Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rickey Henderson

He can steal as many bases as he wants to. The question is whether he wants to.

Mark Riggin

This was one our better performances. We swung the bats well, ran the bases well and made the plays defensively. It was a great effort by the kids today, we really needed this win today.

Tim Johnson

It indicates this BRAC Commission will be quite independent in making its determinations about which bases to close and which to keep open,

Tom Graham

I think the key for us is maturity. It was a big jump for our freshman going from Pony League to high school baseball. You have a shorter distance between the bases and from the mound to home in Pony. But our young guys did carry a the load for us, or they wouldn't have been there.

Paul Johnson

I think it's really more a tribute to what the Naval Academy's all about. We're fortunate here in San Diego that we have some military bases and a lot of people are stationed in the area, and hopefully they're proud of what's going on at the academy.

Nick Swisher

Last year, I was horrible with the bases loaded. I was like, 'Oh, man, oh, man,' I'd get jittery. Now, I'm not the guy who's in trouble, it's the guy on the mound who's in trouble.

Ryan Dempster

I like the idea of coming into the game with the bases loaded and two out in the eighth,

Chone Figgins

I hit ninth the first month, and to be in the top 10 in runs scored, that's putting in a lot of work. There was a stretch where I went 1 for 30 and I was hitting ninth. That's why stolen bases are not even important. It's getting over so guys can get you in.

Pat Gillick

I have to get that (judgment) from the manager. Charlie is the type of manager who can evaluate players both mentally and physically. He isn't a guy who bases his opinion of a guy on how he did the day before.

Ken Ham

Most students are presented only with the evolutionary belief system in their schools, and they are censored from hearing challenges to it. Let our young people understand science correctly and hear both sides of the origins issue and then evaluate them.

Katherine Paterson

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.

Matt Carle

I was joking with Chris and Brian up there, how all three of us were just glad this thing was coming to an end after all the hype in the last three months. Now they're both competing for a national championship tomorrow (today).

Julie Martin

Kingma is just a phenomenal player, both offensively and defensively. She really got into Dunbar in the second half and was a great leader for them.

Don Williams

Kim woke up to hearing some people screaming. We smelled some smoke and we both walked out on the balcony and saw these embers flying by.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Kevin is a big guard who can defend both positions on the perimeter, ... We liked the effort he put forth during summer league play and wanted to take a second look at him.

Ed Steadham

Keystone was a very important part of our business. We build helicopters, they did the completion that finished our helicopters. We knew the company and were impressed with the company. The marriage has enhanced the both of us.

Bob Cortelyou

Kiev will be the latest destination in Delta's expansion into the key business and leisure markets of Eastern Europe. Delta will be the only U.S. carrier to serve Kiev, and business travelers on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as friends and family of Ukrainian heritage in the United States, will look forward to this new non-stop service between New York-JFK and Kiev.

Peter Warrick

Kit and I talked about this a long time ago. He said it would be a great system for the both of us. I never really thought it would happen. Then, once I got here (for a visit), Kit told me about the coach and how he is such a great guy. Here I am.

M. Wolfe

Redenbacher was the front and Charlie was the brains. Charlie made it happen.

Jason Calacanis

In my next life, I would like to be Charlie Rose or Howard Stern or maybe something in between.

Peter Castro

I'm sure Heather or Charlie might think this is payback of some sort.

Travis Reinsch

The improvement that Charlie had from the start of the season to now is remarkable. His record doesn't show his ability.

Nancy Gibbs

Charlie Rangel was writing laws on our taxes as chair of the Ways and Means Committee while somehow neglecting to pay his own.

Andre Iguodala

A lot of guys look forward to the spotlight being on them. So guys like myself and Nate Robinson, Charlie Villanueva did a great job there tonight. Dwight Howard is known in this league. Everybody out here is just looking to be known as one of the next players to be great in this league.

Shawn Amos

The Republicans need all the entertainment help they can get. When Charlie Daniels was one of your convention headliners, you know you need some serious help.

Diana Williams

The other wives would ask, 'What's Charlie doing? How is he? I used to say, 'Charlie's asleep.' He was always so calm.

Charlie Crist

You can trust Charlie Crist.

Andy Greene

Guys look at you, see your size and are quick to evaluate you sometimes. That's just part of the game.

David Lee

I think you really have to evaluate and see how things are going and be honest. That goes back to having people around you that are not going to tell you what you want to hear. Instead they give you true advice.

Todd Jones

I think you evaluate where you are at and what kind of team you are on. If you are on a good team, you want more than 30. It's not Sept. 1, and I'm sitting on 30. That's good.

Mike Shanahan

I think this will be the true year to evaluate Jake Plummer.

Lazarus Long

Being intelligent is not a felony, but most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor.

Russ Ortiz

I'll throw off the mound and see where it's at. . . . We're going to evaluate it. Keep throwing and see how it feels.

Larry Brown

I'm going to play guys and see what we have. What better time to evaluate your guys?

Bobby Bowden

The better the competition, the better you can evaluate them.

Jerry Angelo

That's a lot of money, but that's a unique offense. A receiver in that offense is obviously of more value than, maybe, a running back is. That's what each team has to do. They have to evaluate the positions.

Christina Lee

I was just bawling. That's when I realized this guy was for real. His heart is so pure.

