Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Tortorella

I think it's the maturity level of our club. I think we've shown that the last little while. We've stayed with it. We haven't turned into individuals, we've just tried to keep banging away.

Etan Thomas

I'm having fun out there getting more time. Coach has more confidence in me and it's fun. I'm going to keep banging and keep playing hard.

Kathy Roberts

I heard some banging noises. I thought it was thunder and rain.

Eddie Jordan

I'm getting a lot of mail from shooting coaches around the country, ... They are banging the door down to come in and work with our guys and talk to our guys, so maybe I'm going to have to interview some people. No, I don't know. It's been our main guys missing. One game, everybody missed them. They're working on it. It's a long season and you hope that eventually we'll catch ourselves and improve.

Geraldine Brooks

I had this story that had been banging around in my head and I thought, 'I'll just see if there's anything there.' So I wrote a few chapters of the book that became 'Year of Wonders,' and lucky for me it found its readers.

Larry Bigbie

I just can't do any running, I can't do any banging around. I think it'll be an easy transition when it is time to play.

Dave Allison

The guys did a great job of keeping the puck in on that first goal. Then they kept banging away and we got rolling from there.

Brian Clark

All of a sudden I hear this banging on the wall and this voice, strange voice crying in the darkness somewhere on the 81st floor,

Drew Henson

It's not as many people as other places, but you have 20,000 people blowing their whistles and banging their drums. I've never seen anything like it.

Swami Sivananda

Know that wealth, sex-delights, power, learning are all bondage. This is the beginning of wisdom.

Andy Cerroni

Jake Wagner had one of his better games for us on Thursday. He's beginning to gain more and more confidence with each game.

Leon Panetta

Just when we should be getting ready for the 21st century, our education system is beginning to fall down in terms of preparing our students for that future.

Caroline Williams

I think in the very beginning we all were really pushing the ball, and Dee was doing a really good job of hitting the open person, whether it was me or Tina. We were all just seeing each other really well and running the floor.

Neal Cotts

I think in our case it's come together pretty well. I think Ozzie instilled that from the beginning in spring training, that we're going to be together six months and make the best out of it.

Jim Morrison

He just took over in overtime. He willed them to the win. I can't be disappointed with our effort, we are getting better. At the beginning of the season we were losing games by 50 points and now we're are competing with one of the best teams in the state.

Michelle Yeoh

There are so many elements in the movie industry that I am just beginning to learn about. As an actor you are well-protected.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Whether one believes in evolution, intelligent design, or Divine Creation, one thing is certain. Since the beginning of history, human beings have been at war with each other, under the pretext of religion, ideology, ethnicity and other reasons. And no civilization has ever willingly given up its most powerful weapons.

Kate Bush

My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best.

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.

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.

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.

Nicole Sullivan

kick in a little bit of money for the house.

Kaley Cuoco

I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.

Jim Veltman

I wouldn't be surprised just because Brad tries to be as responsible as possible and he has a job to do and if he feels he needs to delve into this a little bit more than he has, so be it.

Tim Maluga

Kate wanted a higher level of competition, which I was totally understandable. Also, American University is in D.C. and has a much higher ratio of international students.

Don Mattingly

I think it helps to be away for a while. You're ready to come back. You make the choice, you want to do it. You're not doing it because you have to. As soon as you start getting into the competition of the season, it comes right back to you.

Calvin Ayre

I actually think regulation is bad. An unregulated market creates competition at its highest levels, which means innovation, which is a good thing for the players,

Nick Saban

Gus is going to make us a better team at the quarterback position. His knowledge and experience that comes with being a veteran will help the development of some of our younger players. In addition, he is familiar with our system and he'll create competition at the position.

Chad Latch

He's handled himself well. He's had some big matches this year, and I think the competition he's had throughout the year has set him up and prepared him for the state tournament.

Greg Carlson

It could be difficult for them to gain much headway given all the competition out there, especially on the price side.

Cecil Burch

It is a good feeling to have that many guys up there. It is a good conference and the competition is really outstanding. The whole league is tight. I am impressed with the runners, they did a good job.

Jim Padilla

I think the nature of competition in the marketplace is very, very challenging for all of us.

Steve Penny

I think you're going to find that in the individual event medals, there's more competition for those. And some of the countries that don't have as much depth are going to focus on specialists for those individual event medals.

Paul Doughty

Knowing that I have these younger girls who are playing and getting better every game is encouraging.

Tom Renney

Kevin was fine. I thought it was more an opportunity to wake up 18 guys and get ourselves back in the hockey game by doing what we have to do in terms of managing the puck, and maybe give yourself to play 5-on-5 hockey or better.

Dion Phaneuf

I wouldn't pinpoint any one thing. I just have to play my game and I didn't do that for the first little bit.

David Ward

Jacob pitched a really good game for us today. He was throwing pretty hard. If he can keep pitching like that, we'll be in good shape.

Larry Finucane

I would say the pressure is on them (Mills). They're the #6 or #7 seed and have the game on their home court.

Rich Kaelin

Katie really looks up to some of my seniors. But that's the nice thing about softball. It's very competitive on the field, but once the game is over most of these girls are friends.

