Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Namath

I thought we'd win when I said those things. I wasn't trying to be cocky or anything.

Ernie Els

I really feel good, but you can't get cocky in this game, ... You've just got to shoot the numbers.

Lamar Odom

You want to remain hungry and stay in a good place as a competitor; at the same time, you want to be confident but not cocky. You have to realize that you can lose. We have to stay hungry, because losing is the worst thing that can happen now. That's a road we don't want to go down.

Mark Twain

Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.

Craig Mottram

Not to be cocky or anything but I knew the national record would go.

Suzanne Yoculan

It's important to make sure (the gymnasts) don't get overconfident or too cocky or too arrogant. We've had teams in the past that would've responded to that (ranking), but these girls are not like that. They're very professional in their approach. It's been pretty much a textbook season in terms of us teaching and them responding.

Carly Rae Jepsen

I really like guys who have confidence, but not the cocky over-the-top confidence.

Mindy Kaling

I feel like if I had my personality but was an OB/GYN, you would be psyched. You'd be like, 'My chatty, pop-culture-interested but plainspoken, wants-to-talk-about-clothes but serious-minded doctor.' I feel like I would clean up with patients. That's kind of a cocky thing to say.

Ken Venturi

People thought I was cocky because I didn't talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I'd say, 'I am' because it was the easier than giving some long, drawn-out answer.

Eric Steinbach

He wants us to come out showing a lot of energy, play hard, no mental mistakes.

Grant Heslov

'Monuments Men' is not a docudrama. It's not a documentary.

Chris Phillips

He's a big part of our team, not to mention that I'll have to play with a different guy.

Malik Rose

He's just one of the most mentally tough players I've ever seen.

Sheldon Brown

He seems to be doing better than I did with it, and I thought I did pretty well, ... His mental toughness is second to none, and that's what'll get him over the hump.

Steve Thompson

He's got that winning mentality and we need strong characters.

Plato

The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his life.

Yoandy Garlobo

We're prepared for this, physically and mentally .

Trevor Doughty

We've got to get tougher mentally and physically. If you want to play at this level, you have to get tougher.

William Gibson

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station.

Sarah Addison Allen

It was early evening when they walked outside, the sky the color of pink lemonade.

Sara Sheridan

The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

Sara Gruen

I roll onto my side and stare out the venetian blinds at the blue sky beyond. After a few minutes I'm lulled into a sort of peace. The sky, the sky--same as it always was.

Sara Gruen

The sky the sky- same as it always was.

Santiago Calatrava

It's very atmospheric. It's not a building that is a severe statement in the skyline. We need the height; otherwise, the building almost disappears because it is so slender.

Sarah Orne Jewett

Look bravely up into the sky, And be content with knowing That God wished for a buttercup Just here, where you are growing.

Wallace Stevens

the windy sky Cries out a literate despair.

Willa Cather

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.