Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeff Foster

That's no excuse. Young and athletic is a positive for them, but then there's young and inexperienced for them. If we're not as athletic as them, we have to beat them with experience; and obviously we didn't do that.

Marc Ganis

That myth has been broken long ago, ... Everyone who follows the Olympics knows commercialism and corporate sponsorship is as much a part of the Olympics at this point as athletic competition. It is simply aesthetics, it is simply a veneer.

Alec Gunn

Brian is an all-around athlete. He can really haul. He's one of those guys that you've just got to let them stay in the game and get their rhythm, and he did that, I think.

Gene Bess

We had pretty much all the ingredients you need. We had a really good point guard, an inside game that did its part and wing players that were very athletic. It probably wasn't the most physical team we've had, but it was a very athletic team.

Kurt Schuette

What's exciting is these are good character kids, not just athletic talent. The next few years should be very exciting.

Chuck D.

We flashed last year at being athletic with big-play potential, but the youth showed itself, too. We were like riding a roller coaster, and that's the thing that drives a coach crazier than anything else. We were up-and-down, up-and-down.

Tom Izzo

We want to get back to running and wearing people down. This might be our most athletic team ever.

David Macedo

We want to dictate the tempo. We have a fairly athletic team. ... Our style of play, hopefully we can wear some teams down.

Jim Brown

You have an athletic director who wants to bring us up-to-date,

Rick Stockstill

As far as the class, I'm not one to stand up here and talk about this guy and that guy and say, 'We beat this team or we beat that team on a player.' That's just not my style. We are excited about this class. I think the big thing in it is what I have said since I've been here, which is I want to surround myself with winners.

Jim Calhoun

A No. 16 seed is going to beat a No. 1. The gap is closing.

James Blake

Any of the top 100 guys in the world can beat any of the top 10 guys on a given day,

Rayan Black

A Dog will not cry if you beat him with a Bone

Kingsley Amis

A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night and then as its mausoleum.

Ernie Whitt

The one thing that I really don't want to hear is ? and I know that we will hear ? at least you guys beat the USA. But that's not the purpose of this tournament. The purpose of this tournament is to go out and win a championship.

Jack Leggett

The one thing I've learned over the years is that any team on our schedule can beat us. We've got to focus on one game at a time and let the wins build up for us.

Fernando Alonso

The one person I really like to beat is Michael Schumacher because it makes me feel better due to the fact that everyone knows him and what he has done.

Tony Cristaldi

The old record was 44 degrees, so we beat it by a degree.

Steve Fleming

As a father, I did a poor job at dealing with my son. The Special Olympics taught me how to deal with my son, and now he is my best friend. We do everything together.

John Longo

That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did. I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.

John Longo

That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did, ... I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.

Atticus Ross

Personally, I do the best work with people I'm closest with. I know what their tastes are, and they are similar to mine. That close personal relationship is what delivers the best work.

Aaron Lewis

Our thoughts and prayers are with Brad, and we send our best wishes to him for a speedy and complete recovery.

Ron Gardenhire

Our thoughts and our prayers are turned towards Puck in Arizona. We all heard about this before lunch and that pretty much takes away from anything you do at a ballpark. We did the best we could do today and the game was whatever ... it was a game.

George Kennedy

Our third day was the best one for us, and should give us momentum for next year.

Tom Crawford

Our sincerest hope is that we give this the best shot that we can. We hope it works.

Bob Hill

Our defense was clearly the best it's been all season long. We got a lot of points off our defense and that was pretty much it. We took care of business.

Mark Harmon

As an actor, you don't always know where a role is going, and part of the fun of playing this guy is that it changes and he continues to challenge me.

Edsger Dijkstra

In their capacity as a tool, computers will be but a ripple on the surface of our culture. In their capacity as intellectual challenge, they are without precedent in the cultural history of mankind.

Larry Freed

During this critical stage in the holiday shopping season, online retailers face huge challenges to maintaining high satisfaction. Those who aren't able to meet customer expectations online during the last week or two of the holiday shopping season risk the long-term impact of lessened customer loyalty during the weeks and quarters to come.

David Butler

(Bird flu) is a smaller challenge at one level in the sense that we are better prepared, we have better knowledge, we are -- at least in our part of the world -- healthier than people were in 1918,

Ismail Haniyeh

We've handled challenges in the past and we will be able to stand up to future challenges as well.

