Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wade Leppert

I've been competing since eighth-grade. It gives me the ability to fight off blocks and overpower people.

Scott Linehan

This is an exciting sign for us. This particular player became available, fortunately for us, just prior to the weekend (in) a big need area for us. He's going to fit a big part of what we're trying to get done here, and add some veteran leadership, as well as his obvious playing ability on the defensive front.

Jim Nussle

This is huge when it comes to our ability to come together with an almost three-month jump we'll have on Democrats.

David Rohrer

This is a tragedy and would be on any day, but its occurrence on Christmas Day only seems to highlight our sense of loss and makes our ability to comprehend that much more difficult.

Marc Ganis

This is a testament to Dan Snyder's ability to run and manage an entertainment-based business. His success with the Redskins has been nothing short of phenomenal. It shows he knew what he was doing when he paid a then-record $800 million for this franchise.

Bobby Clark

This is not an easy trip for Notre Dame soccer, but it's a trip I think we have got the ability to take something positive out of it.

Judy Shaubach

This isn't about beating Central or any other team in our league. This is about being committed, focused and mature enough to play to your ability every single inning. If we do that, the wins will take care of themselves.

Tom Drohner

This is probably the best infield I've had. Our infield has the ability to make so many big-time plays.

Tom Brokaw

This is so unfair and so outrageous and so maddening it's beyond my ability to express it in socially acceptable terms. So we'll just reserve our thoughts and our prayers for our friend and her family.

Rich Conover

She's a combination guard with good size and is a really good athlete.

Bob Scott

Mick was a good athlete. A 50-year-old guy looking at Mick had to love him. He was living the life they wanted to live but very few had a shot at. I don't think he had any desire to go pro, but there weren't any pros that he wasn't friendly with.

Bob Gaudet

Mike Devine has done a great job. He played all of 30-some odd minutes (34:22 to be exact) last year as a freshman. Coming into this year, we had Sean Samuel who looked like the goalie that was going to start for us. Mike kind of wrestled it away and got a chance and made good by it. He's a real calm kid, he's very athletic and the guys really enjoy playing in front of him. He's a guy that really hates to get beat. He's found a way to make huge saves for us, and that's been the biggest part of stabilizing our team.

Joe Fussner

William Paterson is a very athletic team. We put pressure on them. We made one mistake at the end when we left their shooter wide open.

Cassidy Freeman

I think I give off a strong energy. I'm 5'9, I'm pretty athletic and I'm pretty outspoken.

Lisa Walker

It ensures this person is educated, holds a degree and passes national boards to be a certified athletic trainer.

Jessica Uecker

It feels great. We worked hard for it. We've got a bunch of athletic girls on this team.

Tommy Felty

We're blessed with a lot of athletic kids, and it was nice to see all of them get on the field. Not only that, but they executed well and didn't make many mistakes.

Philip Knight

We endured many significant challenges in the second quarter, in particular, a soft U.S. retail market for athletic footwear and apparel. Despite these challenges, we met our bottom line expectations as we began to see an impact from our efforts to control expenses in a weak retail environment.

John Longo

That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did, ... I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.

Mike Burgess

People can register the day of the race, but it's like anything else. You have to stand in line. It's always best to pre-register.

Kevin English

Competing in this event is going to raise his confidence level. He got to see what he needs to do to get past some of the best talent in the state. There are no easy matches once you get here.

Larry Blair

Anthony (Smith) played it the best he could. It just went in.

Jim Scheer

A number of our governing bodies are bound and determined to be the best in the world. Witness the U.S. Ski and Snowboard team -- they want to be the best in the world.

Brian Green

And that's the thing that a lot of people don't really get and a lot of you guys (sportswriters) don't understand. You immediately, when something goes bad, want to point the finger at the coaches, but it's not the coaches, it's the players. Right now we're not getting the job done. We're making mistakes and missing plays, things that we control. The coach has no control over what goes on on the field. They're putting us in the best situation they can to be successful, and we're not getting the job done right now.

Jim Haney

A regular Palm customer can come in here a couple times a week and get different things. That's the goal. They are going to get the best steak, but they are also going to find the same quality in our veal dishes or whatever.

Ellen MacArthur

A record is nothing if not shared. I'm proud of the record but I'm even more proud to be working with the best team in the world.

