Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brad Buckman

Any given day any player on this team can shoot the ball. Daniel did it (Saturday) against Baylor and then did it again tonight.

Slobodan Milosevic

an outrage against a whole nation and a whole people.

Stewart Gary

As far as we are concerned from our side of the ball their pressure wore us down we didn't turn the gall over a lot in the backcourt against the press but nevertheless it had an effect on us.

S. Walker

As far as the standings go, this game didn't mean much. But it meant a lot to us, just to prove to ourselves and to everyone else that we could beat them. They beat us this year, last year and ended our season in the playoffs last year. So we were starting to wonder when we were going to catch a break against those guys. That's why this game is so big for us.

Jennifer Berry

A seat belt is your best defense against a drunk driver.

Mike Fleming

As far as I know, we've never recovered a car that has been missing almost four decades. The odds against finding it so many years afterward were phenomenal.

Eric Rabe

As far as I know, that's a suit against her, and we have nothing to do with that.

Randall Edens

Ashley does so much for us, points from her are a bonus. That's not a knock against her; she's very versatile. She had some big baskets early that helped settle us down.

Dennis Taylor

Ashley and Tiny have competed against college divers and just missed qualifying for the U.S. Senior team, ... They are already close to being at a high level.

Kris Alexander

As far as track meets, it's by far the best meet in the state.

Charles Bofferding

As engineers, we have a different perspective. If a company really wants to get its product to be the best in all areas, then it must listen to all sides. A union is the best vehicle to carry the engineers' perspective.

Chris Widger

As far as him quitting, I hope not, I'd like to come back here next year, but he has to do whatever's best for him, best for his family and best for his health.

Michael Carty

As far as Harley-Davidson goes, it makes a great product. It's got one of the best bikes in the world, ... It's, I think, leading motorcycle sales. It does restaurants. It does clothing. It's diversified and it's a winner.

Chucky Atkins

A shorter rotation is to be expected. Every team and every coach does that. Every team wants its seven or eight best out there.

Mike Sweeney

As far as stuff goes, that's the best stuff we've seen all year. I think he's only given up one or two runs all year and he showed us why -- he was on top of his game tonight.

Joe McCarthy

As far as somebody that's crafty with the ball, he's probably the best we've seen so far.

Orpheus Roye

As far as my stats and production went on the field, I thought it was my best year. I felt really good at the end of the season with the system. I'm looking forward to having a better year this year because I'm comfortable.

Ryan Kolb

As far as knowing the plays we've been running, we're as prepared as we're going to be. We'll take it one game at a time, one period at a time. We set goals for each period and that works best for us.

Michael Putnam

I waited all summer to turn pro until after the Walker Cup (two weeks ago). That was my whole goal this summer, to play in the Walker Cup, get the Cup back for the United States. After we did that, it was an easy decision to turn pro and not play in the Amateur.

Lisa Young

Pull out the measuring cup and the scale once or twice just for practice. You don't have to do it all the time, but you see what it actually looks like. If you don't want to do that, use some of the visuals just to give you an eyeball, like 3 ounces (of meat) looks like a deck of cards. You don't have to be exact, but you want to have a clue.

Geoff Miller

The rugby lads won the World Cup and from then things haven't gone quite as they would have wanted since then,

David Howell

I've worked so hard for this win. I'm now leading the 2006 order of merit ... plus I've got some Ryder Cup points, which we're all after, so I couldn't be happier.

Jack Nicklaus

I've said numerous occasions, I think that the potential of the Presidents Cup to be greater than the Ryder Cup is there, simply because the scope is larger. I think there are probably more good players, as it relates to world rankings, than probably if you played the Ryder Cup. I think the Presidents Cup has come of age.

Guillermo Coria

It was a long journey from New York so I'm pleased to do enough to win. The goal now is to make sure I can qualify for the Masters Cup in Shanghai.

Benjamin Raich

It was a perfect day. Fourth place is good. The overall World Cup title is fixed and all the training and hard work has paid off.

Steve Mills

These women are often short in stature and they've got cup sizes of I and J. It's just unbelievable,

David Beckham

I've definitely had lower points in my career, ... I've been through some worse and the World Cup was worse.

Olli Rehn

Turkey's fit to open the negotiations with the European Union,

Klaus Liebscher

I think European integration -- and this is a must for me -- must not be counteracted by nationalist, protectionist measures.

Michael Caine

I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that.

Chris Tomlinson

I feel I've lost ground. I got to 22, I'd been to the finals of the Olympics, the Commonwealths, Worlds and Europeans and you think, 'This is it, 23, time to do it.' I'm now 24 and time moves on.

Jeremy Corbyn

Taken slightly historically, the turning point in the E.U. was actually the Single European Act, the Thatcher/Maastricht-era stuff, which was turning the E.U. into very much a market system.

Jason Winston George

American television tends to move faster than European or U.K. television.

Brian Shea

For many of the European insurers, Katrina will likely push the full-year 2005 (earnings) to an above-average year with respect to large losses.

Pascal Lamy

It is the Europeans and the Americans that must budge,

Warren Christopher

At heart, ... this is a European problem.

Shannon Schonrock

As long as we're winning, it doesn't matter. It's great to see different people step up on any given night. And it makes us hard to prepare for because you don't know who to focus on. A lot of our numbers are down, minutes-wise, but it makes us that much tougher knowing that we have so many people that can contribute.

Lori Bennett

Our serve and service return was very weak in the first two games. But we had a lot of things that worked well. So for the third game, we focused on serving more aggressively.

Michael Barrett

The one thing I like about this team is as great as it was, as fun as it was, there's no real celebrating what happened today. It means we're focused and moving on.

Tim McCutchen

It was the same press. We used the same press-breaker, but we didn't execute. We just were not as focused and ready to play as we were the first time." ()

Jane Garvey

The whole issue of wiring is something that people have been focused on for a while,

John Shin

This is stronger than expected, the highest since spring of last year. But it's less important since it doesn't show anything about the impact of Katrina and everyone's focused on Katrina right now.

Adrian Jones

You're not really focused on the star, but the co-stars to see what they're doing to help the whole scene.

Mike Scioscia

This win was a good win for the team and gave us a big lift. We have to focus on winning from here on out.

Bryant H. McGill

When one learns to focus energy through surrender and sensitivity, they become free, and can access the expansiveness of endless possibility.

Tom Freston

As a global media platform company, we are looking at various projects in many parts of the world.

Zhang Yansheng

The soaring Sino-US trade should be viewed in the global context.

Carlos Ghosn

Russia is an important part of our global growth strategy.

Lorenzo Codogno

Protectionism remains the major threat to global growth.

Dave Edwards

The world has become global on everything else. Why not this? ... NASCAR used to be a Southern sport. Now it's coast-to-coast.

Ian Stewart

This is symptomatic of a stronger global economy.

Matthew Davis

This isn't something we're going to solve overnight. The problems of global warming have just begun.

Lou Jiwei

There are three main pillars of China's economy. One is export, which is limited by sluggish global demand. The second is investment. In many sectors, there is already too much investment and overcapacity. The third is consumption.

Kathleen Sebelius

In many ways, human health is the great global connector.

Mike Hayes

The most important role is they send golfers out at the right time so there's the appropriate spacing on the golf course.

Louis Oosthuizen

I just go out there and play the game; I get on with things. Golf is not everything in life.

Jane Seymour

Golf is like acting in that both require concentration and relaxation at the same time. In acting, you can't push emotion. You have to let it rise from you naturally. Same thing in golf. You have to have a plan and a focus; but then you need to just let it happen and enjoy the smooth movement of the swing.

Brian Weiss

I was asked by a golfer how to lower his scores. I replied start playing 9 holes instead of 18. I worked for me, it cut my scores in half.

Billy Bush

Professional golfer... what a life.

