Famous Quotes & Sayings

Branch Rickey

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Edmund Burke

Public calamity is a mighty leveller.

Nick Saban

We certainly created some adversity for ourselves to overcome out there, ... but I was really pleased with how we responded time in and time out. Nobody's ever happy with penalties. Nobody's ever happy with turnovers. But I think it's most important to establish how you respond to that stuff when it happens in the game.

Clint Hurdle

More can be learned from adversity than when everything good happens. They realize they were short in areas, went down to (Class AAA) Colorado Springs, addressed the shortcomings and came back.

Mike Cranston

I was real proud of the kids. We had some adversity at the end of the season, with injuries, and our guys fought through it.

Anne Bradstreet

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Esther Hicks

When you take the problems of the world on your shoulders, your body doesn't feel good. It's just that simple. Leave the problems of the world to the individual problem-makers of the world, and you be the joy-seeker that you are.

Ezra Taft Benson

You are the one who must decide whose thoughts you will entertain. You are free to choose-but you are not free to alter the consequences of those choices. You will be what you think about what you consistently allow to occupy the stage of your mind.

Francis Ford Coppola

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

Jacob Lusk

You're going to be entertained. But when you finish hearing me singing, you're going to want to keep going, and you're going to keep believing and that's the kind of artist I am.

David Briggs

This was a big win for us because we are a young team. It was important to get that first win, because they can start believing in themselves. I was real happy with the way we came out in the first inning.

J. Wince

I can never fault our effort. The kids play as hard as they can. We just need to keep believing and good things will happen.

Jana Kramer

I have to thank country radio for believing in me.

Jack Rio

These kind of games, when you pull them out, do wonders for the confidence and the guys believing and understanding. It doesn't always go the way you want it to go, but you have to scratch out a win. And we were able to do that.

Nayvadius Cash

I was probably 15 when I started going to the studio with the older cats in my neighborhood. They heard me rap outside one time; I was just freestyling. And they invited me to the studio. It's good when you're accepted, no matter what crowd. That's the first step of believing you can do whatever you feel like putting your mind to.

Neil Jackson

Being an actor, you can get spoilt a little bit: car services come and pick you up, you get put up in nice hotels, people fetch you coffee, and so on. It is wonderful, but you can get lost in that world pretty quickly and start believing that it is real life.

Ibrahim Jaaber

You lose confidence after a while and start believing that you can't win games down the stretch. The guys stepped up. We got pretty much every rebound we needed to get, and that was a confidence booster for us.

Roger Federer

This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes. Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that's what I was able to do today.

John Johnson

As for going on the show, I would not have minded one bit to meet him face to face and look him in the eye, ... But I feel the deck is stacked on that one and the show is Dr. Phil, not Jerry Springer. The title is ?Falsely Accused,? not?Guilty as Sin.?

Rand Paul

As a doctor, I will take it and make it my mission to heal the nation, reverse the course of Obamacare, and repeal every last bit of it.

Jim Furyk

Our team tends to be a little more loose, ... We have a little bit more fun during the Presidents Cup.

Michael A. Stackpole

People downloading my stories from the bit torrent sites were never going to buy them anyway. It's no money out of my pocket.

Darren Clarke

Do you want to see guys wearing khakis and white shirts? Or do you want to see somebody a little bit different? There's more to us than just playing golf. I think it brightens it up and makes it a bit of fun.

Simon Grayson

Dean has been a great professional for the month he has been here but he'd been out of football a bit too long to make the step up for us.

Ben Ainslie

Day one was a bit of a disaster and to come back and win a gold after that was just unbelievable. I'm just so happy I was able to turn it around.

Steve Spurrier

Coaches go out with a little bit of strut in their step instead of hanging their heads down if they get clobbered.

Gary Neville

Coley deserves a great reception. The United fans will respect a great player for this club who scored a bagful of goals. There's bound to be a bit of banter, but Coley played in the European Cup final and the fans won't forget that.

Alan Nevin

During the '70s, a long list of state, local and federal regulations came into being that cumulatively relegated too many Californians to a lifetime of renting.

Robert Lundgren

An old friend of his, Dan Stone, came to us with the idea. He talked to Coach Knight, and from Day 1 he was interested in the concept, and then I talked to ESPN about it.

Joan Rivers

And then my dog came and sat in my lap. I knew I had to hang in there for Spike.

Scot Meeker

The strike zone suddenly shrunk. We battled through it and came back to trail 6-4 but could get no closer.

