Famous Quotes & Sayings

Natalie Peters

Any time our speed is on base, it just puts that much more pressure on the defense. The last thing I said to Jackie is hit the ball on the ground and get Gammon to third. That's all she was thinking and she did a really nice job.

Willie Randolph

Any time Jose hits a home run, I try to forget it real quick. I let him know that he needs to forget about it real quick, so I don't get excited about home runs. He knows I don't like for him to hit the ball in the air. But he's got some pop.

Jim Yatzek

Any game is possible for us to win with Jill, but we need to find more people to put the ball in the hole.

Bruce Bochy

Any runs you give up hurt you, but we got the ball we're looking for at first base and couldn't get them out at home. Pedro threw great. Give him credit.

Mike Butcher

As far as the ball coming out of his hand, it was pretty special. It's that easy coming out of his hands. As relaxed as he was just throwing fastballs and change-ups, his delivery, the fluidness, the ball jumping out of his hand and the life he had, it's going to be nice to see when he lets loose.

Keary Colbert

As far as getting the ball, I don't have so much pride where I have to have the ball or it's like, 'Get me the ball,' ... It will come when it comes and when I do get my opportunities I have to make plays. At the same I have to do other things as far as blocking or clearing out a route so that someone else can get open. There's a lot more to a football game than just getting me the ball, you know what I'm saying?

Carlos Pena

As hitters, we definitely know when we hit a ball well. But then you see where it lands, and you say 'Whoa.' That definitely felt good.

Alexis Kendrick

A shot like that doesn't happen every day. It still feels like a dream, but it's just one of those days. Nine times out of 10 the ball would've rimmed out, but it just happened to go in. The basketball gods were looking down on them today.

Courtney Harrness

As far as pitching goes, it was pretty even. Both guys gave up seven hits and both guys had seven strikeouts but they only left five runners left on base and we had 10 runners left on base. If half of those guys score, it's a tie game and we're right back in it. Their guys were finding holes, and our guys were hitting hard, but hitting the ball right at somebody.

Wayne Burnette

Any time somebody was bouncing a basketball somewhere, he wanted to be around.

Rob Judson

As hard as this is, our group is instilled with character and we will rise from this. There's a lot of basketball left.

Ben Braun

As hard as Leon was working, I thought he had opportunities to go after the rim a few times, and we came away with no basket and a foul. In my opinion, there were some questionable judgments in those situations.

Doc Rivers

As a staff, you get to see how your guys handle playoff basketball, and I think it's easier to evaluate in playoff games what you need for the following year than it is in the 82-game regular season.

Jeff Capel

As crazy as it is, with only 2.6 seconds left, we had a chance. We got a great look. Nick had an outstanding shot but just missed it.

Tony Skinn

As college basketball players at a mid-major level, it's a great feeling. You couldn't ask for a greater script to this season.

Lisa Leslie

As a role model for young girls and women, I just encourage them to continue their education and set their goals. And for me, mine are just really high and I just happen to be a professional basketball player but I really am a stickler for my goals and I wanted to get my Master's.

Tod Kowalczyk

As a player you want to be one of those guys that's indispensable, someone you need to have on the floor at all times. He's a freshman and he's going to be a good basketball player.

Andy Booth

As an outsider you hear about how much passion there is in the community, but until you're in the spot it's hard to imagine there's a community that cares more about girls basketball than this one. I embraced it. What more can you ask for? You have kids who want to get better, and I can't think of any better spots to be in.

Alan Horowitz

I've always been a confident person, and this just helped.

Jenny Condon

Sarah's probably our most confident player. She doesn't get rattled in any situation. She's the kind of player who thrives in a pressure situation. She's been great for us in that leadership role.

Bastien Ripoll

It was very very hard (but) it's great to win a race that worked perfectly. It was exactly what we expected. We were very confident during the warm up and we knew it was our chance.

Robert McCann

This is a solid deal for us at Merrill Lynch , and we are confident about the long-term benefits. We will definitely consider other acquisitions like this when they become available.

Ken Schrader

You've just got to be confident or you wouldn't be here at this level.

Lindy Ruff

We really feel we've got a hidden gem if we can get him back to that level that he was at the end of '03-04. I'm confident that we can get him there.

Daniel Gibson

We're a confident group of guys. We definitely think that we can go all the way.

Bill Simmons

Even though a decision has been made, the war is not over. Some of those jobs we are confident will stay here.

Rene Mirandilla

We wanted to see how confident we are and how we measure up in the state playoffs. We're quite tested, and I think we're ready.

Sania Mirza

Professional tennis has become an extremely physical and unbelievably competitive sport. Injuries are the bane of tennis players, and it goes with the territory.

Bob Thomas

Pro Grass has never missed a (football) kickoff or installation time to date. We'll provide a pristine installation and a very safe, extremely valuable venue.

