Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tim Wakefield

My approach is going to be the same as it was with any other team during the years. I have to be able to throw strikes and try to get outs, as many outs as I can get. We'll see what happens ...

My approach in meets, especially when I'm doing sprints, is to go all out. You never know what can happen. So, I take every race and swim it like it is my last one.

My approach has been, since they're already focused on it, why bring more attention to it? We certainly have to realize we are wrestling two teams this weekend.

More of it's the mental approach, because the mental approach dictates your mechanics,

Steve Cram

Money itself is quite patently not the problem, but its use is. A much more targeted approach is imperative.

My guess is you're going to get back into this sort of stutter-step approach to the market. Clearly the leadership here has stalled after the run-up from the October lows.

My hope is before I die I will be able to approach a justice of the peace in the state of New Hampshire and be legally married.

My father has been my role model. And I always looked up to him - be it his management philosophy or his approach towards life.

Maybe there's a faster or better way to treat depression if you approach the problem from two different directions.

Now these are probably going to get out of alignment, kind of catawampus. Approach it at 90 degrees. Old man isn't going to go out there and straighten it for you. Sorry, kiddies. You're going to have to change your path of travel.

Jane Anderson

Never approach it from a permanent basis. Tell them you'd like to try it for three months. Tell them they can evaluate you at the beginning, once in the middle and once at the end, to see how it's working in terms of productivity. Then tell them you'll sit down and reevaluate it at the end of the trial period.

Nextel has had a vertical approach to sales. They've been very targeted in which opportunities to pursue.

Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down.

Priscilla Ahn

Growing up in a multicultural family, I never really felt that I was different - even though I was from most of the kids in my school. Especially with music, I try to just approach it as an equal.

Michael Barrett

For me, the best thing was being around Michael Young more than anybody. I got a chance to hit in his group and study the way he hits. I don't know how it will translate the rest of the season, but from that point on when I was hitting with him, I took that approach to keep everything crisp and clean and sharp, and things started working a little bit. Who knows, I might have found something. I'm going to keep riding it out as long as it works.

From a global perspective, we think the fixed-portable approach makes a lot of sense.

Peter Buck

I don't think about this stuff on that level. I approach this whole thing as a guy who plays guitar and feels a particular way.

Brian Urlacher

I don't remember much from that season, it's so long ago. We know we have a good chance to do something special here and that's the way we're going to approach it.

Gia Coppola

I enjoy fashion photography and textiles, that whole aspect of it. As more of an art form, I like Proenza Schouler. Those guys are really cool because they seem to have an interesting approach to it all.

I don't think it takes a magician to see that that is just a total off-the-mark nonsensical approach to look at such an event (Cricket World Cup) solely in terms of the gate receipts. It has far broader implications.

Bill Bradley

I don't think it's all locked up for Gore ... People make their own independent judgments in this matter. My approach is going right to the members.

I don't think I've gotten Coors, but my approach has been to keep it close and minimize your damage -- hits and runs are going to happen here.

Janet Reno

I don't think passion is the appropriate response, ... I think careful, deliberate thought about how the law should be executed is the way we should approach this.

Martin Brodeur

I don't think our approach will change that much because we're up 3-nothing. We just don't want to give them life. We are definitely scared of that hockey club.

Plaxico Burress

For us, we've still got to play the New Orleans football team. There are a lot of things going on in their lives. We all wish it never would have happened to them, but at the same time, we've got to approach it like a regular football game.

John Ferguson

Given the success that our club has had in eight years under the guidance of Pat Quinn, this is not an easy course to take. However, our results on the ice this season fell below our expectations. A new head coach will bring a new perspective, a new approach that will yield future results that we expect.

If Western Europe were the only market for these carmakers, it would be a headwind, definitely. Companies will have to take an offensive and defensive approach - coming up with new models and attracting more up-market customers.

If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should approach me. No problem.

If the approach we took with the North Koreans gave the impression to the Iranians that the European proposal is unworkable because of a lack of American support, that could be a problem,

Chris Pronger

He was always very unassuming, a regular guy, but his approach to training and preparation was amazing. He was really a consummate professional, a great leader.

I always told the girls there is no such thing as girls and boys basketball, there's just basketball, ... I told them to be physical and block out. There is only one way to play the game. One of the reasons is hopefully I was non-sexist. I taught them to play the game the same way I taught the boys. We were one of the first teams to play up-and-down, in-your-face defense. I used the same approach with the girls as I did with the boys' team.

Jon Runyan

I always step back and look at - you know, look at my background in playing team sports my whole life and taking that approach into Congress. It's not about me going, and you know, feeding my ego going to Congress.

Bill Self

I always have had the approach to try to be loose. Last year was probably as tight as we've been going into a tournament and I think a lot of it was we weren't playing well.