Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jonathan Williams

I think it really opened the door for black athletes at the time.

Steve Shephard

It came down to those last two athletes to do their job the best they could and both Stephanie and Meredith really came through in the clutch.

Denny Green

He'll be one of the best athletes they've got there. He can dunk a ball any way you want to dunk it. Absolutely. He's got exceptional speed, exceptional jumping ability. He'll be a regular gym rat.

Kevin Meyer

He knows we need to get him involved more. He is one of our best athletes and we need to find ways to keep him out on the field.

Hilton Armstrong

There are so many athletes on this team. But everybody gives up a little bit to make the team better.

Van Allen

Having that consistency in the coaching staff has really been helping all of our athletes improve.

Nick Hill

Having this kind of technology available to athletes and coaches helps give us that necessary edge that you need to win on the world stage.

Pat Griffin

For men, the stereotypical image has been that gay men are not competitive, not tough enough. It's important for people to see that these stereotypes are not true. Women athletes who come out become instant heroes, because lesbians want strong heroes.

Chad Nightingale

He's as down to earth as they come. You don't always see that in upper-echelon athletes like him. The kid has been raised right.

Doug Cauthen

He was a champion and it was a great privilege to have been around him. Even though he'd been out of service for a couple of years, we kept him in the same stall so he still felt he was part of things. That's what he deserved.

H. Hunt

He is the essence of sports in Kansas City and why there is a Truman Sports Complex and, frankly, why the two teams are there. He is and always will be a champion of all sports in Kansas City.

Steven Gerrard

He's a great player. He scores goals in the league, in cup competitions and also in the Champions League,

O.J. Mayo

I'd like to wrap it up with three in a row and be national champions next year.

Mick McCarthy

He has some useful Premiership and Champions League experience and his versatility provides me with cover,

Nigel Collins

If you're the champion and you get beat, the fighter who wins is the new champion. It's very straightforward. We offer fighters an alternative, and we don't strip them of their belts, and we don't charge sanctioning fees. It's very simple.

Jeff Thomson

In the end, if we don't win the Champions Trophy, who really gives a toss? For Australia, as long as these other guys are getting a game and learning something, then they are ready to go when they're picked (later).

Charlie Cyr

If the world champion falls, they get a minus-3.

Orlando Early

I hold told our guys that in conference plays, other teams are going to keep fighting. A champion has to take the blows, stand back up and keep fighting.

Matt Simmons

I was looking for (opportunities). It was determination - trying to find the smallest little hole to get to the basket. When they started coming back a little, we had to step up our game. We weren't really worried though.

Arthur Sullivan

I would suggest the people from other counties here, they do have emissions tests. Not waste their time coming over here.

Kevin Boyd

Katie is a creative, technical player who can impact a game from any position. She is easily one of the top players coming out this year.

Chuck D.

Joey is a phenomenal talent and his knowledge of the sport and athleticism are off the chart. Now everything is coming together for him.

Luis Fernandez

Juan Miguel is coming as soon as he receives the guarantee from the Justice Department and the INS that he's going to receive the custody of his boy,

David Leibowitz

I suspect that software is going to drive this generation of products much as it drove the prior generation. Nintendo has proven itself a master of coming up with software that has play value.

Nick Saban

I talked to Ricky and Ricky still seems to be very, very interested in coming back.

Steve Nash

I talked to him before that, too, and his heart wasn't into coming back,

Mike Browning

I take my hat off to our guys because they could have easily given up being 17 points down, coming off a back-to-back the night before.

Max Mosley

The FIA very much hopes that all the teams and manufacturers competing in this year's championship will also enter for 2008.

Darrin Walter

The kids are competing to be on the varsity squad.

George Husack

The Gaels are riding a good streak of matches and competing well. They have a crafty team of players and it's going to be tough to play them in Moraga.

Carol Peschel

These girls have continued to persevere and improve despite some injuries. Nikki was competing in the all-around. Now she may be on one event for the end of the season.

Reese Butler

It's not even just a waste of money -- they're actually competing with us! They're hurting an existing, successful effort, and for what?