Bruce Forsyth

If I go out one night, I must stay in the next. It's the same with my golf. If I play one day, I don't play the next. I try to pace myself.

Dennis Quaid

I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball.

Brian Weiss

Golf is like smoking, I have been trying to quit for years.

Brian Weiss

I was on in two.... then again on four...

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

Austin Mahone

The British fans are very intense, maybe even more so than fans in the U.S.! They're great.

Buck Showalter

The big thing was Curt Schilling, he was obviously on top of his game. We ran into a great pitcher today. It's disappointing.

David Lewis

The big question is: Is it too little, too late? I think in great part, yes.

George Savile

A very great memory often forgotteth how much time is lost by repeating things of no use

O. J. Simpson

Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless.

Josh Page

Avon had a lot to do with our shooting stats. They played great defense. They took away our inside game.

Heinz Jungwirth

Austria has great relations with the IOC. We don't want to put anything under the table.

James Coleman

A truly great hug comes when you squeeze just hard enough to share a heartbeat.

Naeem Wahid

People are unwinding growth expectations and interest rate expectations,

Ray Rund

People are taking this as a signal. In this case, it's kind of pro-growth stock. The Nasdaq has the most growth stocks, and when interest rates stabilize, or go down, people start to think of growth as being worth more.

Terrence Gabriel

People feel the growth is there whether you push rates up to 6.50 percent or 6.80 percent.

David Manning

Of the various alternatives, this one was the growth story more than any others.

Jesper Koll

The moment American growth slows down below, say, 2 percent, trade pressures are not just something that we talk about but are something that are really going to hit policy makers.

Harold S. Geneen

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - mental, financial, you name it.

Harold Geneen

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness -- It's growth -- mental, financial, you name it.

Alan Greenspan

a process that has undoubtedly improved national productivity growth and standards of living.

David Martin

The seniors have their own settings, which shows the growth and improvement they've made over the last three years.

Peja Stojakovic

Probably I won't be available. My knee is still hurting. Hopefully we can get it better.

Jim Bolla

Officially, all we're saying is she's suspended right now. It's day-to-day, and hopefully when we get to Reno, we can get some things resolved one way or the other.

Dave Roberts

The more interesting we make this, the more I'll have to try to push the envelope. But hopefully it doesn't come to that.

Kirk Pedersen

Right now we are struggling a little big with our relay teams. We are going to work on those and hopefully get them to run a little better.

E. Hicks

It was unfortunate that we didn't play well on a national stage, but hopefully we can turn all that frustration on the Eagles.

Shane Murphy

I've been saying we're a work in progress, and there's still improving to do. Hopefully we can keep getting better and get to where we want to be.

Tim Frisby

This is a start. Hopefully I'll get more this season,

William Henderson

This is the first time and hopefully the last time I'll have to do that.

Bill Bunting

That's what we're looking for, hopefully less taxes and less government.

Kevin Keane

People shouldn't overreact. It's a very small number of products and not major brands.

Subir Raha

The Syrian acquisition is a major breakthrough for us.

Pat Gelsinger

This is not a minor retooling. This is a major leap.

Zhou Jixiang

That's why we need to stretch to other major cities. We've only started the work with Shandong Province.

Mike Wallace

You say this, 'I would never have been a Major League-caliber player without steroids.' Right,

Mat Sprague

Considering where the program has come from, it's a major accomplishment.

James Thurber

And unless there is a major stumbling or bombshell, I think he will be confirmed.

Anatoly Chubais

And yet we must be ready to get into next winter without major failures.

Jorma Kaukonen

Even though I don't have a major label, everyone is doing it by themselves.

Dusty Baker

We all turn in a roster and see how it matches up.

Natalie Grinham

At the moment, because it is the pool matches it is quite a long day ... we don't just wake up and play one match during the day, we play three.

John Cornforth

Liam needs competitive matches and this will do him a world of good.

