Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jon Gruden

He's a real quick study. He's a bright guy. He's a very talented athlete. He's big. He's fast. . . . Alex Smith has a real bright future here.

Jerry Moore

He's just inconsistent, ... That's understandable because he's a freshman. Matt sometimes kicks it like (former All-America) Harold Alexander and sometimes he kicks it like I do. But he has an extremely strong leg.

Marc Crawford

I thought Alex did things well with the puck, saw pucks well and fought to keep position. And he found some pucks in scrambles and he fought off screens where he made himself big.

Matt Hasselbeck

I'm not worried at all about Shaun because like we've all seen, Shaun Alexander plays his best games in the spotlight. When games are the biggest he seems to play his best. And we've never played a game this big.

Joe Torre

In games that Alex does not contribute with his bat, he's helped us win ballgames, so I think that should be part of the equation. I think it's a part David doesn't have.

Chris Draft

I know that you've got to watch yourself with that offensive line. They're going to chop you and cut you. Alex Gibbs is a 'consultant.' His whole philosophy is, 'Whatever we can do that they won't call.' Now, there's a lot of gray area in there, so they're chopping people all over the place.

John Lucas

I know Alex wouldn't have wanted us to be out there thinking of him the whole time and not working. He'd want us to go out there and win.

Eric Hinske

I'm not in competition with Alex (Rios). Writers keep asking if we like each other and, yeah, we like each other a lot. But all this is out of our hands. All any of us can do is go out there and play when our name's in the lineup.

Doug Kilby

The corner kick right before half was nice and the minute Alex hit that corner, I said that's a great ball. Ben went hard and it was a super head - you couldn't have a better corner to a head. That's real soccer. It just went boom.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

Russia does not have a modern economy: it's a petro-power. The only thing it sells that the world wants to buy is oil and natural gas. When was the last time anyone bought a Russian computer? A Russian car? A Russian cell phone? Russia is so dependent on high energy prices that if oil falls below $100 a barrel, the Kremlin can't meet payroll.

Fernando Alonso

I was lucky that I was not fighting with anyone so I took the race quite easy. But for us, second place is good. The target for the last six or seven races was to be on the podium.

Steve Schmidt

Kerry's statements to Dubuque voters make it clear that he will say anything to anyone at any time if he thinks it will help him score political points,

Robert LeBlanc

Knowing these people, most of them are hunters, trappers, farmers, they're not going to wait on FEMA or anyone else. They're going to do what they need to do. They're used to primitive conditions.

Rick Riordan

Kids ask me questions. You'd think after doing this for four years, I would have heard every single question anyone could think of to ask, but no, every time, they surprise me, they ask me something I never thought of before.

Garrett Gomez

I wouldn't say I thought I had the race won. It was all in the way he was going to respond to me when we turned for home. Once we headed to about the three-eighths pole, he seemed to start to come back to me a little bit more than I liked. And I said, 'I'm going to go now.' I thought I went fast enough that as long as I had him going I wouldn't give anyone a chance to even get close to him.

Mark Shapiro

I wouldn't say I'm surprised by Cliff's development, but I am a little surprised by the pace of it. He's an extremely competitive guy. He's made a ton of adjustments since last season, but I don't think anyone could have anticipated (that he'd get this good, this fast).

Shauna Dunlap

I would urge anyone who has information about this individual or about the robbery to contact us and prevent this individual from striking again.

Jonathan Evison

I write as a matter of need - seven books and God knows how many short stories before anyone published me.

David Stern

I would say that the city is making it pretty clear of what they want us to do, and we'll accommodate them.

Leslie Brunell

I would say we're talking several to many years before the city can be rebuilt.

Jason Wiemer

I talked to (assistant coach) Rich Preston and expressed some interest. I knew I wanted to come back here and wanted to make sure they knew that. It worked out well. I enjoyed playing here, I love the city and liked the guys here. I looked at the team, watched them play in the playoffs. It was something I wanted to be a part of.

Mike Shanahan

I think it's a better system. There are more opportunities, and because teams have to come to your city to do the interviews, it can be done without conflicting with what you're trying to get done.

Bill Hopkins

It always concerns me when a homegrown company like Roanoke Electric Steel gets tied up with management control outside the city and state.

Jay Clark

I actually got into Mason City on Dec. 17. I really won't know about Mason City until I get back from Christmas.

John Burke

He controlled the night in the city of Albany. Everything had to go through him, whether you were working with another agency, you had to go through him. If you wanted to make an arrest, you had to go through him, unless, of course, a cop witnessed a crime.

Sunny Mindel

He is recognized as the mayor who led the city from being described as ungovernable to being an international symbol of urban renaissance. Why? Because of the unprecedented record reductions in taxes, homicides and welfare numbers, and the improvement in the quality of life for all New Yorkers.

Greg Ellis

Guys were actually talking about the Kansas City game.

Jay Alford

I was looking to them as the guys that make the plays and run around and get to the ball. So that's what I'm trying to do this year.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

John Doherty

Kevin threw three picks early, but he stayed the course, ... He's our No. 1 man and he kept the rest of the guys pushing. He didn't let anything get to him.

Tim Hanson

Jake is a very talented freshman. Our varsity lineup has some guys that will be running varsity for the first time, so it will be interesting to see.

DeShaun Foster

Just like those two guys were different kinds of backs, we got the same thing here,'' Skipper says.

Stan Gaines

He can tell guys to hit the weight room because he's in the weight room. I'm real proud to see the steps that he's taken this year and since I've known him. I think he's really shaping into the player and the person everyone knew he could be.

Ron Lee

He can run, but he can't cut. He knows what we're doing, so there's no rush and some other guys who need it are getting reps.

Main Street

Have you noticed that guys wear white socks even after Labor Day?

Randy Johnson

Have you guys seen anything like it? ... It's frustrating.

Glen Mason

Just when you think you've seen it all, here comes something else in football,

Ronnie Arnold

Just when you think you've seen it all.

Joe White

He didn't put them anyplace that they could be seen by children.

John DeLuca

There are so many other things for us to talk about that it just hasn't come up, ... We'll say 'How's it going?' and that's about it. By the end of the day, we've usually seen each other's work, anyway.

Naveen Chopra

What we've seen today is shocking. Ultimately it's down to how we keep strengthening our system to make it more stringent.

Tony Plath

What we've seen is a lot of pent-up demand.

Dave Leitao

He's having not only a career, but particularly this season, a year for the ages. I've watched it, I've studied it on film and now I've seen it in person.

Jarome Iginla

He was great. He made some very big saves. I have seen him play before and he is a big player.

Paul Cummings

I don't know what to say. I've never seen someone do this, either.

Michael Bennet

I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.

Seth Greenberg

Deron Washington is a wonderful kid. What he did was wrong and I can't condone it.

Armstrong Williams

In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations.

David Remnick

Washington as a Surveyor. We should have been clearer.