Famous Quotes & Sayings

Billy Donovan

He was a great guy. It was such a tragedy, what happened. He touched a lot of lives. I know with St. Francis, he and (athletic director) Randy Maris had a lot of plans, he wanted to give Bud the chance to build a basketball program and unfortunately it didn't work out. At least his family, his kids, will have something they can hold to and remember him by.

Chris Wallinger

He was a good shooter and dribbler. He was actually better at basketball than soccer.

Garrett Temple

He used to be just fat. Chubby. He was a ballplayer, but he was chubby. Now, he's taller. He's still big, but he's a great basketball player. He's not just a big guy in the middle.

Bob Wilkinson

He was a wonderful man. He is the one who made me into a high school basketball star.

Terry Stotts

He can run, and he has a high basketball IQ. You'll see the ball in his hands as a playmaker. He's very competitive, and he wants to win. I liked his demeanor on the court and the way he reacted with his teammates. It's reassuring.

Ray Young

Heck, you're talking about three of the top 100 basketball players in the (history of) the NBA. But that's a great goal to work up to.

Pat Riley

He kept telling me he's ready. But I'm a stubborn old coach.

Alison Bales

He'll always tell you he was a basketball player in a football player's body. He was my toughest competition. Taught me how to shoot, the whole form thing about keeping your elbow in, all the basics. He helped, and I pretty much give all the credit to him.

Craig Austrie

Guys were in the right spots all night. It was easy for me to find them. And they were making shots. I feel I've become quicker and stronger -- mentally and physically -- to deal with the college basketball game.

Ahmed Qorei

The only thing that matters to us is to have a government in Israel interested in the peace process and capable of signing a settlement with us.

Gary Castine

We just have to keep playing hard and playing like we're capable of. Our trademark through the years has been unselfish play and that's the way it has been this year. The kids understand what needs to be done and nobody forces the issue.

Pat Massey

It happens every week, every year. You lose a starter and you have to replace him. That's what happens at Michigan and at every school in the country. That's something we're more than capable of overcoming.

Alexander Hamilton

It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from

Jim Foster

I think we are capable of winning when she has to sit. You have a frame of reference for a season, and that frame of reference is we have won without Jessica Davenport, it means we can do it again.

Meg Ryan

He's a very specific actor. You know, he's so capable - just the way he deals with props is amazing.

Jeff Brink

He's capable of putting up 20-25 on a given night. He waits his time and waits until it's needed. He's done it over and over again. When we need to make a play, he's there to save the day.

Matt Mahar

He's capable of playing well and we know it. It's just hard to get him on the floor when Chris is going so well. We knew he would be able to step up.

Buck Showalter

He's capable of doing the job. It's a matter of when, not if.

Gary Griffiths

Kids need to be connected to the school and they need to feel someone cares about them. In a large school setting it can be extremely impersonal. There's nothing worse than a student in a large setting not being connected to anything. That's the height of loneliness.

Ayn Rand

know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity. I know not and I care not. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth.

Courtney LaVere

Knowing it's the end of the season and the end of my career possibly, I don't want to regret anything.

Anthony Principi

Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan . . . deserve to come back to 21st-century medical care, ... Whatever it costs, we need to incur that cost to provide that world-class care to an extraordinary group of men and women in harm's way.

Walt Jocketty

I would think it's a good fit, ... but that's not something for me to decide. He started his career there, and he's obviously one of the top managers in the game that's not employed as a manager. Jim is going to manage somewhere in 2006. Definitely.

James Rankins

Jon helped a lot. We told the guys in the locker room that they had to pick up some of the weight (Shepherd usually carries). Fortunately, we played good enough defense to take care of it.

John Canavan

(Jobless) claims nobody is going to care about, housing completions nobody is going to care about, chain store sales people might eye a little bit,

Chuck D.

I think it's a great accomplishment for these guys. To match what last year's team did is a hard thing to do. I don't care what league you are in.

