Famous Quotes & Sayings

Israel Idonije

As a child, I always said I was going to be a professional basketball player like Michael Jordan.

Mark Slotsve

That was a big basket that turned the tide. It only gave them a five-point lead, but the way the game was going it felt like a 20-point lead.

Jerry Graybeal

Reaching 500 games is a great accomplishment. That's a lot of games for any coach. She's a great example of stability in our women's basketball program and it has translated to success on the floor. Carla has been a great representative of Weber State as a player and coach for more than 25 years.

Patrick Beilein

People think of West Virginia in a whole different way now. They know, if you're going to play West Virginia -- football or basketball -- you better be ready.

Norm Roberts

Our thought our guys battled hard, played hard throughout the whole game. They couldn't make a basket there at the end...pretty close to, but just couldn't put any in. It definitely was not a 16-point game.

Farris Lowery

Our team surprised me a great deal this season, and of course, I love when that happens. It was great to see all those girls develop into really good basketball players.

Jason Hanson

Our defense has played OK. If we would play better offensively, that would help our defense. Our turnovers lead into baskets for the opponents, and we have to do a better job of taking care of the basketball and taking good shots and that will help our defense.

Perry Patterson

People said in high school that I was a good passer in basketball because of football,

Leonard Perry

People talk about his improvement, but he was good when he got there. He has a high basketball I.Q. I don't think there's a better guy in the country that finishes around the hoop. He's extremely valuable to (Utah State's) offense.

David Lemmon

As always, our first concerns are for protection of people and our environment. With this in mind, we continue to work closely with the electric utilities as they re-establish service in Mississippi,

Mark Johnson

That was a close call, but it was the right one. There was never any doubt that (Byrd) won that match.

Alvaro Garcia

Producers need to consider that trying to save a few dollars worth of gas when ensiling their crop could later cost them hundreds making up for forage quality losses. The objective when we ensile any crop is to maintain its quality as close as possible to that of the original forage. We will never be able to have a better product than what we started with and we can only expect to reduce losses to a minimum.

Sung Sohn

Probably the overall (CPI) number will be somewhat higher than anticipated, but like PPI, the core-number should be close to forecasts,

Daniel Briere

Probably after the Olympics I should be close to returning.

Bill Schneider

People thought the election still might be so close that he could make a decisive difference in some states, and he very nearly did. But the states weren't quite that close, the way Florida and New Hampshire were in 2000,

Paul Patton

Our desire is downtown. We desire close proximity.

Mark Dinger

Our consideration is the safety of the public. We don't want to arbitrarily close the highway if we don't have to.

Steven Ross

Our customers are going to be shut out with all the closed streets.

John Wells

A show like 'True Detective' is definitely a drama.

Mark Durante

Of the duo, I?m definitely more nervous and uptight. He?s normally relaxed. In fact, he sometimes tells me to go away so he can stay focused.

Charlie Adams

Offense, defense, special teams, he doesn't care. If he sees something he doesn't like, he's going to definitely let you know about it. You've got to have guys like that on your team.

David Barrett

Oh, he's definitely gotten better, he's making more and more plays,

Nell Carter

No question about it: I just didn't want the disease - but I definitely needed to hear about it.

Chris Griffin

After the first round, everybody's won a game, so we'll definitely play a high-quality team -- no matter who it is.

Josh Logan

After 'Rock Star,' I was definitely doing more high profile gigs. I was playing in Iceland. I was playing in Canada.

David Jones

Once the security cordon is lifted, people will be ready to go back. This is definitely not the end of our protest.

Ian Kinsler

Actually, it's pretty enjoyable. Playing in a new place every year you get to experience something new, and in this game you definitely don't want to go back to where you were the year before.

Al Gooden

These new guys are excited, but you can't teach experience.

Chris Kaman

The second quarter is what killed us. Hopefully we'll get to play these guys in the playoffs because I think we match up well with them.

Earl Steele

The spring hunt is all toms and trying to get those guys to come in can be a real challenge.

Matt Russell

The shots I saw tonight were not high percentage. That's guys knocking down passes and getting on people's hands.

Bruce Shumaker

The team championship means a lot. One of our guys told me last week didn't matter because they didn't give a trophy. Tonight, they do. And a lot of our guys really stepped it up.

Scott Feldman

(The team and individual success) sparks interest for the sport. Seeing that other guys have had success is a big thing.

John Morris

The specialty guys just got outgunned this time around,

Vance Belew

The thing we've concentrated on this week is playing hard. We trying to get our guys to go all out on every play.

Ed DeChellis

The thing I'm trying to get these guys to realize is that we've had some opportunities that we really let slip by.

Hilton Armstrong

As a senior, I understand that every team comes at us harder because we're No. 1.

David Lambert

As an actor, I'm always so excited about those things that I get to stretch my legs and really get to do something that's hard to do.

Kieran Crowley

Our skill level let us down big time. The harder we tried the worse it got.

Sally Pacheco

People say they don't see how we are still together. It would be hard enough as parents, but we're grandparents. I don't know how we would make it without Parents Anonymous.

Ryan Eggold

People really give you a hard time when you wear fake glasses out to a bar.

Geoff Vaughan

People play hard, party hard and love music.

Larry Sabato

People can see all around him what he's produced for West Virginia. It's hard to travel through West Virginia without seeing the 'Byrd' this and the 'Byrd' that.

James Mays

On this one, it is hard to read the tea leaves,

Dee Brown

No reaction. It's basketball. That's what happens. They (the selection committee) have a hard job.

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.

John Swanson

You need to have that. It spreads throughout the community.

Karen Minton

We'll see showers off and on throughout Saturday.