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.

Daniel Gibson

The standards we've set allows guys like Kevin to know we're a program on the rise. We had one of the best seasons in Texas basketball history, and we want to carry on the legacy.

Joel Pardalis

The situation was that we down 15 points at the half. We decided to play our worst first half of basketball all year.

Greg Amodio

The situation here involves bringing people together. The program has been down basketball-wise for a long time. The easy way to break the ice is with a sense of humor. Not making light of it, but using it to break the ice. Personality and having a sense of humor helps generate people's interest and puts them at a sense of ease.

Dan Fuller

The selection panel had a daunting task to choose 20 players for the game, but we do fell that this group of young, talented players will put on an excellent display of basketball skill and good sportsmanship.

Mick Cronin

The struggles of Louisville and Kentucky are aberrations. That shows you the state of the game in college basketball. With kids going to the pros left and right, it's hard to maintain stability.

Joe Reilly

The sidelines are out of control. We have two cameramen out there, and I'm hoping they'll at least let us have one. But you wonder what they're worried about. Cameramen or players getting hurt? Basketball is more dangerous because you have cameramen sitting right under the basket, and the players only have two or three feet to stop.

Marin Cilic

Probably around 14, when I was finishing primary school. I'm coming from a pretty small city in Croatia, not too many options to train, not too many players. So I had to either choose to stay at home to do more school or move to Zagreb to the national training center. That was when I made decisions to do something better in tennis.

Arnaldo Otegi

We did not choose violence, but there is no other path.

Jon Katz

Personally, I don't want to own a dog that inspires fear. I choose my dogs carefully, have their temperaments observed and evaluated, train and socialize them day after day. Yet I know any dog can be unpredictable.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

Every decision we make - when we choose a vehicle, when we pump gas into that vehicle, when we order food - is not just a personal lifestyle choice. It's an environmental and moral choice.

David McWilliams

When there were unlimited scholarships, we were able to pick and choose and take more of the elite guys. Now it's not the numbers, it's who. Not all of those top guys were going to come to Texas.

Joseph Joubert

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she were a man

Rachel Brosnahan

No one should ever be forced to choose between food and education, or medicine and shelter when they don't have the resources. It's very unfair.

Chuck Hagel

No one knows what the country -- or the party -- will be looking for when we get ready to choose a new president.

Scott Kennedy

I don't think he would have visited Florida on the last weekend before signing day if he wasn't serious about them. But he can still only choose one team, and I think he ends up choosing Alabama.

Preston Beckman

I think the thing with Thursday night is, it's not the daunting night it used to be. Everyone feels they can go in and make some noise.

Kent Perkins

It's a daunting task, but they're very successful.

Ralf Rangnick

After a display like that we can not just go back to normal,

Mike Jones

It is a wonderful gift. All we've got to do is get the room to display a lot of this stuff.

Joe Davis

I would love to see it in the Hall of Fame, display it somewhere where everybody can see it, because it's about the ultimate memorabilia piece you could own.

Joe Mackey

He's got a lot of heart. That was on display tonight.

Bob Johnson

I can get a piece of fruit or a vegetable or produce or whatever and I can find various recipes for that particular item, and it can display that recipe, print it out, take it home, use that recipe, and we're integrating that with the locator system to show where all the ingredients are within the store for that recipe.

Phil Jones

It's just a wonderful display of how well she was liked.

Vikram Seth

The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of what you know, and the other nine-tenths isn't visible and never mind if that part is pure styrofoam!

Granger Whitelaw

The race will be an hour-and-a-half-firework display in the sky.

Ann Widdecombe

As far as I'm concerned, William has been an excellent leader. He's a staying leader.

Karen Peterson

People think prices are going to go down and the statistics keep telling us they're not. They need to buy. We have an excellent inventory, excellent interest rates. What are they waiting for?

Brian Leonard

People that really know the game know we have an excellent team.

Michael DeBakey

After reviewing all facts, I am pleased to say that the operation is needed, that it shall provide excellent results,

Jerome Meyer

After five years of excellent financial performance, we are extremely disappointed with these results,

Diane Feinstein

strength, experience, leadership and judgment to be an excellent president.

Gary Larkins

Teams can come in and play two or three games at excellent sites.

Rhys Ifans

I've worked with Hollywood stars, but the reason most of the Hollywood stars I've worked with are Hollywood stars is that they're excellent actors, so I've been very lucky.

Travis Paquet

It was an excellent game. It was 8-8 at the end of the first and 18-14 at the half.

Vidal Querol

The slope was so steep that when one person stumbled, they fell like dominoes.

