Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mickey Cook

Matt had class right before the meet. He only had 10 minutes to warm up. With his wrist, I think he was a little tentative, and he needed a little more time to warm up. Unfortunately, he didn't have that. I think that contributed to him getting off to a little slow start, but they picked it up and had a good finish, so I was happy with that.

Jody Conradt

Marsha has done it with class and style. It's hard to see someone leave who dates back to a time when none of us really knew the potential of our sport.

Tom O'Brien

I think overall it's an excellent class and it'll be an exciting class with the opportunity to come in and compete towards our goal of winning the ACC championship.

Josh Wolff

I think getting an early goal helps any forward. He has that killer instinct. Once he gets one, he wants them all. ... He was different class in front of the goal today.

Mark Twain

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.

Mike Mayer

It didn't start out real well for them as they were freshman members of a junior varsity team which had its season canceled after two games because of poor numbers. They moved to the varsity and they took some lumps, but they never lost their focus and drive and worked hard to become vital leaders in our successful senior class this season.

Tim Buddenhagen

I think it will improve the flow of the game, especially in Class AA when you're trying to play more kids.

Joe Kines

I thought it was a real solid class. It was a class that met needs. With the package we're playing now (with extra defensive backs), we'll probably load the field with guys who have that kind of ability.

Bob Hartley

I thought he stood his ground well. They have some real class skaters, and they scored some great goals.

Bobby Labonte

When I quit driving it one day, I want to see 25 guys in line wanting to drive it because it must be a great car. You want people to want to drive the car. That would be better than any money you could get to have that feeling.

Ned Riley

The focus point of the market this week is going to be tomorrow. If anything, I'm hoping for neutrality out of the Fed.

Ellen Glasgow

One cannot lay a foundation by scattering stones, nor is a reputation for good work to be got by strewing volumes about the world ...

Brian Cook

A lot of other teams just focus on Kobe. I just hang around on the weak side and nights like tonight, Kobe gives it up.

Steve Ball

A lot of the reason we give up some runs that hurt us is that we have a team full of guys that haven't played together before this year, and that leads to a lack of focus sometimes.

Mike Riley

This is a big time of year for us. It's all about a focus on teaching without any games on top of you.

Brian Russell

They've got a lot of talent. You can't focus on one guy. They can run it, and they can throw it.

Jimmy Fennig

It's not just New Hampshire, it seems like it's at every racetrack we go to, ... It seems like the big thing is getting through the middle of the corner. That's what you have to focus on the most.

Felipe Massa

For me, it is ok that everyone talks about Rossi. It means I can just calmly focus on what I have to do.

JaJuan Smith

You can't look forward to the NCAA until you get there. All our focus is on trying to win this SEC championship, and we're three games away.

Michael Beasley

It was an honor to be a part of history, but honestly I don't remember all the games we've played. I do remember the trips, though, and that's what we will miss the most ? all those good times.

Steve Case

And what we did with this new company in 1985 is we did start focusing on PCs instead of video game machines, because we learned the hard lesson about bringing a product to market in a consumer world where it's very expensive to build a brand and get distribution and so forth.

Tiger Woods

No matter who you are, the game is fluid. The game is always evolving, so you always have to keep working on it. There are plenty of hours in the day to get that done.

Saku Koivu

It's been tough for me being away from the game.

Ryne Sandberg

The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform

Russell Wilson

Every game's a championship game. When we focus that way, get prepared that way-that this is it, you know, this is the last one, the biggest one-you get ready, you get amped up, you get that laser focus and you're ready to play.

Vin Diesel

Video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.

Vida Blue

Sometimes in this game its as good to be lucky as it is to be good.

Vijay Singh

I am proud of my achievements, my work ethic, and the way I live my life. The PGA Tour not only treated me unfairly, but displayed a lack of professionalism that should concern every professional golfer and fan of the game.

Bobby Bowden

As I look back on my 51 years of coaching, ... that is the hardest thing to explain.

Kristen Kovesdy

We weren't pushing as hard as they were. We didn't realize how hard we had to play on defense.

Dave Colley

We went hard and we really work on strategy. Then we started to taper down. We don't push the kids. They know when I'm serious that it is time to get to work.

Dawn Chriss

We had the mindset that we were going to play hard from the beginning. We were not going to get down by 20.

Jessica Collins

We women are way too hard on ourselves. I don't know who some women are dressing for, but we should be celebrating our bodies.

Brent Bartlett

We still accomplished some things, but it was hard to get intense.

Scott Walker

It all starts from the lyric with me. If I work really hard on the lyric and get it right, then it will tell me whatever else to do, where to go.

Nicole Ohlde

Losing a player like her was hard because she does so much on and off the court.

Jerry Stackhouse

Last year, we had a letdown. We didn't want to work as hard as we did this season, then give it away. Now hopefully we can do what we did on the road last year.

Bobby Knight

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

Dave Barry

When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.

Charles Stanley

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.

Alan Autry

Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.

Al Oerter

So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's proving that there is a place for guys like me in sports. It's a persona challenge to extend myself.

Al McGuire

Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.

Al McGuire

I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The ideal leader is one who hears the voice of God, and beckons on as the voice calls him and them.

Chris Christie

I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it...You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it.

Bobby Jones

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

Bobby Labonte

If we start off and we're not in the top 10, we're going to be there before long,

Mark Martin

I'm not always successful. But I try to treat the people the way I want to be treated. I really try to keep that in mind, but it doesn't always work.

Eric Schmidt

Even though Google may do very well, there will always be an alternative to what Google is doing, and people will always have the free choice... because there's no way for us to prevent them from exercising that choice. That is one of the key aspects of why the Internet has been so successful. No technologies can dominate.

Eli Manning

We don't mind working hard to be successful. We don't mind working to be at our best.

Bobby Knight

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

Morgan Wootten

To be successful in coaching you have to treat your team like a family. The leader needs backing from everyone.

Joey Logano

My reputation is different among different groups. You have your fans, your non-fans, your team, your crew, your family, your friends and then you have your peers. I think they're all different and each of them have their separate opinions about you.

Joey Logano

My friends and family and team know who I am, and they have my back. So I don't let someone who doesn't know me affect me.

Joey Logano

I’m really proud of my team. They have given me great cars all year long. Today, we finally got to show what kind of cars they have been giving me. We were up front, leading laps and showing how good this No. 22 Ford is. Once again today, my team showed they have my back and that will only make us better going forward.

Joey Logano

It's funny how the whole team gets quiet when you're about to win a Daytona 500.

Joe Sakic

You need a lot of leaders, but a hockey team needs a voice, not only in the community, but more importantly between the coaching staff and the players. There are always ups and downs in a season; the captain is the guy players look to in those situations.

Joe Nemechek

There are a lot of other things I could be doing out there, but I love to race. I'm fortunate to have the opportunity, to have the team and to have the resources to be able to do this.

Joe Mauer

I want to be back behind the plate as long as I can. I can help the team that way, and I like being in control and in charge.