Robert Goodman

The story of Sept. 11 is the tremendous resilience of the U.S. economy. We took a shot, a real shot, and came back. It shows you the power of this system.

Mary Kaye

The subject never came up, ... Maybe I thought talking about it would jinx the campaign. We were so busy. We had just moved into a wonderful house. Moving to the mansion didn't occur to us.

John Le

The spy who came in from the cold.

Tim Floyd

The shot chart is the story of the game, where their shots came from versus where our shots came from.

Cory Cook

The team overall was ready to play, even after the long trip. It didn't seem to phase them when it came to game time, they still played their hardest.

Lynn Plett

Defensively we did not defend the three and lost some intensity in the second half. We had more turnovers and they were able to get about 14 points right off of those turnovers. Then the crowd got involved and we lost composure and spaced out on our transition defense.

Kevis Coley

I lost my composure out there, and I can't be do that. I'm a senior, and I'm the one that has to set the example for our younger guys. I'm just thankful that I'll be playing.

Steve Rucchin

You work so hard to get to this point and then shoot yourself in the foot like that, it's inexcusable. It really is. Guys were losing their composure out there and that obviously can't happen. I guess if there's any light on it, it happened in Game 1. That's going to be a quick lesson for us.

Mo Johnston

There was a nice buildup of about six or seven passes and Eddie did a great job of keeping his composure and finishing.

Jerry York

It shows me what kind of nerves he has. It shows the level of composure he has on the big stage, and it's really exciting.

Frank Castano

It's fantastic he could maintain his composure and fight like that.

Ryan Robertson

It was going to have to be somebody who stepped us for us to win this game, and Maxwell kept his composure well. He stepped up and that was a big factor.

Sharon Versyp

It was really an even game. We got on a run. Then, they started pressing, and the crowd got into it. The difference was the free throws. We just didn't have the composure we needed.

Carmelo Anthony

We knew they were going to make a run but we kept our composure and finished off the game. It was a great game out there.

Benjamin Franklin

Ay, we must all hang together, else we shall all hang separately

Cecily Brown

Often, I find it really hard to see what I'm doing when I'm in the thick of things. I can get too precious and have to force myself to put my paintings aside. There's a wall in my studio where I hang paintings that I think are done or nearly done. Over time, I'll realise which ones are working and which aren't.

Stephanie Adams

After the first summer, I just had so much fun, ... It's one of the only places you can get paid to be a kid and hang out. It's all I talked about the rest of the year, so I thought maybe I should do it again.

Matt Hasselbeck

The thing's hanging on top of the Space Needle.

Michael Campbell

I wanted to hang on to that lead.

Steve Nash

It would be nice if we were up 3-2. But, at least we can go to LA and let it all hang out.

Jordan Reese

It was the toughest match I've had all year. The mental part (was the toughest); I had to get in my head I could hang with him.

Zabian Dowdell

That's what we hang our hat on. As long as we keep doing that well, we'll be all right.

Allan Ray

That's why I was hanging my head. When it first happened I was like, 'You can't be serious, not another knee injury.' That's why I was so scared. We've had a lot of knee injuries on this team and I didn't want to be another one.

Erik Zabel

The sprint was long and difficult, Bennati kept me on my toes all the way to the finish.

Bradley Morgan

The reason I kept this season going is because I've got 10 seniors who've been playing since the seventh grade,

Joe Girardi

Too many 2-0 counts. But he kept us in the game.

Jason Grilli

My wife (Danielle) is my rock and has kept me mentally strong.

Carlos Diaz

My wife and I were so protective of him because of the acquittal, ... I was always on top of him. That night, I kept looking out the door, making sure he was there.

S. Hughes

He had promised to come to us and, thankfully, he kept his word.

Joe Paterno

I looked at my watch 12:30, quarter to one. I kept saying to myself, 'When are we going to get this thing over?

H. Hart

I never stopped. I just kept on wrestling.

Terri Thomas

I knew it was going in as soon as it left my hands. I hadn't been that wide open all night. My teammate Steven (Forbes) stayed in my ear, and that kept me up when I was sitting.

Tom Stern

It was tough for every wrestler to get through (to state). There are a lot of kids that aren't going who could be.

Brian Idalski

This is special because it's my alma mater and being to be a part and have that success here. We didn't get here because I'm a genius. This is a players' accomplishment and a testament to the kids we've had play here.

