Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think when I got Defensive Player of the Year I was playing great defense. Last year when they implemented those new rules, I was still playing very good defense. I just have to get adjusted to the NBA style of play. It will be fine because I can still slide my feet.

I went into 17 and it was one of those deals where the rear end starts leading the front around. What you do. After that I adjusted the brake bias and it was fine and I could settle down and make up positions.

I went to Texas schools and came to Louisiana and I adjusted just fine. There was not culture shock.

Rising rates could have a tremendous impact on slowing consumer spending. Consumer spending has been about 6 percent, when adjusted for inflation. Rising rates could bring it down to 2 or 3 percent.

Retail hiring between October and December was by far the smallest in years. We wonder if those 'not hired' for Christmas will 'not be let go,' as traditionally would happen, in January. If so, that will look like a gain in the seasonally adjusted numbers.

Jim Schwartz

Players have already adjusted to the rules changes from 2004. They've developed alternate techniques that can be effective but less likely to draw an illegal-contact flag.

Robert Rubin

I believe that, on balance, the (institutions) have made sensible judgments, ... and have adjusted their judgments when appropriate.

John Leo

But that was a raw number, not adjusted for comparable jobs and responsibility.

It is a big adjustment. The higher you go the faster you have to play, the less time you have to react. You have to be mentally adjusted to the rapid changes.

It is a fresh look because there are new factors to consider in terms of the way the company has adjusted the transaction and the assurances they've made in terms of how port operations will be treated.

I think the opposing coaches had a lot of respect for him. Biggest thing he had to get used to was playing every down and pass blocking. And he adjusted to both of those well.

Chris Collins

That was definitely the biggest exchange of the game. That was a six-point play and it finally gave us some breathing room. Give N.C. State a lot of credit as they came in here with a great game plan and adjusted to everything we tried.

He tries to make it a game-type atmosphere all the time, ... I had to get adjusted to that a little bit.

Greg Biffle

Well, it's really important. We wanted to win here tonight, but Kyle got a great restart there. Congratulations to Kyle Busch and that whole Hendrick team. Those guys have been coming on a win for a long time and it's exciting for your first win. It was just a great job by the guys in the pits. We put spring rubbers in and adjusted the heck out of that race car tonight - from tight to loose to just can't drive it. Our thoughts and prayers are with everybody in the gulf coast and all the National Guard folks down there helping everybody. I know there were a lot of soldiers called to duty to go down there and we're just thinking about all of them.

Marc Faber

In the 40 years I've been working as an economist and investor, I have never seen such a disconnect between the asset market and the economic reality... Asset markets are in the sky, and the economy of the ordinary people is in the dumps, where their real incomes adjusted for inflation are going down and asset markets are going up.

Levi can play multiple positions, he's a fierce competitor and he has adjusted to his new role of coming into games. He held down the fort. The guys were a little flat and I was concerned about the amount of games over the past week and a half.

Obviously, what we had wasn't working and the girls adjusted well and enjoyed themselves, which isn't always an easy thing to do when you are losing. We've got four practices before our next game and now we've got a new angle. Change is good.

She's adjusted real well having another post presence. She's become a better passer and a better presence in the post knowing she has another presence in the post.

Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantelpiece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff. For some little time his eyes rested thoughtfully upon the sinewy forearm and wrist all dotted and scarred with innumerable puncture-marks.

Chad Johnson

Most of us have been together for a while now, and it's very easy. It's like being married. Soon enough, you get adjusted to your wife.

Andrew Bogut

Milwaukee is different from what I'm used to. It's cold and it's much more of an old town, a traditional city. When I first got here, compared to the cities I'm used to, Milwaukee was the complete opposite. It took awhile but I'm adjusted to it now.

Right in the second quarter, they started to hit at the free throw line. We adjusted and went to our 2-3 zone, and that helped us stay in the game.

Greg Nickels

Seattle has not adjusted the tax threshold since 1994, ... The raised threshold offsets the effect of inflation since that time.

Seasonally adjusted net mortgage lending fell back to around the recent trend in January and the level of approvals, in particular for equity withdrawal, held up well in what is traditionally a slow month.

So far, we have 10 different players who have scored goals for us. And most of them have had multi-goal games. We took some positive steps in improving last weekend, and I'm happy that the players adjusted to the moves.

She started really slow, and her opponent is a very hard hitter who dominated the 'T' for a while. Once she could maneuver the ball into the back corners, she got better looks and adjusted to the pace. She did quite well from there.

Cal Saunders

We needed all those foul shots for sure. We obviously came up with some clutch foul shooting down the stretch. Not only that, we overcame a big East Aurora crowd and we adjusted well to what the officials were calling.

Moving Joe down low should allow for some of our younger players to develop quicker. He is great off the ground and in transition and adjusted well this fall to the close position.

We never subbed, but they adjusted on the field to a position they felt they were better at.

It did in the initial adjustment, but after a week, you get adjusted to it. Since then, it's been great.

Matt is so athletic that he adjusted quickly after being switched back to the middle. He's a perfectionist and is always looking to improve, and that's very special to me. Chris works extremely hard and has progressed more than anyone in our program. He is one of our best blockers. He has an opportunity to play some this year and his future is promising. Sean is coming along amazingly fast after being moved to middle blocker. He's working hard and has a chance to see some playing time.

It had a great effect on the game. But the key was the two we scored going into the wind in the first half. In the second half we settled down. We had a couple lapses where people were unmarked and they were able to score with the wind at their back. We adjusted after halftime and moved the ball real well.

We picked up a lot and adjusted to the things that they were doing.