Famous Quotes & Sayings

He stuck his head out the door and asked who we were. It was quite funny. To his credit he didn't just ignore us or the passersby who eventually stopped to ask him questions.

He struggled with the track a little bit, he's still a little green, and his first start was a long time ago. About the eighth pole I'd asked him, and he wasn't picking up ground. I asked him harder, and he got up.

He's worked very hard. That's what I've asked him to do. His dream is to go on to pro football. He's learned. It's a process. We want him to be a very consistent back, in pass protection as well as running the football and staying healthy. I'd like to believe the process is in place and that he's going to continue to develop as the year goes on.

He thought someone might make a connection, so to be safe he asked that the university pay.

He's a pretty tough kid and he'll do what he's asked to do. He's out there doing a bit to the opposition.

Vance Law

He said the first baseman caught the ball, I saw it completely different. I asked him to ask the other umpire and he said it was my call and I'm not going to ask the other umpire. I really need to watch what I say. I've been reprimanded before. That didn't have a whole heck of a lot of bearing on the ball game. It was pretty well out of reach, but let's just put it this way: I've got a control pitcher on the mound and he walks five guys in three innings. That's all I'll say. He hasn't walked five guys in five games.

He said that he might not seek re-election in 2007. When I asked what he wanted to do, he said, 'I hope I can get a staff job at City Council,'

I recognize that I have asked for a lot of dramatic change out of my staff and that change is hard for some, particularly those who have worked in a stagnant bureaucracy for years.

Daniel Gibson

I remember the first time he stepped into the gym, a freshman with this far-away look on his face. During practice he stopped and asked me questions like, 'What am I supposed to do on that play?' and 'Where am I supposed to go now?' At that point I knew he wanted to make himself a better player. I saw it from Day 1.

I remember being asked one time who was driving, and I guess I mumbled out me, but I don't recall. They said I was swearing up and down I was driving, but I wasn't, I don't remember that at all.

I remember once when my vice-captain came and asked me permission whether he could get married on a particular day because there was a match on. Even the parents of the cricketers come and tell me to look after their children. I am very happy working with them because I have a free hand.

Roy H. Williams

I love the coast, I love the seafood, ... Then they asked me how I like my steak cooked, and that shocked me.

Dusty Baker

I'll just take the same. Everybody asked if last year was a career year. I don't believe in career years. Once you do it once and find your formula, you should be able to do similar. He knows what he's doing now. He has an idea. He knows how to make adjustments quickly. He's very consistent. He recognizes very quickly what the opposition is trying to do to him and he knows his own limitations.

I looked him in the eye and asked if he wanted it, and without hesitation he said yes. He wanted it, and he took it, and as teammates they backed him up.

Michael Jackson

I look at this as a staff award. It's a good indicator that our staff is doing some of the right things and our kids are responding well to what we have asked them to do.

I just had faith in Coach Ken and I knew he'd get me someplace where I wanted to be. I didn't even sweat about the schools. People asked me what school I was going to go to. I didn't know who was recruiting me.

William Crawford

I heard a loud boom that shook the house. At first I thought it was the furnace. I asked my son 'Did you feel that?' It shook the couch. I thought maybe something fell upstairs, or maybe the chimney collapsed or something. I went outside to look around. You can see the town garage from the house; I thought maybe it was the back of the bucket banging. Nobody was at the town garage.

Maury Wills

I heard all the black people buzzing about this man in Brooklyn named Jackie Robinson. I asked who he was and they told me. Right then, I said, 'I want to play for the Dodgers someday.' That was my childhood dream.

I heard people screaming, so I went down the street and saw the smoke and fire and I called 911. Then I went into backyard, and there were girls there crying screaming, saying someone in the house. I heard a guy screaming out the front window. I knew he was a contractor, so I asked if he had a ladder. He said there was one in the back yard, so I went, got it, and set it up.

I haven't really asked her. My wife was not thrilled about me going back into coaching.

Mike Hargrove

I haven't gone around and taken a poll -- and I won't -- but I would bet if you went out and asked all those guys about their favorite teammates, a lot of them would mention Kenji as one of them.

Butch Harmon

I have told Tiger and his parents when they asked me that I think, physically, his game is at a level where he can play and succeed on the professional tour.

Jok Church

I really enjoy when I'm asked questions that leap from the physical world and the material world into our hearts.

I put it in pretty simple terms. I asked him, 'Do you want to make two grand in the Minors or start out with $360,000 in the big leagues?' Those are terms that are pretty easy to understand.

I pride myself on doing whatever's asked of me, but there's no question that's what I like to do. It certainly gets me into the game that way.

I promised it to somebody who asked me for it a while ago but even if I hadn't, I'd just give it to the ref or throw it in the stands,

I probably would have done it for John Jones if he'd asked me.

I probably would have asked him to do it, ... I'd want the best, and I am pretty proud of him (Keen).

Roy Williams

How are his spirits? Fine. He had blue socks on, and I kidded him about that. He laughed. I asked him which knee they were going to operate on, and it startled him for a second. But he's in great spirits.

How can the prisoner be asked to recognize his jailer?

Alan Cohen

How can I be more like you?' she asked the guru. 'The best way to be more like me is to be more like you,' the guru replied.

Tom Renney

I don't think so. I've asked myself the same question. We've really been careful in how we schedule our days off. Many of those are kind of spontaneous decisions to cut out a practice here or a morning skate. I think we've done the right things. I think one of the reasons we've been relatively injury-free is because of our general team fitness.

I don't know how many times a day I get asked that.