Peter Capaldi

Personally, I have as little to do with politicians as possible. The ones that I've met I've found very boring. They're extremely egotistical, incredibly self-important. If I can help it, I try to stay as far away from them as possible.

Roma Downey

People really feel the need to share how the series has touched their lives, and that's been very moving. We're enormously grateful to the fans of the show. They've been extremely loyal to us season after season, and they make it all worthwhile.

Charles Elliott

People read her for this combination of very keen perceptions of different kinds of people and the way they look at the world, making people very vivid. You do not have a problem of trying to remember who that person was just by names. She is extremely good at this richness of characterization.

Boris Yeltsin

Of course, the situation is extremely difficult, ... For us, it is simply unacceptable.

Evan Katz

Often, Kiefer's portrayal is riveting. He's really able to make these occasionally ridiculous situations feel extremely real, and more importantly, extremely personal.

Dave Reitter

Defensively, I thought we played very well. Our kids played extremely hard down there at the goal line.

Dawn Seiler

Defensively, I thought we played extremely hard, I'm very pleased with that.

Sam Reed

As a consequence, Americans are more comfortable in India because of human freedom and democracy.

Yasser Arafat

a victory for our people, for all the free and proud people and for every freedom movement in the world.

Juergen Peters

That people don't want to give this away of their own free will goes without saying.

Kurt Opsahl

That was a big win for free speech.

Shaukat Aziz

Progress on Kashmir would pave the way for free trade between the two countries,

Henry Ward Beecher

On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that, citizens; on this side, orphans; on that, children; on this side, captives; on that, free men.

Kate Ford

Do you miss it? What are you doing with your free time?

Sarah Olson

Definitely, our free throw shooting sealed the win for us tonight. The girls really stepped up in a lot of pressure.

Chris Holt

Device-makers use free logistics as a way to compete. The down side is that doctors, because they are not paying, have no incentive to manage inventory tightly.

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.

Robert Taylor

Australia is the same size as the U.S., but it's much smaller in terms of population. I've been working in the States off and on since the '80s, and the first time I played a lead here was in '91, I think.

Mikel Miller

At times we played pretty well; at times we were sloppy.

Jeff Brown

At times, we played OK. We have to go over there (to Heritage's arena) in two weeks or so. It makes things interesting in the Valley.

Dave Greenberg

Offensively we usually struggle. We played well in transition.

J. M. Roberts

After the first quarter we played right with them.

Dan Brown

Defensively, in the first half, we played really well.

Ross Browner

Detroit's where I played in my only Super Bowl.

Peter Forsberg

The Slovakian team played very well. The U.S. team played very hard. There's still more for us to give and more for us to do.

Dwane Casey

As long as he is playing at that level, he is our starting center.

Robert Ramos

Railroad tracks aren't anything to be playing with.

Bronson Arroyo

Probably as soon as I turn on the TV and see the Red Sox playing and I'll be playing somewhere else.

Carl Jackson

Oh, he was playing terrible before the tournament.

Dan Anderson

Northbrook was playing pretty tough today and we struggled out there (but) there's no time for us to get upset about today because we have to get right back at it in Two Rivers.

Daniel Gibson

After the first half, we got the jitters out of the way. We started playing basketball.

Bob Schaefer

After we went up 10 we stopped playing the rest of the half. They were more aggressive. We took a 10-point lead, and we were down (eight) at halftime.

Nobuhiko Matsunaka

After seven years, I'll be 39, but I want to keep playing until I'm 40.

Paul Troth

Defensively, we're making tremendous strides. We're playing smarter and better.

Matt Foy

It was unbelievable. Everything just seemed to click. It seems like everything I did went right.

Aaron Miles

It was a long possession. It seemed like 20 seconds.

Fred Williams

I didn't see any survivalists; it seemed to be more for profit.

Hope Schulte

I don't know what was going on. It just seemed like everything was just going in for me. I just did what I usually do, and (the shots) just seemed to fall.

Jerry Herman

It's a terrific time in my life. I feel like a 40-year-old.

Patrick Smith

That play took a lot out of us.

Ron Hill

See? We've watched; we took that little insurance. You didn't like it, but we took it back away.

David Pyper

It was a little disappointing that it took that long.

Alice Temperley

If you took some of the behavior that you see in the fashion world and put it anywhere else, it would just be embarrassing.

Julie Taylor

We got shots, but we took them too quick. We didn't take our time.

Romain Massaro

Everything was very different then. But when Owen took over the team, I really had a much better year.

Neil Callaway

Basically, we took him just because he's a big kid.

Bob Kendrick

He took it a whole lot better than I did; I'm still mad.

Tom Daschle

He took charge, and it made a big difference,