Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Haley

Jackson has overcome a lot of adversity, and had struggled with his ERA this season. To win this championship we needed someone to step up like he did. He should be the most valuable player of this series.

Bob Hartley

Just the way those guys battled all night, it's easy to say we have a desire to be in the playoffs. We faced tons of adversity (Thursday night). Read between the lines.

Kristin King

I think it's a journey that's been great. We've been tested in every single way imaginable, and I think it's going to help us in the end, battling through adversity and doing what we need to do in the end to win the game.

Drew Bledsoe

I also thought it was good for our offense to bounce back from a really horrible start. I think we showed that there is no panic in this team... can respond to adversity which is going to serve us well in the future.

Rick Carlisle

Harrison felt bad about the suspension. I thought he atoned himself in a very strong way with his play at both ends of the court. That's what you want to see, a guy respond to adversity when things aren't going well all the time.

Seneca

Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity

Sidney Crosby

Going through this is a lot of adversity -- let's be honest, there is a little bit of pressure because we haven't been winning -- and if we can get through this, we'll be better for it, ... It's not an ideal situation but now we realize it's tough to win and we have to be ready every night. We have to dig deep and play determined and play desperate.

Kevin Towers

He's had to learn in the big leagues, which is tough. He's faced probably as much adversity as any young player in the game is going to face.

Leonard Perry

He's a talented kid. He personifies what our program is all about. He's tough. He plays hard. He got his degree in 31/2 years. He's completing a second major. Great kid. He keeps us going through the kind of adversity we've had.

Martin Jacques

Just six years into the 21st century, one can say this is not shaping up to be anything like an American century. Rather, the U.S. seems much more likely to be faced with a very different kind of future: how to manage its own imperial decline.

Erin Horn

I think it'll be a good series. We've faced good pitchers before and we did fine.

Jerry Hairston

Guys like Nomar (Garciaparra) and (Todd) Walker, we faced him in the American League, and we're like, 'I don't remember him being like that.'

Grant Achatz

Whenever people are faced with any sort of adversity... they tend to gravitate toward things that make them comfortable, and things that they feel are important.

Kyle Davis

(Harang) helped by botching up the first two pitches. Then, I was going for the strikeout. I felt good about facing Freel because I've faced him in the minor leagues.

Jimmy Page

I think when you're faced with a plight that's inescapable, and there's something you can do about it, you hope you can make a difference.

Ray Nagin

Ladies and gentlemen, I wish I had better news for you but we are facing a storm that most of us have feared. This is a threat that we've never faced before.

Robert Eenhoorn

When he went the second time through the lineup I thought it would be hard to get a hit off him. He faced hitters like Carlos Lee, and these hitters are usually very good making adjustments after seeing a pitcher for the first time.

Chuck Fehr

We've faced some good pitchers, but some guys have also been pressing and putting too much pressure on themselves. We finally had a good day at the plate.

Joey Goodspeed

I was like, 'OK, Joey, they're probably telling you something.' I thought I would have to step up my game a little bit,

Tim Duncan

I was looking before the game and I'm like 91/2 years older than him. That is just crazy. (Howard) is just so talented, so developed. He doesn't look like a 19-year-old. He has so much promise and I'm just glad that I will be out of the league when he is peaking.

Mike Drews

(Kenny) was a lot to handle. He had several big plays at the end that really won the game for them.

Paul Doughty

Knowing that I have these younger girls who are playing and getting better every game is encouraging.

David Williams

Kids always think they're going to win 100-0, ... We have to remain focused, but this game was very good for our confidence.

Tom Renney

Kevin was fine. I thought it was more an opportunity to wake up 18 guys and get ourselves back in the hockey game by doing what we have to do in terms of managing the puck, and maybe give yourself to play 5-on-5 hockey or better.

Alastair Cook

Kevin took the pressure off me, I just played my own game and watched from the other end.

Marcus Williams

I wouldn't say I was surprised. At these kind of games, Jeff always comes through ... he's a man-child out there. That's normal. That's what I see all the time.

John Neal

I wouldn't say it was nasty; it was intense. We lost a game we had to win. Guys are going to be upset.

Matt Kelley

I was learning a ton and getting paid well, but I was not doing what I was most passionate about.

Troy Williamson

I wouldn't say frustrating. I would say more of a learning experience. I learned a lot of stuff.

Michael Wright

Jake has another year. He will learn how to wrestle. To be in the mix with better guys, we need to wrestle them.

Brandon Jacobs

I would want to learn from no one else but him.

Brandon McCarthy

Just to see what he thought, but I understand that things could change. I'm trying to learn a new role right now, so that's my focus.

Jody Conradt

Just when you think you've seen everything, you haven't. I've learned that during this season.

Patrick Jones

I actually learned a lot. I learned about the recruiting process and what it can do for you.

Tony Oller

I've learned the truth in these sayings: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation' and 'The right project will find you'.

Sugata Mitra

Too often we see that teachers and educational administrators feel threatened by self-organized learning. They, therefore, think it is not learning at all.

Ken Sawyer

I would think players would want to come to a team that's going to win.

Jerry Krause

I wrote, 'He's as smart a young player as I've ever seen,'

Lee Melchionni

J.J. is an All-American, the player of the year, and we know he's human, he's going to have off games. But we know he's going to come back and play well and he did that today.

Chartric Darby

J.J. is a big-time player for us, big-time. And in the red zone, he's the man.

Ben Chandler

I think it can be a distraction to the player being recruited and the team, if it's something the team is not used to, ... Around Loomis, little old Loomis, it's a little crazy.

John Madden

He could do it as a player and he could do it as a coach, because they respect him. That's what it's all about.

Ned Yost

He (Cirillo) is a veteran type player who is comfortable in those types of situations.

Charlie Coe

He'll be a player for us. He's a young guy, so we'll have to get him in here and see how he does. But with our situation, he'll have a shot.

Jeff Bowden

He is one of the most unselfish players I've ever been around. The things that Willie has done for our team during his career, you can't measure.