Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Hearns

Ray Leonard was more of a favorite than Thomas Hearns that night.

Bobby Thomson

I was a raw rookie in Arizona during spring training in 1947, but I could do three things. I could run. I had a good arm. And I could hit with power.

Barney Ross

All destroyers at that time had about 200 men. A destroyer was rough riding, and with the rough weather, the sea can be an enemy too.

Michael East

It probably won't sink in until I've retired from running but I'm a much better athlete than two years ago.

Carl Hubbell

It was funny, when I thought of it afterward, how Ruth and Gehrig looked as they stood there. The Babe must have been waiting for me to get the ball up a little so he could get his bat under it.

Katey Sagal

It was really fun. It was fun for a lot of reasons. It was fun because nobody thought that we would be successful. It was on a network that wasn't even there at the time.

Jim Otto

It was a very exciting time for me to play professional football, finally.

Curt Flood

But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer.

Curt Flood

All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for.

Ryan Brimley

Nobody believed in us. We had to go out and show them that we are for real.

Ryan Brimley

Nobody believed in us coming in. We work extra hard to go out and prove that we can do it, that we can be one of the best teams in the state.

Hines Ward

Nobody believed in us, but we believed in ourselves, and now we're in the Super Bowl. These last three games on the road show a lot about our team and this coaching staff.

Jim Jackson

Nobody believed I'd win. Some of these people wouldn't talk to me.

Brenda Frese

This is just going to help us. Our kids our disappointed. They believed they could come in here and win this game.

Nabil Sha'ath

On a purely humanitarian level we feel sorry for Mr. Sharon. Mr. Sharon has made some minimal progress, but he never believed in the . . . peace process.

Chris Redfield

Once Santa Clara tied the game, they really believed at that point they could win it.

Eric Musselman

Once I had their attention, I believed enough in what I had learned from other head coaches that I knew could be successful in that role as well. That was an experience I wouldn't trade for anything.

Bible Bible

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

Bristol Palin

Never lie to your mother. That's like the biggest lesson that I learned, learned throughout my life, you know?

Drew Barrymore

My mother and I split ways when I was very young and have never really reconciled.

Dorothy Malone

I never turned down a mother role.

Donna Leon

My father read 'The New York Times,' my mother did secretarial work, we had a dog, we had a garden, I had a brother.

Donna Brazile

Donald Trump has not gone to historical black colleges - Hillary Clinton. He's not met with the mothers of children who have been slain and killed from violence in the country as Hillary Clinton has done.

Donna Karan

That's a journey I've been on for many years. I mean, being a working mother, realizing that I have to make and find my balance.

Donald E. Westlake

My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up.

Donald Barthelme

My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit.

Donald Wuerl

Confession is something we will never outgrow, even if we become the saints God made us to be. Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa of Calcutta were revered even during their lifetime; but both made frequent use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.