Famous Quotes & Sayings

Israel Idonije

As a child, I always said I was going to be a professional basketball player like Michael Jordan.

Jerry Graybeal

Reaching 500 games is a great accomplishment. That's a lot of games for any coach. She's a great example of stability in our women's basketball program and it has translated to success on the floor. Carla has been a great representative of Weber State as a player and coach for more than 25 years.

Tony Parker

Definitely difficult to lose him. He was coming back very well. He was starting to play very well. He was playing good basketball so it is hard to lose him again.

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.

Steve Kerr

So much youth basketball is being played around the world, in countries everywhere. And the sheer volume of kids means that Winthrop and Monmouth can get some pretty good players.

Carly Syverson

Sometimes in basketball you don't think, you react. That's exactly what I did.

Joe Morgan

Teams draft mostly college players now, ... and a black kid from a poor family can't go to college unless he gets a scholarship. He can get one in basketball or football, but not in baseball.

Karl Hobbs

Temple played a fantastic game. The elder statesman showed that he still knows how to get a team up and prepared to win a basketball game.

Brian Hill

Sometimes the light goes on a little bit later. Maybe this is one of those situations where we just realize if we play together and share the basketball and play good defense and force some turnovers and get out and run, we can be pretty good.

Terry Vaughn

As an athlete, you've got to understand there's no loyalty in sports. I understand that and it doesn't bother me,

Anne Stevens

As a leader in both hybrid vehicles and in vehicles capable of operating on ethanol-based fuels, Ford is the ideal company to bring both technologies together for the first time.

Bernie Williams

As long as we've got his presence there, that's the most important thing, because being the D.H. doesn't bother him,

Sandor Kantor

Normal conditions have resumed in both pipes, the quantity and pressure of the gas is stable.

Dudley North

Nor in truth, can Forreign Trade subsist without the Home Trade, both being connected together.

Mike Mastroianni

No one wants to play them. They will be very scary to play in the playoffs. Both teams are familiar with each other. That is the only good thing if we play them again.

Dave Boyce

After the first game, people in both towns have been pointing to this game for a month and a half. You could feel it building. The anticipation has been crazy for this and I think it proved to be worthy of that.

Cate Blanchett

Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about.

Doug Pickarts

A game like this can only make both teams better.

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.

Dennis Mullen

This is still a good challenge for us.

Ayrton Senna

The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.

Jamie Bell

If the right thing came along at the right time, it would be an enormous kind of challenge.

Denise Garcia

There are some risks and challenges. As they expand internationally, their costs are going to go up. So we'll still see that top-line growth, but we'll see some pinch there on the costs and the operating margins.

Bela Lugosi

To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.

Barry Sanders

One of the flabby lines you hear sometimes is, 'Speak truth to power'. Power knows the truth. It's speaking the truth to yourself that's the challenge.

Brian Weiss

Sometimes the most evolved souls take the most challenging paths

Boman Irani

I still reject lead roles, as I don't accept any role if I don't find it challenging enough. I am very careful while making selections.

Eli Juarez

A new coach, a new system and a young 6-foot-and-under team. I'm extremely proud of what we accomplished this season. We lose only two seniors and we're still learning. We can look forward to a good season next year.

Henry Uhegwu

That was a big win for us. We prepared for them in two days, but the coaches gave us a really good game plan and we stepped to it. This is our season, we're trying to turn things around.

Jeremy Mayfield

Coach Sampson was a major, major, major part of me signing.

Mike Bibby

Coach said it was the first time in 20 years he had seen that.

Angelica Sails

Coach really didn't have to tell us anything, we just knew it was time to step up. As a team, we shouldn't need coach to tell us when to be intense. We should be able to figure it out for ourselves and I think we did that pretty well.

Todd Graham

Coach Randolph was not happy with me because I wouldn't let him do what we do, and what we do is pressure. We just wanted to stay basic, naturally, because I'm sure there are people here watching us.

Andre Patterson

Coach put the confidence back in me and told me what he wanted me to do. When Coach wants you to go make plays, it makes it a lot better for you. I've got a lot more I'm not giving, so hopefully I can get it all out.