Peter Yesawich

This speaks volumes about the challenges contemporary families have simply coordinating schedules . . . and the premium they place on the increasingly limited leisure time they spend together.

Mark Lawrence

I've always seen 'no' as a challenge rather than an answer.

George Soros

challenge the very concept of the 'war on terror.'

Chris Duncan

Chapter one is completed. It's playoff time and we look forward to the challenge that comes with being a No. 1 seed.

Terrence Gabriel

The Nasdaq has at least the Microsoft report to look forward to, which should be strong.

Lee Humphrey

This is a new year, and a different team. We're looking forward to making a run.

Eric Patterson

The only time we'll have to play a Broward or Dade team is if we play them in the state championship. We're looking forward to that.

Gary Smith

Bret Harte stuck it to us last year. We learned a lesson. Our kids are looking forward to playing them again.

Jamal Mashburn

I look forward to retirement life. It's been a great time. I've learned a lot, but now it's time to move on.

Bob Richardson

I look forward to resolving the security problems in the State Court.

Dan Wheldon

I look forward to proving a point to him.

Alex Ovechkin

I look forward to playing Friday and in the Olympics.

Neil Rinehart

I look forward to Luke next year. He'll get after it.

Richard Segal

There will be two new products next year. In the first half there will be a person-to-person skill game and in the second half there will be another more akin to casino.

Rory Sabbatini

It would be nice to get back. I haven't had as much success there as I would like, but I think my mental game is ready for it now. I'm a lot more mature.

Michael Beasley

It was an honor to be a part of history, but honestly I don't remember all the games we've played. I do remember the trips, though, and that's what we will miss the most ? all those good times.

James Blake

I served very well, and once you get rolling with one part of your game the rest of it follows, so it's a good feeling.

Jeff Bowden

I've been really pleased with the weather that we've had. One of the things that we really need to help us in this game is the heat, and you've supplied plenty of that.

Matt Barnes

I've been talking all year, we've got to find away when we're up six or seven points up to put the game away, but we couldn't do that.

Taylor Vichorek

I've been skating since I was 2 years old. I have no problem with basketball, it just seems like a slower game to me. I like the pace of hockey better.

Paul Woods

I've been thrilled to play and now watch NHL hockey. The game is so good. I feel very fortunate.

Charles Jenkins

I've been thinking about this game since we lost to them in the last year. Everyone prepared for this. I didn't want to come back to school if I lost.

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.

Mike Listerman

We'll have to have some guys really work hard this summer. Whether we make it back here (to the state tournament) next year, who knows? Only one team in the region makes it here and that's what makes it so special.

Wayne Gandy

It was the normalcy we've been looking for.

Mike Browning

You're looking at the young guys. You're not looking to win, just to get a win.

Bobby Shelton

I'm a little set back. I had no idea they were looking at retirement. I thought it would stay around for many, many years kind of like the old B-52s did.

Mike Eaves

I can tell you this explicitly, that nobody was looking at this as just a third-place game. There was a lot of pride on the line.

David Gayson

Looking back, I have this regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.

R. Robinson

I wasn't really looking to score more (in the second half), but I was looking to be more aggressive.

Scott Parrish

He's not looking at the scoreboard, huh? Well, I was.

Shellie Samuels

He was looking for people who had killed people.

Nick Collins

I don't know too much about him. He don't know nothing about me. It's just a game. We're going out there to play football. That's how we are looking at it.

Bob Hazel

Teachers have enough problems as it is. It's sure not positive.

Richard Langford

Conceptually, I don't have any problems with this idea. It's just a question of where do we start and how do we get there.

David Filo

You'll run into problems where governments don't share those values. Long term, these values will win out.

Jon Heacock

I know they are special team problems, but they are important ones.

Steve Courson

There's a whole minefield of problems, and the minefield doesn't go away,

Lukas Krajicek

This is big. Every shift is going to be crucial, so I have to be ready to show what I can do.

Jim Gordon

We're as ready as we're going to be.

Benny Hinn

Are you ready for some real revelation knowledge... you are god.

Larry Pleau

Until he tells us he's ready ... We'll see what he says on Sunday.

Chen Yunlin

We will be ready for any complicated situation.

Sen. Baker

We have a system that is getting ready to implode on itself.

Raymond Carver

We knew our days were numbered. We had fouled up our lives and we were getting ready for a shake-up.

Matthew Henry

. . . when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can.

Morton Feldman

To understand what music has to be, you have to live for music. Who's ready to do that?