Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

Scott Coffey

He's been so focused on proving his innocence, and now he'll try to put his life back together.

Tubby Smith

He's a very focused player -- a serious-minded player. Joe loves to win. He'll do whatever it takes to win. He's not a guy out there hunting shots. He's hunting to find a way to win.

Joe Harge

His perseverance has been the key. Myron has bounced around looking for an opportunity. We saw him and really liked him. Myron is fortunate. He's focused on his goal, and hopefully we can get him to the NBA.

Santino Quaranta

His suspension, it's not good the day of the game. I respect Peter's decision, I respect the head office and it's their decision. It's between Freddy and the team. We have a job to do and we're focused on winning MLS Cup.

Mark Patton

I think it's going to be important to stay focused and use that adrenaline. It's the last game here but I'm going to treat it as any other game and play hard.

Jim Finlen

It comes down to work ethic. He was focused on fundamentals and drills that were going to make him a better post player.

Craig Biggio

Just seeing it in spring training was something that was pretty special. We wanted the winning one, and hopefully we can turn that around and maybe get one.

Mark Shapiro

He'll be in the middle and hopefully we'll let him work his way toward the back.

Chris Coghlan

There is a kind of sense of urgency. We do need to win two of three and hopefully even sweep.

Cynthia Reichelt

We're prepared for that, but we haven't had to go there yet and hopefully we won't have to.

Leslie Verslues

We talked and hopefully we'll be ready to play (today).

David Dismukes

I welcome the investigation to hopefully put the issue to rest once and for all, but it doesn't seem likely that something will be found.

Dwyane Wade

I will be soon. Hopefully I will be there in 2008 at the Olympics. Hopefully when I get out there one day soon I will get a warm ovation.

Chris Harris

I will be learning all season, and the only way you get better is through experience. I will take some bruises, but hopefully I don't make the same mistake twice.

John Gibbons

He's going to be really excited, probably throwing 100. Hopefully it's 100 strikes. He'll probably be throwing 100 miles per hour.

Marcia Gay Harden

I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.

Ann Richards

I think in the immediate days after 9/11, the administration acted very, very well. I liked the decisiveness of it.

Jerry Hollendorfer

He was a good-looking little colt who had a nice pedigree and he worked fast. We got lucky on the price because he was in the sale with no reserve. I liked him a whole lot more than $30,000, that's for sure.

Michael Brown

He liked to get into a lot of stuff. When I think about him, I think of his smile and his hair.

Tom Wopat

he said he liked it. So, I trust his judgment.

Neil Diamond

His reputation preceded him, ... But man to man, I just liked him a lot.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Hitler liked to spend a lot of special time with goats.

Paul Byrd

I threw OK. I would have liked to get more innings, but our offense showed what it can do.

Vince Young

We told him to listen to Jay-Z and Mike Jones, ... I mean, he already liked Usher and Alicia Keys.

Stella McCartney

I was in this stadium with 200,000 people looking at my mum and dad. That was mind-bending.

Harry Redknapp

I was looking out there with two minutes to go thinking 'Don't do this to me again'.

John Smoltz

I was looking forward. It was brutal. I was tested to the max.

Trot Nixon

I was looking for Baez to come after me like he normally does,

Jim Crawley

I was looking at our play sheet at halftime,

Shannon Stewart

I was in shock when she told me. I would never think in a million years that she would be fired, especially after looking at her record and all.

Dwight Davis

I wouldn't be surprised to see anything at this point; this is the Wild West in terms of licensing models, ... Everyone is looking for models right now.

Brett Norris

Just looking at them, they really like to mix up their defenses a lot. They play a lot of zone but will switch it up. We will have to try to recognize that.

Willie Randolph

Kaz is looking much better. It might be the right time for him to get going, so that's good.

Alan Stern

I will say that this has been our project mascot for a long time, this little ground-down pencil. And it represents perseverance to get this project under way, to get it built, to get it launched and now to get it to Pluto.

William Wilberforce

Our motto must continue to be perseverance. And ultimately I trust the Almighty will crown our efforts with success.

Ray Wilson

He taught me a lot about perseverance. Like, put that smile on and see where it takes you.

Robert E. Lee

Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

Robert Collier

All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck - who keeps right on going - is the man who is there when the good luck comes - and is ready to receive it.

Troy Polamalu

All of my Polynesian counterparts in the NFL with roots in American Samoa understand how the values embedded in our South Pacific culture - community, hard work, perseverance, respect - contribute directly to our success.

Rick Hendrick

Perseverance: Try and try again until the goal is achieved. Never give up.

Richard DeVos

Great moments await around every corner.

Richard DeVos

If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''

Bill Cowher

I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him. He saw something in me I'm not sure I saw in myself.

Denny Green

He didn't get in. I thought he was in until I saw the replay.

Mike Patterson

He just saw the same things in me and him.

Danny Aiello

My father never saw me play ball, and I was an outstanding ballplayer. I missed all that adoration.

Shun Long

I tipped it. I just saw it and I took it.

Phil Garner

What you saw is some of our typical games. And we managed to somehow get through it and we just didn't eke it out this time.

Anand Gopal

I was living near the Twin Towers on 9/11, so I saw the attacks, and I had friends who were killed in the attacks.

Jim Tressel

I didn't really see it at all. All I saw was there was a big pileup.

Jose Antonio Vargas

I did not realize how broken I was until I saw how broken Mama was.