Darryl Anderson

The NCAA is an exceptional meet. We're excited to be competing in the national championships and look forward to gaining some success while we're there.

Mark Sontag

After that, we weren't competing for overall. But lots of teams with top overalls didn't have the scores we were competing with.

Dean Oestreich

It's no longer about a single dominant player providing biotech tools to the marketplace. We are competing head to head.

Steve Carpenter

It's real surprising because I know they were a high competing team and they were ranked nationally.

Donald Rumsfeld

I think it's interesting that other countries wonder why they would be increasing their defense effort at the pace they are and yet not acknowledging it, ... That is as interesting as the fact that it's increasing at the pace it is.

Peter Mayhew

Whatever people say about America, it is still one of the most wonderful countries in the world, despite the politics, religion and everything else that goes on.

Ismail Haniyeh

We think countries in power can decide for themselves what kinds of positions and policies they can take.

D. James

I am cautiously optimistic the stellar growth in the first decade of commercialization will be surpassed in the second. The number of countries and farmers growing biotech crops is expected to grow, particularly in developing countries.

Jamie Cullum

I lived my twenties on the road, in all different countries experiencing this momentum of a career which was taking off in its own way.

Ernie Whitt

I know for a fact we don't have the depth that some of the other countries have. But we do have a lot of heart.

Juan Lubroth

I have praise for the European countries because they have they have implemented their surveillance and identified the virus in migratory birds. This shows us the surveillance is working.

Jose Reyes

I'm looking forward to learning more about what other countries are doing with innovative passive safety systems. The second thing I see is the potential for collaborative research. And when you have people from so many countries in one room, you make new friends and learn about different cultures.

Jose Maria Aznar

In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, which may yet extend to other countries in the region, are full of uncertainties.

Patricia Johnson

It ain't about the money, it's about the people. I see them more than some of their family do.

Vernon Keenan

It is gratifying to the GBI when we can identify and return remains to family members. We hope that by using the latest technology in our identification efforts, we will have other success stories as this project continues.

Jeff Fisher

Lastly, the holiday season is a season for family, so I guess it makes sense that we will kickoff the holidays with the Manning family visiting Nashville in consecutive weeks.

Wolf Blitzer

What does the Levy family want to hear from Gary Condit Thursday night?

Jeff Cohen

There is no better time than the holidays to make that introduction. You have so many family members together, you don't have to go out of your way to plan a special function.

Allan Evridge

The people that molded me were my parents. They've always been there for me and provided good leadership. My family made me the type of person I am today.

Kim Gervasoni

We talked about playing in the past. It made sense with the two sisters playing. It's great for their family too.

Fiona McIntosh

We travel a lot from Australia and deliberately route ourselves through the U.A.E. because my whole family loves the place.

Gary Kleeblatt

We think that kids are better off with their parents if they can remain safely in their home. What we had before us in 2004 was an allegation of neglect. It was investigated. It was substantiated and the family was provided services.

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,

Ian Livingstone

I thought there was going to be a limit to paper and pencil games and I really wanted to get into the next medium,

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?

Ed Pultz

I thought that was one of her better games at managing the game. She played under control, rebounded and played pretty good defense.

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.

Ryan Coleman

I think we're doing a tremendous job defensively. We're holding our opponents to 50 points or less, which is right where they need to be.

Asma Jehangir

I did not see ill will on the part of the government, that they were holding it for themselves, or misappropriating it. But nevertheless, what they didn't understand is the need for speed. They're being bureaucratic.

Jeff Hanna

He loved it over there, and they loved him. When we went onstage in Japan, there were people holding up 'Vassar Clements' placards.

Glenn Mason

I'm an old-fashioned guy. There are two kinds of coaches: schemers and fundamentalists. Fundamentalists teach blocking, tackling and holding on to the ball.

Brian Hill

I'm sure it's discouraging for him. He looked to me that he was having some pain and I didn't want to take any chances. I saw him wincing out there and holding his midsection. It didn't make sense for him to continue. I know he's down.

Lisa Parker

You can see where there's no bark. That's where we were holding onto it.

Jeremy Lewis

It's like holding a wolf by the ears, ... You don't want to hold it, but you don't want to let it go.

