Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joyce Johnson

I was in really bad shape. I don't remember a lot of it. But after I got out of there, I spent a week and a half in the hospital. Half of it in the intensive care unit.

Curtis Anderson

I would say it's four to one we've had more bad days than good days.

Ed Muniz

Katrina dealt us a bad hand. But to say you're going to cut Mardi Gras is the wrong approach. That would be another financial hit for the city as well as a psychological hit.

James Haynes

Joe has good feet, ... If something broke down, I felt he could get away easily. The other night (against DeSoto) he got a bad snap, made this guy miss and that guy miss, and before you knew it, he broke it to the sidelines for about 30 yards.

Craig Thomas

I think it's a bad precedent to arbitrarily select lands in a hasty manner and trade important public land to buy asphalt to fill potholes on county roads.

Bobby Hamilton

I think it needs to trickle down to this deal, ... The only bad thing about it is that we don't run enough races.

Levi Brown

I think it just took a couple wins, just a couple successes. Not going out and having bad things happen all the time. Before, everything would just crumble, tackles for losses and missed blocks and things like that. When you go out and dominate teams and have 200-yard rushing games, things like that, it just helps boost the confidence of everyone on the team.

Ahmet Gueye

I think it hurt more than my injury to have to watch the team lose without me. I felt so bad for the team, especially the seniors. But the only thing I can do about it now is work hard and come back even stronger for next year.

David Tom

I think it has been good for me to be here, ... I feel good. I haven't seen any bad effects from the medicine, other than I feel a little tired in the mornings. I think that's because I take the medicine at night.

Dale Brown

It can't be taken for granted. No other Louisiana school has gone to it. Only six Southeastern Conference schools have made it.

Michael White

He said I might be tied for the Big West Conference record for injuries.

Vince Carter

We thought we were a pretty good team and we could go far. We were one shot away from going to the conference finals that year, but unfortunately the guy who took the shot missed it.

Jamie Dixon

I think we should have nine teams in the NCAA tournament. I think we should set a record. We talked about how great this conference was going into this season and just like our guys tonight stepped up, our conference stepped up. We deserve nine bids. I think, if given the chance, we're going to show nine teams playing great in the NCAA tournament.

Kenny Smith

I think that any other year he would be playing. But because (there's) so many great forwards in the West, it's difficult to do that. But (Paul) is one of the top five guards in the Western Conference without question.

Jessie Evans

I think it's ridiculous. I've never heard of it in conference play.

Duane Witter

It gives us an edge going into the tournament in a sense that now we know we can win the conference tournament.

Ryan Harden

I think we can contend for a conference title. We are a faster team than we were last year.

Kip Janvrin

I think that a lot of times it seems that the focus can get lost. But this team seems to be very focused, and I think they have an understanding of what they need to do reach their goal of a conference title. I think I'm going to be happy with the transition.

Gil Brandt

He didn't work out like a tight end would work out, but he worked out like a defensive or offensive lineman. He's an intriguing guy, a good guy to look at.

Kraig Terpstra

I think we got a little more out of our post game tonight, but other than that it was a very similar game. It was a tough defensive game and Rapids played well. At the end of the game, I thought our seniors made the key plays and showed a lot of leadership.

Jeff Overmyer

I thought once we were able to rebound, and get the first defensive rebound, that we'd be able to get some opportunities to run in transition. And I think that's what got us going in the second quarter.

Mike Patterson

When they saw me wrestle, that's when they moved me to defense, ... Wrestling is kind of the same technique you'd use on the defensive line, where you have to stay low and use your hands.

David Baxter

We have to become a better defensive rebounding team.

Jake Krause

We made some defensive stands when we really needed them.

Ben Gordon

I didn't notice them stepping up the defensive pressure. I just noticed my missing shots.

Kirk Hinrich

I don't know what they shot, but we're a defensive team and should have had it on that end tonight. I really don't know how to explain it, except to say we weren't ready on that end.

Paul Columbia

(Our pass defense) is something that we need to make better. We need to do a better job with the pass rush, it's not just the defensive backs, it's also the defensive line.

Gerald Myers

We're proud of the effort Lubbock has made in order to give (the athletes) a new start,

T.I.

To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

Doc Rivers

I thought some guys gave good effort tonight, but some have their luggage in mind on the plane already. Turnovers and shot selection killed us.

Rob Ciarlo

He?s going to give you a good effort every time he goes out there.

Larry Brown

We made some hustle plays that got us back. We played hard. The effort was there, and that was big.

