Famous Quotes & Sayings

He wasn't paying no attention and I took a chance and stole the ball.

Julianne Moore

He was so enthusiastic and so, so loving and had so much determination to get my attention and that's what really struck me. How much he loved his son and how kind of far he was going to go to prove it.

Tony La Russa

I have coaching friends, and when we get together, we often talk more about what we're doing to get players' attention than we do about the fascinating X's and O's of our sport.

I have found that a person is not a failure due to lack of opportunity, but because of failing to focus attention and resources on the opportunity at hand.

I didn't really pay much attention to it. I liked him. I thought he was a nice kid; he was unusually nice. But we weren't tight.

I don't keep track of our stats, so I don't even know who our leading scorer is. I honestly pay more attention to our opponents' stats.

Phil Jackson

I didn't want to create an impediment in that situation. I wanted him to be productive. But it didn't seem to be working in that direction. I think more attention was better than less.

I didn't pay too much attention to the table when we were at the top and I'm not now either. There's no point in thinking, 'if we beat them and they lose to them,' we just need to win some games for ourselves and whatever else happens will happen.

I didn't pay too much attention to Auburn. It was always 'Roll Tide' at my house. Auburn was the only school in the state that didn't recruit me and they were the closest to my high school.

I didn't pay attention to time. That's my error. I put it on my shoulders.

I didn't pay attention to the call. I was too focused on the game. ... I did come back and make some plays to make up for that.

Daunte Culpepper

I didn't like the way we weren't paying attention to detail at the end of the game like I know we can and I know we should.

Rivers Cuomo

I didn't get as much attention as I wanted from girls as a teenager. I thought that if I became a rock star, I would finally get all that I wanted - but it didn't happen.

Martha Stewart

I did not want the media attention currently surrounding me to distract from the important work of the NYSE, and thus I felt it was appropriate to resign,

I don't expect people to pay undying attention ... all the time. But if today is a day when the threat is higher, that's do-able. Then you start to put extra effort into finding out what's going on.

Josh Howard

I don't even pay attention to that any more. We're just going into the playoffs trying to get ourselves better. We want to keep playing great basketball like we've been doing and hopefully end up playing in June.

Lamar Alexander

I'd like to schedule my media attention on the day after the Iowa caucuses. He should enjoy the attention while it lasts.

Larry Foote

I don't care if he is the fifth all-time leading rusher of the NFL ... No, seriously, 'Bus' deserves all the attention he's getting. He's one of my heroes, and for him to come home and play what may be his final game, that's really special.

I am having discussions regarding the mandatory use of visors in our league with the stakeholders in our league, which includes the team owners, league personnel, the players' association and the National Hockey League. Unfortunately, it takes an incident like that to refocus attention on the issue.

I am glad people are reading our editorials and paying attention to our coverage of Desert Hot Springs, ... We don't have issues with Desert Hot Springs. We do have an obligation to be a watchdog.

He tends to be a zone buster. If he hits a shot or two, people have to start paying attention to him and that opens things up for everyone else.

Lovie Smith

He has a strong leg. That's really what got my attention right away.

Joe Torre

He has gradually relaxed and he doesn't look before he steps now. Whatever needs to have the attention paid to, he's right there.

He did whatever he had to do to bring attention on him and his campaign,

He has tremendous speed. He grabbed our attention in camp and he continues to progress. He will be involved in our receiver rotation. He made some plays. He made some catches and continues to do a good job running routes.

He is going to speak for the administration to two very important countries. The fact that he's going is a sign of the attention that the United States pays to these relationships.

He draws a lot of attention and makes good decisions. He's a senior, so we're going to try to get the ball in his hands as much as we can.

James Boyd

He'll do us a favor by calling people's attention to the fact that we are going to have to move a new fuel.

He came out for track last year as a football player and didn't pay much attention to it. Now he is starting to think like a track kid. If he's winning a race he just eases up. Now he isn't just a football player running.

Ichiro Suzuki

This was not perfect so far. But I believe a lot of people in the whole world paid attention to baseball.

Richard P. Feynman

Since then I never pay attention to anything by "experts". I calculate everything myself.

Tyler Hoechlin

I've seen things that should get a lot of attention get no attention. I've seen things that were not supposed to be a big deal become the biggest thing in the world.

Truman Capote

Hulga the whole while hollering like a half-slaughtered hog. (Attention, students of literature! Alliteration - have you noticed? - is my least vice.)