Joe Torre

Just win as many games as we can and see where that leaves us when it's over.

Jeff Ackermann

Keir Jeter played a tremendous game tonight. He was awesome.

Tom Massolio

Just the speed of the game (isn't there). We try to practice like it's a game, at the same speed. But you don't have the jitters of a game.

Sprague Grayden

I was lucky I was raised by parents who gave me a lot of sense of self and a lot of confidence in myself.

Jim Calhoun

Kentucky gave us a great shot, but we're going to D.C..

Joseph Zadroga

James gave his life for the city, for this country.

Joyce Majewski

Just look at this watch someone gave to me.

Vin Abene

Jon pitched well. He gave up a two-run homer in the first but he settled down after that and kept us in the game.

Jason Calabrese

Joel gave another strong performance, of which there were many in the two seasons he played for me.

Joe DeSantis

John is the kind of player who can give us something positive or something negative. Tonight he gave something very positive.

Ken Lucas

I think in the long run it will prove to be a good thing for the team and myself that we gave it a week off and let it heal. I hate to miss any game, but I think it was the right thing to do.

Greg Paulus

I actually thought they gave us the timeout. But I'll take J.J. at the line any time.

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.

Steve Box

Jake did a great job defensively. The kid has been averaging 17 points a game, but we took him out of his rhythm. He never really got going until the last quarter.

Lawrence Summers

Jack Meyer did a great job for Harvard.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Grief is so human, and it hits everyone at one point or another, at least, in their lives. If you love, you will grieve, and that's just given.

Janet Leigh

I was in that shower for seven days-70 set-ups. At least Hitchcock made sure that the water was warm.

Lori Cooper

Kim may also play some outside hitter for us this season.

Sue Adams

Kim hits a 3, and all of a sudden everyone just started playing.

Ryan Zimmerman

I wouldn't say I am a power hitter. I am a gap-to-gap guy. If I hit one like I did today, so be it.

Sarunas Jasikevicius

Jackson hit a lot of big shots. I thought that everyone stepped up. This was a big win for us.

Allison Johnson

Just like practice. I knew I just had to hit it hard.

Ron Whitehurst

Katy was hitting all her spots. She was able to pitch it inside and outside.

Eric Lentz

He was a big part of the offense and hit in the 5-6 slot.

Greg Jackson

Kids who come here, I see them grow. My philosophy is not winning and losing. When I see a kid like Tracey, it puts this job in perspective.

Travis Moyer

Jordan did a very nice job out there. He pitched excellent. He only made one mistake.

Scott Rice

Joey's a talented kid. He did a nice job on his routes.

Matt McKay

Joe did an outstanding job on Biggs. We didn't want him shooting 3s.

Galen Hall

Joe did a miraculous job keeping that squad from not splitting offensively and defensively.

John Caudwell

Journalists like to say I started off sweeping the pottery floors. But it was just a short-lived part time job doing that after I left school.

Garrett Gravesen

Jobs can wait, but the lives of these kids cannot. And because no one else was doing anything else about it.

Glen Smith

He viewed it as a job that had to be done.

Allard Baird

He comes into Spring Training where it's his job to lose.

Lamar Butler

Just to walk in, I kept thinking about Peyton Manning throwing all those touchdowns.

Lenora Fulani

he voiced his disagreement with me, and then kept right on going.

Daniel Gomez

He use to come here once and a while, but he was a musician and you know kept pretty much to himself.

Lee Dean

He couldn't sleep, ... He kept saying, 'What should I take? What should I bring?'

Reggie Theus

He could have played last week, but I kept him out because I wanted him to be 100 percent this week.

Frank Robinson

He kept yapping at me, and I was talking at him, and he's telling me, 'No more,' but he's still yakking at me, ... I'm trying to tell him, 'You stop talking to me if I can't talk to you.'

Brad Wilkerson

He kept us off-balance. He didn't really give up too many hard-hit balls.

Marc Suyematsu

He kept us off-balance and we were never able to string together any hits.

Joel Thompson

He kept those for a reason. He showed me those for a reason.

Mariangee Bogado

I was looking at the scoreboard a lot. I knew I had the no-hitter, but I think it's all mental. I was just thinking about getting everyone out.

Tamba Hali

I think in the back of his mind, he knew we were coming. He still had to do his job, but he knew we were coming.

Matt Thornton

He wanted to make sure he knew I can compete, for me to pitch like he knows I can, like I know I can.

Pete Fenson

He just shook it off and played the way we knew he could play.

Army Sgt.

He just refused to go until he knew he had a welcoming place,

Jeremy Rowell

He knew what he was getting into. He's such a physical player on offensive side. I don't think he'll have any problems transitioning to defense. He understands how to get after the football.

Jeff Backus

He knew what he was doing. It's a letdown, but we move forward.

Alan Alda

He knew there was something wrong, but there wasn't even a name for it in those days.

Ken Whisenhunt

He knew that he needed to practice today in order to play on Sunday, and he did,

Bill Parcells

I was kind of thinking back to Seattle last year, ... We kind of talked about that. We're just fortunate, really.

