Famous Quotes & Sayings

Liz Nichols

Athletics is a really important sport to us. We have to get them to the position where they can deliver medals and fulfil their potential. We can and do expect athletics to deliver more medals.

Mike Bellotti

Dennis is by far the better athlete. Brady has a gamesmanship, a sense of poise, that it's hard to not want to have him in there sometimes. They do a nice job, a great job, of supporting each other, providing a spark for the team, and bringing some different things to the table.

Bo Ryan

The thing we didn't want to have happen happened. You can't play from behind. It's very difficult. We are not as athletic or quick enough to play from behind.

Greg Kaatz

Sam's just a great athlete, and a competitor. We're not sure how much we're really going to use him on the mound, but he wanted a chance to get some innings and got it done.

Jared Lorenzen

Pure guts. That's Eli. I mean, he's a Manning. He's an incredible player. To be hurting the way he was I know he had to have been hurting, but to get the ball down there 50 yards over the top of the safety for a touchdown, that's Eli. You're going to start expecting those out of him. He's a great athlete.

Malik Rose

I've seen him do some athletic things and play well inside the 3-point line. But I've never seen him shoot like that.

Mack Brown

I've never seen an athletic performance from a quarterback like Vince Young did tonight.

Mark Prior

I've represented the country twice and played on two USA teams. It's a great experience, it's an awesome experience. You can't describe it from an athletic standpoint.

Sasha Cohen

It was very difficult. I wasn't coming back with an easy jump, with the triple loop, which I also slammed in the warm-up. I was able to believe when everything was dark and gray. The music carried me through. It goes beyond an athletic event, goes to emotional experience.

Miriam Richards

Cody has such a tremendous work ethic. She was awesome her first three years but this year she's turned it up another notch and that says a lot about her. She's the most consistent pitcher I've ever worked with.

Jeff Talbott

It would have been awesome to have won one more and be in the finals again.

Carlton Cuse

Both my wife and I went to Harvard, and it's incredibly exciting that our son and daughter are going there and have the chance to experience it. There are many awesome opportunities at Harvard. That's one of its greatest frustrations - not having enough time to take the classes you want to take.

Ben Feldman

I despise - I hate - I'm terrified of karaoke, and I wish I wasn't because everybody I know who's awesome loves it.

Rhoberta PhD

Every moment we draw breath, we are modeling what we believe, what we assume, what we value. We are human beings, not human doings. The doing is the demonstration of our being and this is an awesome responsibility.

Steve Holeman

To have three All-Americans in one year is great for our program. I'm proud of all three of them. It's an awesome reward for all the hard work they put in this year.

Tyrus Thomas

We feel we are one of the best teams in the country despite our youth. If we continue to execute right we will have an awesome season.

Chin Kuo

I am sure I am staying here after I graduate, following in my siblings' footsteps. Regardless of what I do though, it's been an awesome experience, both coming here as an international student and what I've done here. It's a double-edged sword, but I wouldn't trade any of it for the world.

Mike Jacobs

I don't know how you look at it, ... It's just awesome that it happened. It was great for me, I was pumped I was helping the team out, and then - that's it. Now I'm just hanging out waiting to help.

Patty Murray

Our entire country owes Sam a debt of gratitude for all he has done for so many,

Anthony Solomon

No way am I disappointed in the effort or our execution. We were going head to head with one of the better teams in the country and we just didn't get it down the stretch.

Fernando Alonso

Now I need to find new targets because this one is done. This is very important for me, my friends, my country and my family.

Douglas Brinkley

Now I'm the father of three children; I'm not able to go live on a bus and do semesters around the country like I did when I was young.

Chad Johnson

Tennessee is a very country-type state. Maybe I can practice on some type of country-western dance where they'll know what I'm doing.

John O. Brennan

Sometimes there are actions that we are forced to take, but there need to be boundaries beyond which we are going to recognize that we're not going to go because we still are Americans, and we are supposed to be representing something to people in this country and overseas.

