Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Tillman

He made some plays, we came up short on defense. That's the bottom line. There are no excuses. I'm not blaming the coaches or blaming the calls.

S. Walker

Our client Tee Pee Tire has been completely exonerated, ... This has been a really tough time for the small, family business . . . especially when you have the big guns from Dunlop Tire Company blaming you for the crash.

Nancy Pelosi

Instead of unconscionably blaming others, President Bush must take charge and take responsibility, and must get it right, and that is my concern and the message that I will bring to the president, ... Mr. President, you should have taken charge and you should have taken responsibility.

Saeb Erakat

I must say that this could be preparing for something big, storming the church, destroying the church and then blaming it on Palestinians,

Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you / Are losing theirs and blaming it on you.

Mike Mularkey

I look at it as we were in the field too long. I'm not blaming our defense. I think our defense played really good football. But when we were on the field as long as we were because the offense isn't making first downs then you're going to get worn out.

Peja Stojakovic

I missed a lot of open shots, especially in the fourth quarter. Shots were just not going in for us. Some nights it just happens like that. We can't go blaming the referees, but they shot 20 free throws more than we did.

Nick Saban

I'm not blaming it on anything because that's not my nature, ... but we certainly didn't have the energy and enthusiasm that we've played with to this point.

Rachel Steer

I'm not blaming everything on that. But it's been an obstacle for sure.

Steve Ralston

Italy is a very defensive team, very well organized, they look to counter-attack. Their defense is rock solid.

Danny Ainge

He can play defense at that position, and he can score. He is a playground legend in Chicago.

R. Inge

He just knows how to pound the zone once he gets ahead. He just lets his defense work for him. He's a smart pitcher. He knows what he's doing.

Stan Heath

Hard to win on the road when it's 33-to-9 at the line. Hard to win when you think you do a good job on defense and they end up with three free throws.

John Harder

Her (Schmidt's) offense has never been enough to win games, but her defense has set the tone for what we needed to do at Southeast. It was man-to-man, pressure defense and the kids never tired.

Bobby Cox

He's a great outfielder. His defense is incredibly great.

Cindy Snead

Her name of the game is speed. Mary puts a lot of pressure on the defense because of her speed and we will score runs when she is on the bases.

Lori Alexander

Her hitting was her nemesis last year, but she still got to play good defense for us. She's gotten stronger, though, and she's been hitting in the No. 3 spot during the scrimmages. I'm hoping that she'll be a surprise with her bat.

Jody Allen

Golden West has a good program and when you are playing good teams you have to play good defense and you need timely hitting. This was a good game for us to play, we'll learn from it.

Jeff Callahan

There are so many ups and downs to this event. You see a different kind of pain on each person's face as they're running.

Ken Keller

His music is great but I like him as a man. Willie has had his ups and downs but he's a good man. He helps farmers, he shares his wealth and he has a lot of integrity.

Kobe Bryant

I thought we'd have our ups and downs being that it's a new system, trying to learn it. It's just moving the ball, spacing, timing, rhythm, things like that. I knew it would kind of be like a roller-coaster ride.

Andrew Grove

I don't know that you can say it's over, but our industry has its ups and downs superimposed upon a steadily increasing growth curve.

Brett Gallagher

Had they won, the upside would be significantly greater than the downside we're seeing . . . .

Al Leiter

He is a guy modern players can relate to and respect because he actually played at the major-league level. He will understand the ups and downs of a major-league player and know when the time is appropriate to jump on someone and when to give a pat on the back.

Brad Hopkins

He had a lot of grass stains on the back of his pants. That is because he was getting first downs and sliding. It was good to see him run around.

Terri Sullivan

Playing in the Big Ten is a lot of fun. The games are just so fierce and so competitive that you hang onto every at-bat as a fan, as a player, and as a coach. We're looking forward to it. We feel our team has grown through ups and downs in a very challenging February and March schedule and that's going to position us to do some exciting things in the Big Ten.

Kevin Blemkin

Refineries are going to be slow to recover. I'm not too excited about the downside for prices. We still have disruptions. We won't get a real picture of the market today because people are away in the U.S.

Chuck Darby

He was a good kid. I'd see him on the practice field. He would ride on the team planes. This is a tough situation and my heart goes out to the family.

