Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lenny DiNardo

I was leaving the ball up and they were taking advantage of it. I don't think anyone can take their lineup lightly.

Kenneth Leon

Key issues will be whether Cisco has lost a step or two in keeping its early mover advantage on new product fronts, and whether the company is getting too large to respond to rapid-fire market changes.

Jim Johnson

Kids who played Junior Blue Devils had an advantage (when they went out for high school football).

William Holmes

Kmart stands out in the retail market as a technology leader -- employing a cutting edge-kiosk technology that improves customer service, while at the same time reducing store operating costs. We are very pleased to be partnering with Kmart on this exciting installation. Penn Station is a hub of busy commuters -- a perfect location for consumers to take full advantage of this timesaving, error-avoiding technology. As more retailers begin to realize the numerous benefits of the APM technology, we are sure to see a major shift in the way refill prescriptions are dispensed.

Lori Crunk

I would think that being up here three times in the last four years now would be an advantage because our girls know what to expect. Our girls have had success in this building. Michelle (Mabry) shot the ball very well here last year and so this is also an advantage.

Jody Conradt

I would think extending the court could be one of our biggest changes and something we'll try to take advantage of.

Dewey Mitchell

I would tend to believe you have a combination of factors. I think in general it seems the smaller restaurants . . . have an advantage over larger restaurants because they turn the tables over several times a night.

Joe Funderburk

Jake just made a couple of mistakes and like a good wrestler does, Blanton took advantage of the situation on the mat.

Chris Richards

(Jacksonville) would be like home-court advantage for us. It would make it that much easier for us to win and make it to the Sweet 16.

Kelly Smith

Jordan pitched with a lot of heart after having pitched extended innings a couple days ago. Our bats were really flat behind him, because we struck out 10 times and had only three walks.

David Lawhon

Josh struggled a little bit early, but then he started throwing his breaking pitch pretty good. Our defense played well behind him, and we swung the bats effectively. We didn't commit any errors, so that's a good thing.

Grady Fuson

He was a late-inning stud all through college and continued in his first pro year. He has an 88-90 fastball with a good slider. He's an outstanding strike thrower, missing bats down in the zone with a low, three-quarters delivery. He has presence, confidence and instincts on the mound with a history of success.

Jason Kendall

He used all his stuff on both sides of the plate. We had a good game yesterday. We didn't swing the bats well today.

Phil Garner

He just took our bats and shoved them up our bat racks.

Tony Russa

Guys took their place and did a terrific job with the bats and we were pitching well. We don't have Scott back, but we have Larry and Reggie back. Both of those guys can handle a bat, so you don't push as much with them as you would with some of the other guys.

Jeff Kane

This was a good win for us, even though our bats cooled off significantly. We failed to make some adjustments until late in the game, but we wanted to go into the vacation week at 3-0, and we accomplished that goal.

Steve Grimes

Having all three girls get wins on the mound is also a positive sign. That is constantly one of our strengths and we have really been working to get the bats going for days like these.

Andy Dennings

I thought we swung the bats extremely well. We were pretty disciplined all night and for the most part we took care of some things we needed to work on and it was a nice outing at the plate.

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.

Paul Marsh

Kinston paled a great game, and with them, it's always a battle. We didn't shoot well from the outside, but it's good to pick up that second win in a row.

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.

Alex Winter

Knowing that it is highly competitive, and I'm not the first person to say this, but good stories do tend to get made.

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.

Chris Bucknam

I think it looks to be an outstanding stadium.

Matt Osborne

He didn't get many looks at the basket. But he picked it up defensively and he had six rebounds and six steals.

Bill Cowher

He can time things up and be very explosive. It looks sometimes like he's walking and not moving, but he can go from Point A to Point B very quickly. He's a very sudden player, and I think that's what makes him unique.

Quvenzhane Wallis

Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do nothing wrong, they just keep going, but it's not like that.

Frank Taylor

He's a big, strong, really good-bodied horse, and he looks really fast.

John Farrell

His range has been solid in the field; he's running and moving well. And his at-bats have been very consistent. He looks like he did when we first signed him. He's back on track.