Mike Holmgren

I've had the privilege of holding it (the Lombardi Trophy) before and I hope to touch it again.

Kristin Hannah

Sometimes holding on was all you could do.

Lynn Ribolini

If we had to stay indoors we'd only have about an hour. We have six teams trying to practice in our gym, there is not a lot of time.

Veronica Campbell

I think I will be able to make the transition from indoors to outdoors.

Casey FitzRandolph

It's stacked. In this race, just to win a medal you've got to skate awesome.

Jeremy Bloom

It really isn't about winning the medal for me.

Connie Thomason

It provides money for shirts, medals and ribbons.

Ben Agosto

We weren't sure that we were even going to be here. To now be here and have a medal around our neck, it's amazing.

Jeffrey Buttle

I stood there (on the medal podium) in disbelief. It was a really special moment. I wouldn't have been there without (my parents).

Larry Gregory

Having these meetings was more important than taking part on that panel,

Mike Pincus

The people that were at this meeting had no opinion at all.

Emile M. Cioran

We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves.

Ashley Key

We actually had a team meeting at one point (during that stretch). We talked about what we needed to do as a team to get it together. After that team meeting, we got back on the same page and went from there.

Donna Newman

It's not a confidential attorney-client meeting. It's a meeting to wave at your client.

Olusegun Obasanjo

strive at this meeting to come out with solutions.

Fred Phillips

It shows what we are doing is working. We are meeting our goals, which is very exciting.

The Eagles

It's been a total headache, ... We had trouble getting officials because the state (LHSAA) ruled New Orleans officials were unacceptable this season because they have not been going to their weekly meetings and they are supposed to be working for other associations in Thibodaux and Hammond.

Hayley Wickenheiser

It's our first meeting since the worlds, so it will be interesting to see what they look like, and how we look as well.

Niranjan Shah

It is nothing. If some members (of the board) want to speak to the press about it, we can't do anything.

Westbrook Pegler

I am a member of the rabble in good standing.

Travis Barker

Right now, one of our members needs time off, so we're granting him that,

Robert Sinclair

Our members are screaming. People are wondering where it's going to go and, of course, we can't tell them.

Roger Toussaint

Our members will stand together and stand firm, and make sure the organization is not broken.

Jose Manuel Barroso

The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.

Ben Shapiro

Members of Congress have more in common with the people they hobnob in Washington, D.C., than they do with the people they're supposed to represent.

Michael Gerhardt

It's got new members and big cases, and the combination of those things will make it historic.

John Hope Franklin

Love each other. Regard each other as members of one family.

Andrew Fastow

I think I said on more than one occasion yesterday that I was greedy.

Eric Elliott

This is Casey's first Zone meet, and if she can rise to the occasion there is nothing stopping her.

Fran Clader

Everything the officers did in each of these occasions was right.

Max Lucado

God would prefer we have an occasional limp than a perpetual strut.

John Collins

On occasion during cross-examination, the defendant was tearful and perhaps remorseful.

Chosun Ilbo

For the sake of the remaining two years of his administration, Roh should seize the occasion to find a replacement for the man.

Zack Greinke

I was about 20 times smarter before this season started than I am now.

Walter Savage Landor

Falsehood is for a season.

Kelly Rowan

In the first season, (Kirsten) seemed really together, but there's this undercurrent of 'something's got to be up.' And (last) season you got to see kind of the underbelly of her,

Steve Owens

It may be that we simply go from one high-pollution season to another.

Gwyn Howat

It was a wild weather year. The big thing this season was extremes.

Dave Molina

Colfax will be the big one. We can make our season with a win.

Bryan Cupito

The season starts now for me. This is the time we've been waiting for.

Jonathan Lewis

The season is not lost. We're still Virginia Tech.

Bobby Jones

During the season on Saturdays, I usually sleep in until about 1.

Brian Waldron

We can co-exist with soccer, absolutely. They're essentially a summer sport and we're winter. We'll make it work beautifully.

Truman Capote

Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. And there exudes a sour extra-human smell that makes the very stone seem flesh-alive, webbed and pulsing.

