Famous Quotes & Sayings

Fritz Strobl

Knowing that I've already got one gold medal at home helps a bit with the entire situation. Skiing isn't everything in the world and a gold medal isn't everything in the world. And I'm not badly off. In fact, I'm quite happy.

Dan Henning

Jake was tremendously determined to play well because he felt badly about the last time. Not just him, but me and everybody else on the offense felt like we kind of gave this one away the last time.

Sean Casey

Just watching my teammates on TV, how close they're coming and not getting results ... it hurts a lot. I'm there on the couch, the game is close and they need a big hit, and I'm, like, 'Jeez, let me get out there.' I want so badly to be part of it again.

J. Taylor

I think in past years Nebraska's always got their best shot when they go into Columbia (Mo.). There have been some great games in the last 10 years there. You know we're going to get their best shot. They need this win just as badly as we do to stay in contention for the Big 12 North. They came off a big win last week, and they think they'll beat us, so they're going to be fired up.

Barry Alvarez

He wants to be on the field so badly and earned the starting spot and just doesn't want to give it up. (He) plays the game the way it's supposed to be played.

Mark Shapiro

He wants to be here and wants to be a part of it. He wants so badly to be a big part of our future, as well as our present. If he can do what he did in the second half over the course of a whole year, he'll be more than enough.

Tom Renney

He wants badly to win. He wants everyone to enjoy something very special with his help. Not thanks to him, but certainly with his help. I think that really motivates him. He takes this very seriously.

Wayne Smith

He didn't play as badly as some of the reaction suggests. He played with a lot of physical presence but not a lot of luck.

Carlos Moya

He deserved to win. The match was very easy for him, ... His style of play didn't surprise me, but what did surprise me was how badly I played.

Kazuo Ishiguro

I don't hang out with the glitteringly successful people; I hang out with people who've been friends for many years, and to some extent I feel my worldly success is a bit uncomfortable for them.

Mike Cameron

I was kind of using it as a joke. But I wanted a team with a little bit of character to it, some diversity. I wanted (the Padres) to get some young, talented athletes.

Geoff Brown

I was just about to sweep it up. Then I saw something move and got a bit of a fright.

Janet Fitch

I was into the music scene, but I was also a bit of a perfectionist and very hard on myself... very dark in that way.

Chad Reitz

I was looking forward to the 2005 season when things fell apart. I ended up in a dispute with my sister (Chanda) and father (Les) about our race team, and we parted ways. It was a bitter ending and there are still a lot of hard feelings.

Diane Cilento

I was always a bit flighty, I suppose.

Jack Rew

Kevin knew quite a bit and he got me into more and more. I liked it and I got to be pretty decent.

John Beilein

Kevin came in here on a mission. I thought we were a little bit out of character at Pitt. We probably tried to do a little bit too much and probably didn't realize what good defense Pitt plays. We took shots we thought were good and they weren't because Pitt guards you.

Shawn Reynolds

Kent pitched a good game. His pitch count started to get high and I didn't want to kill the kid. We talked a little bit before and he was getting a little tired. We can rely on (Weaver) to close it out.

Patty Krueger

Knowing when you are done, knowing when you are through with the entire painting, is the hardest thing to learn.

Mickey Loomis

I wouldn't say it's overwhelming. They understand they have a job to do. They know their families are safe. Once you know your family is safe, you go back to your business. What's overwhelming is what's going on in New Orleans, Mississippi and the entire Gulf Coast.

Billy Gillispie

Joe spent the entire halftime throwing up. He said he didn't have any energy. But he kept fighting.

Chief Murray

I think it just ruins the entire neighborhood.

Charles Clarke

I think it is a shocking state of affairs. The concern, possibly anger, that people will feel is entirely understandable.

Gwyn Hacche

It can't be entirely ruled out, but it looks unlikely to me.

Edward Hammond

He wanted to comply. He wanted to talk about the whole entire incident,

Petro Poroshenko

He didn't look in my eyes the entire time he was reading his statement.

Patrick Swayze

He just dropped. And the entire responsibility of the family suddenly was on me.

Gail Johnson

Kelly is drop-dead gorgeous and very outgoing. On the ice, she is very determined. I think the team will make it to the end and hopefully win the gold.

Lee Smith

he was a great person..and, uh..he had a heart of gold...he never met an enemy.

Jerry Colangelo

He wants to win a gold medal. He said that very clearly. He said if asked, he would be honored.

Ilya Bryzgalov

He didn't win the Stanley Cup, but I hope he wins a gold medal in the Olympic Games.

George Packer

While starving refugees in Homs were providing target practice for government snipers, Bashar al-Assad's strongest international backer was in Sochi, at the Iceberg Skating Palace, visibly moved, smiling with deep satisfaction, as the Russians beautifully glided and leaped their way to the gold medal in the team event.

Laura Skaer

Gold prices have people snooping around where they haven't snooped for a while. No question, there's an increase and interest in exploration.

Roger Diwan

Gold prices don't go up just because jewelers need more gold, they go up because gold is an investment. The same has happened to oil.