Jay Alford

I was looking to them as the guys that make the plays and run around and get to the ball. So that's what I'm trying to do this year.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

John Doherty

Kevin threw three picks early, but he stayed the course, ... He's our No. 1 man and he kept the rest of the guys pushing. He didn't let anything get to him.

Sonny Lubick

Jake really helped himself. He will be a guy who is hard to keep out of the lineup next fall.

Tim Hanson

Jake is a very talented freshman. Our varsity lineup has some guys that will be running varsity for the first time, so it will be interesting to see.

Hines Ward

Ken has done a phenomenal job of distributing the ball. Every week, it's a different guy stepping up.

DeShaun Foster

Just like those two guys were different kinds of backs, we got the same thing here,'' Skipper says.

Scott Olsen

Just like my last start. You want to go out there and match what the other guy is doing.

Scott Cooley

He is one of the smartest managers around.

Donald McDonald

We've been trying to get applications out, but everything has been rejected because of his record. I would go with him to talk with some of these managers to just be a support for him.

Joe Girardi

I was with him 10 of my first 11 years (as a manager or coach) and it was great, ... I'd want him around if I would be there.

Jon Lester

Pitchers really don't deal with the managers a whole lot. When we come in the clubhouse, we see him, we say, 'Hey.' That's really it.

Placido Polanco

Being a manager is tough because you can only make decisions, but you can't do anything more,

John Rogers

I kind of want people to know their portfolio manager is a true believer.

Dave Williams

I want to show my new manager I can pitch and show my new teammates I can pitch. That's what I'm worried about, just showing them I can win games. Everything else is really minor.

Dan Quisenberry

I want to thank all the pitchers who couldn't go nine innings, and manager Dick Howser who wouldn't let them go.

Ken Williams

Do I need a new manager or not?

Malik Rose

He's just one of the most mentally tough players I've ever seen.

Yoandy Garlobo

We're prepared for this, physically and mentally .

Trevor Doughty

We've got to get tougher mentally and physically. If you want to play at this level, you have to get tougher.

Larry Eustachy

We made the plays down the stretch. I thought it was the most mentally tough we played down the stretch all year.

Rachel Hall

He teaches me to become mentally prepared and tells me to work hard.

Gloria Arroyo

All of us are mentally and physically exhausted,

Craig Bierko

A lot of actors I had worked with seemed mentally unbalanced. It's only a matter of time before I go nuts myself.

Al Roberts

They didn't do anything we hadn't seen. We are philosophically sound, but we're not physically ready. We're not mentally ready. We're not spiritually ready. We're not athletically ready.

Giancarlo Fisichella

It is really tough. Physically, mentally I feel all right. It is a tough race, but it will be the same for everyone.

Jim Baker

He said he wouldn't sell out to the special interests, and it's my opinion that he has,

Kerry Sutton

We've been told there is a video of the identification process, and in my opinion we should have it by now.

Umberto Eco

Our most noted satirists are true columnists, and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented expose.

Umberto Eco

It is obvious that the newspaper produces the opinion of the readers.

William James

The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.

Tucker Max

Opinions are projections.

Winston Churchill

Baldwin often times stumbles over the truth, but he always picks himself up and hurries on as if nothing had happened.

Pete Carroll

I'm not worried about it. People have opinions and can think anything they want,

Mahatma Gandhi

I retain the opinion that council entry is inconsistent with non-co-operation as I conceive it.

Justin Fishman

GW has always had talented players because of where it's located.

Michael Barrett

I think it?s going to be a lot more like home. I think players are going to end up spending a lot more time here.

Mathias Kiwanuka

Whatever it was, we took it in stride and the younger players defensively stepped up.

Dave Schroeder

We took the shackles off them. There used to be rules (about talking with fans). We tell the players to be themselves.

David Grewe

We've got to make our players tougher, and we've got to make our players understand the value of winning. And this sure helps.

Robert H. Connelly

I think it was just the combination of players we had in. It seemed we always had one player out of position.

Paul Mara

He was on his back and I don't even think he saw where the puck was and he took a swipe at it. That's why he is one of the premier players in the league.

Doug Armstrong

In this new system, the star players have to be star players. If they aren't, you are probably not going to be successful.

Pat Riley

I haven't seen players do that in a long, long time.

Michelle Gomez

Jack wasn't my type at all. I thought he was too young and too posh, and I told him that. Plus, I couldn't deal with his dodgy bowl-cut. But he wore me down.

Shaquille O'Neal

Whenever I see a celebrity that comes to watch me play, I'm going to do for them the same thing they've done for me - bring them some type of joy.

Nick Cave

I won't go into the details, but I ready myself for the day. I am a high-maintenance type of guy.

Daimon Shelton

He'll come back and get better, ... Being around him for so long and being the type of person he is, he'll respond. We'll all respond.

William Shatner

Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up.

Venus Williams

I'm this overachiever type, I'll just work and work and I'll just do it over and over and over again.

Robert Stone

I was a radioman when I first went into the Navy, so I learned to type by taking Morse code. So I was using the typewriter from day one. My handwriting wasn't any good anyway.

Winston Graham

I have been under considerable pressure to buy at least a laptop computer. I have always turned the suggestions down for the reason that I have never done creative work on a typewriter. There is to me a lack of empathy.

Zach Duke

I'm not unhappy or anything. It's a business. It's kind of a rite-of-passage type of thing.