Famous Quotes & Sayings

Israel Idonije

As a child, I always said I was going to be a professional basketball player like Michael Jordan.

Diana Taurasi

The bottom line is we've got good basketball players so we make good basketball decisions and play really good basketball and we just got to keep that same focus and intensity,

Allen Iverson

As long as you leave everything out on the basketball court, you can go into the locker room and feel good about yourself and that's important..............

Taquan Dean

Real college basketball begins. Now it's 'get after it.' The teams we played were great, but now the teams we're playing are much tougher. We have to be ready.

Steve McFall

Raven and Michelle are growing up big-time right now. They're finding out what big-time basketball is all about. They didn't go away. They kept fighting.

Jerry Graybeal

Reaching 500 games is a great accomplishment. That's a lot of games for any coach. She's a great example of stability in our women's basketball program and it has translated to success on the floor. Carla has been a great representative of Weber State as a player and coach for more than 25 years.

Chris Kelly

Ray's having an excellent senior year. He does everything we ask. He runs the point or he plays (shooting) guard. He's a good perimeter shooter, and he rebounds well. He's just an excellent all-around basketball player.

Steve Holmes

Ray's basketball IQ has gotten better and better with each passing season.

Megan Mahoney

Personally, I haven't been playing that intense basketball for a while. Iceland was good competition, but it wasn't that intense. It was a good first day.

Kris Alexander

As far as track meets, it's by far the best meet in the state.

Charles Bofferding

As engineers, we have a different perspective. If a company really wants to get its product to be the best in all areas, then it must listen to all sides. A union is the best vehicle to carry the engineers' perspective.

Sass Jordan

As far as I'm concerned, you're the best singer in this competition,

Bobby Bates

As far as defensive post play, Pope is the best I've seen. She may be the best shot-blocker in the state in all classifications.

Jennifer Brown

As event Chair I can say that this was our best year yet.

Susan Hood

A series of storms of this magnitude obviously presents extraordinary challenges. Despite our best efforts, a small number of disputes will occur.

Dave Pirner

As funny as it sounds, the best thing I got out of making a solo record was to realize how much I love being in a band.

Rachel G. Fox

As an actress, I'm constantly watching different shows and films and am always gathering information and inspiration for characters and techniques to make my performances the best they can be.

Megan Hilty

As an actress, I learned a long time ago that there is a lot of this business that is just out of my hands. All I can really focus on is going to work every day and doing my best.

Sean Dockery

The team tried to tell him not to show it (in his) face. I think he did it for a second. But eventually, he calmed down.

Paul Wilson

The most important skill in staying calm is not to lose sleep over small issues. The second most important skill is to be able to view all issues as small issues.

Joe Blanton

(Street) has been tremendous. He looks so calm out there. He must have nerves of steel. I guess that's why we're confident he's going to get the job done every time.

Bill Collins

Once you're there, size up the situation, you calm down and do what needs to be done.

Buddha

Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the persons house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of it's head with a note that says "You." After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done.

Chad Henne

Sometimes he gets a little worked up and I try to calm him down and tell him to go out there and make plays.

John Crumbley

Sam has thrown four outstanding games in a row, and when we can put some offense up early, it's always going to help a good high school pitcher to stay calm and go after them.

Shawn Roberts

I've worked with people at different stages of their careers and different success levels, and one thing I've noticed about the guys at the top is they're so relaxed and calm - it's about not having anything to prove except doing good work.

Kate Winslet

Thank God I'm in touch with my emotions enough to be able to pick up my children, kiss them all over and say 'I love you' over and over.

Craig Swartout

Sometimes, because they're young, they don't harness their emotions like they're supposed to and it can hurt them. And we try to let them know that it can hurt the team, too.

Frank Middleton

Some people save up their emotions for when they count, and I think Callahan is one of those guys,

Jonathan Demme

Seeing Neil Young expressing these lyrics and seeing the emotions that register on his face in his style of presentation is a sublime extra for understanding his music.

