Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bruce Parker

It is humbling and I am very proud to have earned this honor. It may sound trite, but there is no question that this is an award that is in large part due to the great staff and outstanding student-athletes that I am fortunate to work with here at Carroll College.

Joe Gibbs

He's been very, very competitive. Some people are born to be accountants and lawyers. Some are born to be quarterbacks. And he was. He's very tough. We gave him an award this week for being tough. He's a tremendous competitor.

David Pepper

Our 2005 salesperson of the year award winners have brought great value to Choice as a result of their efforts. The franchise sales team had another record-breaking year with 639 executed contracts in 2005, continuing our pattern of record growth from 2004 and establishing a standard by which we will measure 2006.

Randy Petersen

Instead of probably redeeming an award next time going to L.A. or New York or Dallas, you'll probably start thinking of international destinations, like going to Australia.

Shawn Jordan

In one part of our machine, we used 100 steps just to play the Purdue fight song because we basically created a fully working mechanical player piano. To win the competition is great, but it means so much also to win the People's Choice award because that means we entertained people, too.

Brian Jones

I just tried to keep from not turning the ball over and in getting the ball to our playmakers. I don't care about all of the other accolades. Not winning any awards took the pressure off of me. I just wanted to do my part to win this for the guys.

Pete Berry

If there was an award for parents of the year for any sport, anywhere, Vicki would win it hands down. She brings treats for everybody, sometimes even the other team. She drives kids to the course and sometimes to away meets, which is a big help because we've had some budget concerns here in Racine and I'm trying to eliminate using school buses as much as I can.

Gene Chizik

I just know what an awesome feeling it is for him. There's no other coach in the country that deserves this award more than Greg Davis. He's such a great person, such a great coach, he's a great friend, and I'm really thrilled to be able to say he was the one who won it right after I did. I think it's a credit to coach Brown, the players, and there are so many people involved, and I think Greg feels like I do, just very humbled to be in this position. It couldn't happen to a better guy.

Tim Smith

I have never received an award or honor that will be more cherished than this because it was given by my peers. The former winners are a distinguished collection of some of the finest sports writers in American history. To be included in that group is humbling and overwhelming. I hope that my future work will prove that I am indeed worthy. I will strive to live up to the honor.

Tony Russa

He definitely has five tools and every year I've seen a more consistent guy.

Paula Creamer

I have definitely gotten longer. I have new muscles and my golf swing has changed, so once in a while I can hit one pretty far out there. But it's learning how to use those muscles on a consistent basis.

Mike Holmgren

He is as about as consistent and tough a linemen as I've ever coached. He's very, very steady.

Winston Churchill

I'd rather be right than consistent.

Amanda Miller

Our passing was a little better last weekend, ... We just need to be a little more consistent with that.

Sandy Buerk

Our marketing is something we focus on every day. For the past 10 years, we have been consistent with radio and television advertising, as well as public service.

Brennan Brown

Our No.1 doubles team is a team all our other doubles teams look up to. They are playing at a very high level and very consistent level.

Paul Meeks

It has very steady results. They are one of the leaders in software for engineering simulation where an engineering designs a product, wants to see when they actually go to prototype if it is going to work. They have very consistent results and I actually think when they report their quarter in the next week or two, it'll be an upside surprise.

Rich Rodriguez

I think our guys are eager to improve. But we need to be more consistent in the fundamentals. We have to have a good summer.

Mary Pierce

Kim has been incredible on hard courts this year.

Michael Adams

Josef Ackermann's personal integrity is not in question. He didn't see the red line that some courts have seen. But it's a squishy concept.

Adam Barrett

I think we all feel better going into the tournament, including me. We know the layout of the Dome. We understand that the courts and the backboards are different. It's a different environment, but we've been there, so we understand that.

Gary Wagher

In the '80s, the water would seep up through the cracks when it warmed up and the courts would be slick. Plus, they sloped the courts from the east to the west instead of putting a slight grade on each side so that it would slop either direction. That didn't help with the drainage.