Tyson Chandler

Coach pretty much addressed us and told us we needed to step it up. We kind of took that to heart. A lot of it we've been getting in extra on our own. It's really been great.

Dan Walsh

Coach prepares us very well, and we knew everything they were going to throw at us.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own

Nick Zito

It was tough yesterday. I just had to leave really early. It all just got to me with High Fly. I've got a headache right now just talking about it. But that's the way it goes.

Ayn Rand

A good quotation must be a complete entity. It must be like a headline - sharp, clear, whole.

Dan Lankheit

As I said, the head on this thing was unreal.

Eric Snyder

This weekend is really important. It's one of the weekends we've been working from the very first practice for, and this is where all the training and work we've done all season will pay off. We're one of the top teams heading down there, so we'll just hope we do enough to move on.

Robbie Bennett

We think it is his knee. But we're still not sure. That's where we're headed now.

Stephen Chick

We think Home Depot is headed for a stall.

Mark Waggoner

There's going to be these lingering problems. There's still too much uncertainty in the New Orleans area. I think we are headed back to $70.

Elizabeth Campbell

We just had to keep our heads up and not quit.

Bill Gibbons

Phoenix is honored to be the newest member of the Glen Raven team.

Calvin Coolidge

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

Peggy Corrigan

I was really shocked, very honored and very humbled. That was 30 years ago. I didn't really feel like I'd done anything special. I just did it because I loved it.

Unknown

She offered her honor, He honored her offer, and all night he was on her and off her.

Ethel Merman

I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time

Andy Hilbert

I said I'd be honored to go. It's real exciting, and it should be a lot of fun.

Trevor Hoffman

I was honored to have that opportunity to go out and get it done,

Scott Ross

It is my understanding that the parents did not want the police to become involved so we honored their wishes.

Woody Johnson

I am honored to serve on this committee.

Norm Coleman

I am so humbled by the love and outpouring of support.

Greg Davis

I'm very humbled to be the recipient of this award.

Rudi Giuliani

I want to say that I was very humbled and very moved by the selection by Time magazine,

M. Thompson

We're just humbled by the miracle of the whole thing.

Manny Fernandez

We have all been humbled by Hurricane Katrina,

Kevin Kerr

The switch is not going to be that smooth. Within the next 14 days, I think we are going to see prices steadily climb.

Joni Pitkanen

Now I know how he wants me to play. This is a big year for me. I want to step up to the next level.

Arnold Palmer

Tell you what ... I'll wear it at the next tournament I play in.

Gordon Hamilton

This is something that we could see in the next decade.

Mike Lamb

This is one of the most resilient teams I've been on. Whether we get shut out, whether we lose, whether we win this team the next day, it doesn't faze them,

Barbara Kingsolver

The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment.

Bashar al-Assad

This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.

Arianna Huffington

I'm pulling out, and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over the next week working to defeat the recall because I realize now that's the only way to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Susan B. Anthony

I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.

Ian Paisley

It was amazing that I was ever elected.

John Stephens

It took us seven years to saturate Northern California.

Tom Greene

It's all Northern Telecom. It was U.S. selling; they just started selling it and it took a lot of the other tech stocks with it.

Ali Babacan

Northern Iraq has become, economically, a natural extension of Turkey.

Seamus Heaney

A person from Northern Ireland is naturally cautious.

Jonny Lee Miller

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Clive Woodward

This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,

Mustafa Shakur

This is an opportunity to be around pros and watch Steve going around the court, trying to pick up some things.

Alexa Posny

This is an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Brenda Strong

We are all being called to be more present than ever, while dealing with a more challenging array of personal and professional challenges, opportunities and all-around growth.

Jane Fonda

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

Lykke Li

I will grab any opportunity I can to learn something new.

Ban Ki-moon

Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.

Norm Chow

I think he's a tremendous player. He's so explosive.

Dan Bennett

Dale Hansen is a tremendous talent, and we wish him the very best.

Ryan Lynch

I think this will show the university that we are a responsible community.

Ben Barnes

I actually went to university.

Lars Mikkelsen

I was in the military, and then I went to university to study biology.