Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

CLIO, n. One of the nine Muses. Clio's function was to preside over history --which she did with great dignity, many of the prominent citizens of Athens occupying seats on the platform, the meetings being addressed by Messrs. Xenophon, Herodotus and other popular speakers.

Mizuki Noguchi

In making comparisons, in Athens I just ran my hardest to win, whereas in Berlin the key was maintaining the tempo,

Liu Xiang

I hope to be at the starting line of the finals at Athens and win a medal at Beijing,

Paula Radcliffe

I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life.

Alan Culpepper

For Athens and Boston, I had really prepared for tough conditions, whereas here you can just prepare to run the marathon at your pace,

Victor Snyder

It really does help. Games like Athens are important for us to play.

Hamish Carter

It's 12 months and two days since the Athens race and it's a great feeling to know that you can win again,

Jacques Rogge

This successful transition... was key to the Sydney, Salt Lake City (Winter Olympics) and Athens Games. We know our Chinese friends will succeed in this transition too.

Rich Brands

Usually 4A teams do not have 11 (good) players, but Athens does and came up with the plays it need. I was very impressed with them. I think we can do better, but we got beat by a good team.

Ed Servais

I was interested to see where people would rank us, and obviously we're fifth or sixth. They obviously don't have a lot of respect for what we have returning. We'll talk about that occasionally with our players on days where we lack a little motivation.

Mac Gifford

Katie, her stress fractures, even though she is able to play, by the end of two days of playing, she's really sore and her mobility is really affected; same thing for Victoria with her arm. We need to have some other people come up in singles and contribute.

Tiger Woods

Just one of those weird days where I just didn't have it. I didn't feel very good over the ball, putts, chips, full shots, you name it.

Bronson Arroyo

Just one of those days that every hit they had, they were all mistakes and they smashed him,

Zach Malvik

It actually felt pretty good the next day. It hurt more two days after, but it didn't hurt worse than before I played.

Shiraz Peled

It can take up to three days for one piece to dry, depending on how thick it needs to be.

Jeff Moore

It can take more than three days just to route the request to the right individual.

Steve Dunn

I taught somewhere between 600 to 700 students while I was here. I can tell you those were great days in this old school building.

Mike Bellotti

He could have practiced, but we're hoping two consecutive days off might put him over the hump.

Guillermo Coria

I was losing feeling on the hand, ... It has been happening for four days. I had a lot of treatment...but during the match, the more I serve, the more it gets tight -- the forearm, the shoulder. I knew it could happen. That's just the way it is.

Robbie Grinestaff

I wouldn't say I'm fully recovered. I'm still kind of feeling it.

Jerry Miller

Jordan was feeling a little flat out there. I'm not sure why. We'll sort that out. We've been working pretty hard.

Keith Jones

I talk to them the way I talk to them. Missy talks the way she talks to them. The way Sam talks ? 'You're going to be OK; this is what you're feeling; this is why you're feeling it.' ? is a little different. Then we send them to the pit bulls. They do what they need to do to get it done.

Steve Foley

Guys don't want to feel that feeling again, ... We just have to make sure it motivates us in a positive way.

Bruce Miller

He's a great one. He really is, ... Sorry. This is too good to be true. Here's a kid that lost everything. And we could accommodate, that we could provide him something that he wasn't going to have, it's just a good feeling that comes over you.

Torry Holt

He said he was feeling better. He has a pretty good spirit about things, and that's the most important thing. That helps us. If he's high-spirited, then we can go out and be high-spirited.

Mamadi Diane

He seemed like he was hitting it from everywhere. After he hit that 3 way off the line with the guy in his face, I knew he was feeling it.

Rick Griffin

He's good to go. He says he's not feeling any pain at all. Over time, he's going to be able to run (distances) again.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Darius Miles

Kevin had a great game. We have some smaller guards out there so he was able to do a lot more things. He had it going and was on fire.

B. B. King

Kevin did a great job tonight. He gutted it out there at the end for us. It was a great team win.

James Patterson

Kids don't read as much as you'd like them to, just in terms of seeing the world from different perspectives. I mean, that's the great thing about books, still. Here's television, here are the movies, and it's pretty limited in terms of the perspectives.

Mary Carskadon

Kids are too sleepy to learn well. They're too sleepy to be happy. And they're at great risk for such things as traffic accidents.

Alan Trammel

I wouldn't say it was one of his greatest performances, but he pitched well enough to win.

Jim Schmitz

Jake Wade did just such a great job throwing strikes, going right at them. He pitched six quality innings. It was just nice to see him come out like that.

Alden Ehrenreich

I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want to do something or not. The character is important to me, as is getting to work with people that I feel like I can learn from and make a great movie with.

Nick Parry

Kendra did a great job. She mixed it up and kept them off-balance all day.

Susanna Moore

I lived in Calcutta for five months in 1999. While I was there, I read many journals, diaries, collections of letters and histories.

Penny Brown

Here we are, months later, and we're still talking about the same thing,

Bob Israel

It could be six months before many dealers reopen doors,

Martin Freeman

I think the hardest part about anything you do for 18 months is just keeping yourself together for 18 months.

Eddie Jordan

We've been waiting for two months for this quarter.

Phil Dow

We've got to get through that and it's probably several months before we get a turnaround in any sectors,

Denise Monteiro

We've established a visiting schedule months ago and we're going to keep it that way.

Shawn Holliday

He's been wandering around for nearly three months without a name, and today, we're going to give him one.

Whoopi Goldberg

If I was doing a talk show, I would do the kind of show that comes on just once a month, with amazing guests.

Andrew Cooper

We feel it would be inappropriate for us to race.

Alex Jones

Some people say they're gathering DNA. Perhaps they're gathering it for the future when the human race is stronger or weaker, who knows. That's science fiction and mere speculation.

Keith Williams

I thought the races would be a little closer,

Greg Gilchrist

I want to win this race really badly,

Allison Duncan

I don't know that there is any more urgency now that Erin has run a Busch race,

Sarah McCune

I don't know what happened. It's not the way you want any race to go, especially when you're leading." ()

Rebecca West

Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed.

William J. Clinton

The world economy, the world environment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race: they affect us all.

Sanya Richards-Ross

No matter what you're trying to do there will be noise in the market... Before the race starts, I'm already focused on the victory.

Ken Starr

I also know that there's a time and a season, and I think that time, had there been one, has long since passed.

Michael Hayes

He's crazy. He's always been like that, since we were 13, he's been the same way.

Mike Donato

He's a thoroughbred. We have worked out together since our first year here.

Roy Harper

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

Shane Valdez

I think that's the first time since I've been here that we had everyone qualify.

Asaf Shariv

I don't know about anything since then that is new.

Matt Kiefer

He had a long rehab. Ever since he could play (again), he has been a leader. A vocal leader.

Samuel Smiles

The truest politeness comes of sincerity.

Zane Grey

These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.

Mitch Mitchell

It is a big one. We have to win it to be in the playoffs.

Bobby Cox

I think you've got to do what you have to do to win right now.

Gerhard Schroeder

There is no alternative to this struggle, which we must win and will win,

Chad Qualls

We've got to win the first before we win the fourth.

Trent Strickland

We've got to play with a hunger. We've got to want a win and we've got to get a win.

Amani Toomer

To get a win we've got to play good. And we really didn't play that well at all.

Lindsay Davenport

I want to win this again, and as long as I can keep going I have a chance.

Richard Petty

If you ain't trying to cheat a little, you ain't likely to win much.

Richard Petty

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.