Famous Quotes & Sayings

Keith Ginter

I would think (general manager Billy Beane) doesn't want to pay someone $1 million to play at Triple-A, but my wife and I talked for about two days about it and we couldn't leave that money on the table. I have to provide for my family. The way I view it, it puts pressure on them -- if they don't want to pay me $1 million, maybe they can pick up part of it and move me somewhere else.

Brian Turner

Joey told my dad (Chamberlain coach Billy Turner) that he was bringing his cousin back down. We just thought it was all talk, or that if he did bring him then the kid wasn't really going to be an impact player.

Billy Wagner

I think it's a great idea. I think it's good for baseball, I really do. I just think it's not good for Billy Wagner.

Al Harrington

(Hawks GM) Billy Knight told me I'm not going anywhere, so mentally that's where I'm at now. I'm not thinking about it at all. He said if there's something that comes along, something that he's thinking about doing, I'll be the first to know before he does it.

Gabe Kapler

I think it's always an issue. Billy definitely is one of those guys who plays hurt consistently and plays well.

Caron Butler

I think that was real big. I was bleeding and they wiped me up real quick and stopped the bleeding for about eight seconds and I was able to get my free throws. I went back (for stitches) and Billy just came in and played great basketball. He picked it up where I left off.

Billy Connolly

I think that you'll find that Billy Connolly is British.

John Updike

Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.

Larry Rothschild

He's a young guy. It's like Billy Martin said -- if you tell him 10 times, tell him 11. Hopefully, that's the one that catches. He's gotten better and better at a lot of things. Obviously, there's room for improvement in concentration and not getting distracted by things. That's something we'll keep striving for. A lot of pitchers face that. Hopefully, we'll get through that.

Michel Therrien

He creates a lot of turnovers the way he can chase the puck-carrier. But he's got to chip in once in a while.

Simeon Wright

He chased me for three years, ... He convinced me that what he was after was the truth.

Tony Stewart

I guess if you're not going to win the championship, you're better off taking the opportunity to win a Brickyard or a Daytona 500 than you are to make the Chase and then fizzle out.

Lance Briggs

He runs all over the field. He chases down guys like Michael Vick . He creates havoc.

Saul Phillips

He's also much better defensively. He chases very, very well through screens and draws tough assignments with good shooting guards. At the mid-major level, that's where a lot of the good scorers are.

Harmon Eyre

He's hilarious. I like the one where he's in a woman's kitchen with his face smeared with food and the doctors come and chase him down.

Jeresa Hren

History teaches us lessons. How come there are no Chinese in the valley now? They were all chased off.

Al Groh

I think it's essential that internally or leadership-wise, I think it's essential that we have discipline within our organization that guarantees that things are done the right way and not just to chase talent for talent's sake. That's how you put a team together, and so that's what we're doing.

Andrew Flintoff

It (India's charge) was explosive. But we knew it would have required some effort from them to chase the total that we had set.

Brian Billick

Jamal clearly had that rhythm -- good, tough, physical running -- and he got stronger as he went, which is typical of what you see.

David Thomson

Jon Stewart is clearly an unusual figure. He might have said, 'If you want me, you've got to have me on my own terms'.

Ben Dogra

Jon enjoyed the visit with the Jets. They did an incredibly good job with the visit. They got his attention. But his comfort level is in Philadelphia. Going into this I thought it would be between money and comfort level, in that order. Comfort level clearly proved to be more of a factor. He just decided signing with the Eagles was what he wanted to do.

Alan Ackerman

I think it's a constructive move. He's an experienced hand who is clearly effective in dealing with bright, energized thinkers. I don't expect the Senate to have many problems with this nomination.

Tim Lappano

I think it all started this summer with him. This was the first time he stayed here. He worked hard, worked hard on his routes. He has clearly improved his route-running.

Bob Dorfman

He did everything right in Turin. He was even crying on medals stand. He lived up to the hype. He's clearly comfortable on camera. You'll see a lot of him.

