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.

Doc Sadler

I've always thought this team had a chance to be pretty good. The thing that concerns me is offensively, I don't know how much we can win without shooting the basketball better.

Jeff Ruland

I've actually yelled at kids from a basketball purist standpoint. I don't want to see a kid shoot the ball every time down the court. It's disgusting.

Joe Johnson

I've actually been enjoying myself but I've just got to get the basketball side going. It really feels like back home. When this thing turns around, it really is going to be crazy.

Vincent Grier

I wanted to do whatever it took to win this basketball game, and that's what it was. They feed on Daniel Horton getting off, because he has so much freedom in the offense. You have to limit the fouls, because he's a great free-throw shooter and great all-around player.

David Grewe

I wanted to do it in the worst way, and it just worked out. I think it's going to be special, kind of like hockey did and basketball did.

Jamie Pollard

I wanted an individual who had a sincere passion for being the next Cyclone men's basketball coach. One coach emerged as the clear cut favorite . . . (and that's) Greg McDermott.

Jimmy Kimmel

Oh, great, ... Three people beating me up. Maybe it isn't such a great idea.

Don Pooley

I've played well every week, but there's this one guy that's been beating me every week.

Chris Davis

I've really seen myself as a top scorer but more as role player. With my speed, I've gotten a lot of chances at the net, getting close in on the net, beating defensemen wide and getting breakaways. I like to call myself sort of a gritty player. I use my speed to get in there in the corners, but also I like to show a little bit of grit, get in there and throw the body around a little bit. I'm not the biggest guy out there, but I still like to throw a couple of hits.

Igor Andreev

There are a lot of good players here, so I'm happy to be where I am. After beating the No. 4 seed in the first round, I've grown in confidence. I've learned how to fight for the important points.

Gerris Wilkinson

We've had trouble going out and beating a team we should beat. This is where we have to stop the trend that we've had in the past few years.

Lonnie Starks

We've had some great practices, but we're beating up on each other. We're ready to play someone else.

David Smith

Every district game is critical and will prove to be exciting. We were highly competitive in every game last year even beating former state champion Dallas St. Mark's.

Deryll Rohda

Beating Watkins Memorial was probably our main highlight because they were ranked second in the Division II (area coaches poll) at the time.

Michelle Nelson

Beating Vista was really important to us. It wouldn't have been as much fun if we had lost because we would have had that fresh in our minds.

Greg Gibson

Ramon has had some offers for colleges and every meet that he does well in is another feather in his hat. We're proud of him.

Steve Morgan

I've worked on my punting the most this summer, ... I'm trying to get my steps down because punting is all about rhythm. In college I've had to learn to kick it one way in one situation, then kick it another in a different situation. This year I'm definitely more comfortable with my punting.

Becky O'Brien

It was a lot different than a high school meet, where there are six teams, at the most, outside of states. There were so many colleges and people who were at a high level, but it was a great experience. I can't say how great it was.

Kevin Cory

This is not only a big win for Elena personally but also for UNLV tennis. She bounced back from a tough loss on Sunday (in college competition) and represented her school and program very well tonight.

Matt Young

The whole idea of designing a vessel like a sub in my first year of college really interested me.

Mike Brady

The whole are is unique because we have lots...overlooking the park and others near Collin County Community College and others by two churches. It's not like a typical subdivision with back-to-back lots. It's a unique opportunity.

Karen Moore

This gift will expand the health education and take our community and the outreach this college does to even greater heights.

Don Patterson

That's his background. He was expected to go to college regardless of whether or not he played football.

Michael Smith

Ain't too many 14-year-olds that come and tell you they want to play big-time college football. I never have to tell him how hard he's got to work.

Dan Wheldon

It was very difficult to race under circumstances like this. This is a job that can be pretty vicious at times with a lot of highs mixed in.

Elena Dementieva

It was very difficult to play with this kind of serve, ... I have no excuse for serving like that.

Elena Dementieva

It was very difficult to play today. I think Maria was able to handle the situation and play with the wind better.

Chris Ward

It was very difficult to do, but you knew in the back of your head that you had to do it, that you couldn't tell anybody,

Fred Scaletta

It was very difficult for that manned tower to actually see there because of the lighting. The lighting lights the ground very well, but it doesn't light the wall very well.

Brian Steidle

It was very difficult for me to sit there and watch and grit my teeth and do nothing.

Albena Denkova

It was very difficult championship. We are very happy we succeeded this time. It's a victory of all small countries.

Dennis Rodman

It was very difficult being in that house, just sitting around talking about this and that and smoking cigars. But I enjoyed this and I love Britain.

