Famous Quotes & Sayings

Greg Anthony

Right now with the roster as it exists, they're nowhere near contending. They're not even contending for the playoffs. That's going to be a tough pill to swallow for (Garnett). When you look up and you're now 30, and you don't see the team contending, it's hard. It's going to be a big dilemma for Kevin and those guys in what direction they go in.

Chad Bradford

New York is a great situation for me. I worked with Rick Peterson in Oakland and I know what he can do. With all the off-season additions, I'm sure the Mets will be contending for a playoff spot and I want to do all I can to help.

Steve McKinney

We were supposed to be contending for a playoff spot right now. Instead, we're contending for the No. 1 pick in the draft. Our fans are kind of frothing at the mouth over it.

Herb Sendek

Eric Williams was sensational. Right from the outset we had a difficult time contending with him.

Dennis Ross

That's the new struggle of our time, and we have to frame it that way to understand what we're contending with and why it's so important for us not to fail.

Rudy Tomjanovich

I don't need to belabor it. I love where I'm at. I love what I'm doing. I've got a contending team. Just because I had a history with them and because I talked with them doesn't mean that I want to coach.

Dan Callahan

Our starting pitching was, to put it bluntly, lousy this weekend. We know we're having some defensive problems, but we can't expect to be a contending team in the Valley with starting pitching like that.

Kimo Oelhoffen

We've contended four out of five years for the Super Bowl. You get to a point where contending just isn't enough.

Gil Brandt

He didn't work out like a tight end would work out, but he worked out like a defensive or offensive lineman. He's an intriguing guy, a good guy to look at.

Lou Dawkins

He could easily have gotten more time early, but he didn't understand our defensive philosophy. The one thing we say here is if you don't play defense, you don't play. You can always have an off night shooting, but you can always play defense.

Sam Simpson

He can run. He can catch. He can block, ... He's our long-snapper and he plays as well on the defensive side as he does on offense.

Ed Nottle

Hector had a nice game at shortstop for us. I felt Eugene Julien was a little rusty out there, so I gave him the night off. Hector made some nice defensive plays in the field, got a big hit and drove in a big run.

Lanny Smith

He killed us. We had some breakdowns in our defensive rotations, which we usually don't do.

Gary Powers

You have to finish the job. That is how you win. There is a real fine line between winning and losing and it is just about execution. Whether it is offensive execution or defensive execution or making a pitch in a key situation, that is the key to success. Young teams need to figure that out so they know what to put their focus on when the situation arises.

James Smith

He's a solid defensive player at third base. He's a good offensive hitter with a little pop to his bat.

Tom Suelzle

I thought we had a very good defensive effort. We read the passing lanes well. We trapped well. When we did steal the ball, we pushed it up the floor and scored.

Trevor Doughty

I thought we had a great defensive effort. The kids kept their poise whenever they were being very deliberate with the basketball. They stayed very composed.

Terri Johnson

Kirby is playing really well for us. We expected him to play at this level, he just got a late start with football. That three at the end of the third quarter was huge.

James Sullivan

Kids will reach whatever expectation you set for them.

Jim McDonnell

Kids come and they have no expectation that there's anything like that when they're feeding the ducks, ... You can imagine what could occur.

Lynn Gray

I would think you would expect a lot more than (1,000). They may have 10,000 people out there.

Brian Fuentes

I would not say I was surprised with the success I had. I have worked hard and I expect to do well. I would never have expected to be in an all-star game. That was not a goal going into the season. That was something extra.

Paul Kim

I would say it was a shock. I think a lot of people expected him to remain in tenure for at least another two or three years.

Fernando Clavijo

Keel is one of those kids, we didn't expect much, and every day he keeps improving.

Stone Gossard

J was open to our style from the get-go. They weren't expecting us to do something that was unnatural for us.

Dave Redden

Jon doesn't realize how good he is. He could've finished higher up in the pack. I liked that he finished high up there, but I really expect a whole lot more out of him.

John Flaherty

He's been pitching better, but tomorrow is going to be a big one. You don't want to say 'must win,' but we need this one tomorrow. Hopefully, he'll come out on top of his game.

Derrick Landrus

Pitching should be one of our strengths. We have a lot of depth.

Mike Allard

Pitching is going to be our strongest asset.

Jason Bay

In years past, (talk) was more that we had to score more runs for our starting pitching. Now, it's more that we're going score some runs, can the starting pitching keep us in games?

A.J. Pierzynski

In the end, our pitching was amazing. I don't know if you'll ever see it again.

Roger Clemens

I planned on pitching the whole time, ... No way I was going to run out on the team.

Johnny Damon

They're a team that's going to be very scary. If their pitching stays healthy, they're going to be very, very good.

John Schuerholz

It wasn't shocking. It wasn't unexpected. It's a disappointing development. He was a real big part of our pitching staff and pitched sensationally the first part of the season.

Frank Robinson

The thing about the pitching staff right now is it's taxed. It's overtaxed. It's tired.

Nick Saban

Guys, let's get off this starting quarterback thing.

Anquan Boldin

I think we are just starting to get where we need to be.

Marcus Williams

I think that we know we're good. I wouldn't say it's 100 percent, but we're starting to see flashes.

Rob Niedermayer

I didn't want to go. I really wanted to stay. Things were starting to go well. I was pretty disappointed when I got traded.

Rick Warren

God is not just the starting point of your life; he is the source of it.

Julie Myers

Investigators are now starting to see more home-grown or self-produced pornography.

Lupita Nyong'o

As actors, you become an expert at starting over.

Greg Zenerovitz

Steve started a little high. He's starting to find his rhythm.

Chris Mihm

It's pretty tender right now. It's kind of frustrating. It was just starting to feel really good.

Brad Richards

I would say it was one of the better teams I've seen.

Trey Smith

Just the way they work together was really unique. A lot of other teams don't have that.

Dave Orlandini

He can penetrate. He can take it to the hole. Other teams have to worry about him.

James Spithill

Going to the gym on my own I struggle with, but when I'm in there with a teammate or a group of guys, it's the ultimate environment.

Alejandro Canizares

He's a valuable player. He's one of the top three on the team, so we had a much weaker team this week.

Sergei Samsonov

He's a terrific player. He's tricky. He makes a lot of plays. He makes that team a lot better. Him being out of their lineup works to our advantage.

Matt Wichorek

I was down on myself. Our team was all over the place.

Willie Williams

We just have to go there and finish. This is a different team from 1995 and, hopefully, we will have a different result.

Stephen Cervantez

We treat every team the same. We just try to play our game.

Reid Hoffman

We don't celebrate failure in Silicon Valley. We celebrate learning

James Altucher

It's in the valley of failure that we sow our seeds of success.

Lloyd Bridges

Bear Valley is the hidden treasure of the Sierra.

John Wooden

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

Chris Hughes

I didn't know anything about Silicon Valley.