Lee Womack

Sometimes I think we are scared of real country music but a message like what was in that song, that transcends any boundaries, and a great song is a great song, ... I May Hate Myself.

Cindy Sheehan

Seems lak haf' the country be plumb crazy.

Robert Stewart

Science is a competitive world. Our model in the country - really worldwide - promotes that.

Kathy Johnson

People describe our show as high energy and dynamic. Our music is very uplifting.

Ugo Betti

Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

Justin Timberlake

'Friends With Benefits': it feels like a two-hander to me, but it is a big movie, and this is the first straightforward male I've been able to play. I would describe my character in 'The Social Network' as a kind of sociopath. I would describe my character in 'Bad Teacher' as... just a weirdo. But this is a male's male.

Lamar Butler

I looked up in the stands and saw my mother and father crying. I can't describe what it really felt like. It was just pure joy. This is something I've been dreaming of all of my life.

Samantha Shannon

I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.

Alexandra Orlando

I can't describe what happened. Everything is very vivid within my mind. I knew I could get good results, I was sure of my skill, but this... Well, this was more than I expected. It was a surprise for me, too.

John Prezzia

I can't really describe it. I just always knew I could win.

Felicia Lofton

I can't even describe the feeling I'm feeling right now. The girls have worked so hard. We've had our ups and downs, but the girls finished strongly. We set a goal to win a state championship and we did it.

Dick Cheney

I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; ""consistent"" is not one of them.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

Derek Jeter

People say this is the greatest offense ever. But let us play awhile. Names don't win games. You have to play the games.

Mark Mohl

Osage had a very tough week with three quality opponents. We are disappointed we didn't win all three, but the kids had great effort.

Ron Gardenhire

Defining? Sure, it was a great moment for two young hitters. But let's not try to get there too often.

Rebecca Hornbacher

Deb, on the other hand, is one of our most versatile players. She played midfield for her first two years here at ISU, played as a defenseman last year and now is switching back. Once again, she has done a great job with the transition process.

Shaun McGinn

Dee had a great spring, but we didn't end up having room for him. I'm in the process right now of trying to find him another job.

Jim Yerkovich

(Deane) plays with the greatest intensity of any big kid I've ever been around.

John Williams

Colfax had a great record but they didn't go and play out of section like some of the other schools. I think that really hurt them from getting a one or two seed because we had nothing comparative to go on.

Mike Owens

Colerain made us look bad. That is what happens when you don't come out and play from the get go. A great program is a great program wherever you're from.

Jessica Valenti

As a kid, I wasn't sure that I would ever get married - I was not the kind of little girl who played at being a bride.

Charles Terry

I've played 654 concerts. That's never been done.

Joe Tiller

The secondary played better in many phases. We are in a situation that we are switching things up to see what the result is and tonight it was a better product.

Manson Hill

The whole team played well and battled hard.

Philip Rivers

This is not a setback. I haven't played a ton, that's true. But I've had the two years, and I know the abilities I do have.

Dick Corn

This is special for these kids. It was really a gutsy performance, they played when they had to play.

Jimmy Breslin

I played football. I played trumpet. I could draw.

Matt Creamer

We have a refuse-to-lose mentality. We played pretty well. We played intense. We didn't play smart, but I can't remember a better game.

O. J. Simpson

We have quality players and we played the team around them.

Cobi Jones

This has been my most satisfying, my most gratifying, my most content year, and to culminate this way is perfection. (on the Los Angeles Galaxy's 2005 season)

Cobi Jones

Being out in the heat for two weeks can definitely drain your energy.

Aly Raisman

There's nothing better than going out there and seeing USA on your leotard.

Rush Limbaugh

Obama had the audacity to say, 'I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States.' Ladies and gentlemen, torture in the United States has always been illegal.

Rush Limbaugh

The press has met their Waterloo, and it's Obama.

Jeremy Jackson

Many of America's historical cornbreads were staple breads for people who didn't have many other options.

Harry Belafonte

This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit.

Diane Watson

The United States Postal Service is the world's most efficient postal system.

Al Neuharth

USA TODAY hopes to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation.