Famous Quotes & Sayings

Herb Kohl

No two umpires, or no two referees, have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game, ... And ballplayers and basketball players understand that, depending upon who the umpire is and who the referee is, the game can be called entirely differently.

Matt Thissen

San Diego isn't a hard place to want to go to school. It's a good school. Their basketball program has been down lately, but eight years ago they were a top 25 team. Their coach left to go coach her alma mater at Ohio State. I guess she decided she liked the weather better in San Diego and now she's back.

Steve Alford

It was the same scenario. The last 5 minutes, I just thought they were the tougher basketball team.

Kevin Stallings

I've been saying our team has been playing good basketball. We just don't have a lot to show for it.

Bobby Cremins

I've been blessed. I got to live the American dream when I was coaching, and I continue to live the American dream. Without basketball in my life, I don't know what I would have wound up doing.

Mike Predmore

They are a great group of guys and a great group of young men. I'm not taking anything away from them as basketball players, but they really are great people. I can't say enough about them as people. In the long run, that's probably more important than anything else in life.

Todd Hansen

This is a nice win because it puts us up two games over three teams. We've been winning games, but could only get a one-game lead. Now we've got a little cushion. I thought our kids played a pretty good basketball game tonight.

Tom Barker

This is a sport where the kids that aren't big enough or fast enough for sports like football or basketball can come in and compete. It's a great way to build up a kid's confidence.

Ron Artest

That's gonna be fun, ... I love the tension. I love when everything's going wrong ... In the NBA, they don't promote guys like me. They like guys who like Cheerios, good guys. But I find a way to promote myself.

Barry Bonds

Besides my kids being born and my wife being so supportive, he kind of really inspired me to come back, ... It was just really heart-warming to know this young kid was rooting for me and told me to keep my head up. Things that we say to young kids, this young man was saying the exact same thing to me. It just really motivated me to work harder and get back.

Spike Dykes

He and I will be at the game, but no, we won't be sitting on same side of the field, ... And besides my son, Sonny, is the co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach at Texas Tech.

Doc Rivers

It is nice when you are a scorer like Ricky and you can make a contribution in another way besides scoring. That first quarter might have been the worst defense we played all season, but they turned it around with the way (Davis and Pierce) played in the fourth quarter.

Patty Murray

Our entire country owes Sam a debt of gratitude for all he has done for so many,

Barbara Mandrell

I believe if you ask any singer who was the greatest country music singer of all time, they would say 'George Jones'. He was without question and by far the BEST! I first met and worked with him when I was 13 years old; I am so very grateful that he was my friend.

Baha'u'llah

Let not a man glory in this, that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that he loves his kind.

Burt Rutan

In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries

Carson McCullers

We live in the richest country in the world. There's plenty and to spare for no man, woman, or child to be in want. And in addition to this our country was founded on what should have been a great, true principle - the freedom, equality, and rights of each individual. Huh! And what has come of that start? There are corporations worth billions of dollars - and hundreds of thousands of people who don't get to eat.

Jane Birkin

If you fall in love with a country and its people, that makes any country warm to you.

Jason Aldean

I'm a country boy. I'm from Georgia.

Jason Aldean

I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me, music is music and a great song is a great song.

Janet Napolitano

Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's been across the Canadian border. There are real issues there.

Gomer Morgan

It was a nice cross by Matt and Peter had a nice finish.

Albert Pujols

The kids look at me, 'Ah, you're my hero.' I want to teach those kids. 'Hey listen, God is my hero. He died on the cross for my sins, and He's the one. That's how I wanna live - like Him - and I want you guys to do the same thing.

Angelina Jolie

You had to trust each other to cross under or over and only move when the other person moves, so the trust, when somebody's got a loaded gun at your back. ... It made us trust each other quickly,

Jeff Neary

I had to drag the cross down the street with a crown of thorns on my head.

Greg Anderson

I had never even heard of cross country. I had to go to Barnes & Nobles and start reading. The first few meets, I didn't know what I was doing.