Ronald Leung

Gold is rising too fast, but as long as silver keeps going, it's hard to say when it will come down.

Robert Gottlieb

Gold is on 24-year highs because of a recent shift in investment allocations to commodities by a wide audience.

Clay Norton

Kevin is very talented. He has vision, and you can't teach that. He's not a selfish player who has to shoot. He helps a lot of other people score, though. You saw that tonight. He just helps a lot of people score.

Rig Veda

Knowledge increases his thinking capabilities and helps him in getting new and innovative ideas.After implementing those ideas successfully he earns wealth.

Luke Donald

Knowing I have played well here before helps a lot.

Robert Krulwich

Journalism doesn't have to be your first love... or your only love. You can come to it in desperation, because you can't think of anything better to do with your life, that it's this or the abyss. But once you get going... it helps if you love it.

Mark Slotsve

It actually helps to have played them, we know a little of what they're about.

Mark Hensby

It actually helps me this week. I don't have to do as much as someone would probably normally have to do.

Sufjan Stevens

I think it just helps us to feel kind of unified,

Marcus Spears

I think it helps us a lot to know we can be better than we were, ... and we still played effectively.

Jesse Williams

I think it helps that I have been there. I won't have the jitters I had last year.

Chris DiMarco

I would take 10-under and go home and see how it does.

Jim Delany

I would stay home and spend that money on your programs,

Julie Buchanan

Kathy told me she honestly thought they'd be home in three days, so they didn't pack a lot.

Maurice Freeman

Just with our schedule being as tough as it's going to be, we're trying to find someone that will come play us at home for two years.

Renee Luker

I take naps on my lunch hour if I need to in someone's office or at least rest. I have to go home after work and get as much rest as I can.

Adam Braidwood

I take a lot of responsibility for it. I'm going to go home and look in the mirror. I don't think, my last two games, I've played up to my potential.

S. Walker

I actually had to do my homework to pass the time. It was horrible.

Katie Carroll

I also hope that those with Jill have come to know her - that they recognize what a wonderful person she is and realize that they can show the world that they are merciful to an innocent woman by returning her safely home to us.

Vicki Bosley

He was a hometown hero, and Lorraine made sure everyone knew it.

Chris Porter

Knowing you're a part of this ... is something.

Fernando Alonso

Knowing what it takes to win a title, I think they need a year running at the top first. Next year is more realistic for them. They'll make a big step at some point.

F. L. Lucas

Knowing what it means to sometimes have a ton of money, and sometimes have no money and have to come up on-the-fly with something.

Steve Greene

Knowing Travis I don't think he has any regret. I think that he wouldn't have it any other way.

Ben Wallace

Knowing Tony, I know he wouldn't go in the stands for no reason. You've got to protect your family.

E. Hicks

Knowing they're going to have 20,000 people here, you could think of (the fans) screaming at the top of their lungs.

Katha Pollitt

knowing that it's there for them if they really need it.

Tiki Barber

Knowing Stray, he'll play. He was walking around, but he wasn't walking all right. But he's always ready to play, even when he's hurting, he's OK.

Manny Acta

Knowing Pedro, he doesn't want to participate just to participate.

Kirsty Balfour

To get a medal in a world record race is just fantastic.

Daron Rahlves

I think we should've been able to medal in every event. What Ted did was awesome. He pretty much saved our butts.

Svetlana Zhurova

He is now with my sister and I have been away for too long. So this medal is for him. For my little boy.

Michaela Dorfmeister

Today, I won the first medal for Austria. This time we are favorites.

Joey Cheek

I'm kind of stunned that I skated that fast. Obviously, I wanted to get some medals here, but I had no idea it would come together like it did.

Kristan Bromley

I'm really proud of our performances this week as a nation that doesn't even have its own track. But I'm gutted not to have got the medal and I'm getting more and more gutted the more I think about it.

Casey FitzRandolph

It's stacked. In this race, just to win a medal you've got to skate awesome.

Joe Rinaldo

It was nice to see our school up on the medal stand getting a medal this time and to get top 10 in the state. I don't think you can get much better of a season.

Magdalena Neuner

I haven't let the gold medal out of my sight; it sleeps next to me in bed.

Dominik Hrbaty

I was already tired after the second five-setter, it was already quite enough.

Mike Schmitt

He didn't quite make it back to the house.

Trevor Noah

Comedy is really getting quite popular in South Africa.

James Williams

I was completely speechless. I really had no idea at all, and it was quite a wonderful surprise.

Helen Clark

I think this is going to take quite some time to work through simply because the writs (final results) won't be until two Fridays' time,

Kimberley Nixon

I'm a tomboy and quite clumsy, so I'm more like the anti-sexy icon.

Mike Marqusee

He was quite serious about his own music. He let it speak for itself.

Vernell Crittendon

He was quite relieved to find that he was not going to be executed. He smiled, he nodded, he thanked me.

Rory McCann

I don't have a mortgage, I don't have a wife and I don't have kids, so I'm quite happy bumbling along.

Warren Miller

The best thing about skiing backwards is you can see where you've been.