it. Our players are excited about it. We can finish with a win. It would be four in a row.

Mark Slough

Sammy is excited to be back and I think they're excited to have him back.

Pat Green

I've probably played there about six times, over the last two years. It's one of my favorites -- I think it's incredible, ... I think that good music does well in New York City, and that's what I'm excited about.

Torey Lovullo

I've opened up in this stadium and it's been a tough go. We're excited to be going South and we're going as far South as we possibly can.

Acie Law

The way they have been playing, they are a hot team, and we'll have our hands full. But we are excited to be here and look forward to playing well.

Skip Prosser

That's for you guys to talk about. We're excited about who we have back.

Cynthia Rowley

You see guys on the street, and they're obviously kind of experimenting and excited about new things,

Elizabeth Morgan

I've seen a sprinkling of it over the years, but it's out front this year.

Ricky Davis

You saw it right here on the stand, ... Right in front of you.

Carlos Castaneda

There are worlds upon worlds, right here in front of us. And they are nothing to laugh at.

B. R. Hayden

We have a rule for that, but I don't have it in front of me,

George Chapman

As soon as you're here in front of those race cars, ... everything else kind of goes away.

Phil Cline

There's really only one way out and one way in. Once he's inside and by that front door, he's got them cornered.

Jorge Posada

There's nothing he could do. I'm right in front of the plate.

John Swiatek

We were learning what we were doing while we were doing it! We put a front office staff together, and we put a marketing plan together, and we just went for it.

Gene Simmons

When you are a rock star in front of 20,000 people, you receive instant gratification. A rock star on tour is a king in his domain.

Chairon Isenia

As a player, you feel good when someone remembers something like that.

Kurt Thomas

As long as I set a good pick and roll, get to the open spot, it's about me knocking down the shot. He knows when to find you.

Jared Bernstein

Our expectations have been pretty diminished. A good month used to be 300,000 more jobs and now it is 200,000.

Tim Parmeter

Offensively, if we don't turn it over, we're going to score, and we did a good job of that in the first half. We can shoot, so when we get a shot at the basket, good things are usually going to happen for us.

Don Kloth

Normally, we're a very good free-throw shooting team. But tonight, we weren't.

Dean Wagenaar

Normally we're a good 3-point shooting team but we weren't hitting anything today, so they just plugged up the middle and took Chad's shots away. We panicked a little in the third quarter but the kids held together. Bruce's kids are so disciplined, and they really know how to protect their floor.

Levi Leipheimer

After the first two mountain stages people realized Lance was as good as ever.

Annika Sorenstam

The momentum is not there. I hit a lot of good shots, but my good shots don't get close.

Deion Sanders

Do you want to talk to him? I'm teaching him how to handle the media, ... I tell him to open his mouth, talk loudly and properly, and have a good time. Right?

Lori Ulferts

I've seen tape of Shaw and they love to shoot the three. Their three guards shoot the three more than we shot them as a team.

Kelly Hawthorne

We have people who get us the ball. So many teams don't have someone who can get it inside. Our guards can handle the pressure.

Kiki Vandeweghe

Earl is one of the up-and-coming guards in this league. We're happy to have him.

Hollis Zhao

We've hired 12 security guards to keep order.

Paul Andrews

We saw they couldn't match up inside. I told our guards that if they didn't get it inside, they weren't going to play. One thing I've learned in 30 years is that threatening playing time is something that always works.

Gina Jones

Now that the truth is out, I want justice. I want the guards and nurse to be arrested.

Adam Barrett

She's one of the top point guards in the state.

Patrick Cinotte

She scores well, rebounds well, passes well and guards well. She's a total all-around player and she makes others better.

John Jay

Shoot, he plays every position on the court. He's just a guy who hurts you in whatever position he plays no matter who guards him.

Dennis Northcutt

As long as I'm doing what I'm supposed to do, and I'm going out and helping this team in any way, I'm going to be here, ... The only way I'm going to lose my job is if I'm messing up and not getting the job done.

Javier Solana

The solution of this problem is not only military, the solution has to be political.... We are prepared for the possibility of helping with a cease-fire,

Peter Briggs

The students get help they need, and we learn about the rest of the world by being involved with them.

Robert Reisz

So we are suggesting this was a relatively helpless little hatchling.

Juan Avila

Thank you to all the people who helped us get this house.

Kirby Moses

Ten of our 14 wrestlers scored points which helped us today. There were 15 teams and we didn't know what to expect. We were the smallest school there.

Danielle Jackson

Ryan has really stepped up and takes some of the pressure away from the rest of us. She's going to help a lot.

Daniel Burns

It was unbelievable, ... but I knew it was helping us.

Cheech Marin

It was about taking the show and shining a different light on it. Each monologue was like a separate jewel that I helped thread into a necklace.

Frank Whitlatch

Often times for very large gifts, there (are) naming rights attached.

Greg Ryan

The technology had not been obvious to larger companies, so that's how we were able to get the patent,

Jennifer Ehle

The Old Vic is a beautiful theater to work in. It's quite a large house, but it has a feeling of intimacy.

George Beranek

This is really pulling out the big guns. If you think about it, this is working at the margin with a very large volume, so it's going to have a very pronounced price effect.

Doug Parker

The weakness has been largely concentrated in the technology sector.

Bob Anderson

You're just not going to see these large corporations and large jobs.

Russ Kinnel

You need a large sum for it to work for you,

Timm Bechter

There could be a lot less spending. Most of the network build-out for larger telecom players is already done,

Enrique Pena Nieto

The United States is already Mexico's largest trading partner.

Jim Lushine

Rain will be as heavy, if not heavier. You don't want to be walking around out there with possible downed power lines and debris. It's not over until it's over.

John O'Brien

PPI this morning was in line with what was expected, showing low inflation.

Derrick Jensen

The big dividing line is not and has never been between those who advocate more or less militant forms of resistance, or between mainstream and grassroots activists. The dividing line is between those who do something and those who do nothing.

Damon Lindelof

In really, really good science fiction, the line between the science and the fiction is blurry.

Ayatollah Ali

Continuation of this stance and observing (these issues) as a red line is the only way for success.

Reggie McNeal

We missed him a little bit, ... but whoever is the second man in line has to step up and play.

Dan Harmon

There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.

Ani Difranco

Somedays the line I walk turns out to be straight - Other days the line tends to deviate.

Angela Sarafyan

I prefer for things to happen serendipitously, but honestly, I also love terrible pickup lines.

John Grammer

As coaches, we tell the players to make plays and that's what they did. We made some big plays to win at the end, especially Derek Carver.

Cheryl Burnett

Purdue has some players that, in the time of need, are really going to step up and want the basketball.

Rick Barnes

I've never seen players take so much pride in their schoolwork.

Pete Hald

I've never had three players at the same time who can score like they do.

Joe Gibbs

There are players there that you wished you could have on your squad. . . . I had some tough conversations today,

David Noel

Big players show up in big times games. That's the type of player he's been all year.

Joe Legerski

We've had a lot of different players step up for us (in the post).

O. Henry

We want to get players into the NPC as soon as possible,

Jerry Angelo

To get valued players you have to be willing to give value.

Brian Carlwell

My visit was good, and I just wanted to get the recruiting over with.

Terry Gough

I don't know what it is. Recruiting is crazy.