Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Fischer

When I won the world championship, in 1972, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.

Albert Pujols

I learned to play (baseball) on the streets in the Dominican Republic when I was 8 yrs old.

Albert Pujols

I try to spend as much time as possible with God and my family. That's more important than anything I'm doing in baseball.

Don Drysdale

Where do you want it?

Dylan O'Brien

I love baseball - 'Moneyball' was my favorite book when I was 13.

Higinio Velez

The President did not demand us to win the tournament, but he told us that we should play well, and teach the world how baseball is played in Cuba.

Ron Gardenhire

We'll have a little 'pump-'em-up' meeting and then go play baseball. We'll be putting in the whole defensive package. That's where it's fun for me.

Chairon Isenia

Those guys were just like the rest of us; they were there to represent their country and play baseball. They're just human beings. It's (Cuban leader Fidel) Castro who's bad.

Willie Randolph

We'll know where we are by the end of this trip and then we'll still have to go home and finish strong. A lot can happen, but the way the schedule sets up, regardless of how this trip finishes up, we still have a lot of baseball to play.

Tatum Bell

We've been working on it all off- season. I've just got to find a way to get in there like the coaches always say. . . . Can't make no excuses.

John Jones

We'll survey all the incoming coaches to find out how many (hotel) rooms they use and where they stay.

Jim Hall

Where I get frustrated is when we use government tax dollars to identify problems, we have developed a solution with our government tax dollars, but we have a reluctance to step in and mandate the solutions. What we lack sometimes is the political will to eliminate some of the risks that are still out there.

Brian Jones

The September report was taken too early to get the full effect.

Barry Trotz

Early in the year we were getting a lot of grief from people, saying you're playing some teams that aren't quite as strong. But they were strong teams, we just sort of got their number early.

Ramon Ortiz

Early in the year, we know what happened. I didn't feel too good. I was scared about the groin. I feel good now, and everything is working. I don't feel anything in the leg.

Terry Cornett

We just started slow. We didn't take it to them early like we did in the first game.

Julie Hansen

We just figured kids would still be in school so they wouldn't be able to sneak in early to the mall and sort of hide out in these places. It's just a slight modification.

Ken Jr.

We were like, 'OK, if we can get out to an early lead, put some pressure on and let Roger relax and have some fun.

Li Na

I felt sad because everyday I had to wake up early to practice before going to school. After school I had to go back to tennis again, and then after tennis I had homework. I didn't have time to play.

Ron Noedel

Last year what happened is we jumped on them early and got her frustrated. Today was a whole different story. We couldn't get to her today and she just got really strong.

Don Hill

So it's been growing and thriving. But Jerry's in his early 60s now, and he's been wanting to retire.

Michael Beasley

It was an honor to be a part of history, but honestly I don't remember all the games we've played. I do remember the trips, though, and that's what we will miss the most ? all those good times.

Rita Atkinson

We've had one practice. I gave them Saturday off. We're going to keep doing what we do. You don't have a week or two weeks off to plan like the Super Bowl. We're just going to try to win with our original game plan.

Rick Binder

We'll just keep working and just try to get back. We don't play a league game for a while, so we need to get our rotation right.

David Walker

We'll help them stage the game as much as we can, and we're happy to do that for them. These are unique circumstances.

Andrew Morris

Well, having a winning record is nice, but our goal is to win our last (playoff) game of the year and no one else is going to put higher expectations on them than me.

Rex Grossman

We all didn't play the game that we practiced and got ready for. What can I say?

Robert Tucker

Every single time we win a game (on TV), I have about 200 e-mails from guys saying, 'Good job. I want to send you a tape,'

Derek Jeter

Every game you lose is a missed opportunity, every one of them. At this point, we have 20-something games, and every single game is important, whether we're playing Tampa or playing Boston, Toronto or Baltimore.

Joel Retornaz

Every game we win is a surprise for us. But we're just proud winning games for the curling.

Claire Danes

I don't know any celebrated people that register in a big way who aren't unique.

Chris Martin

A band's only unique thing is its chemistry, especially if none of you are prodigious players or particularly handsome. The one thing you have is your uniqueness, so we hold on to that.