Bow Wow

My fans saw 'Roll Bounce,' but also that older crowd who might not have been familiar with me on the music tip saw 'Roll Bounce' and loved it. 'Roll Bounce' opened up that door for me to have older people love Bow Wow and opened up that door so all of the kids would love Bow Wow. My fan base is really diverse; it's all ages and all colors.

Jason Dominick

This win is a real tribute to our kids. We lost a lot from last season's team and these kids really put in the time during the summer in order to get back to this point.

Brad Goreski

I was a little chubby, rosy-cheeked kid.

Butch Cassidy

Kid, the next time I say let's go someplace like Bolivia. Let's go someplace like Bolivia.

Busy Philipps

I've always liked being funny and making people laugh. I was a cut-up when I was a kid, and was always doing bits for my friends and family.

Al Franken

The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families. They're trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they're worried about declining home values, they're scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.

Channing Tatum

Any teen gets into a little trouble here and there. It's not hard to find trouble when you're looking for it as a kid.

John Sherman Cooper

Rather, like the anarchists of the last century, he didn't care if he was killed or not. They just wanted to be known. We found no trace of any conspiracy.

Brian Tracy

Do your own market research; ask your last ten customers exactly why they bought from you.

Bobby Lutz

We're a better team right now, the way we've played the last 10 games.

Kelly Holcomb

We've won the last two. We've got ourselves back to .500.

Elbert Hubbard

It is not deeds or acts that last: it is the written record of those deeds and acts.

AJ Pierzynski

Do we feel lucky? No. Did they feel lucky when they won last night?

Jeffrey Lurie

We wanted this tribute to be a lasting one.

Josh Schwartz

We did a lot of that last year. Where that story line is going is not what people are expecting.

Mark Clifford

We scored some points; our offense competed better (than last week).

David Berry

Sometimes I get lost in the books, if they're good,

Italian Proverb

The stitch is lost unless the thread be knotted

Chris Lynne

Zach had a lead, but we lost that with seven seconds left.

Dean Koontz

I fell in love with her for her sense of humour. If she ever lost her sense of humour, I would have to dump her. Then I'd kill myself because I couldn't live without her.

Daniel Handler

All cannot be lost when there is still so much being found

Elijah Wood

I watched the Lost series in the US and it's great.

Pat Robinson

We have residents here who have lost people. It's very sad.

Taylor Swift

I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions that you can possibly delve into.

Mitch Albom

Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that's all.

Bai Ling

You have to be proud of who you are.

Asa Butterfield

I can clap really fast. I can beatbox. I can type the alphabet in under 2 seconds. That's probably the one I'm most proud of.

Jane Garvey

We have, I am proud to say, successfully transitioned in a very uneventful way.

Britney Spears

Yes I'm a virgin and proud of it.

Dave Ramsey

Be very proud of what you do, and if you aren't then change it.

Gary Bartlett

Turnout is not anything to be proud of this year.

Steve Spurrier

toward the end there, my give-a-damn was busted. This is not the way I ever coached...I'm not proud of what happened, but there it is.

Brad Clark

We had our opportunities. I'm proud of how we played.

Rick Pitino

What I wanted to see was, were we proud of being in the NIT? We worked our tails off.

Catriona Matthew

To start with three birdies in a row was perfect,

Charlie Sexton

I can still see that row of one-room shacks,

Ted Strickland

What that says to me is they know the other two and they don't like what they know.

Derek Walker

She says things like 'Mama, my stuff is all wet,'

Adam Timmerman

I think it says a lot about him being unselfish and seeing the talent in Steven himself.

Dmitri Young

He has a presence. You knew, right from the get-go, he was the manager, and what he says goes.

Jason Ferguson

I've got a tattoo that says 'no fear' going down the right side of my leg,

Brittany Snow

I have a ladybug on my wrist that I got when I was doing 'John Tucker Must Die,' and I have a tattoo on my ankle that's in Sanskrit that says 'Fearless.'

Andrew Griffin

The second one, I thought it was going to fall.

Maya Angelou

Life sometimes gives you a second chance.

Gary Thelander

He ultimately was the source of the second victim.

Charles Harris

I would not have got to make my first film and I would not have been able to set up my second film.

P. James

We really put it together in the second half.

Barry Alvarez

I think I'll take a little time and go down to our place in Naples, Fla., before going back for the second semester.

Andrew Belsky

We were able to come up on the second day, and we got 'em.

Larry Brown

When it happens, it happens. It's the second day, so I don't think it's critical.

Holly Valance

The Neighbours cast is like a second family.

Tony Mortensen

It's going to be a long, long bye week. Two weeks to think about this.