Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Knight

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

Dave Barry

When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.

Charles Stanley

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.

Alan Autry

Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.

Al Oerter

So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's proving that there is a place for guys like me in sports. It's a persona challenge to extend myself.

Al McGuire

Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.

Al McGuire

I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The ideal leader is one who hears the voice of God, and beckons on as the voice calls him and them.

Chris Christie

I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it...You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it.

Pat Teeters

This is the next step in our ongoing efforts.

John Smoltz

It's a frustrating way to lose, because you'd always like to win that first game. Now we have to win the next two.

Phil Garner

I told him to take whatever time he needed, to come back when he's ready, ... That may be tomorrow, that may be the next day or the next day after that.

Kari Lyles

I tried to get as many administrators and principals as possible and sent out 20 to 25 e-mails. The next day I had at least 10 responses and everyone was so positive.

Ricardo Patton

It . . . really bodes well for our program. But right now, we just need to worry about the next game.

Herb Levine

I trust Marty, but, by George, I don't know who the next one is going to be.

Bud Selig

It's all in place. It's something we have to look at next year.

Daunte Culpepper

It's all about the next time we get the ball, what we've got to do.

Vijay Singh

I told the guys, 'Good, good, good. Let's go to the next tee box.

Roy Pinkston

Everyone played about the same. We just weren't ready for tonight. There were things we had been doing to get where we are but we didn't do those things tonight.

Janice Richard

They went on a big run, and we just couldn't recover. I thought we played panicky after that.

Alex Gutierrez

They've made us more disciplined than any team I've played for.

Jess Munro

It was a pleasant surprise. They played really well at the No. 3 spot.

Steve Fisk

They played us tough and never stopped trying. But we played together (Thursday night).

John Martin

They played super. They played like a No. 1 seeded team.

Reuben Thorne

They played really well but we are not panicking about it.

Rod Turnbull

They (The Braves) played really tough. They were ready to go.

Stan Heath

Our team played very well at Alabama. That was one of our better road games. We could have made better choices. Where do we go from here? We go to Auburn and get a win.

Brett Favre

I never thought I would see it. I’m not saying it’s not possible. I’m not saying it didn’t happen. I don’t know. There’s a lot of guys getting picked on (in the locker room). Some handle it well, some don’t handle it as well. I’m not saying it’s right, and from a locker room sense or from a team sense, I’m not saying it’s wrong. It’s just the way it is.

Bobby Knight

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

Robert Griffin III

I have no preferred team, but everyone wants to go No. 1 in the draft. Even the guy who gets picked last in the draft wants to go No. 1. But I just know that whoever picks me, I'm going to be excited to play for that team, and I can't wait to see myself in 'Madden' on that team.

Richard Lloyd

Cricket is a team game where individuals inspire each other to achieve performances which surpass what might otherwise be beyond them.

Sammy Hagar

Ted Templeman, the producer, and Donn Landee, the engineer, are the same team that signed Van Halen, when they were called Mammoth. Donn convinced them to change it to the last name of the guitar player and drummer.

T. Boone Pickens

If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team.

Suzanne Yoculan

All the hands, hearts and minds of the individuals collectively contribute to the team's success. (listen to your team, watch their body language, share your expectations . . . work together.)

Scott Adams

Let's form proactive synergy restructuring teams.

Ray Rice

One thing we said as an offense is we want to start games fast ... we want the other team to play catch-up to us.