Marty Holah

It was tough, three weeks away is quite difficult - you've got the travels, the time difference, the new environment, the weather and so many other things.

Brad Garrett

I feel very, very grateful. I'm a lucky guy, you need a lot of luck, and then when the cameras roll, you have to have this group of writers, directors, and actors that just gel, and it seems to literally be happening more and more.

Celia Rivenbark

And I reminded myself that it's easy to be grateful for the obvious blessings in life, much harder to be grateful for the tough moments and the lessons they teach.

Conor McGregor

Be passionate, be optimistic, be grateful.

Conor McGregor

Appreciate your surroundings and be grateful for it and that's when good things happen.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

What is happiness and unhappiness? It depends so little on the circumstances; it depends really only on what happens inside a person. I am grateful for every day and that makes me happy.

Eckhart Tolle

When you accept what is, you are grateful for whatever situation arises,

William Wordsworth

There is a luxury in self-dispraise;And inward self-disparagement affordsTo meditative spleen a grateful feast.

Dale Evans

Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.

Alex Meraz

I'm just always grateful when I meet fans.

Archie Manning

You can't be 100% perfect, but try to evaluate things and do what's right. If you just make every effort to do the right thing, you'll come out ok. It comes down to priorities and making good decisions.

Ben Okri

The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.

Jane Fonda

All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.

Jane Fonda

We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.

Jane Austen

To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well

Jane Smiley

Because your goal is a complete rough draft of a novel, and every rough draft, by being complete, is perfect.

Brent Weeks

The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets.

Bobby Womack

You gotta know when it's time to hang up. But when I finally go, let me go out on stage, my perfect ending. Don't let me go when I'm sick or asleep. Let me be in motion.

Charles Spurgeon

The day we find the perfect church, it becomes imperfect the moment we join it.

Jessica Valenti

As a kid, I wasn't sure that I would ever get married - I was not the kind of little girl who played at being a bride.

Charles Terry

I've played 654 concerts. That's never been done.

Joe Tiller

The secondary played better in many phases. We are in a situation that we are switching things up to see what the result is and tonight it was a better product.

Manson Hill

The whole team played well and battled hard.

Philip Rivers

This is not a setback. I haven't played a ton, that's true. But I've had the two years, and I know the abilities I do have.

Dick Corn

This is special for these kids. It was really a gutsy performance, they played when they had to play.

Jimmy Breslin

I played football. I played trumpet. I could draw.

Matt Creamer

We have a refuse-to-lose mentality. We played pretty well. We played intense. We didn't play smart, but I can't remember a better game.

O. J. Simpson

We have quality players and we played the team around them.

Bill Cowher

He's a very poised quarterback and he has a feel for the game,

Ralph Murphy

We want to make sure they (companies) have a place to come.

John Thomas

By this afternoon, I'm sure there will be some emergencies.

Sam Brower

I wasn't there 30 seconds, and I was pretty sure what it was.

Scooter Smith

We just want to make sure we're all together and to have a little fun.

Reuben Brewer

Look at it. Make sure it's the one you want.

Felipe Alou

Mathematically, we are making a run, ... though I'm not sure which way we are running.

Alan Cox

Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there.

Bernie Williams

I was trying to make sure I was within protocol.

Jeff Nobers

We're after Tiger Woods every year. I'm sure we'll be talking to him.

Tubby Smith

Teams like this give us a lot of problems.

George C. Williams

This is one of the best, if not the best, teams we've had here in a long time,

Jamie Spencer

We've got two different teams here. It's like this every year.

Jim Brown

This one is a very competitive tournament. There's probably 10 teams in the top 20 there, at least.

Lynn Meger

There's not a lot of differences between their teams in that district. There aren't a lot of differences between our teams.

Cadillac Williams

We want to be great. No question. Even more than that, we want our teams to be great.

Tom Condon

Those are the two teams we have scheduled so far.

Marissa Chovanec

Many of them play on the same travel teams and know each other well.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Most teams that you have, they have one or two go-to guys. They've got a go-to team.

Michael W. Smith

Is it going to win an Oscar? Probably not.

Bai Ling

I'm one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.

Art Buchwald

When it came to writing about wine, I did what almost everybody does - faked it

Benito Mussolini

Tomorrow, the Tripartite Pact will become an instrument of just peace between the peoples. Italians! Once more arise and be worthy of this historical hour! We shall win.

Brian Blessed

Ninety nine per cent of the time, for anyone who wins or makes money, it makes them happy.

Jamie Foxx

I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for 'Ray,' I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.

Buster Keaton

If one more person tells me this is just like old times, I swear I'll jump out the window.

Carroll Shelby

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races

Al Franken

When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.