Famous Quotes & Sayings

Herschel Sandler

Kevin is a great kid. I never doubt his commitment to his team and how hard he works, but to have an injury take you out of this is tough on the athlete. I feel for Kevin.

Greg Shaheen

Just who the committee deems is the better quality team.

Wade Boggs

I talked to Wade and he said he regrets that he had other commitments and could not be here,

Tim Kearney

I think it's a lack of commitment. We have a real gap. We have the Comets, a 18-and-younger team. Then you go all the way to 13-and-younger. There's a five-year gap where there's no travel soccer.

H. Hunt

I think it is most appropriate that the two teams have committed to new 25-year leases, and that the public will at the same time have the parallel, but separate opportunity to vote to complete the original project design with the rolling roof.

John Jenkins

I also understand that the fans of Ottawa are starved for a winning team and I am here today to commit that I will dedicate myself completely to returning that championship tradition to the nation's capital.

Hanan Ashrawi

He was a genuine man of the people, and he was characterized by his high sense of values, his honesty, his integrity, his unwavering commitment to his people and human dimension.

Andy Geiger

He wanted me to know what he had done. First of all, he said he committed a violation. Secondly, he gave the money to a prospective student-athlete.

Gary Gambardella

He didn't commit these crimes for any of the usual reasons we hear, like needing money to support a drug habit. He did this because he wanted to be a big man in the neighborhood. Well, now he can be a big man in the state prison system.

Kevin Chapman

We talked a number of times about how good this team could be if we dedicated ourselves to a single goal. Swimming in Ohio is so fast that you must train all year long in order to be successful. Unfortunately, we didn't do that as a team. The drive to next year's state championship meet has already begun.

Fred Gaudelli

We are flattered that a star of Tim McGraw's magnitude wants to dedicate one of his songs to halftime of 'Monday Night Football,'

James Cook

I think we have the ingredients here: exceptional students and dedicated faculty. But we can't do it without partnerships.

Mayor Bingham

I thank him for his years of dedicated service. We wish him well in his future endeavors.

Mary Schapiro

It has been an incredibly rewarding experience to work with so many dedicated SEC staff who strive every day to protect investors and ensure our markets operate with integrity.

Ben Wallace

I think that says a lot about the guys here; being dedicated to winning. And it says a lot about the organization being dedicated to winning and what they have to do to keep this group together.

Mario Pescante

It is important that there is full unity of intent and that next Monday we shall be able to enter definitively into a new phase, entirely dedicated to sport.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Like my father and grandfather, Philippe and Jacques-Yves Cousteau, I've dedicated my life to exploring and protecting our seas, in large part through documentary film.

Randy Mayes

He was fast enough to play end but not linebacker. But he dedicated himself all year to getting faster and quicker.

Barry Bonds

Just seeing everybody, all the fans out there was just incredible,

Craig Wilson

I think it's a great step, not only for the club, but for Jason. He's proven over the last two years what he can do. It lets the fans know that Jason will be here for a while. It's outstanding for him and for us.

Adam Dunn

I think it's a great idea. It gets the fans into (the game) and gives us something to look at.

Nikki Burish

I think it just shows how much women's hockey is growing and how good it is to all the fans out here.

Oliver Lafayette

This was a great atmosphere. I wish it was like this every game. We can't say enough about the fans tonight.

Chris Nicholas

What we've realized is there are various types of fantasy fans out there. We wanted to have a game that matched each. If you're a new player in fantasy, if you have less time to manage your teams, maybe the free option is more what you need.

Christina Aguilera

Her fans are so loyal, they will always be there for her.

Stacey Koerner

Her fans are her fans. Even if they do want to see any of these new shows, they're not going to leave her show.

David McGreal

Here's the thing about dunking, especially at the high school level. One, you don't see it that often. It gets the kid excited, the team excited, the fans excited. Then there is the intimidation factor.

Stephen Harper

If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.

Pat Davis

They just got us with the big play. Right now, we're down to zero returning starters, so we're just trying to get better every week.