Stephanie Garcia

I had such a good year in cross country, I wanted track to be the same way,

Tirunesh Dibaba

I knew that I could win in the last lap, with about a half-lap left. I knew I had better finishing speed, so I was not demoralized to see her taking the lead. I wasn't feeling very well. I had some stitches, and that was the reason (for letting her hold the lead). I won with God's will, and it was very hard...I hope to take many more medals in cross country.

Tedy Bruschi

I made some progress out there. I feel good with my conditioning level. It's where it needs to be, I think. Game shape is another thing, but we'll cross that road when we come to it.

Wayne Gretzky

The commissioner, Gary Bettman , promises a season starting in October. If that means replacement players, I don't like it. The real players, I think, won't cross the line. You know hockey guys, how proud they are, how united. But in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, they'll fill the buildings, even for replacements. Fans are mad. They want hockey. Other cities, I'm not sure.

Donald Trump

Jeb Bush brought it up at the debate and he was doing it very well, and all of a sudden, I don't know what happened, but he got shut down.

Tony Abbott

I've always been very wary of debates involving women.

Theodore Roosevelt

Nothing is gained by debate on non-debatable subjects.

Barbara Boxer

On the other side of this debate they are very good at getting votes. And they are very good at being politicians, but I don't think they are worth a wit in the gynecological operating room! I don't want them in that operating room, telling a doctor what procedure to use for my daughter, or my niece.

A. Johnson

No one at any time approached him during the Medicare debate.

Gerhard Schroeder

The importance of these debates will not be the same as in America.

Tim Ryan

So as we have this debate about the personal accounts, I think it is very important for us to recognize that diverting 4 percent of your Social Security taxes into this is never going to be enough for this to retire on.

Peter Jennings

Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

John McCain

Bin Laden’s death and the debate over torture

Ric Flair

Girls, you can't be the first, but you can be next.

Frank Oz

Girls and sports. That was the interest, mainly. I never wanted to be a puppeteer.

Karen Falana

I would say 75 percent of my girls go on to college. And I would say 90 percent of that group goes on to play rugby in college.

Jim Clarke

She's had a very big impact on the team. The girls all look up to her. They all respect her. When she talks, they listen. ... She's having a positive impact on the younger players in the program.

Kathy McCartney

She does yeoman work all the time. The kid?s 5-foot-8 but she plays 6-foot-something girls every day.

Becky Cleary

Six girls are doing pretty well. It will be super exciting.

Trisha Williams

We played up and down. But the girls were able to step up when we needed big points at the end of games.

Stephanie Graham

I tell the girls every year if you hit, we'll win games. As a team right now, we're not hitting. That was obvious with only two hits three times through the lineup.

Steve Novak

I think girls are probably just better shooters.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

Mark Mohl

Osage had a very tough week with three quality opponents. We are disappointed we didn't win all three, but the kids had great effort.

John Tavares

Any player in the NHL would be a great comparison, but when you name a guy like Sidney Crosby . . . but I don't know if I'll be able to do things he's done in the league because we're different types of players,

David Phillips

Are we no longer the Great White North? It's incredible.

Porter Bibb

Sony has got a solid distribution network, ... It's got a great library and it's got a lot in the hopper ... Realistically, there are some significant buyers.

Dax Maier

Sometimes you can find great people in New York.

Dave Baron

Team unity. We've got a great relationship between all the guys here.

Ernie Accorsi

Teams that dominated, that won multiple Super Bowls, all had great quarterbacks.

Spike Lee

Terrance Howard did a great job. I wanna see him win. I voted for him.

Jason Witten

Seeing some of these guys is pretty special. They've done a lot for us, the young players.

Gilles Muller

I see these guys in a different way,

Albert Pujols

This is something I can do for my country. Definitely, I want to participate in this. It's big for me and I'm pretty sure that's the same way a lot of guys look at it.

Craig Counsell

There are plenty of guys who have this, who are playing through it. There is no reason I can't be another one of them.

Frank Haith

We're playing better. When you're in a tournament like this, the more you win, the more guys realize they're playing for something.

