Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Meltzer

He deserves a ton of credit for making the sport what it has become. He's the Vince McMahon of his generation.

Mark Rosen

I think it was hard for us to get a rhythm going in any of the first games. We were so forced in the first two games. The team deserves credit for getting out of it.

David Fowler

It is important that we have people with integrity there. And I think even my enemies credit me with having integrity.

Jim Haggerty

He's followed in his father's steps. Young Hoover has topped his dad, and his dad was an icon in his day. I give a lot of credit to his dad for Jim's achievements.

Alan Zemaitis

He's done a total 180. He's accountable to himself as a man, and it's a credit to him.

Mark Durham

I'd like to take credit for the play. But it was a broken. It was a great play by the guys.

Rob Francis

I didn't do as good of a job as I needed to to prepare these kids offensively. Give credit to Younger, he did a fantastic job and they played phenomenal defense.

Jim Harmon

I credit that to all the kids. They are pretty mentally tough. They are experienced. They have been in that situation before, which helps.

Lesley Garrett

I credit him with getting me started in television,

Tony Raines

Knowing how we ran early in the race and how I think we could have run, I was disappointed. But at the same time, I went there knowing I was going to race for a finish. I didn't race anybody.

Rich Brands

Just looking at their results, I think it will be a pretty even match. We want to come out and not make any mistakes early on. We want to try and exploit some of the free kicks and throw-in stuff we've been working on.

Isaac Stern

His style of playing, particularly in his early years, was a stunning patrician elegance with a very natural musical line which fitted the style of whatever composition.

Ned Yost

His workload has been real heavy. To be thrown into that, even though you're big and strong, it's still a little early to have that type of pressure put on you.

Ben Dell

It could be better than the Barnett. It's in the early days, and I don't think the investment community's really woken up to that yet.

Rob Schimmoeller

I thought we set the tone early defensively.

John Gibbons

I thought Wright looked really good. It looked like he got his fastball back. We didn't see that early in the year.

Drew Stafford

I think when they got out to an early lead it was tough for us to get back on track, but we did. We battled to the end, but when you get down like we did right away, it is hard to get back into it. I'm really proud of the guys for sticking with it.

Gene Upshaw

Whatever happens in this game won't matter after Week 17. If the site was switched in Week 16 or Week 17, I'd have a problem with it. But this is so early in the season, it won't be important.

Keenan McCardell

The first one I was real close. You've got to give Henry a lot of credit. He fought it all the way down till we were on the ground. I had it and he stuck his hand in between. He made a good play. He waited till the last minute to stick his hand through there and he got it.

Lynn Washowich

Alston is tough. I was disappointed we let them get out like that, but we fought back.

E. O. Wilson

The girls played hard. It was a well fought game.

Lewis Jackson

It's really surprising how well he's playing. You see him walking, and he's walking with a limp, and you never would think that he's been able to play like he is. But he's worked his tail off and he's fought to get where he is.

Fred Brown

It was a nice win for the kids. They never quit and I was proud of the way they fought back and found a way to win.

Arjen Robben

At last we were able to do it. Fantastic, ... We showed character, fought and always remained positive.

George Erdahl

There were two special teams out there tonight. Neither team wanted to lose and they fought hard. I give Sully Buttes credit, they are a great team.

Tim Ryan

It is past time for the U.S. government to fully fulfill our moral obligation to those who have fought for freedom and democracy.

Mark Wagner

I told them it is a long season and you've worked too hard not to keep your head high. They fought through the adversity.

Tori Rosenthal

Just seeing how some of those people lived and how little they had and how happy they are. It put in perspective what's important in life.

Jeff Hawkins

I swear my heart stopped. I was so happy when he was able to come back.

Jenny Taylor

Greer is just scrappy. They get after it. They may be small, but they play big. My kids play big, too, and I'm happy with the way they played and the way they've played all season.

Phil Savage

Happy New Year. I've really got nothing to say.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

Go not, happy day,/ From the shining fields,/ Go not, happy day,/ Till the maiden yields.

Ray Elliott

He said if he was going to go down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird's jersey, ... We accommodated his request and he was just as happy as he could be.

Billy Beane

He's happy to be here. And he's quick to smile.

Mike Higgins

He's happy (about the trade). He needed a change.

John Higgins

It is a hard game, once I thought I was going to lose the game,but at last I won. I am happy with the result.

