Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wade Leppert

I've been competing since eighth-grade. It gives me the ability to fight off blocks and overpower people.

Scott Linehan

This is an exciting sign for us. This particular player became available, fortunately for us, just prior to the weekend (in) a big need area for us. He's going to fit a big part of what we're trying to get done here, and add some veteran leadership, as well as his obvious playing ability on the defensive front.

Jim Nussle

This is huge when it comes to our ability to come together with an almost three-month jump we'll have on Democrats.

David Rohrer

This is a tragedy and would be on any day, but its occurrence on Christmas Day only seems to highlight our sense of loss and makes our ability to comprehend that much more difficult.

Marc Ganis

This is a testament to Dan Snyder's ability to run and manage an entertainment-based business. His success with the Redskins has been nothing short of phenomenal. It shows he knew what he was doing when he paid a then-record $800 million for this franchise.

Bobby Clark

This is not an easy trip for Notre Dame soccer, but it's a trip I think we have got the ability to take something positive out of it.

Judy Shaubach

This isn't about beating Central or any other team in our league. This is about being committed, focused and mature enough to play to your ability every single inning. If we do that, the wins will take care of themselves.

Chris Carlisle

This is regular speed. I'm not speeding this up at all. It's Reggie Bush working on cutting ability, pushing from one foot to another. Granted, Reggie is a natural athlete, but if he doesn't work on his skills, then he takes a chance of losing or diminishing those skills.

Geno Auriemma

This is probably the first time since 1991 that I feel like we're truly a team that relies so heavily on each other. Everyone has to make a contribution for us to be really good. And obviously, Barbara and Ann have the ability to make huge contributions, and they did. That's what you expect from them. And sometimes we do forget they've won two national championships. They know how to handle these situations.

Wayne Grant

Our defense is playing real good right now. The punt return team gave up the touchdown. The defense played real well against Troy. They had two big plays for their touchdowns. Other than that, we didn't give up much. I feel a lot better our defense than I did this time last year.

Kate Saunders

The strongest comments are from the Chinese scientists. This is not at all surprising. . . . Chinese protests against high-profile visits of the Dalai Lama are routine wherever he travels.

Orville Wright

Success four flights Thursday morning all against twenty one mile wind started from Level with engine power alone speed through air thirty one miles longest 57 second inform Press home Christmas.

Jason Richardson

Once you beat a team like that once or twice, especially at their place, you get confidence about them, you get confidence against them. You know that you can play with them anytime.

Chan Park

Now I'm against the Dodgers, but I feel nothing different because I'm going to face new guys, not former teammates. (Guys like) Jeff Kent. It's not the same guys, so I don't really feel like I'm facing the Dodgers. It's different.

Bobby Kielty

Sometimes that's a case where you might take a pitch and see if he goes 3-0, but in that situation against a guy like that, you want to try to get a fastball. He threw a good pitch to hit and I was able to capitalize on it.

Jarkko Ruutu

Russia's weakness is that they have a lot of individual skill, but they're not playing as a team. And when you play against a good team like we've been doing the whole tournament, that's been the difference. You create turnovers and capitalize on them, we don't really care who scores. All we really care is about the win.

Charles Tiefer

Rulings against the president like these are catnip to congressional investigators. Their claws will be out to play with a weakened presidential mouse.

Brad Miller

Right now, we need all the wins we can get. If we can keep getting them against (the Clippers), it's going to help us out in the division as well. It's a wide-open year. Whoever gets through these early-season struggles is going to have a push.

Alan Adler

Anybody who has the problem -- in any state -- can get the service for it. They should bring their vehicles in. If it's the issue covered by the recall, it will be taken care of.

Anybody who has an identity problem had better wise up and get with the program!

Jack Russo

This is not my thing, this hero thing. This is just what anybody else would do. I'm just glad I was there.

Mike Scioscia

The White Sox execute small ball probably better than anybody in our league,

Jack Abraham

That genre of music is one that anybody can at the very least tolerate and enjoy.

Harold Roberts

This is both the happiest and the saddest day of my life, ... I have yet to be called by Bradford O'Keefe (Funeral Home) for anybody in our congregation.

Bill Saturno

We didn't tell anybody until March of 2002 ? that's when the April National Geographic was released with the first article about the site.

Russell Biundo

There is definitely a better connection with her than anybody else. What we all want is a connection so that when I say, 'Lift one finger,' he does it. Boom, then we have a party.