Tony Martin

I think I sound like a fella who's always making a plea through his music. Sort of a plea of sincerity.

Marvin Imel

Dr. Stratton also had a practice in an office just south of the post office and served the Odd Fellows for about 50 years.

Jonathan Levine

'Warm Bodies' was a more long-term thing; I had to write the script, who knew if it was every really going to happen, if I'd find the right actors, and so on, so I grabbed '50/50' because I just fell in love with it.

Nancy Mitford

Twenty-three and a quarter minutes past," Uncle Matthew was saying furiously, "in precisely six and three-quarter minutes the damned fella will be late

Scott Niedermayer

We fell on the wrong end of the stick on a lot of the calls.

Robert Browning

Lied is a rough phrase; say he fell from truth

Bob Yagge

She's very tough, she's a very competitive pitcher. We were just prepared better in that inning for her. We prepared the whole game for her, but that inning everything kind of fell into place.

Gary Hall

But instead we fell back on our heels and got too disappointed.

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.

Wes Walz

Randy complements our line. He sees the ice really well. When the puck comes around the wall, he's got a good set of hands. He can get a lot of loose pucks out to Gabby.

Matt Miller

Ralph is a good and honorable man and we recognize all the good he has done. But we also recognize that it is time to move forward.

Ted McIntyre

Rawlings threw really well. That was really good to see. She pitched strong and really looked comfortable out there.

Robert Friedland

Promoting a stock is like making a movie. You've got to have stars, props, and a good script.

Tetsu Emori

Production in the Gulf has risen dramatically and refinery input has also risen, these are good selling factors.

David Hemmings

Producing is a thankless task akin to hotel management. Unfortunately, there are not too many good hotel managers.

Guillaume Duchesne

Profits have been good and are lifting stocks.

Kenneth Prewitt

are groups not likely to use the Internet.

Edward Lincoln

So there's a different group of people managing the Japan relationship.

Bill Cowher

I've been waiting a long time to do this. This is yours, man. This is special group of coaches, a special group of players and I was a small part.

Kevin Wilson

Things have changed; we have a different group there. We have to put them (offensive linemen) in better positions, and we're going to do that as a team.

Joe Bline

This is a tremendous run for any group of kids.

Shelia Smith

This is the first time we have ever reached the second round here. This is a different group than what we've had in the past, but we still seemed a little nervous today.

Lao Tzu

The well-run group is not a battlefield of egos.

John Orgren

This group of 60-year-olds is probably the healthiest and wealthiest group of so-called retirees ever.

Karin Leary

This group knew they would not be making the trip upstate if they lost today and that was huge for them. They knew this could be it and they were not going to let that happen. They know where they want to go.

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 Jacques

Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill.

Diane Cilento

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.

Artur Davis

Mitt Romney, happens to have the exact skill set that the next president's going to require.

Brian Van Holt

Meryl Streep's got talent, she's got skills. I'm sure she wants to be on 'Cougar Town,' right?

Eckhart Tolle

To make money, to gather knowledge, to learn a new skill, to explore new territory, even to get from A to B - for all these things you need time. For almost everything you need time, except for one thing: to embrace the present moment.

Dale Archer

To my knowledge, there have been no studies done on the effects of antidepressants and altitude. But it is hugely important to find out if there are side effects. We should also find out what are the effects on fine motor skills and reaction time. These are all important questions that should be assessed.

Dale Carnegie

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

Ally Carter

Waiting. Like it or not, it's a skill all spies have to master eventually.

Ally Carter

Learn her skills, honor her sword, and keep her secrets.

John Connolly

Norton-Knight is a very talented player. He's versatile. He did very well at the weekend.

Pat Riley

There's not many who have a better or more talented (trio).

Dan Hendricks

I think this is a very deep, talented group.

Mike Sillinger

He always makes the right shot, the right move. He's a talented young player.

Tommy Bowden

He's as talented a tight end as we've had here in a while, but doesn't understand the tempo.

Elie Wiesel

The primary task of a Jew in turbulent times is to be Jewish.

Bill Belichick

The toughest task now is, 'How are you going to top this?' Because we're going to win another one.

Giles Morgan

We went back on task at 8.00 this morning.

Andre Gide

The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.

Theodor Adorno

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

Paulo Coelho

It is Easy to be a Hater. Go for the difficult Task: be a Lover!

Lars Trier

I give myself a task. This time, the task was to do a musical.

James C. Collins

Start a 'Stop Doing' list. I'll leave it as an existential dilemma on whether to put that task on your To Do list

Eugene H. Peterson

The task of the prophet is not to smooth things over but to make things right.