Famous Quotes & Sayings

Miguel Cotto

I was like any other kid: very normal, I can say. I just was a simple kid that came from a humble family and was taught by my father to be a family man and be committed to them. I stepped into boxing following my older brothers.

Brent Williams

Knowing the passing game as well as he does, is imperative in our game plan because he has freedom to leave the box and get involved in defending the pass. He's an instinctive hitter. He doesn't miss tackles. Once he gets his hands on you, he'll get you to the ground. That's big in this game.

Oenone Wood

It bunched it up because everyone had to slow down. I got boxed out, but the final sprint is so long that it gives you a chance to recover your position. If it was shorter, I would have been like on the 15th wheel, but I was able to get back in the right position.

Lloyd Jones

He used to get in some trouble at school. But since he started boxing four months ago, he's totally turned his life around.

John Montano

He is who he is. That's THE boxer out of Mexico. Period.

Chris Kitchen

He is very good at playing the passing lanes, stopping dribble penetration and boxing out.

Pat Tarrant

He?s a guy that does everything no one sees but the coaches. He?s the guy that always boxes out, always gets on the floor - all of the intangibles. You might see he has three or four points a game but he makes so many contributions to our team in so many different ways.

Jeremy Sheffey

I think it's like when you watch a boxing match. Ever notice that the guy who lands the first couple good punches usually comes out on top?

Eddie Kramer

I think the box set represents the four top creative years of his life. It shows that growth pattern and shows behind-the-scenes little things that he was doing in creating those records and (is a) sort of wonderful window into the mind of the man who to me was the greatest guitar player of all time.

H. Hunt

I think it is most appropriate that the two teams have committed to new 25-year leases, and that the public will at the same time have the parallel, but separate opportunity to vote to complete the original project design with the rolling roof.

Andy Geiger

He wanted me to know what he had done. First of all, he said he committed a violation. Secondly, he gave the money to a prospective student-athlete.

David Whitton

He just wanted to do his best. He was committed whole-heartedly to the job. It was typical of him.

Colleen Kelley

What we do support is anything that would fall into the town's master plan. The mayor has said he is committed to rebuilding the town's villages. We will support plans that are in keeping with that.

Bible Bible

Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? / I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.

Lynn Swann

I think the people of Pennsylvania would rather have a governor who is committed to being there.

Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Kyrgyzstan is committed to good and even relations (with) all the states it has cooperated with,

Avi Arad

There is a director who should make 'Silver Surfer' he is mentally committed to it. He's doing another movie now. What's most important to me about this guy, first, is that he's incredible with visuals. But he's also a spiritual guy, a Zen Buddhist. ... Galactus is a force of nature, not a being. That's all I'm saying.

David Green

When Hobby Lobby was created in the early 1970s, I was committed to use profits to help ministry work.

Mike Meeks

I think it'll be one of the most exciting district track meets we've had in a while. It's going to be a battle. I've got it where there's four teams that are going to score over 100 points and three teams scoring over 130. It's going to be fun.

Steve Lundholm

It always makes it nice when the team performs this well. I'm not surprised with the way they played. They have been playing better; I hope they peak at the right time with districts on Tuesday.

Tom Suelzle

I think it's going to be a good district tourney. If a team gets hot, anything can happen.

Chris Williams

I think it's fair to say that high schools all over the district are over capacity, but the north end is especially bad. We desperately need a new high school.

Daniel Maly

I think it's important that you go out and win every game. This game is just as important as the rest. It's not a district game, but psychologically you want to go out and play good football. This game could really help the winner.

Mike Johnson

I think that people can see the results of everything that's going on and the progress in District 8 during my time in office, ... We've provided everyone a seat at the table.

Linda Mitchell

Whatever we can do in the district to help, we're going to do it.

Dan Wright

We talked about that after our district tournament last week, and I told the kids we were in a similar situation in 2004. Everyone was sure we were going to state that season, and we knew we had to come with our 'A' game (Thursday).

Uma Bharati

I want to tour all districts of Madhya Pradesh. I want my voice to reach all people of the state.

Najib Razak

My priority is to ensure peace and harmony in Malaysia. That is uppermost in my mind.

Greg Gallaspy

What we want to do is ensure there's a balance. That's the key.

David Hartley

Having a new state-of-the-art plant is encouraging, but it does not ensure that Cott will do a better job of managing its entire plant operations.

Norm Coleman

He's actually a good man (but) an incompetent administrator, ... heavy lifting that will ensure success for reform.

Michael Chertoff

to ensure a work environment free of unlawful discrimination and retaliation.

Denis MacShane

I will be urging him to ensure any shutdown is as painless as possible for local communities,

Charles Grassley

We must ensure that this nightmare NEVER occurs again,

Jon Postel

reserved for infrastructure purposes to help ensure stable operation of the Internet.