Elliott Sadler

It caught me off guard because no one called me and told me I was supposed to go. If they'd called, I would have gone. You have to take care of those who take care of the sport.

Gil Brandt

He didn't work out like a tight end would work out, but he worked out like a defensive or offensive lineman. He's an intriguing guy, a good guy to look at.

Kraig Terpstra

I think we got a little more out of our post game tonight, but other than that it was a very similar game. It was a tough defensive game and Rapids played well. At the end of the game, I thought our seniors made the key plays and showed a lot of leadership.

Jeff Overmyer

I thought once we were able to rebound, and get the first defensive rebound, that we'd be able to get some opportunities to run in transition. And I think that's what got us going in the second quarter.

Mike Patterson

When they saw me wrestle, that's when they moved me to defense, ... Wrestling is kind of the same technique you'd use on the defensive line, where you have to stay low and use your hands.

David Baxter

We have to become a better defensive rebounding team.

Jake Krause

We made some defensive stands when we really needed them.

Ben Gordon

I didn't notice them stepping up the defensive pressure. I just noticed my missing shots.

Kirk Hinrich

I don't know what they shot, but we're a defensive team and should have had it on that end tonight. I really don't know how to explain it, except to say we weren't ready on that end.

Paul Columbia

(Our pass defense) is something that we need to make better. We need to do a better job with the pass rush, it's not just the defensive backs, it's also the defensive line.

Adam Hall

He comes up with his own drills. He sets up the shooters where he wants them, and tells them where to shoot so he can get that extra practice.

Roy Williams

I was disappointed in Aaron's involvement. I didn't see it. I'll need to look at the tape. If we need to do some extra running for Aaron, it's what we should do. Our guys don't need to do those kind of things. Just shut up, get hold of your own player and get out of there.

Brent Mitchell

Patrick is trying to extract as much as possible out of Toll.

Darrel Owens

In the second half, it felt like we played an extra three games.

Joel Fey

In the first 51 seconds (of the fourth quarter) we had those turnovers and (their lead) went from six to (14). That was the big difference. You can't give a team like Grinnell extra possessions, and we gave them too many tonight.

Kathleen Blanco

I just felt we had to go the extra mile to do this right.

Julie Murphy

I put the extra money I would have spent on gas and put it toward food,

Zach Parise

I'm approaching like all the other guys - I want to make the team. There's obviously extra incentive there that wasn't there last year. But we're all here for a reason and that's to make the team.

Kevin Connors

If you can get by (Miles), you get that one extra day off your feet, and I think that is a huge advantage.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Chuck D.

Joey wrestled a great tournament, and we don't want him to get lost in the shuffle. He was solid all weekend.

Tim Ehresman

Joe was great tonight. He did things tonight he's been practicing all year. Come heck or high water, he was going to make it (to the regional tournament) again.

Fay Vincent

John is the hero. He did a great job. Now Rose admits John was correct.

Donnie Henderson

I think it's a great opportunity. You always want to hear your name, and now a team has actually called. It's exciting.

John Gibson

I think it's a great opportunity to showcase our city.

Randy Smith

I think it's a great opportunity to be able to talk to him, but more important than that, I think it tells me that he's listening and that's really important to me.

Mike Hammond

I think it's a great opportunity for people to come out and have fun. They're not running a marathon. It's great for people who want to come out and test themselves.

Steve Sanchez

I think it's a great idea for the city.

H. Hunt

If (the legislation) was an incentive to get more people to do the recycling, sure, everyone is looking to save a little money.

George H. W. Bush

tax relief and other incentives for job-creating investment.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to seek higher plateaus in the things of the Spirit is all but gone.

Tony Boyle

This is a pretty tight league and if we can win our three remaining matches this would see us shoot up the table, so the incentive is there for us to perform today.

Rod Lache

I don't see this as resulting in anything dramatically negative. Over time, you'll see incentives rising everywhere. But it's not anything scary yet.

Jennifer Dunn

We are actually still working with Chico's, and there are incentives involved because it's very important for us to keep this kind of headquarters in this community, and we feel like Chico's has a lot to offer to the community.

