Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jon Gruden

He's a real quick study. He's a bright guy. He's a very talented athlete. He's big. He's fast. . . . Alex Smith has a real bright future here.

Jerry Moore

He's just inconsistent, ... That's understandable because he's a freshman. Matt sometimes kicks it like (former All-America) Harold Alexander and sometimes he kicks it like I do. But he has an extremely strong leg.

Marc Crawford

I thought Alex did things well with the puck, saw pucks well and fought to keep position. And he found some pucks in scrambles and he fought off screens where he made himself big.

Matt Hasselbeck

I'm not worried at all about Shaun because like we've all seen, Shaun Alexander plays his best games in the spotlight. When games are the biggest he seems to play his best. And we've never played a game this big.

Joe Torre

In games that Alex does not contribute with his bat, he's helped us win ballgames, so I think that should be part of the equation. I think it's a part David doesn't have.

Chris Draft

I know that you've got to watch yourself with that offensive line. They're going to chop you and cut you. Alex Gibbs is a 'consultant.' His whole philosophy is, 'Whatever we can do that they won't call.' Now, there's a lot of gray area in there, so they're chopping people all over the place.

John Lucas

I know Alex wouldn't have wanted us to be out there thinking of him the whole time and not working. He'd want us to go out there and win.

Eric Hinske

I'm not in competition with Alex (Rios). Writers keep asking if we like each other and, yeah, we like each other a lot. But all this is out of our hands. All any of us can do is go out there and play when our name's in the lineup.

Doug Kilby

The corner kick right before half was nice and the minute Alex hit that corner, I said that's a great ball. Ben went hard and it was a super head - you couldn't have a better corner to a head. That's real soccer. It just went boom.

Jody Grove

We must have our freshmen step up and contribute to the team right away. We must keep working everyday to get better.

Michael W. Smith

I don't contribute very often and very easily. I really do fervently think he can (win).

Dijon Thompson

I just hope to come in and contribute to get the championship. That's the most important thing, to get the championship in my rookie year. That would be great.

Robert Plant

I'm very, very pleased to contribute in some form or another,

Adam Cole

I'm a rhythm player, and once I find it, I can contribute offensively.

Gene Jr

I have to go to work where I contribute to my health care.

John Mackey

I kind of have this sense of mission now when we talk about success: I'd really like Whole Foods to contribute to the healing of America, and the success of that may be measured in decades rather than in months, but I think we're on the way to doing it.

Ralph Klein

I'm reminding them to look at the big picture, at what we contribute to the Confederation,

Tracy Campbell

I'm really pleased with the younger swimmers who have come out because they are working really hard and in about two or three months they will be able to contribute to the team in some way. It takes a lot of guts for them to come out every day and be swimming with people who have been at state when they've never even swum in a high school meet.

Michael Barnett

Having just turned 23, and with over 250 games under his belt, we look forward to the experience of helping David take his game to another level for us.

Jamaal Magloire

I thought David West played really well. He's proven himself, making shots all year. I'm happy for him.

Shane Warne

I thought David Fulton actually understood the game, but he must dislike us totally to go and hand someone the championship like that,

Larry Brown

I'd like to put Stu Jackson and David Stern and some of those guys in that same situation and see how they would have reacted. He helped get things under control.

Avery Johnson

He's a young David Robinson with a better jump shot.

Tamar Jacoby

In spirit, the whole idea of the reform is for people like David Mendez, who are in essence hard-working Americans with roots in this country, so they can get on the right side of the law.

Tony Russa

I just talked to Scott about his first at-bat, and he's not just going to take. If David gets on second base, he'll go to right field.

David Friedman

I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that.

Peter Jackson

I relish taking up the role. Following in the footsteps of David and his impressive achievements will be a challenging task.

Joe Torre

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

Brian Thornton

Josh did a great job tonight, but it's not just tonight. He's done well the last several games and in practice. When Josh is playing well, it gives us a lot of versatility. When Josh is hitting shots and doing a great job on the boards, it gives us a lot more options.

Byron Scott

I think it's a good thing for our team right now. If we can win games without Chris, I think it gives these guys even more confidence. And it also shows when he comes back that we'll even be better.

Ian Thorpe

I think I should retire after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Mark LeRose

He keeps us in games. He's really stepped up recently and made a statement.

Will Blalock

There are some winnable games from here on out. Hopefully we can make something out of nothing and make a run toward the NCAA.

Tadahito Iguchi

There are six games left in the series so we don't have to feel disappointed, ... We can make this series interesting if we start playing our style of baseball.

Mike McKenzie

The only thing that is going to be normal for us this season is playing games on Sundays and Mondays. Other than that, nothing is going to be normal.

Phil Garner

What worries me is that we've had three games that are pretty much stinkers right here lately,

Brian McLaughlin

I was in Pensacola, Fla., for Ivan and I just want to be able to feel like I have helped people in my life,

Patrick Hogan

(Kirby) helped people...he always wanted to help people so splitting the money up is most in the spirit of (Kirby),

Robert Reed

Katrina, in some sense, helped that process be a little quicker.

Joseph Beaulieu

Having that backlog helped IBM through the worst part of the recession.

Chris McConnon

Having three lines has helped us out a lot." ()

Marco Coleman

I thought we'd get at least 12 wins, so I'm not too surprised. It's more of a surprise about other teams that have lost that I thought would be better, which helped us out.

Bernie Bickerstaff

I think we played well. Our small lineup really helped us.

Steven Bates

I think, to be honest, it's helped us if anything,

LaDainian Tomlinson

I think throwing touchdown passes has helped me out this year. People love to see me throw the football.

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.