Famous Quotes & Sayings

Greg Nelson

I was, like, now my competition is to beat this.

Trent Dilfer

kind words after football games when they beat us up. That meant the world to me.

David Rehr

Knowing we're not at full strength, that's one plus of where we're at. Even the people we have on the floor aren't healthy, so as the year goes on hopefully we're going to get better. We're not up to full strength yet, and to beat a tough Lee College team in our first two matches, it will be fun to see what happens later.

David Barnes

Kevin would have to wait at least six months to get a British title shot but if he beats Okine it will fast-track him to a British title shot sooner and jump him up to 15th place in the world title ratings.

Jerry Warren

I would think if we can beat Norris City (Tuesday night), I think we can get one of the top four seeds. Benton will be one of the strongest teams in the complex. They beat (Hamilton County), we split with (Hamilton County), and our other two losses are to Marion and Carbondale. I think we're one of the top six teams no matter what.

Nathan Henderson

Jake had a great game for us. He was in the zone out there and gave us a tremendous effort. We're going to be hard to beat any time he pitches like that.

Cip Sanchez

Jacki beat us by herself. There's no one like Jacki. She plays a different game every time. There's no defense for her. The best thing you can do is let her score and not let the other players score. You've got to be mentally strong to play a team like St. Mary's. They're very disciplined.

Tom Brandt

I would say this week the emotions are really building. Lakeville North is a team we have our sites on. We beat Lakeville as a team last time (in going to state). We want to see if we can get there and catch them off guard.

Jon Escamilla

I wrestled him twice before (this season) and he beat me so this was revenge for me. I knew I could beat him.

Mike Sullivan

I think it is terrific. I'm so happy for him because he has worked so hard to get himself back into a condition where he can compete at this level. That is a testament to the type of guy that he is. We are ecstatic that he is participating in our camp.

Jeremy Tate

He knows now he can compete with anyone.

Erick Jensen

He is the most technical wrestler on our team and should definitely compete for the state title.

Chris Douthit

Hannah has been our most consistent runner. Our girls, two through eight, have been shifting around in their finishes. If they can all go out and run as strongly as they can, they can compete with the top teams.

Ron McBride

He's got a team right now that can compete with anybody.

Kevin Keatts

He's just now realizing that you have to compete and get after it every day.

Jason Varitek

He seems upbeat and he's here so I'm not going to make a big issue out of it. I guarantee you, if he's here in uniform, he's going to compete because he's done nothing but compete throughout his career.

Lance Helgeson

Historically, they've gone after donations kind of hat in hand and they've realized that they've got to compete with these people.

Jeff Thompson

I think it's good she's going to compete as an individual and sit and watch and realize our team is just as good as most of the teams that are going to be there. Hopefully, it will light a fire under her for next year.

Steve Ralston

Italy is a very defensive team, very well organized, they look to counter-attack. Their defense is rock solid.

R. Inge

He just knows how to pound the zone once he gets ahead. He just lets his defense work for him. He's a smart pitcher. He knows what he's doing.

Kris Kleeman

I thought the first half defense was very good. I wish we could have scored some points there to get a lead. We missed our first 10 shots to start the game, we had good shots that we have to be able to make. We didn't make them and kept them in the game.

Les Miles

I thought that our defense stymied them all day, and really played extremely well,

Allan Ray

I think we fed off our defense a little more in the second half, and we got into a flow offensively as a result.

Cappie Pondexter

I think we rebounded and played great defense (during the run). Once we got away from that, they started getting comfortable, started hitting shots.

Mike Klembara

I think we had the proper game plan. We wanted to slow the tempo and play our 3 defense (a 3-2 zone). They were just a little more mature down the stretch than we were.

Kawika Mitchell

I think we did that. But we still have some room to improve. Our style of defense is getting after the offense. However, you want to do that. Whether it's a zone defense or blitzes, we're going to do that.

Dave Pettit

I think we did it to ourselves. We were kind of sleepwalking and took quick shots. We didn't make them play much defense tonight.

Jim Calhoun

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

Joyce Majewski

Just look at this watch someone gave to me.

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.

Gary Defina

He usually swallows his rebounds or hands it off to the defense. The other night (against Rampart) he gave up a goal with 50 seconds left in the game, and it went into overtime. In the first shift of overtime, he made a great save, and we went back down and scored.

Ned Colletti

He didn't have a lot to say. I just gave him the information, and wished him well. That was it.

Alan Magnani

He'd been struggling and I'm so happy for the lift he gave this team as a senior in a championship game. You couldn't script it better than that. I'm so proud of the way he stepped up in this game.

A. Johnson

(Greenspan) gave those words of reassurance. Today will set the tone, and, on balance, tomorrow should be positive.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

Herb Cytyrn

Jake is a very good skier and I wouldn't be surprised if he made it to sectionals.

Bill Walsh

I would say that we made a lot of good trades, but that may have been the best.

Billy Beane

Ken did a great job for us. We've always said that. He was a good enough manager for us to want him back before, and he's still a good enough manager to come back.

Alan Greenspan

Keeping out competitively priced goods would materially lower our standard of living.

Joker Phillips

Keenan played as big a hand in this as anybody. They are good friends. He's going to live with Keenan. They are going to run routes together. He's all in now, and that's what we want.

Michael Colucci

Keegan always worked hard on the field, treated me and his other teammates with respect. He's a good guy who made a mistake.

Tim Kohs

Kayla can guard any kid in the state and make them miserable. In the past, I've always had one or two kids who raised the level of the team by their intensity at practice and their commitment. McCarthy and Finn are as good as any kids I've had like that.

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.

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.

Jay Alford

He just wasn't hitting the holes like he wanted to.

Erik Anderson

He is the strongest hitter in this program, and he has been for the last three years.

Bruce Shumaker

Guys, they hit us in the face, and we let them.

Siobhan Finneran

My career seems to have worked out OK, especially since I turned 40. I've always had a character part, mind you - I've never played the princess. But if you're used to doing that, it must be soul-destroying to hit 40 and suddenly find there's nothing for you to do.

David Blitzer

This was one time hit from oil prices. We knew oil had to go up from an unsustainably low number late last year.

David Blitzer

This was one time hit from oil prices, ... We knew oil had to go up from an unsustainably low number late last year.

David Cash

I wouldn't say it's pressure. We played our way into this position we can play our way out of it.

Stephen Jackson

He was aggressive. He didn't let the referees get in his head, he just played well. He's getting a feel for the game.

Jerry Slocum

He just played tremendously tonight. I'm proud of the way they all battled back tonight.

Shaquille O'Neal

I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way.

Jeff Beeman

He's a really smooth player. I wish he played for me.

Jerry Sloan

I thought we played with a lot more purpose tonight than we did the other night.

Luke Poore

I thought we played well. They just wore us down.

Susie Gardner

I thought Whitney played very well, especially considering who she was playing against.

Jim Ferraro

I think you?re going to see us (in the tournament). We have a lot of young girls, but they have played well together.