Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Fischer

When I won the world championship, in 1972, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.

Matt Silverman

Bringing a museum like this to Tropicana Field only helps cement Tropicana Field as the baseball capitol of the state of Florida.

Jim Bowden

Brian is one of the best defensive catchers in baseball and we're glad to be able to keep him in Washington for at least the next four years. It is the goal of any organization to sign, develop and then retain their own homegrown players, and this is what we've accomplished with Brian's contract.

J. Taylor

Brandon not only improved his baseball skills, but he worked hard in the classroom. He made many sacrifices and spent many hours getting better.

Ned Colletti

Brian goes about his position in a very methodical and thoughtful way. He also has developed a great relationship with ownership. They are so respectful of baseball operations. It's about as good a match as you can have between baseball ownership and operations, and it works. There is respect both ways.

Barry Zito

Brown was way out in front of a changeup, ... That's just the baseball gods there. ... I haven't seen their games, but I figure they hadn't gotten breaks like that.

A.J. Chilson

Brooklyn is the only place in baseball where money doesn't matter. Only the fans do.

Phil Nevin

Best hitting coach in baseball, ... He has this way of communicating and getting things through to you. We look at what we're doing like what Tiger Woods went through, revamping the swing. He took a few steps back and one step forward.

Phil Mendelson

Either Major League Baseball makes a major concession or the owners make a major concession.

Steve Littlejohn

We ordered them to stop. But, today it was still on fire, and they were still bringing trucks in.

Guus Hiddink

We have several players that have been out injured and are in the process of their rehabilitation. We are bringing them in as well so we can check on their progress,

Joseph Biden

Why aren't we able to outsmart the French, in terms of the world stage and get the control of this issue, by bringing the responsibility back to the world, so we don't pay the whole freight?

Fred Smith

If you make a mistake it's better to make them here in the truck where you can you learn from it than out in the field where you can get yourself hurt.

Jake Delhomme

I gave Steve a little signal. I kind of knew I wanted to go that way. I tried to hold the safety in the middle of the field and (Smith) just runs right by him.

Alex Rodriguez

I had a great year, something I'm very proud of. I left my guts on the field, I left my heart out there, so I'm not going to hang my head. I'm just going to go out and learn from it and become a better Yankee.

Doc Sadler

If you had told me we would shoot 35 percent (actually 35.1) from the field and 52 percent (52.9) from the free-throw line, I'd have said we would have a very hard time winning.

Pete Carroll

If you get the first down, the game is over. It didn't really matter where they started. You saw how they moved down the field on the previous drive. That was our moment to seal the win and we didn't do it.

Pat Brown

In the first half we didn't play particularly well. The field was soaked, it was steaming up We had guys cramping.

Abraham Muheize

I like to scramble, keep running. I've got the field spread out. Everything is in front of me. It's fun.

Jerry Narron

I just wanted to make sure the field was playable and I'm just thankful everyone got threw it with nobody getting hurt,

Mark Brazil

I think our field is going to be stronger, top to bottom. I can't tell you how much stronger.

Derek Smith

Time of possession obviously helps us. We've just got to keep on working.

Steve Mottinger

These are things the state wants you to forget.

Micah Rasmussen

We're just going to let the governor's statement stand.

Gary Fischer

If they make the state meet, it could be fun.

Dell Leonard

I think I'm still in a state of shock.

Tommy Bowden

You like to see the state be a success.

Mark Thompson

I feel I know my way around state government,

Cal Ripken

I don't want to think it's true. I'm in a state of denial,

Deborah Besley

He's not eating, he's not talking, and he's in a restless, agitated state right now.

Dave McCoy

I'm real ecstatic. This the first time we've won in the state team tournament. We did very well. I was kind of surprised." ()