Ruben Brown

Anything that's going to compromise that and is going to set us back, then, as you can tell, in the American culture we'll look for the next best thing. And football will be gone, and it will be hockey next year.

Billy Blanks

A will is to make a decision how you should take care of yourself.

Rocco Calo

This isn't about money because Sikorsky has plenty. The company has said it wants to cut our health care to teach us a financial lesson. That's not right and it won't fly.

Greg Lewis

This is something we will look more at (in the future). There are developers out there who care about the community.

Rep. Flores

This is something we have to take care of this year.

Cary Leahey

This is one of the days when nobody is really going to care because the employment report was definitely weak.

Gary Gait

This is obviously the first step. You can't get a home game without making the playoffs, and we took care of that.

Jamie Fellner

The U.S. takes more care killing dogs than people. Just because a prisoner may have killed without care or conscience does not mean that the state should follow suit.

Anne Morgan

You need to take care of the kids and the room temperature, ... For many school districts, they've been doing conservation for so long, it's hard to cut any more.

Elliot Cohen

This is cleaning house and taking care of business. The way the system is supposed to work.

Bobby Robson

Jermaine Jenas is a fit lad. He gets from box to box in all of 90 minutes

Michael Beasley

It was an honor to be a part of history, but honestly I don't remember all the games we've played. I do remember the trips, though, and that's what we will miss the most ? all those good times.

Quin Snyder

Tucker took the game over. No matter who guarded him, he was tough for us to handle.

Ben Olsen

Yes, yes a lot. I was probably more nervous for this game than I have been in a long time. Nerves help sometimes, though.

Bob Shinkan

Todd and I have already talked about this. This will be the game we play here every year.

Mike Davis

You can just see it in their faces. It's not the same team. Because we lost one game or two games on the road and it was like the end of the year. When you think about that, it doesn't make sense. At all.

Jon Raker

We wanted to be .500 at worst at this point (of the season), and now we're three and five. That makes it an uphill battle. You make it tough on yourself when you score 10 runs in a game and don't win.

Matt Creamer

We wanted to tempo the game defensively to get some run outs. We wanted them to play fast.

Gillian Apps

We wanted to take this whole tournament one game at a time. We knew, going into this game, that we couldn't take Sweden lightly.

Ernie Mejia

We wanted to shake off (the Nogales) game as soon as we could and show everyone else that we are going to be right there.

Demi Lovato

I'm very passionate about charity... Performing is my passion. But it's not gonna change the world. That's why I give back.

Aristotle

Irrational passions would seem to be as much a part of human nature as is reason.

Angie Martinez

The projects I'm working on are all diverse, but each represents a different passion for me. I'm constantly looking to stretch myself.

John Ruskin

We have seen when the earth had to be prepared for the habitation of man, a veil, as it were, of intermediate being was spread between him and its darkness, in which were joined in a subdued measure, the stability and insensibility of the earth, and the passion and perishing of mankind.

John Ruskin

All other passions do occasional good; but when pride puts in its word everything goes wrong.

John Ruskin

Superstition, in all times and among all nations, is the fear of a spirit whose passions are those of a man, whose acts are the acts of a man; who is present in some places, not in others; who makes no places holy and not others; who is kind to one person, unkind to another; who is pleased or angry according to the degree of attention you pay him, or praise you refuse to him; who is hostile generally to human pleasure, but may be bribed by sacrifice of a part of that pleasure into permitting the rest. This, whatever form of faith it colors, is the essence of superstition.

John Ruskin

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

Masiela Lusha

If I cannot offer some relief to our world, if I cannot inspire our generation to join me, then I feel I am a complete waste of space. This constant fear of feeling irrelevant in our society has been the catalyst behind all my efforts and passions for as long as I can remember.

Mason Cooley

Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.

Eric Lyons

Zach and Ryan really didn't have much problem with their opponents,

Kirby Copeland

This proves a lot. We can come out and play with the No. 3 team in the nation.

John Anderson

The FAA has not conducted this process in a very transparent manner. What little we know we've had to get off the grapevine.

Matt Watson

I'm very proud of the guys. We swam very well when we could've just showed up, we showed a lot of pride.

Maria Edgeworth

Confidence is the best proof of love.