Tracy Kidder

Returning to Northampton, I thought: here's a town that seems to be working pretty well, and I wonder why.

David Gibb

They are heartsick today that Terri has stepped into eternity. She was starved and dehydrated to death.

David Gibb

They are heartsick today that Terri has stepped into eternity, ... She was starved and dehydrated to death.

Jamal Qureshi

Even if the refineries are OK, they could be starved of their imports.

Brad Richards

I would say it was one of the better teams I've seen.

Trey Smith

Just the way they work together was really unique. A lot of other teams don't have that.

Dave Orlandini

He can penetrate. He can take it to the hole. Other teams have to worry about him.

Mike Eaves

He just has to do his part, let his teammates do their part and we should come out all right.

James Spithill

Going to the gym on my own I struggle with, but when I'm in there with a teammate or a group of guys, it's the ultimate environment.

Alejandro Canizares

He's a valuable player. He's one of the top three on the team, so we had a much weaker team this week.

Sergei Samsonov

He's a terrific player. He's tricky. He makes a lot of plays. He makes that team a lot better. Him being out of their lineup works to our advantage.

Matt Wichorek

I was down on myself. Our team was all over the place.

Willie Williams

We just have to go there and finish. This is a different team from 1995 and, hopefully, we will have a different result.

James Park

Today is a very directionless market, ... It is really quiet. There's not much going on.

Donald Tusk

Today I must tell myself I did not make it.

Jim Haslett

Today he's sore, so he didn't practice. He'll be fine. He'll play.

Tony Franklin

I thought we got a lot done offensively. Omar showed today why he has become the top quarterback.

Rachel Kyono

I think that I wouldn't be where I am today without going through the program.

Graeme Smith

He had a re-scan today and it doesn't look good. It would pretty much look like he's going home.

Suriyasai Katasila

Today it must end. If it doesn't end we don't go home!

Swami Sivananda

Today is you own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.

Jeb Bush

Today is going to be better, tomorrow is going to be better than today, and the day after tomorrow will be even better,

Brian King

We try to keep the regulations down. That's an A.T. tradition as much as anything else.

Woody Allen

Tradition is the illusion of permanance.

Rocco Buttiglione

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

Winston Churchill

A love of tradition has never weakened a nation...

Salvatore Quasimodo

A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.

Wolfgang Puck

Most seasonings are based on family tradition.

Hans Kung

I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.

James Russell Lowell

There is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes its rise.

Octavio Paz

Tradition is no longer a continuity but a series of sharp breaks. The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt.

Teller

Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information.

Susanna Moore

The task of understanding the past is neverending.

Jason Simpson

He went with them to Murray, but that's OK. We understand that.

Richard P. Feynman

The female mind is capable of understanding analytic geometry... The difficulty may just be that we have never yet discovered a way to communicate with the female mind. If it is done in the right way, you may be able to get something out of it.

Richard Whately

The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction.

Richard Baxter

It is as hard a thing to maintain a sound understanding, a tender conscience, a lively, gracious, heavenly spirit, and an upright life in the midst of contention, as to keep your candle lighted in the greatest storms.

Rick Riordan

My understanding of magic is fairly straightforward. Hit enemies with a sword until they’re dead. If they rise again, hit them again. Repeat as necessary. It worked against Set.

William Matthews

What lasting progress was ever made in social reformation, except when every step was insured by appeals to the understanding and the will?

Woodrow Wilson

Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.

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.

Richard P. Feynman

Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something.

Richelle Mead

This isn’t a game. We don’t want mediocre employees who can keep the status quo. We want souls. We want to win. And you’ve spent most of your time here being mediocre.

Retief Goosen

You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.

Ryan Lochte

I'm just going to go out there and try to win the race. When you go out there trying to go for a record, you're usually not going to get it.

Rose Macaulay

If words are to change their meanings, as assuredly they are, let each user of language make such changes as please himself, put up his own suggestions, and let the best win.

Ronaldinho

My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.

Ronda Rousey

The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in judo you can train your whole life and it'll come down to a split second: You can lose everything or win anything.