Famous Quotes & Sayings

Todd Jones

I was lucky to get a couple by him. Because he's a pretty deadly hitter.

Max von Sydow

I was in such a hurry to be an actor. Now I'm sometimes mad at myself that I didn't stop and study for a couple of years.

Shawn Chacon

I wouldn't say I needed it desperately. But after struggling the first couple of times you put more pressure on yourself.

Billy Beane

Kenny called me a couple days ago in Phoenix, ... He gave me a call.It took a lot for him to pick up the phone.

Dwyane Wade

Just the right place at the right time. Some nights are like that. I was able to get in a couple passing lanes and get some picks, but for the most part, it was just being in the right place at the right time.

Chuck Grant

Jon pitched a very good game, but there were two innings when we gave them five outs. We're a pretty young team, and we were missing a couple of players today, but that's no excuse for mental errors. We have to improve in that area, and it's my job to see that we do.

Mary Roach

I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like they must be insane.

Mike Shanahan

I talked to Jerry a couple of days ago and I informed (him) that he would not be one of our top three wide receivers,

Louis Rankin

I talked to him yesterday. He just told me about a couple of things I did wrong and a couple of things I could improve upon.

Tommie Harris

I take my hat off to them because they didn't have a bye week and we did. There was really no excuse for us to lose and not play as well as we were supposed to.

Eric Desjardins

I think it's going to get better, but that's no excuse. We were fine going into the third but couldn't seem to find a way to score the big goal and stop them scoring on the power play.

Elizabeth Ryan

I think it's outrageous. I think they're making excuses so they can keep raising it.

Joe Horn

I think that lingered. I think every week, different guys had different excuses why we were losing. And it happened over and over again.

Edward McKendree Bounds

We may excuse the spiritual poverty of our preaching in many ways, but the true secret will be found in the lack of urgent prayer for God's presence in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Mike Ford

I could stand here and give you all sorts of excuses about why I had the season I did in 2003-04, but I have vowed to be proactive ... in everything I do this season,

Carlos Lee

He doesn't want to make any excuses. If he got lit up, he's going to say that he got lit up, and he's not going to say it was because of this or that. That's the way he is.

Kobe Bryant

We can have all the excuses in the world. You can say we're young, we have guys hurt, but we just have man up and be ready to play every night.

Samuel Foote

He who is good at excuses is generally good for nothing else.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

While President Putin is busy redrawing the map of Europe, President Obama is busy filling out his brackets.

Dick Porter

Have a sense of what space you want to fill and what plants you want to put there.

Al Avila

He's got room to fill out. He's a strong kid, he's just lean.

Mike Harding

I think it's going to go higher and we'll soon be paying more than $4 a gallon. I used to fill up for 20 bucks. Now it's doubled.

Jon Copper

It comes down to guys have to fill spots. The less guys you have to fill spots, the more opportunity there's going to be.

Cliff Moses

It holds 2,000 gallons of water. A 2-inch rain will fill it.

Roy Halladay

I think you always want to have more pitching. There's a lot of things to fill and you have to kind of prioritize and I think pitching always wins.

Kevin Allison

I think the four seniors will be some of the top runners in the league. It's just a matter of whether our underclassmen can fill in those 5, 6 and 7 spots.

Dale Kennedy

I think we're a little tapped out. I think it's a little more realistic that we can fill some spots in the top-12 system.

Jay Alford

I was looking to them as the guys that make the plays and run around and get to the ball. So that's what I'm trying to do this year.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

John Doherty

Kevin threw three picks early, but he stayed the course, ... He's our No. 1 man and he kept the rest of the guys pushing. He didn't let anything get to him.

Tim Hanson

Jake is a very talented freshman. Our varsity lineup has some guys that will be running varsity for the first time, so it will be interesting to see.

DeShaun Foster

Just like those two guys were different kinds of backs, we got the same thing here,'' Skipper says.

Jake Abel

I think it is possible to be friends even if you're competing. You know, there's so many guys in rooms that try to psych each other out, and it doesn't work. It only hinders their work.

William Hanson

He was a fighter, ... He's one of those guys who didn't want to live by medicine. He didn't want anything.

Jim Christian

He wants to do so well that sometimes he presses. He's trying to do so much, and he sees guys making plays, and he wants to do well.

Ed Torres

He didn't have to score a lot because of the other guys we had. But he knew we'd rely on him some more this season.

Jack Ferraro

I think the players that we have right now are very good. But one thing we don't have is that big-time scorer. We're going to be missing Piazza, but somebody's going to have to pick up his slack.

John Shadegg

I think we need an idea person. It's something we've been missing for a long time.

Kitty Wright

I think a lot of people misunderstood, (thinking) that they were going to be there forever. Now that they're gone, they're missing them.

Ted Parrish

I think they will make their numbers. I can't see them missing and not pre-announcing this time,

Kami Hebert

I want to win state. I'm mostly satisfied with what I've done individually, but all I'm missing is a state title.

Taylor Twellman

I was just trying to make sure the goalie didn't punch me in the head. I wanted to make up for missing in the first half.

Alan Trammel

When they get a pitch to hit, ... they're not missing it.

Jeff Tedford

He was suspended for the first quarter for missing the meeting,

Richard Petty

I didn't miss out on a family life because of racing. I had one because of it.

Jonas Jennings

Have you ever tried to write with one hand?

Jim Gallagher

I didn't get a sense of what the temperature is on that. I tried to allay the fears, and there are significant fears.

Nate Robinson

I am going to go at him (Iverson). I am going to make him play defense. That is what I tried to do tonight.

Marc Grossman

had some questions, we tried to give some answers... it was not negotiations.

Michael Campbell

I just tried to give us some confidence.

Travis Garrison

I just tried to do what I could.

Kwame Brown

I just tried to play the right way.

Bill Laimbeer

I tried hard, it was close, but it didn't happen.

Darrent Williams

I tried to give him encouragement. At times he was down because he was used to starting.