Martin Milner

You can't do a serious show about two guys in their 60s trying to find their route.

Aaron Cook

We've got 25 guys who aren't worried about history, just playing hard. We've got 25 guys who have learned some lessons the hard way.

Mike Shanahan

We'll keep all three of those guys out, ... But they should be able to go next week.

Frostee Rucker

As the season prevailed and went on, all these guys have matured so much.

William Stafford

So, the world happens twice --once what we see it as;second it legends itselfdeep, the way it is.

Tracy McCormick

We had called for a widespread 1 to 2 inches of rain this weekend. This week, we're watching what happens to the remnants of Hurricane Wilma." ()

Joan Didion

This one is really fantastic, ... It's not about grieving. It's about what happens when people die.

Tony Judt

History always happens to us and nothing ever stays the same.

Tea Obreht

You never know what's going to happen in your life, and you never know what's going to happen in someone else's life either.

Steve Backley

Like everything in life, it is not what happens to you but how you respond to it that counts.

Philip Larkin

Something, like nothing, happens anywhere.

Chris Beatty

Life will throw stones at you, and it's what you do when that happens that counts.

Alfred Adler

Life happens at the level of events, not words

Author unknown

I should've known it wasn't going to work out between my ex-wife and me. After all, I'm a Libra and she's a bitch.

Judy Gold

I didn't want to be known as a gay comic, but as a comic who happens to be gay.

In some places it's known as a tornado. In others, a cyclone. And in still others, the Idiot's Merry-go-round. But around here they'll always be known as screw-boys.

Steve Wilkos

When I walk down the street, it's not like people feel like they're seeing some big star. It's like someone they've known for a long time, someone that they feel comfortable with.

Tom Daschle

You've got two people that are well known in South Dakota, respected. We'll see how it all shakes out.

Santiago Lyon

Our practice is to not move material that is known to be offensive.

Lee Peterson

Our son is innocent. We know that. We've known it from day one.

Nayvadius Cash

My day one fans - my fans from my mix tape days - know my life now. They know where I've been. You don't want to have a disconnection with those fans. You have to give them all of you because they feel like they've known you.

Freddie Stroma

In England, I suppose I have been known to once or twice tune into 'Big Brother', which is a pretty terrible guilty pleasure.

Steve Robinson

The vibrancy in our sports programs is still there.

Ken Leonard

That's what you want to get your program to, but we still have to prove it,

Hillary Clinton

There was even a time when Donald Trump didn't get an Emmy for his TV program three years in a row and he started tweeting that the Emmys were rigged against him.

Robert Redford

We don't program (the festival) for commerciality. We program for diversity.

Jim Colborn

He allows me to have my own program and supports me and makes me feel like I am appreciated and respected.

Kenneth Williams

The program is already funded. Everything is in place.

Baruch Spinoza

Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men's natural abilities as to restrain them.

Art Buchwald

Any company executive who overcharges the government more than $5 million will be fined $50 or have to go to traffic school three nights a week

Damon Lindelof

I always remember liking school.

Tom Wilson

We want to get them all into school.

Gwen Cote

There is no school in northeastern New York that is accredited.

Orson Scott Card

I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.

Stephen Browning

You go look at the Academies and their school is functioning,

Robert Kiyosaki

The financial education taught in schools is funded and taught by the big banks and corporations. It's like having the cat train the mice.

Sarah Alexander

I started school here and all of my friends are here. And I'm already in the softball program.

Robin Quivers

We shouldn't have free speech.

Mark Twain

Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.

Mary MacLane

However great one's gift of language may be, there is always something that one cannot tell.

Jimmy Wales

Free speech includes the right to not speak.

John Norris

Everything is on track and going very well.

Usain Bolt

The more success I have with track and field the bigger my brand is. So I would say I'm more of a brand now, trying to build for the future.

Shonda Rhimes

I cannot keep track and lots of great shows go unnoticed.

Eydie Gorme

A lot of the really great stuff fell between the tracks.

Kurt Voss

I'm used to doing a lot of dolly tracks.