Tim Duncan

I don't even know how he got it off, honestly. I think he shot it with his left hand. I went after his right hand, thinking he was going to float it with the time going down like that, but somehow he got it up there and it stayed up there on the rim and went in. It was just a great shot, a great effort by those guys to turn a turnover into a fast-break that quickly and get it to the rim.

Bob Hartley

He handles it well, but to give him a five-goal cushion, I'm sure he appreciates the effort from the boys.

Steve Strand

He has put a lot of time and effort into his game. He has made the most of his opportunities and put himself in position to perform. He spent hours working on his shooting, and when you see him in games it's paid off.

Brian Mackler

He expressed to me that the community, the city, everything about the team was a very important part of his life. But you have to have two parties in this, and I made every effort to get something done with them.

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.

Mark LeRose

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

Brian Dawkins

We've been through so much before as a team, all those big games that we have lost and the way that we have been able to rebound,

Sam Huff

I thought they might win 10 games last year. If they win 10 games this year, I think it would be a hell of a successful season. Right now I think Joe Gibbs would settle for 10. Who wouldn't?

Stacey Phillips

I think we had a good taste of what it takes to be successful. For six games and winning a tournament -- they got a big mouthful of success.

Brett Boretti

I think it's very important in their development, and in our development as a program, to try and get guys in these leagues. These games are obviously going to help you develop.

George Gwozdecky

I think it's surprising to some people, but not the people who know how the system works. We have not played very well outside of our conference. We lost some games that really hurt us.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

Herb Cytyrn

Jake is a very good skier and I wouldn't be surprised if he made it to sectionals.

Bill Walsh

I would say that we made a lot of good trades, but that may have been the best.

Tim Kohs

Kayla can guard any kid in the state and make them miserable. In the past, I've always had one or two kids who raised the level of the team by their intensity at practice and their commitment. McCarthy and Finn are as good as any kids I've had like that.

Ken Auletta

Journalists prize independence, not teamwork. Journalists understand waste is inherent to good journalism ... that good reporting and writing is hard to quantify.

Bobby Cox

John is not 100 percent. But if he's 95 percent, that's good enough.

Hector Garcia

John has pretty good quickness for a big guy,

Bobby Cox

I talked to Leo and I think he's going home and that's a big thing if a guy can do that. I think it's a good situation for him. He had a wonderful 15 years here and we move on.

Bill Richardson

is used for national supply emergencies for a really rainy day.

Bruce Bartlett

Remember, personal savings is only a small portion of total national savings,

The Jerusalem

Orders have been issued regarding this by the Palestinian National Security Council.

Hong Feng

I suggest taking pictures here with an unfolded national flag.

Ed Grezinsky

It was exciting. As a coach, you don't have many opportunities to see an all-time national record be broken.

Robert Montgomery

It's a very simple idea, but we needed to show that it worked and that the results were good. It is something that can be done more widely if we can get buy-in from other institutions. Ideally, if there were a national program, we could optimize the number of these matches.

Dick Thornburgh

It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty.

Tom Golisano

If we go by the National Popular Vote, we'll get more people voting.

Nerlens Noel

My goals for next year are to win a national title first and foremost.

Udonis Haslem

J-Will is always running. We just have to run with him. Sometimes we just can't keep up. ... If we can run with him, he's going to find you.

Donna Myers

What you are doing is running the seniors out of Worthington.

Denny Rinehart

Gonzalez will be a factor. Erica Hicks can run anything she wants to.

Lindsay Whalen

It could be worse, ... I'm already kind of running around and jumping. They kind of said to me, 'Just see how you feel.'

Al Wolski

We're on our way back. We're going to try to run the table and see what happens.

Andy Johnson

I think we tried to play at their pace, and we can't run with them. It got away from us in the second quarter.

Frank Beamer

We have to be able to run it and throw it,

Keith Ellison

If you can make a movie, make one. If you can sing a song, sing it. If you can write a play, write it. If you want to run for office, run. But do something to make this world a better place.

Larry Hogan

He was open. But we've done that all year. We just run and shoot.

Wayne Primeau

He was just a steady guy. Never flashy, but he was a big part of their championship teams.

Perry Davis

She was just steady all through the game.

Scott Cross

He's just been really steady for us inside.

Scott Benedict

That's what he does. He's been steady all year.

Rick Adelman

He's in shape, much quicker. He can do the things he used to do. Now all he has to do is sustain it.

Louis Hinnant

In a tournament like this, you've got to get something in your system.

Inaki Saez

You don't give anything away in a tournament like this,

Michael Collins

This is the one tournament where I tell folks, this is not a sport.

Yani Tseng

The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won.

Peter Wright

Lennart is getting better. This tournament is part of his recovery.

Kim Clijsters

Yeah, it was (the quickest tournament I've won),