Ben Schott

Writing 'Schottenfreude' has reinforced the fact that there are few, if any, emotions that have not been experienced, and analyzed, by some of the world's greatest writers.

Kevin Evans

We all need to step back from the emotion.

Steve Owen

Obviously, the people there are going through a variety of emotions right now. Quite frankly, through no fault of their own, they are losing their positions.

Zhang Qing

Chen's works are profound. Viewers would have different emotions when the installations are performed in different places and times.

Dan Wheldon

but I have mixed emotions. I'm happy to be second but I'm also sad to be second.

Robert Vincent

People are very sad. Our people called and gave because they knew it would be there for generations. We just never expected this.

Lord Browne

are expected to be well supported into the winter.

Shlomo Yosef

The situation is still serious, but it's stable. All the parameters ... are as expected following this type of surgery. Part of the treatment of the prime minister, in order to preserve low pressure in the skull, is sedation and respiration for at least the next 24 hours.

Stuart Rasch

I've lost about six to seven pounds. It's a lot less than I expected to lose.

Keith Sherin

The Olympics performed as expected even though in the quarter it was a loss.

Jason Tapp

South Lakes is improved and we expected a good fight. Fortunately we had more opportunities in the end.

Chris Witty

Once you're a medalist, you always hope to be a medalist, regardless of how I felt going in. I wanted to put it all together to see what I had. I just expected a race I could be proud of.

Judy Woodruff

No, we didn't have unrealistic expectations. We expected them to put up some fight.

Robbie Tobeck

Now, it's like last week. Guys were like, 'We won. We expected to win. Now, who's next?'

Al Thornton

At times, we've played a 38-minute game and lost by one or two. We have to go out and play a 40-minute game.

Haim Ramon

As of Saturday, all the rules of the game change.

Jim Christian

As long as you guard in a game like this when you know your legs are tired, you can find ways to win the game.

Brandy Frazier

As long as we are improving, and each game we have something positive to work on, the record will just keep on improving.

Charlie Sheen

as long as two people are still in the game.

O. J. Simpson

As poorly as we shot statistically, to still be in the game last night was impressive. We hit the big shots.

Mike Holmgren

As I've told the team, ultimately you'll be judged by what happens and where you are at the end of the season. I understand why we are the underdogs, and there's really only one way to handle that. That's not by talking, it's by playing the game and seeing what happens.

Greg Allen

That ought to tell you something about him. In that game, he took it upon himself.

Jake Scott

That was a big win over Quincy - but after we won that game there was just silence. Tonight, it was all rockin' here.

Jessica Valenti

As a kid, I wasn't sure that I would ever get married - I was not the kind of little girl who played at being a bride.

Adam Sanders

Sam hasn't played for quite a while but he's right in the mix.

Larry Usher

Sam didn't play like a sophomore tonight. He played a lot like a seasoned senior.

Barret Jackman

Sandy played great. We let him make that first save and he made a ton of them tonight.

Elena Dementieva

I've waited a long time for this moment, ... I've played three finals, but this is the first I've won.

Grady Sizemore

I've never played in the postseason in the big leagues, so I can't really say what it will be like,

Lance Berkman

I've never played in that ballpark. It's going to be fun.

Juliet Landau

I've never played an attorney, and I'd like to do so on a show like 'The Practice' or 'Law & Order.'

Charles Terry

I've played 654 concerts. That's never been done.

Elbert Hubbard

Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.

Loren Loverde

Dell has a lot of momentum, and they were tough competitors.

Terry Francona

Once you give up five, ... if they peck away and get one here and get one there, it makes it tougher to win.

Carole James

It was the toughest work I'd ever done.

Alan Trammel

That typifies how, when things aren't going well, how tough it can be.

Gavin Dickey

This is big for us. This is a tough place to play.

Ashton Irwin

If things are going bad and life is tough, hang in there. Ride it out. Come out on top.

Rich Davis

Britt made a tough play. It would have been tough to get around it.

Ronald Coleman

This was my decision. It's a tough day.

Steve Barrow

We think it is unlikely, but it's a tough call.