Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Smoltz

I'm getting there. I've made an adjustment and my body just has to get used to it. I'll go four (innings) next time and just try to put it together little by little.

Mike Kerr

These two were too good to be kept off the varsity. It's a big adjustment going from playing eighth-grade ball to varsity, but they're starting to calm down.

Mark Zandi

It's similar to asking a big part of the labor force to leave. In today's economy where the job market is at capacity, asking people to leave means the economy will not grow as fast. In fact, there could be a very difficult adjustment over the first three to four years when this process is in full swing.

It was a good adjustment to put Strother in there. They stepped it up and put the pressure on.The question was to weather it. They made it real difficult for us. We played them close for a while.

Alex Rodriguez

It was a great event. I give the event an A-plus. The only adjustment I'd make is to bring Team USA together on Feb. 1. I think everyone would do it.

Zach Duke

It took me a while to get back on track. Early in this game, I didn't feel right but I was able to make an adjustment in the fourth inning and just kind of cruised after that.

The US dollar may see some positional adjustment on the uncertainty of the contents of the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) statement after the decision ... but 25 basis points is a done deal.

They are trying to find their niche. Most of these pitchers coming out of college were starters. It's an adjustment for them.

They view the gasoline thing as temporary, and that's important because it didn't change their overall pace of spending. And that's a different kind of psychology. If it was a permanent increase in gasoline prices, then you would have expected consumers to make a more permanent adjustment downward in their spending and saving rate.

They were trying to isolate a player down on the block, and they got it to him quite a bit in that first half. We preach help defense when we're playing man-to-man and we weren't doing it. We were playing next to our man when the ball was opposite of us. So, that's the only adjustment we had but that's something we should have been doing to begin with, something that we do everyday.

They made a nice adjustment on us. Trapped us a little bit, speeded us up.

We've been bringing in some of the varsity boys to simulate the size and quickness, and it's worked pretty well. It's an adjustment for our kids. They're very mature young ladies, and they understand we're bringing (the boys) in to make them better.

Huston Street

But just when you feel like you need a little help, he'll come in with a little adjustment that ends up making a huge difference.

We have to be ready for both 3-4 or 4-3. Either way, they've got good talent, (and) their defensive tackles (Pat and Kevin Williams) are outstanding. We spent time (in training camp) on the 3-4 and it shouldn't be a big adjustment for us. Regardless of where they line up inside, we've got to block them.

This reduction is to be seen as an adjustment of interest rates to an appropriate level to ensure that the euro area will be able to maintain price stability and to contribute to growth,

Chris Pronger

When you play six games in eight days, there's not a lot of time to practice and get that cohesiveness. If you look around at a lot of the countries, they are so familiar with each other and the ice. It's tough to make that adjustment in eight days.

The reason for the adjustment is our computer models shifted the storm a little to the south.

Asa Hutchinson

There is a behavioral adjustment that has to be made, so that is what we are trying to balance and work with industry.

We're thrilled. We're excited. We still have an adjustment of about $2 million-plus to balance the budget, but I'm certain that we will be able to get that done.

We saw an adjustment in the 'P' of the 'P-E' ratio.

We thought she could be a good perimeter scorer. At the same time, we knew it would be an adjustment for her.

Alan Greenspan

We've come a long way through this adjustment process and we're still standing and that's good news, ... is still not doing well but (is) far better given what has happened than I would have forecast six, eight, nine months ago.

Brian O'Driscoll

If you stop doing a skill you've done for years for any period of time, there's an adjustment period to get it back. In anything you do. Motor skills won't work as fast, because repetition is everything.

We can't read too much into any one month's deficit, and there were a bunch of unusual factors this time. But this shows that the deficit is increasing instead of decreasing. It raises concern that we need to start seeing adjustment in the global trade imbalances soon.

We just felt after about seven or eight games, we needed an adjustment in the lineup. He was playing well, showed great stamina. Every day in practice he was playing better. Sometimes, as freshmen, you want to take a back seat, not step on toes. That's human nature. It's taken time. But I've told Jay, 'You're like a coach on the floor. If guys aren't where they're supposed to be, you can tell them where to be.' He's adjusting, becoming more vocal. The guys on the team love him.

W. S. Gilbert

We kind of made an adjustment on that play because we told Drew to look back side. We were going to run a curl, but we said if they bring their safety down we can get a post behind them. We thought that's the one thing we have with Josh, that he could be a great playmaker.

This year, it was difficult to get started. The change of their coach and coaching staff, it was a big adjustment for the kids. (The 21 wins) really attests to their skill level.

What we are now witnessing is the start of an adjustment in land prices that have fallen far beyond reasonable levels.

Kerr Smith

As an actor, it's a very strange adjustment to start playing the father. I was used to playing a kid my whole life, and then all of a sudden, it's like, boom. I guess when I let my hair go grey, things changed.

He actually made a big difference, because their defense had created problems for my offense. It wasn't running the way I wanted it to. When we brought him in and made a slight adjustment to how we entered our offense, it changed what they did. He picked up the slack.

After the adjustment of the cutoff point, the number of taxpayers will drop by more than a half, approximately. It will live up to our legislative principle to care for the interests of low and medium-income groups.

During the holiday-shortened week, the MBA may have overcompensated its seasonal adjustment of the data.

Claude Julien

Defensively, we have to find ways to let Jose see the puck a lot better. And at the same time, hopefully, there will be a little bit of an adjustment from both sides - the referees and the players - to try and make sure we don't create some serious injury situations.