Mark DiCamillo

I think it's a two-step process and it looks like he's successfully getting people over in terms of step one to the undecided column. But there's a segment of voters who are withholding judgment. They know who Schwarzenegger is, but they are not sure.

Mark Billingham

I think women tend to write about how violence feels, whereas men tend to write about what violence looks like.

Shaun Alexander

We've got to wait and see. But it looks pretty good.

Jeff Blauser

He could throw two pitches for strikes pretty much whenever he wanted. When you can do that, you'll be pretty effective.

Jack Leggett

His was up around 95 pitches and that's all he is going to go. We have to be able to stop it there.

A.J. Burnett

I threw a lot of pitches early, a lot of 2-2 counts, a lot of 3-2 counts. You've got to put them away when you get ahead.

Ken Howe

We swung at a lot of first pitches and got outs. It minimized what he had to do for work on the mound. My hat's off to him.

Bobby Cox

He was just dynamite. Had all three pitches working.

Jason Varitek

He executed his pitches real well. If he pitches like that, he's going to win a lot of games.

Ralph Carlson

He must have fouled off 24 pitches in a row before he got that hit.

Woody Williams

Other than two pitches, most of them were pretty much pitches I threw where I wanted to throw,

Paul Collingwood

I like the pitches out here. You have to get yourself in and you have to scrap all the time for your runs, which I enjoy.

Greg Walker

When he was on opposing teams, we actually used his swing to teach off of. Some of the things he does, we talked about for two years ... so we know his swing pretty good.

Buddy Bell

I don't know what to say. We didn't swing the bats.

Virginia Woolf

For the young people could not talk. And why should they? Shout, embrace, swing, be up at dawn...

Robert Johnson

History has always been a series of pendulum swings, but the individual doesn't have to get caught in that.

Robert Louis Stevenson

If it comes to a swinging, swing all, say I.

Ty Cobb

The longer I live, the longer I realize that batting is more a mental matter than it is physical. The ability to grasp the bat, swing at the proper time, take a proper stance; all these are elemental. Batting is rather a study in psychology, a sizing up of a pitcher and catcher and observing little details that are of immense importance. It's like the study of crime, the work of a detective as he picks up clues.

William Butler Yeats

Your hooves have stamped at the black margin of the wood, Even where horrible green parrots call and swing. My works are all stamped down into the sultry mud.

Yann Martel

The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other.

Wynton Marsalis

Swing is extreme coordination. It's a maintaining balance, equilibrium. It's about executing very difficult rhythms with a panache and a feeling in the context of very strict time. So, everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.

Bobby Frasor

Just watching him out there tonight was something special.

Buck Showalter

Kam made a lot of friends tonight with his teammates, getting them on and off the field. That's always good, especially after a late-night arrival.

Dusty Baker

We've got to make a decision, probably tonight or tomorrow. We can't go short-handed.

Kevin Bouis

I think tonight (Gipson) pretty much solidified himself.

Raymond Chandler

I'm in a wild mood tonight. I want to go dance in the foam. I hear the banshees calling.

Robert Jordan

Remember that any meal can be your last. You chose to travel with us, so tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.

Chad Tracy

No, it's early. I'll be fine. If I go 4-for-4 tonight I'll be at .300.

Nancy O'Dell

I'm so excited and honored to be part of 'Entertainment Tonight!' 'E.T.' was the show that started all the entertainment news, so I couldn't be more thrilled.

Katherine Mansfield

My love for you tonight is so deep and tender that it seems to be outside myself as well.

Nicole Richie

I was like a trash can - I took everything.

Kenoy Kennedy

I think I took off before he started to slide. I'll take a look at it on the film.

Donald O'Connor

Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.

Ashley Thomas

We took the practice, so much I shouldn't be worried.

Chas Freeman

We took them to the cleaners on that trade.

Greg Paulus

We took them out from what they wanted to do.

Maggie Mueller

We took them lightly. And we shouldn't have.

Solomon Jones

We took them for granted. If we don't play hard, we took them for granted.

Norv Turner

We took a look at all 16 of them,