Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jon Gruden

He's a real quick study. He's a bright guy. He's a very talented athlete. He's big. He's fast. . . . Alex Smith has a real bright future here.

Marc Crawford

I thought Alex did things well with the puck, saw pucks well and fought to keep position. And he found some pucks in scrambles and he fought off screens where he made himself big.

Matt Hasselbeck

I'm not worried at all about Shaun because like we've all seen, Shaun Alexander plays his best games in the spotlight. When games are the biggest he seems to play his best. And we've never played a game this big.

The corner kick right before half was nice and the minute Alex hit that corner, I said that's a great ball. Ben went hard and it was a super head - you couldn't have a better corner to a head. That's real soccer. It just went boom.

Paul Thomson

You could always see that Alex was going to be in music, ... He never understands that question, 'What would you be if you weren't a musician?'

Alex is the MVP of the team. We pulled Alex back (to defense) because obviously she's the quickest player we have out there.

Alex had a great round. He came out and played really solid the whole day. It was not a great round for us as a team, but it was definitely a step in the right direction.

Alex exercised his right to opt out of the Russian contract this past summer and signed with the Capitals. We are confident that the court will uphold Alex's contractual status and decision.

Alexander Woollcott did say she (Parker) would be Mrs. Benchley if there wasn't one already. We played that up for the show. You do things you feel could possibly have been true but having not been there, we don't really know.

You can see that Alex is a very shifty runner. And Herb is just a load out there.

David Murray

Everybody must get behind Alex so we can finish second in the League. And the players must also demonstrate they want to play for our club in the future under the new manager.

No, because that's what he likes to do. He likes to stalk. Alex knows him very well, and we weren't concerned.

Mike Holmgren

That happens on occasion. You'll get a team signing somebody that skews, that's like Alex Rodriguez signing with Texas.

Terry Teachout

Maine likes to call itself 'America's Vacationland.' For many artists, though, it's the office. Since the 19th century, painters from all over the country - including Edward Hopper, Alex Katz, John Marin, Fairfield Porter, Neil Welliver and Andrew Wyeth - have spent large chunks of time there.

Lauren Oliver

Alex is dead, do you hear me? All of that-what we felt, what it meant- that's done now, okay? Buried. Blown away.

This Buddha represents the meeting of East and West. When Alexander the Great invaded Eastern Asia he brought with him a Greek influence that had a profound effect on the way Asian statues would come to be sculpted. This is a prime example.

They tried to box-and-1 (defend) Alex right off the start, and we ran him off some screens and gave him some looks. Some stuff he did on his own. It was a total team effort. I have to credit Gladstone for hanging in there and fighting. I honestly feel it was our guys being able to counter-measure everything that they came back with that ultimately kept us ahead.

Aaron Rodgers

They say it takes two to three years to really get the West Coast offense down. I think that's the reason why a lot of top picks struggle early on - because they don't have the guys around them and the offenses they're running are pretty complex. Obviously Alex is in a situation where they'd like him to play right away, which puts a little more pressure on him. At the same time, I put pressure on myself to be great every day in practice and in the games, and I will be. It's just going to take a little bit.

This morning was overcast and grey with low track temperatures and Alex suffered a low speed accident.

This is the second season, and we need to play with intensity. Alex was ready from the start. We only scored eight points in the first quarter, but we held Tullahoma to four. Then we showed the energy we need to play with in tournaments.

It's a good position to see what everyone is going to do. Ill let Alex make the right decision.

I travelled to Geneva with Sir Alex Ferguson for the UEFA coaches conference last week. He's a nice person.

I told the company that I really needed to acquaint myself with the wines of Europe. Alex was old enough to take notice of things, and he showed a real interest in the wine business, even at that time.

It's a team game, but Alex had great positional play, excellent distribution. I thought he played a perfect game.

Joe Torre

It was down. But Alex was able to get underneath it.

We played well, but we're just having trouble finishing. Alex made a lot of big saves in the first period.

Lucas Till

Portraying Alex Summers, I want to look as athletic as his character is in the comics.

P. J. O'Rourke

What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.

Our defense was phenomenal, especially in the first half. We played man and only gave up 12 points, and six of those they scored diving on loose balls on the floor that bounced their way. Alexander made a real solid run in the third, but I like the way we held our composure and then counter-punched them.

George Bancroft

It was tough wrestling Alex because we do train together in the summer. I hope there are no hard feelings, but when we get on the mat we have to put our friendship behind.

Glen Davis

It was an even contest. They hustled us and got most of our 50/50 balls. We just played a little lackadaisical from three days off. We did have excellent defense from Alex Seifert and Carl Tesch.

The wins by Alex and John were really the story of the match. If they don't win, it's 3-3 going into doubles and they (East) are always known for having strong doubles players. Both Alex and John have been playing steady tennis recently and at No. 5 that's what you want.

John Gibbons

The whole thing with Alex is he's able to get to that pitch now, where in the past he wasn't able to. It's tougher with his size anyway. He's got long arms. It all has to do with his balance. He's not falling backwards. He's out to prove something.