Hill Denson

Heck it hurt me, and I'm over here in the dugout.

Troy Percival

has done a heck of a job to keep motivation to go out there and try to win.

Bud Childers

I think it's going to be a heck of a game. At least, I hope it is.

Mark Richt

West Virginia did a heck of a job jumping on us. The only consolation is we didn't lay down and die.

Jeff Messer

He is a very competitive person. He is one of top two or three hitters on the team. He is one heck of a player and is one of the key players that make us tick.

Joe Gibbs

Patrick stepped in there and did a heck of a job. And I don't know if you can say enough about Santana.

S. Walker

If there's any justice, ... this kid is going to have a heck of a year.

Matt Leach

I just got to give a lot of thanks. It's one heck of a team, you know?

Dick Corn

This is a heck of a win for these kids. They executed everything that they needed to do, nearly to perfection.

Kiki Vandeweghe

It's well deserved. He's just improved by leaps and bounds. I'm really, really happy... He really works to make his team better.

Robert Broadfoot

It really hasn't improved much in 20 years.

Lini Reading

They're going to be excited. They are a much improved team.

John Conyers

This is not a new and improved Patriot Act.

Shirley Pogue

We have improved the quality of life for so many people.

Tim Brown

Currituck is much improved from when we saw a little over a month ago.

Kristi Clemens

We have drastically improved port and cargo security since 9/11.

Gary Green

With Jacques, you know they'll be well-coached. As long as Roberto plays well, they should be a significantly improved team.

Lance Manning

We improved as the scrimmage went on. In the later part, we played a lot better.

Shaquille O'Neal

I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way.

Jeff Beeman

He's a really smooth player. I wish he played for me.

Jerry Sloan

I thought we played with a lot more purpose tonight than we did the other night.

Luke Poore

I thought we played well. They just wore us down.

Jim Ferraro

I think you?re going to see us (in the tournament). We have a lot of young girls, but they have played well together.

Mike Ray

We're probably playing as well, right now, as we've played all season.

Kevin Young

We sucked. That's the only way you can take it. We played terrible. I played terrible.

Bob Monahan

I thought we played well enough on defense; we just shot poorly.

Jim Crews

I thought we played well defensively. We made things tough.

Lynda Carter

Having them go to these premieres with me and tell me that they are proud of me is pretty cool.

Rick Barnes

He had to step back and look at a lot of things. I'm proud of him, because he took a tough situation and got the most out of it.

Rex Ryan

I can't tell you how proud I am to be the head coach of the Buffalo Bills.

Robin Tunney

I'm really proud to have been in The Craft. I will always be that chick from The Craft, no matter what I do.

Robert Schumann

I sometimes lack confidence in public, although I am proud enough inwardly.

Roseanne Barr

I'm fat and proud of it. If someone asks me how my diet is going, I say 'Fine - how was your lobotomy?'

Yoko Ono

Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.

George Clooney

I'm proud to be part of this Academy. I'm proud to be part of this community. I'm proud to be out of touch.

Jeff Bower

I'm proud of the way they stepped up. We did a lot of things well for our first ballgame.

Lisa Fernandez

[T]he game's got to be played on the field, and that's the one day that's got to be the most important day.

Alan Moore

As I see it, a successful story of any kind should be almost like hypnosis: You fascinate the reader with your first sentence, draw them in further with your second sentence and have them in a mild trance by the third. Then, being careful not to wake them, you carry them away up the back alley of your narrative and when they are hopelessly lost within the story, having surrendered themselves to it, you do them terrible violence with a softball bag and then lead them whimpering to the exit on the last page. Believe me, they'll thank you for it.

Bill Veeck

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.

Aimee Mullins

Success isn't winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can't control all of them. Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren't necessarily the most wonderful athletes. I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.

Brandi Chastain

You're going to make mistakes in life. It's what you do after the mistakes that counts.

Mark Philippoussis

I have nothing to prove to anyone. I only play for myself.

Mariano Rivera

I get over bad games right away. Sometimes I've let it go even before I've left the mound. That quick. Why? Because it's over. What can you do about it? Nothing. The only thing you can do is fight if you're still in the game. After that you can do nothing.

Nolan Ryan

A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.

Miles Teller

I don't know if there's an actors' slow-pitch softball league I could join. My agency has a team, but they say it would be a conflict of interest for the people they rep to play because I could hit a pop-up and they'd have to drop it on purpose.