Gene Russianoff

He clearly still harbors a very personal grudge from the December negotiations. And that doesn't augur well for the near future.

Joe Gill

He clearly sees the same dynamics inside BA.

S. Hughes

He clearly memorizes and scripts his statements. That is a test of memorization, not the free-flowing exchange that a debate is intended to be,

Bill Burr

I was in NYC during 9/11; it happened on a Tuesday, I was on stage Thursday. It was a small crowd, but it took about 10 days and comedy clubs were packed.

Marc Ganis

I suspect you would see a handful of clubs that can pay more and would pay more. But you would also see a lot of clubs not spending $100 million, like they now do.

Martin Allen

I also know all the clubs in the Premiership that blanked me.

Gary Ross

I think it's great what they are doing. The clubs need this.

Richard Caborn

Whatever the surplus the clubs will save as a consequence of a salary cap, what better way to use the extra money than to give some of it back to their fans.

Ralf Rangnick

We're proud that Fabian has decided to join us. There were a lot of clubs interested.

Ted Hellard

We're in the middle of the negotiating season and many clubs have already signed player contracts. It would be pretty unrealistic to tell those teams now that we will implement a new system.

Pat Gillick

I think we have a lot of work to do in the minor league system. We have to restock the minor league system. We have to get all the clubs to .500 or better.

John Mozeliak

I think we've identified what we're trying to accomplish. Where we are today is trying to send out feelers and get a sense for the major league's free-agent market as well as get a temperature of what all clubs are trying to do.

Tom Brady

I was laughing the whole practice. But he who laughs last laughs best, so those guys don't know what's in store.

Christina Lee

I was just bawling. That's when I realized this guy was for real. His heart is so pure.

Jay Alford

I was looking to them as the guys that make the plays and run around and get to the ball. So that's what I'm trying to do this year.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

Jeremy Bonderman

Kenny's a very open guy. He's not a guy who's not going to tell you stuff. He wants to make you better.

Don Bartlett

Kevin was the only guy who played well all week.

Tom Renney

Kevin was fine. I thought (the switch) was more an opportunity to wake up 18 guys and make a statement.

John Doherty

Kevin threw three picks early, but he stayed the course, ... He's our No. 1 man and he kept the rest of the guys pushing. He didn't let anything get to him.

Marcus Williams

I wouldn't say losing a guy hurts us. We're able to lose a guy and still come out with the same performance.

Will Grace

Jack-This makes me feel like a man. Will-Yeah. Jack- No, seriously, I'm going to need a man after we're done.

E. Howard Hunt

I would say this in terms of my career, that my career provided me with everything that I wanted, and I think a man is fortunate if he can say that at the end of his life.

Kevin Lowe

I would stake my reputation on that man because I know him, and I know he hasn't done anything wrong.

Carmelo Anthony

(Karl) just told us management had to make a decision.

Mike Gruber

He was a callow young man, not physical. Kind of the opposite of what he is now.

Peter Hobson

He didn't whimper, he didn't cry, he didn't beg. He took it like a man.

David Pickering

He is the right man at the right time to take Wales forward.

Rick Berry

He is the president. We have to respect the office. But I don't respect the man.

Scott Cooley

He is one of the smartest managers around.

Bruce Arena

I think it is his time. It is a position of strength for us.

Pedro Feliz

I think it's much better for me to have the same position every day.

Steve Brozak

Guidant was in a position that was one in which they had to go through with this merger.

Steve Brozak

Guidant was in a position ... in which they had to go through with this merger.

Megan Hilty

I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you're not used to; it's exciting.

Paul Perry

I think that positions No. 2 through 7 could be inter-changeable all year.

Royce Waltman

We took him out because we were in a position where we had to press and use smaller guys.

Brad McGee

We're now in a position where we've got some very strong businesses. We've got credibility to restore with investors. Progress is not instantaneous, but we're willing to take on that challenge.

Dick Parsons

We're now in a position to do the things that I didn't think we'd be able to do till the 2005 time frame,