Famous Quotes & Sayings

For about a two to three week period we weren't getting it done in at No. 3 doubles, and it ended costing us the Arizona match.

The Number 1 issue in Arizona hasn't been a top priority for (Napolitano's) administration until very recently. Everyone is scrambling to try and deal with it. That's a difficult one for all politicians.

It's a good thing we have a week of practice before we play next week, because I think Arizona (Saturday's opponent) is going to be a little more of a challenge.

Robert Collier

It might be 100 degrees outside, but in these barns it might be in the 80s. If I were a cow, I would pick Arizona over Florida any day.

It's a rational way to reduce your risk. Most of them are getting caught at least once in the San Diego sector, but it is a more attractive option for many. The smugglers have obviously made that calculation too, that people are more willing to be smuggled through the San Diego sector than through the Arizona desert.

Tom Izzo

I told them in the huddle that we played Gonzaga and Arizona we played all those overtime games and we've earned the right to win the game. They looked back at me and said, 'Damn right we did.

There's a real Arizona connection there, because much of the equipment used in the Voyager mission was manufactured right here in Scottsdale.

It's a team we don't match up well with. Our inability to rebound has been a problem all year long. I knew Arizona State was going to win some more games this year. It's too bad we had to pay the price. You've got to credit their defense.

Jerry Smith

It was a typical first game of the season, ... Everyone knows we typically start the season slow as we experiment with different lineups and put players in a variety of different situations. We started out the game that way for about the first 25 minutes. Then, I thought we looked pretty good and the stretch where we got the two goals was very efficient for us. We got a little out of shape just after the two goals. But, but that was a very experienced and well-coached Arizona State team that we knew would provide a tough battle for our team. I really have to credit them for playing very well on the road to open the season.

It was at spring training in Arizona and it was my third season and the Warriors were doing really lousy. I walked into the A's press box, and Bill walked up to me and introduced himself, and said he empathized with me. He remembered when the Warriors traded Wilt Chamberlain to Philadelphia in the 1960s, and he said to stay positive.

It was an awesome victory for this team. It is tough to beat these Arizona schools on this type of a course this time of year, but our guys love to compete and it showed.

We actually got a lot of grief one year when we left out one of the Big Ten teams and took Miami (Ohio). That was the year Miami (Ohio) knocked off Arizona in the first round. So suddenly you feel vindicated.

What's keeping Arizona firmly in the middle is that they need to do a better job with business taxes.

I remember watching all the game film of teams that have played Arizona State and seeing the big 42 right on the field.

People are realizing the ways things are going with growth in Arizona aren't always all that desirable. Superstition Vistas could change it for many areas. If the State Land Department gets the reform it needs to make more highly planned development happen, it could happen statewide.

Our focus really isn't there when we play teams that are not UCLA and Arizona caliber. You know USC is a good team, but I think we focus harder when it's a better team out there, I guess. With four seniors we shouldn't do that. We shouldn't play to the level we think they are. Every team is good in this conference, and I think it's a lack of focus.

The people at Arizona State were great friends and wonderful hosts during a difficult time for LSU last year. We wanted to keep this relationship intact.

The past three years we played ASU first, and we always prepared for ASU during the week; we would never prepare for Arizona until after the game. That's how it is on all road trips. You prepare for the team you are going to play Thursday.

Nate Ruess

I think it's really cool, but Jimmy Eat World and Gin Blossoms did it better than anyone. People don't realize just how awesome the Arizona history is, especially for alternative music. Growing up, that's all I ever wanted to be was those two bands.

Stewart Udall

There's not a single person in Arizona today who would say the Grand Canyon was a mistake.

We don't know whether he'll be there (the majors) this year, but we wanted to do this in case something happened and he was. It's also a reward for the Arizona Fall League season he had. He kept working after his regular season. These guys play every day for a long time and sometimes that's not easy to do.

We recognize Yuma as being a firearms source for guns going to Mexico. Arizona is a source state for firearms to Mexico.

Russell Pearce

The murder of Robert Krentz - whose family had been ranching in Arizona since 1907 - by illegal alien drug dealers was the final straw for many Arizonans. But there are dozens and dozens of other citizens of our state who had been murdered by illegal aliens. Currently 95 illegal aliens are in Maricopa County jail for murder.

Kurt Warner

You know, ... I'm pretty sure I'm going to be an Arizona Cardinal.

We can all be proud of our Arizona Diamondbacks, whose dignity, character and abilities earned them the title of World Champions.

We've kind of been on the backs of (the Arizona Parks Board) for years for doing squat.

Mark McKinnon

Sarah Palin is brilliant. She is a media magnet and a media magnate. She creates headlines and draws crowds wherever she goes, whether it's 98 degrees in the desert of Arizona or below freezing in the snow of Wisconsin.

We've played Oklahoma, Alabama, Arizona State and Michigan. She's got the best one that we've faced.

We only play Calgary three times, so every game will be crucial for us. The experts say it's Calgary and Arizona in the west, so, obviously, it's a very important game early.

John Jay

Winning is so hard - period. At this point, it doesn't really matter who you are playing. Every time we played Arizona maybe I thought about it more because of who it is. But now it's just an opponent.

We see many of our clients requesting built-in barbeques, fireplaces for colder nights and even (cool spray) misters for those hot Arizona days.

The program was a tremendous success in the past year, and it will be an even greater success with all the new districts getting involved with it. We are delighted that so many districts throughout Arizona are committed to protecting our children from harmful diesel emissions.

Gabrielle Giffords

Many may look at me and see mostly what I have lost. I struggle to speak, my eyesight's not great, my right arm and leg are paralyzed, and I left a job I loved representing southern Arizona in Congress.