Dick Vermeil

He wants to play. I trust him because I know how unselfish he is. If he didn't think he could step in and run our game plan, he would tell me. As you saw on the practice field today, he's very sharp. He knows what he's doing.

Jose Gonzalez

He keeps getting better all the time, and today he was sharp. It was a good field and this was a good win.

Willie Randolph

He knows his body, he knows what he has to do to get ready. He might not have been on the field a lot (in Florida), but I trust him. And when he tells me he s ready to go, I give him the ball.

Hines Ward

He laid it on the line. He's lying there hurt on the ground, and he said to me, 'At least we're in field goal range.

Tim Cleland

This was one of the toughest, if not the toughest, fields we've had.

Michael Vick

Guys are four and five yards down the field and I'm throwing bullets. You can't do that.

Kelly Clark

He's a great quarterback. He's fundamentally sound and sees the field well.

A. Hodge

He's a great player. He's athletic. He's very versatile. He can make plays all over the field in the run game or the pass game.

Ken Hill

Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing.

Charles Warren

I was like, 'Wow,' something's going on here, ... Something good is about to happen.

Ramon Hernandez

I was looking for a fastball. I got it on the good part of the bat. It went where no one could get it.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Buck Showalter

Kenny was effective. They've seen Kenny so much. They hit some good pitches for hits. He bent, but he didn't break.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

John Crumbley

(Key West) had a tough week this week, but (starting pitcher Daniel) Foltz pitched a good game. It was good to be in this type of pressure situation.

Paul Wood

Kim is a real good person to have on the team because she is fun, but also knows when to take it serious, ... Leshia will play between the midfield and the attack. She is like a new player for us. We hope she can come back healthy.

Morris Gleitzman

Kids who are nine, 10 and 11 are pretty sophisticated readers; they know that there isn't always a good outcome every time and that problems don't always have solutions.

Tim Bennett

We talk about all three phases of the game. You have to win not only into offense or defense, but special teams. We put a lot of work into our special teams.

Andrei Kirilenko

I think we just started rushing at the end and putting up a lot of jumpers. They were getting rebounds and playing 24 seconds of offense each possession.

Tom Grippa

I thought our offense would do more, and we didn't. They shocked us with their offense, and once we got behind, we weren't ready to come from behind.

Paul Bauer

He has been the centerpiece of the offense so far. We will see how he comes out of it.

Johnnie Morton

Our offense was very sluggish out there, ... and we never had our tempo.

Jeremy Bauer

Our offense is there. We've been putting up a lot of runs so far.

Clay Jordan

Our offense is one dimensional, ... We have to be able to throw.

Joey Harrington

Our offense isn't doing what it's supposed to be doing. A lot of different people not quite working together.

Sean Georges

Our offense is going to be much slower than we predicted.

Dave Pirner

I was just a punk-rock kid who never played acoustic guitar.

Lindsay Davenport

I was just able to eke out the second set, and the third set I just played a lot better and she started to make a lot more unforced errors.

David Duncan

Kirby was 8 of 15 from the field. That's pretty good. She played well.

Jarome Iginla

Kipper, he's played like that all year. He's been amazing.

David Cash

I wouldn't say it's pressure. We played our way into this position we can play our way out of it.

Tiger Woods

I think I played really well - even though I had three bogeys, I think 10 birdies usually offsets that.

Leonard Little

It can't do nothing but get better now. We've played the worst that we can play.

Stephen Jackson

He was aggressive. He didn't let the referees get in his head, he just played well. He's getting a feel for the game.

Myron Rolle

He just told me not to put any undue pressure on myself. He said if I just relaxed and played my game, the big plays would come.

Benjamin Franklin

Had I revenged wrong, I had not worn my skirts so long.

Robert Rauschenberg

Success is a worn down pencil.

Tyra Banks

I have worn fake hair since I was 17 years old.

Bruce Arena

That's Brian. It's uncommon, but that's why Brian's worn the captain's armband as well.

Kate Moss

I am a woman now! It‘s true. No, honestly, I‘ve never worn a bra in my life, ever!

Beatrix Potter

I am worn to a raveling.

Jeff Horner

We weren't worn down. We just didn't make plays.

Daniel J. Boorstin

Where ruts have not yet been worn, it requires less effort to stay out of them.

Doris Payne

I am real pained by this, but I am worn out.