Matthew Myers

In this case, the courts are going to find that the FDA is right,

William Chandler

If neither the courts nor the markets are able to restrain executive compensation, and if you the decision-makers fail ... the result will be imposition of regulatory controls,

Bill Threlkeld

We feel the courts in the end will see it our way, but we have to let that process go through.

Roger Toussaint

The struggle and defiance and unfortunately sacrifice will be required and will occur and judges need to understand that, the courts need to understand that and the lawmakers need to understand that.

Robert Hager

If the administrative phase is conducted in two different courts and it leads to two different verdicts, then prudence and judicial economy would tell us that these proceedings should be consolidated into one court. It only makes sense.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

Vicki Arroyo

It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitments are from one state to another. And you are then going to have different product standards in different states. It just doesn't make sense. We need a federal policy and that is what we are trying to promote.

Roy Wilson

I think we have some lessons to learn from the past week, realizing the federal government is not going to come to our rescue in the first 72 hours,

Eric Lamoureux

Other states rely much more heavily on their state government and the federal government to come in and manage the support. In California, emergencies are managed on the local level.

Jessica Thill

Right now our two U.S. Senators and our U.S. Congressman are all over the place in terms of what they're thinking and how they're voting on this issue. So, I would really like to see our Federal Government representation get on the same page.

James Frederick

Our overall goal is to see the federal government step up to the plate.

Roger Williams

In 13 years, this is the first time the feds have supported TAG funding (through a grant), ... It's always been a huge push from the state. The federal government hasn't always supported this in terms of finances, so it's a nice change.

Michael Lambert

If you don't wait on FEMA, if you don't wait on the federal government, things can get done faster,

Bob Muller

The federal money is iffy and the state will not help us unless the federal money is there.

Anthony Curtis

I think it makes sense. The only thing left that's new might just be old. If you've already got an old place, you wouldn't want to tear it down and start from scratch if you didn't have to.

David Broder

He left his editor, our editor, blindsided for two years and he went out and talked disparagingly about the significance of the investigation without disclosing his role in it.

Mark Lamoreaux

There is more left in the car. That's the encouraging part. I've had a perfect car. This one isn't there yet, but it's pretty good.

Wayne Brady

I like to be left alone when I'm not working.

Kurt Busch

Roger told me to stand on the right pedal, turn left and go fast. He doesn't want me to do anything different. Just race hard, race smart.

Bill Womack

Our left side should be really solid and we should be strong up the middle.

Gustavo Chacin

I just missed my spots and left some pitches up in the zone. I made mistakes and paid for it.

Gustavo Chacin

I just missed my, spots and left some pitches up in the zone, ... I made mistakes and paid for it.

Jeffrey Skilling

I'll always regret that I left when I left.

Estee Lauder

I can understand the skepticism, particularly regarding Estee Lauder,

Charlie Brown

If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

Patrick Leahy

I want an end to this thing. But where are we? Do we know what the rules are going to be?

Peter Ueberroth

The rules have changed, ... The old thing of 'getting in line,' that's gone.

John Tory

Even the rules that are in place are not being followed.

Kevin McGrath

We all have to live within the rules.

Doug McBride

We have to have rules in place before we can do it.

John Tory

There has been a subversion or violation of the rules, intentional or not.

Sergei Bubka

His statements are really crazy, we are really shocked.

E. O. Wilson

I was completely surprised at his statement (to resign).

Will Durant

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

George Pataki

I'm very proud of what we've done with the State University and the City University. They're totally different institutions than they were when I took office.

Dave McCoy

I'm real ecstatic. This the first time we've won in the state team tournament. We did very well. I was kind of surprised." ()

Friedrich Engels

The state is not abolished, it withers away.

Nancy Frazier

I want to make a statement to other businesses,

Khadijah Rushdan

They have what we want -- the state championship.

Ethan Zohn

I wake up in a different state every day, but that's important to me.