Song Zhenhua

If a scent sent to us matches with any sample from our bank, then we have a clue.

Mike Campbell

He won some big matches for us this weekend.

Mary Christensen

Six matches in one week ... that's a lot. We are so tired. I'm exhausted.

Alan Deal

There are other shooting matches open to the public.

Gary Parker

It is very frustrating. That's two matches which were there for the winning.

Raymond Domenech

We won the matches that we had to.

Bode Miller

The stuff after the Olympics was pretty aggressive.

Don Kardong

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

Andy Murray

For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world.

Shaun White

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

Mike Lambert

I wish he was younger or the Olympics were this year. I wish he picked me up earlier, but he didn't think too much of me then.

Shaun White

I didn't understand how big a thing the Olympics are until I showed up here.

Sara Parson

One of my friends went to the Olympics in '04. So a lot of us are working towards getting on the Olympic team as well.

W. S. Gilbert

I saw rowing in the Olympics and I said, 'I want to do that. That's my sport,' ... I had always been a swimmer, but when I saw rowing, I said, 'That's it.'

Michelle Kwan

I respect the Olympics too much to compete.

John Grammer

As coaches, we tell the players to make plays and that's what they did. We made some big plays to win at the end, especially Derek Carver.

Don Baylor

I've always viewed it like this: If you take that player away from the team, where does it finish?

Sydnee Wyss

I've always been the smallest player on my team. I'm just used to it. I don't think about it anymore.

Chris Avellone

The most important thing in games isn't the designer's narrative, but the story the player creates through his experiences.

Mark Franke

So the player tells the stewardess he didn't get enough to eat, either, and where was his $20.

John Fox

Sometimes players don't like to be reminded of their mistakes, at least not right away.

John Nash

Ruben's a very unusual player. I don't know that I've ever been around a player like him before.

Cheryl Burnett

Purdue has some players that, in the time of need, are really going to step up and want the basketball.

Rick Barnes

I've never seen players take so much pride in their schoolwork.

Bai Ling

Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.

Monte Kwinter

There are usually two sides to every story, ... Now you have one.

Jane Kaczmarek

I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.

Alan Furst

I'm basically an Upper West Side Jewish writer.

Bruce Jenner

I'm kind of more on the conservative side.

Elie Wiesel

Take sides. Neutrality always serves the oppressor and never the oppressed.

Ehud Barak

I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides.

Greg Hudnall

First thing we wanted to do is get all the residents on the west side registered. There are so many new residents out there.

George Tillman, Jr.

Even looking at my last film, 'Notorious,' you got a perception about B.I.G. and who he was, but there was a different side to him.

Jim Mowen

I've been walking on eggshells and trying not to badmouth any other candidates.

Melissa McCarthy

I've been trying to play old-lady parts since I was in my 20s, so I look forward to all of that.

Virginia Jackson

I've been trying to get it done for a long time.

A. Hodge

I've been trying to find someone for a year,

Mark Indelicato

I've been doing a lot of stuff that has to do with charity and giving. I'm trying to give and not take as much.

Jimmy Rollins

I understood that he was trying to get to third,

Steve Ballmer

Things are working well. We're always trying to improve, though.

Sanjay Gupta

the wind was just clawing at the window, trying to get in.

Darren Sharper

This could be it. Or he could go one more year. I don't see him trying to go too many more after this.

Jim Edmonds

Now it's even. We've just got to go over there and try to win a series.

Ozzie Guillen

Now I want to win more than ever.

Michael W. Smith

Is it going to win an Oscar? Probably not.

Alexandra Bodemann

I've been in a slump, and to come back and win something like this is awesome.

J. J. Johnson

The win is more important than how you do it.

Alicia Molik

The way I win is by being aggressive, very pro-active and I wasn't today.

Richard Myers

This is a win strategy, ... In a sense, things are going well.

Mark Ritter

This is a really big win for our kids.

Paul Duca

This is huge. It's not the end of the world if you don't win this series, but you want to.