Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carlos Gonzalez

I tell them they need to do this and that, but I don't do that in the wrong way. I try to tell them it is what's best for the team now. It all depends on how they accept that. I just try to tell them that in the way they understand that. That is what a leader should do.

I tell the girls that we're not looking for the steal. Chances are they'll turn it over in the front court. We're not looking for the steal. If we get the steal it's a bonus, and the girls accept it. The girls kept their intensity, and they did it for the whole game.

I think I?m an athletic player, and I like to get up and down. I think that will fit my style of play. I definitely will accept that style of play.

Bill Johnson

It has become more accepted by the general public. Movie stars, sports professionals are showing their tattoos. It's more mainstream.

John Nash

I studied mathematics fairly broadly and I was fortunate enough... also to make a nice discovery relating to manifolds and real algebraic varieties. So I was prepared actually for the possibility that the game theory work would not be regarded as acceptable as a thesis in the mathematics department and then that I could realize the objective of a Ph.D. thesis with the other results.

I think he (Ober) asked me if I would accept it. But I'm not sure because I was so surprised.

I think he'll do a good job if he accepts that role. He's a cheerful guy. He loves to have fun. He loves to win. ... Some people will say, 'Last year I heard some bad comments about him. He came late,' and all that type of stuff. But that's history. He might be a new guy. Who knows?

I think he is still trying to govern as a legislator instead of as a governor. He can't accept the fact that not every constituency group is going to agree with you. When you try to please everyone, you usually end up pleasing no one.

I think he's accepting of the system. You didn't hear him complaining when we weren't scoring any goals. A lot of credit goes to his character. He's built himself into that type of person, he's a team player, and that's reassuring when you're struggling to score goals up front.

Barry Alvarez

I think his president wanted to keep it confidential and go through the process without it being a public issue. But he was offered the job officially yesterday and accepted and contacted me right away.

I think maybe they'll accept mid-major teams who have done everything they can do, to the best of their ability. You'd like to think these teams will get an extra look, that they won't just be summarily dismissed in favor of high-profile programs.

I think the team has handled it well. It's helped having the (freshmen) accepted early on. With some teams, that wouldn't happen, but we have great kids, and they knows it's a team game. They want to win, and they see that having freshmen in the lineup makes us better.

Jonathan controls the front seven, gets everyone lined up and takes care of the blitz package. He's been a great leader. He's an outstanding young man. He accepts coaching. He's done everything I've asked.

Chone Figgins

Just keep swinging and hope that you find the holes out there, ... As long as we win, you can accept it because you have the team to pick you up.

We invite everyone to accept the totality of our right in the nuclear field, to stop on this path means a red line for us.

You have to enjoy your work. I really don't think of it as work. It's something you incorporate into your life. You just accept it.

You don't corrupt the democratic process in the hopes that terrorists might toe the line. To get into this club, you have to accept the rules of the club. You give up your weaponry, you accept democratic and peaceful means -- and that entitles you to be part of the democratic process.

Annika Sorenstam

You just know it's going to be slow out there tomorrow and you just have to accept it and stay focused on your own game.

Phil Garner

You just have to accept the fact that you're probably not going to hit as high as you know you can,

You can accept missing the first putt, but just to throw away a shot like that after the hard you've done all week is just stupid. That's what I've done.

You can accept losing if you know you came out and 20 guys gave it all they had but as a group, everyone included, we really never did that.

You can decry this as a crime against literature or accept it as the way of the world, but the fact remains: Selling books is about more than just talent and luck. It's about marketing.

You can choose to be happy or sad and whichever you choose that is what you get. No one is really responsible to make someone else happy, no matter what most people have been taught and accept as true.

You can break down those nine sacks... but you fall into that trap of rationalizing it. You can't rationalize something like that. When something bad like that happens, you have to take your butt-whipping like a man. We accept the fact that we didn't play up to snuff.

Steve Sanders

will talk to them and work with them and next week it will be fixed. Coach B. is not going to accept anything else.

will open the door to a secondary discussion of accepting homosexuality as natural and normal.

Jacques Chirac

will not accept that external conflicts pit French against French on our soil.

Tommy Franks

Where we stand today is not only acceptable in my view, it is truly remarkable,

Whilst the Dragons remain committed to getting the best coach we can, it's important to state that Mark's not been offered a role, nor has he accepted a position with the club at this stage.

We were very accepting today. They helped us. Their pitcher threw a phenomenal game. He's really good.

We were looking for someone with a strong business background who could lead this club as we enter a new phase in its development. Stewart's extensive experience, both in corporate business and football, will be invaluable. I am delighted he has accepted the role.

Herbie Hancock

We realize that there doesn't seem to be a lot of people looking into new ways of reexamining the conventions that we've grown to accept in the music.

Matt Martin

We're a little reluctant to accept the program at face value.