Joe Edgens

Kelley is going to be right up to the last minute before it's done.

Dave Kaplan

(Jocelyn) bounced back from a rough outing last time. Very nicely done. She's going to get another start, and we're going to keep working with her.

Will Grace

JLo-so karen hows married life?Karen-well it only lasted 20 minutesJLo-Oh is that short?

Bobbie Davis

I think I said to the players last year that they had one day to celebrate. And then they had to start concentrating and thinking about this year.

Jack Parker

He couldn't make a pass or shoot a puck. If this wasn't his senior year, if he was a junior, we probably wouldn't have played him this weekend. I didn't want to miss what could have been, at any moment, his last game.

Jim Knight

There are so many things that we try before we ever go to court. It's the last step, and we don't like to do it, but there needs to be consequences.

Daryl Dickey

What you are seeing is retention. We're not putting in a new offense like we were last spring. Nothing is new; now all you're trying to do is fine-tune the details.

Liz Shimek

What we were doing in the last minute we should have been doing for 40 minutes. To be able to score that many points in that little time, we should be able to take a lesson from that.

Justin Fishman

GW has always had talented players because of where it's located.

Michael Barrett

I think it?s going to be a lot more like home. I think players are going to end up spending a lot more time here.

Mathias Kiwanuka

Whatever it was, we took it in stride and the younger players defensively stepped up.

Dave Schroeder

We took the shackles off them. There used to be rules (about talking with fans). We tell the players to be themselves.

David Grewe

We've got to make our players tougher, and we've got to make our players understand the value of winning. And this sure helps.

Robert H. Connelly

I think it was just the combination of players we had in. It seemed we always had one player out of position.

Paul Mara

He was on his back and I don't even think he saw where the puck was and he took a swipe at it. That's why he is one of the premier players in the league.

Scott Skiles

I'd like to think the players are better. Yeah.

Kasey Keller

I don't know what some of our players thought. That they could just run around and do what they wanted to and these players were just going to roll over and let you do that?

Dwyane Wade

I was like, 'Hey, Carmelo Anthony should be playing too.' . . . I think I could have helped.

Jeff Attinella

Kevin's taught me everything I know about playing keeper. He's prepared me for every situation.

John Buck

Just say today's the day and keep playing hard. Hopefully, it's going to end tomorrow.

Jose Reyes

He is playing like the game. He is trying all the time.

Scot Bunnell

Harrison is playing really well and to go over there and win will be a challenge.

Thomas Muster

I was so tired of playing tennis, so tired of traveling, of hotels, everything related to this sport.

Susumu Tonegawa

Recalling a memory is not like playing a tape recorder. It's a creative process.

Andy Roddick

Had I served the set out, who knows? ... But I let him back in and he started playing really well.

Ben Gordon

He's been playing like himself. We've been waiting for that all season.

Sarah Rafferty

I honestly think I've gotten taller since I started doing Pilates. And my posture is totally different - no more slouching!

Bernie Sanders

It is time for Congress to save the Postal Service, not dismantle it.

Chuck D.

They fronted me in the post (in the second half) and they really weren't going to let me get the ball.

Flynt Leverett

It's an undeclared posture of 'regime change' on the cheap.

Brooke Svendsen

We planted a post back to stop those quick attacks.

Bernard Ebbers

Our investments in data, Internet and international have been particularly timely and have positioned the company to post industry-leading incremental revenue gains.

Larry Kramer

The story doesn't end any more when you post it, when you put it on the TV.

Tiffany Thomas

It was tough to get in the paint. We have small post players, but they have strength. It's just her height.

Bradley Cooper

Our posture NOW defines our portion later!

Jay Hopson

It all starts with him. He can do it all.

Nick Saban

Guys, let's get off this starting quarterback thing.

Lauren Bacall

There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.

Sven Eriksson

He showed he is important even if he starts on the bench.

Brian Finnerty

I think when we start to get strong numbers, that's when we take off again.

Mike Bradley

We're off to a strong start in 2006.

Assemblywoman Leslie

We've got to start somewhere. I want to see something in place.

Dale Jr

I think we're all right. I think we're going to start third and fifth. I don't know; the 38's on the pole, right?

Tim Ryan

I think we were a little timid to start the game. We had some trouble getting into our stuff.

Chris Mack

He's a linebacker with the basketball. He's so doggone strong for a guard.

Steve Trimper

He's got a strong arm. It was a game-saving throw right there.

Larry Taddeo

He's got a strong arm. I think he'll get some looks.

John Gibbons

He should be strongly considered, 13 wins, 200-plus innings. I'd vote for him.

Lance Armstrong

I think we have fielded our strongest team ever with this formation,

Rob Stutzman

I think we win three for sure. Everything is trending strongly our way.

Anton LaVey

In this arid wilderness of steel and stone I raise up my voice that you may hear. To the East and to the West I beckon. To the North and to the South I show a sign proclaiming: Death to the weakling, wealth to the strong!

Sara Atuaia

He's become our go-to player. We need him to keep being strong up from.

John Connolly

He has a strong vision for how we want to play the game.