Rick Riordan

She'd secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she'd fallen for him hard.

William Law

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

William Wordsworth

The moving accident is not my trade; To freeze the blood I have no ready arts: 'Tis my delight, alone in summer shade, To pipe a simple song for thinking hearts.

Will Durant

The dog that buried the bone which even a canine appetite could not manage, the squirrel that gathered nuts for a later feast, the bees that filled the comb with honey, the ants that laid up stores for a rainy day - these were among the first creators of civilization. It was they....who taught our ancestors the art of providing for tomorrow out of the surplus of today, or of preparing for winter in summer's time of plenty.

Sarah Rees Brennan

The poor lady must have dropped that", she said, and undid the gate stepping out to get it. Jared put his hand on it, "No". Mrs Jeffries stared down at him. "What do you mean...no?" Jared and Mrs.Jeffries stared back at each other,neither breaking eye contact in a perfect deadlock. Then Jared smiled at her. "I mean", he said with conviction, "it's mine." "It's what?" Jared stood up, pocketing the lipstick. "I know", he responded. "Everyone tells me i'm more of a summer". Mrs.Jeffries continued to stare. Jared continued to speak. "I'm going to go now. Me... and my lipstick.

Sarah Rees Brennan

They walked to school, talking about how much they were longing for the summer holidays. "Oh, I am planning things," said Jamie. "Great, great things. I could join a band." "You gave up the guitar after two lessons." "Well," he said, "I could be a backup dancer." "Backup dancers have to wear belly shirts and glitter," said Mae. "So obviously, I support this plan.

Sarah Silverman

As a kid, I was terrified. I was a bed wetter and I had to go to sleepaway camp every summer, which was humiliating and terrifying. I had lots of insecurities and scaredness. I covered it with being funny and tough, but it's hard to be tough when you're making your cot in your bunk over soaking wet sheets and acting like nobody can smell anything.

Tre Cool

Life is like breakfast: you just mix all ingredients 'cause in your stomach it will all come together.

William Albert Allard

Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.

Yvette Nicole Brown

Christ's strength is manifest in our weakness, so if we had everything together there would be no need for Him.

Wilfrid Laurier

A colony, yet a nation - words never before in the history of the world associated together.

Will Carleton

So I have talked with Betsey and Betsey has talked with me, And we have agreed together that we can't never agree

Vladimir Putin

Let us not forget that we have two governmental reserve funds: the Reserve Fund and the National Wellbeing Fund that represent together $100 billion.

Vladimir Putin

I would like to draw attention to the fact that we have gone from pure trade [with China] in traditional goods [energy resources, such as hydrocarbons, oil and now natural gas, petrochemicals on the one hand and textiles and footwear on the other] to a whole new level of economic cooperation. For example, we are working together on space programmes. Moreover, we are developing and soon will begin the production of a heavy helicopter. We are now tracing the plan for the creation of a wide-body long-range aircraft.

Walter Mosley

There's many things that I am. And all of those things come together at some point. If somebody wants to limit me, you know and they'll say, 'Well, this is Walter Mosley, the mystery writer.' I don't like that. Because I do many things.

Yoko Ono

World peace is one project that we have to do together.

Rocco Buttiglione

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

Edith Wharton

traditions that have lost their meaning are the hardest of all to destroy.

Steven Strogatz

When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance.

Tom Chapin

Mine is not a traditional music, but it comes from a tradition.

Robbie Williams

I come from the tradition of a big Irish family that loves to sing. I love to perform.

Ted Rall

There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair.

John Searle

You do not understand your own tradition if you do not see it in relation to others.

Philip Johnson

I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.

George Saunders

All traditions are also full of meanness for the sake of meanness.

Bobby Cox

I think you've got to do what you have to do to win right now.

Gerhard Schroeder

There is no alternative to this struggle, which we must win and will win,

Chad Qualls

We've got to win the first before we win the fourth.

Amani Toomer

To get a win we've got to play good. And we really didn't play that well at all.

Richard Petty

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Richard P. Feynman

Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something.

Retief Goosen

You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.

Trudi Canavan

It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because it is grieved by what it finds there.

Rick Cook

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.