Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Tortorella

I think it's the maturity level of our club. I think we've shown that the last little while. We've stayed with it. We haven't turned into individuals, we've just tried to keep banging away.

Etan Thomas

I'm having fun out there getting more time. Coach has more confidence in me and it's fun. I'm going to keep banging and keep playing hard.

Kathy Roberts

I heard some banging noises. I thought it was thunder and rain.

Eddie Jordan

I'm getting a lot of mail from shooting coaches around the country, ... They are banging the door down to come in and work with our guys and talk to our guys, so maybe I'm going to have to interview some people. No, I don't know. It's been our main guys missing. One game, everybody missed them. They're working on it. It's a long season and you hope that eventually we'll catch ourselves and improve.

Geraldine Brooks

I had this story that had been banging around in my head and I thought, 'I'll just see if there's anything there.' So I wrote a few chapters of the book that became 'Year of Wonders,' and lucky for me it found its readers.

Larry Bigbie

I just can't do any running, I can't do any banging around. I think it'll be an easy transition when it is time to play.

Dave Allison

The guys did a great job of keeping the puck in on that first goal. Then they kept banging away and we got rolling from there.

Brian Clark

All of a sudden I hear this banging on the wall and this voice, strange voice crying in the darkness somewhere on the 81st floor,

Drew Henson

It's not as many people as other places, but you have 20,000 people blowing their whistles and banging their drums. I've never seen anything like it.

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.

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.

DeShaun Foster

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

Jake Abel

I think it is possible to be friends even if you're competing. You know, there's so many guys in rooms that try to psych each other out, and it doesn't work. It only hinders their work.

William Hanson

He was a fighter, ... He's one of those guys who didn't want to live by medicine. He didn't want anything.

Jim Christian

He wants to do so well that sometimes he presses. He's trying to do so much, and he sees guys making plays, and he wants to do well.

Ed Torres

He didn't have to score a lot because of the other guys we had. But he knew we'd rely on him some more this season.

Morgan Pressel

Harder than it had to be ... that's for sure. I was struggling to make solid contact.

Chauncey Billups

He's a volume shooter and he's pretty much the No. 1 and No. 2 options for them. He's going to shoot a lot of shots, and he's going to make some tough ones and score some points. We'll be right there doing whatever we can to make it harder on him.

Sam Worthington

To film in water is three times harder than just on land.

Shari Schau

I think we just played harder than they did.

Carla Thomas

I think we played harder (than in December). We showed more intensity and heart. We were still in it with 10 minutes left. The only reason we didn't pull it out was because we didn't play our game. We stopped playing hard.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

I think at places like 'Slate' or the magazine where I work, there was a really poor record of hiring African-American writers. It was really that simple. And I think with the proliferation of the Internet and Internet media, it has been a little harder to maintain that gatekeeper position.

Rex Grossman

I think that's just human nature to make you want to work harder to improve yourself, and I think that'll be a positive for me.

Herman Edwards

It is harder for me because we know all the work he has put into it,

Charles B. Rangel

Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S.

Dwyane Wade

I was like, 'Hey, Carmelo Anthony should be playing too.' . . . I think I could have helped.

Jeff Attinella

Kevin's taught me everything I know about playing keeper. He's prepared me for every situation.

John Buck

Just say today's the day and keep playing hard. Hopefully, it's going to end tomorrow.

Jose Reyes

He is playing like the game. He is trying all the time.

Scot Bunnell

Harrison is playing really well and to go over there and win will be a challenge.

Thomas Muster

I was so tired of playing tennis, so tired of traveling, of hotels, everything related to this sport.

Susumu Tonegawa

Recalling a memory is not like playing a tape recorder. It's a creative process.

Andy Roddick

Had I served the set out, who knows? ... But I let him back in and he started playing really well.

Ben Gordon

He's been playing like himself. We've been waiting for that all season.

Dan Corbin

And she had to have about 15 rebounds and some blocks, and she was just incredible.

Mike Sillinger

It was one of those nights. The rebounds were there, we just didn't get them.

Rahshon Clark

We let them get a lot of rebounds that we should have come up with that were real crucial.