Martin Winterkorn

Regardless of whether we are in an upturn or a downturn, our goal is to ensure the Volkswagen Group reaches the top of the automotive industry.

Alex Honnold

At the crux of Half Dome, at the very top of the wall, imagine, like, a smooth wall of rock - a nearly vertical granite slap with tiny ripples for your hands and feet. And so you're really trusting the rubber on your shoes to stick to these ripples.

Joseph Miller

I think of granite in terms of a millennium.

Joel Klein

has been and always remains open to a settlement.

Tom Driscoll

We're opening up the day after Mother's Day.

Eric Wicks

I thought they'd try to run a lot more outside to open up the field. I think after a while, they were just trying to make a play, anywhere.

Lorrie Miller

It is just as open to me as it is to them.

E. Hicks

I welcome them all with open arms. At least we can get through practice.

Anthony Geary

I have friends in France who are artists. I go to gallery openings and things like that.

Richelle Mead

Those who have to ask if faith is true are opening up a discussion they may not be ready for.

Winston Churchill

Opening amenities are often opening inanities.

Anders Igel

Our acquisition strategy is still very much the same as before, but we are opening up our thinking a little.

Mark Landy

I would venture that we are now outside of gentlemanly territory,

Charles E. Wilson

We've been wearing sweaters and hats. We had plastic put over the windows outside too.

John Emerich

Resist your time - take a foothold outside it

Sam Harris

If you're out of school sick and you're sitting outside on the porch getting some air, that's one thing.

Siri Hustvedt

In sleep, we leave behind the sensory stimulation of the outside world.

Ian Harrington

I just tried to work the outside part of the plate and stuck with that today.

Amit Hazan

I like the strategy they're taking, which is to consolidate the smaller players outside the U.S. to become a stronger player,

John Zorn

We're not on the outside looking in, we're on the outside looking out.

Marie-Chantal Claire

It's so important to adapt, think outside the box, and stay ahead if you want to grow.

Buck Showalter

I would say there were some unknowns about him. I've been pleased with the progress he's made.

John Ferguson

He's here and we're pleased to have him.

Richard Carpenter

We're pretty pleased with the services that were rendered.

Paul Armstrong

It is one of the things that I am most pleased about,

Gayle King

It is just really exciting. I have always been pleased (with the care), but now it will be even easier.

Tyrone Willingham

I have been very, very pleased with the play that we have received from Isaiah,

Jean Prahm

I never thought I would be so pleased with a sixth-place finish.

Derek Wright

I'm very pleased with our effort--with our attitude. I think we've turned the corner.

Dave Barry

I'm very pleased that we made the top four. But I feel that we could have had a stronger showing.

Wayne Peters

We're here. We're ready. We have proposals on the table that haven't been responded to.

Teju Cole

Never say 'I went to Harvard.' Say 'I schooled in the Boston area.'

Jessica Pare

I was a drama-class nerd. I did whatever school production we put on.

Julie Brown

I was always trying to do things to make school fun.

Richard Madden

I was at a rough high school where admitting you were an actor didn't go down well.

Jan Murphy

I think we've done just about everything that can be done on a school vacation.

Ron Messick

Lauren's so big as a player. A lot of schools are starting to take notice.

Ruben Blades

Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.

Ronnie Dunn

I went to 13 schools in 12 years. We moved all over the place. Music was the only thing that I could get behind... I wasn't that good at socializing. I'm still not.

Ron Carlson

In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fact!

Wally Lamb

I love the most the students with troubled lives.

Mila Kunis

I was actually a pretty good student. My problem was that I didn't know what I wanted to study.

James Remar

James Remar is a student of life.

Louis Menand

You have to have students wanting to take the courses, otherwise you're not going, they're not going to be very effective.

Eric Hoffer

The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.

Louisiana Tech

They're going to be Tech students in every sense,

Tom Angell

It's a victory that some students will be able to get back their aid. But there are still some fundamental problems.

Jim Craig

As I understand it, students have been nauseous, vomiting, and had other flu-like symptoms.

Paul McCurtain

The students had the idea. They wanted to do something.

Michael Assael

His thinking was a little off and too complicated.

Luke Ridnour

I thought about him, but I was thinking more about the 2-for-1.

Alex Jones

A lot of people are waking up to human history, but so many people have been conditioned by the government controlled media to think that it's cool not to care.

Sharon Stone

After I was really unhappy and unhealthy, I think it dawned on me to stop doing the unhappy, unhealthy things.

Kurt Ritchie

I went into this thinking it would be a long-term project.

AJ Michalka

I think you have to be guarded but not closed off.

Rob Zombie

I think it is good escapist entertainment even though it's bad.

Rob Brown

Despite a lot of people thinking that everything gets more and more difficult, I always assumed that people are going to be "Oh, at last you buckled, you're trying to be commercial."

Rob Brown

It's very hard to predict what people are thinking.