David Limbaugh

Socialism destroys the incentive to produce, dampens the human spsirit and results, ultimately , in less for everyone.

Dave Van Ronk

When you're working in front of an audience, you have incentive to excel.

Kelly Shackelford

Kids are being told they can't mention God.

Lionel Anderson

Kids walking to school are getting offered rides, players are getting let in line at the cafeteria, people are doing little things to show support. It's really great.

Linda Jones

Kids today need to know that people think they're special. Each day and each thing that they do is so precious.

R. L. Stine

Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.

City High

He didn't have to run. A lot of kids wouldn't have,

Steve Collins

He just plays the game. You've got to love kids like that.

Thurston Moore

Kids think of us as being totally over the hill.

Steve Earle

I love 'Harry Potter.' I love those books. That started because I lived with a woman who had kids who were, like, 10 and 7 when they moved in with me.

Spoken Reasons

YouTube is the new TV. I'm the voice of the young people. I feel like kids these days don't watch TV anymore... No, I will never leave YouTube. Never ever ever... If I do, you can do whatever you want to me.

Samir Husni

Husni said, ''those magazines start losing their usefulness.

Ryan Tucker

It has made me sick. Losing stinks worse than anything, man. I'm tired of it.

Joseph Addison

The woman that deliberates is lost.

Matt White

It's our tournament. We can't go out losing two games.

Dan Martin

It's like losing a member of the family.

Kurt Suzuki

It's shocking because it's such a long season, ... Losing like this sucks.

Jason Bartlett

I wanted to make sure I wasn't losing my quickness, and I think I'm even quicker now. I'm more explosive.

Scott Brooks

I wanted to win it for them more than I wanted to win a championship. It was sad losing them, but the least we could do was win for them.

Josh Beckett

It takes a while for a team to jell, and I think it's starting to come together now. It's really tough when you're losing and not doing well to jell like that.

Shaquille O'Neal

I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way.

Jeff Beeman

He's a really smooth player. I wish he played for me.

Jerry Sloan

I thought we played with a lot more purpose tonight than we did the other night.

Luke Poore

I thought we played well. They just wore us down.

Jim Ferraro

I think you?re going to see us (in the tournament). We have a lot of young girls, but they have played well together.

Mike Ray

We're probably playing as well, right now, as we've played all season.

Kevin Young

We sucked. That's the only way you can take it. We played terrible. I played terrible.

Bob Monahan

I thought we played well enough on defense; we just shot poorly.

Jim Crews

I thought we played well defensively. We made things tough.

Scot Bunnell

Harrison is playing really well and to go over there and win will be a challenge.

Thomas Muster

I was so tired of playing tennis, so tired of traveling, of hotels, everything related to this sport.

Tony Bethel

When he (Simmons) is playing at his best, we win.

Brad Wilkerson

We've got to realize what we're playing for. Now's the time to want it.

Bill Guerin

We've got to keep playing for our lives.

Ryan Ghere

I thought that made them start playing harder.

Brian Dawkins

I think we just got back to doing the things that we do as a defense. That?s playing downhill.

Jim Bolla

I think we've got something to prove to ourselves. That wasn't our team out there. We're playing a little better now.

Mari Pehkonen

I think we shocked the USA a bit. I think we are getting better at playing the big teams.

Kenoy Kennedy

I think I took off before he started to slide. I'll take a look at it on the film.

Chas Freeman

We took them to the cleaners on that trade.

Greg Paulus

We took them out from what they wanted to do.

Anthony Davis

It has to be like Hawaii. We went in there and it was about basketball, and we took them one at a time.

Kimberly Smith

It took a long time, in part because it was a donation.

Pete Carroll

It took all day long to get this win, ... It took every second.

Karlyn Supple

It took a little wind out of our sails.

Gina Jones

They just don't know what they took away from me.

Brett Nelson

It was like our other matches. He took fifth, so he did pretty good.