Tom Renney

And we want to win in a way that suggests to anybody that plays this team beyond this year, that you'd better check in and know how the Rangers are playing because that's what you're going to have to live up to. That's what we're trying to develop here.

Kevin Stallings

I've been saying our team has been playing good basketball. We just don't have a lot to show for it.

Tom Barker

This is a sport where the kids that aren't big enough or fast enough for sports like football or basketball can come in and compete. It's a great way to build up a kid's confidence.

Bobby Knight

Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

Bobby Knight

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

Bobby Jackson

Every game is important in the last 20 games; you have to win as many as you can. Whoever is playing the best basketball is going to go to the playoffs. We have to get every win we can and play well.

Allen Iverson

This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league.

Allen Iverson

I am the MVP and I gotta worry about the trade talk.

Allen Iverson

I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I'm at right now. I'm honored to be here.

Allen Iverson

Personally I just want to win a championship.

Janica Kostelic

I definitely don't feel well. There's no reason to compete while I'm feeling like this. I'm very tired and I'm not 100 percent sure I'll start tomorrow.

Marty Simmons

I am proud of the guys. We tied for the West Division Championship. That's a heck of an accomplishment. Are we disappointed that we weren't able to win it out right at home in the last two games? I don't think there is any question. Our guys have put themselves in a position to compete for the conference championship.

Tim Barrera

It is a great opportunity for our players to compete in what should be a fun tournament. Each school will have two teams and play four games each and the winners of the two brackets will play for the tournament championship. Everyone will get a lot of playing time and it is a great way to start off the spring.

Dan Dakich

Physically I think we were there, but mentally we weren't where we needed to be at all to compete in this game. We need wins. We got to figure out what we want out of this season.

O. Henry

It's time to compete again. We're excited about going down there. It's going to be a nice meet.

Tar Heels

Any time you really get whipped by an opponent, you have extra motivation to go out and prove not only that you can compete with them, but you can actually pull out a victory,

Matt Savoie

Skating will always be a part of my life whether I am skating to compete or skating for recreation.

David Dunn

The last 10 or 15 years, it has just mushroomed. In our business, in order to compete for the top players, you have to have a top training program.

Tim Walsh

The key to the game falls on our offensive and defensive lines. If they can compete well, we will stay in the game.

Michael Beasley

It was an honor to be a part of history, but honestly I don't remember all the games we've played. I do remember the trips, though, and that's what we will miss the most ? all those good times.

Quin Snyder

Tucker took the game over. No matter who guarded him, he was tough for us to handle.

Ben Olsen

Yes, yes a lot. I was probably more nervous for this game than I have been in a long time. Nerves help sometimes, though.

Bob Shinkan

Todd and I have already talked about this. This will be the game we play here every year.

Mike Davis

You can just see it in their faces. It's not the same team. Because we lost one game or two games on the road and it was like the end of the year. When you think about that, it doesn't make sense. At all.

Jon Raker

We wanted to be .500 at worst at this point (of the season), and now we're three and five. That makes it an uphill battle. You make it tough on yourself when you score 10 runs in a game and don't win.

Matt Creamer

We wanted to tempo the game defensively to get some run outs. We wanted them to play fast.

Gillian Apps

We wanted to take this whole tournament one game at a time. We knew, going into this game, that we couldn't take Sweden lightly.

Ernie Mejia

We wanted to shake off (the Nogales) game as soon as we could and show everyone else that we are going to be right there.

Andy Johnson

Some people think that because it's a threatened species, that every one we save is good. But not if they never get to live in the wild.

Lois Lowry

Nowadays it seems as though people sit down to write what they know is going to be a trilogy.

Robin Cook

Tell the people of Serbia how much wealth you have sucked out during the same years they have been impoverished in Serbia,

Nick Hanauer

Tech innovation is something societies have to pursue as vigorously as they can. We have to innovate civically and socially at the same rate; otherwise, you create unfortunate disruptions, and that's where you have people opposing technological innovations.

Harvey Pekar

Sometimes I want to convey something complex philosophically, and sometimes I just want to portray myself in a situation that I think other people have been in many times, but it hasn't been written about much.

Don Herold

Poverty must have its satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people

Yusuf Islam

Perhaps people will remember my voice and what I was able to do with it.

Jeb Bush

Perhaps people are saying, 'I'm going to hunker down,'

M. Wolfe

Quarterback is a position that people try to put too many things into it,

Jessica Savitch

The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself.