Famous Quotes & Sayings

Vonda Shepard

Starting young has definitely helped my success. All the experience I gained by touring with other players as a backing artist helped to prepare me for my own big break.

We were giving them easy shots because we were backing off a step, thinking they were going to drive to the basket.

Don Rittner

Most computer users don't think about backing up their software until the day they lose it.

Vinny Testaverde

I think I was under center for the Jets in that one. I was backing up a kid named Joe Namath, who is probably the only man in the world who makes me look fast.

I'm still backing the miners to outperform because there's no let up yet in the commodities boom. A lot of the good news about demand from China may be understated and you'd have to think this rally has some way to go yet.

The president has said for quite a while now that we support European diplomacy, and we've been giving full backing to that effort. In the interview with Israeli radio, he was merely reiterating the government's position. Our policy hasn't changed.

I was trying to go five-hole. I tried to catch him backing up, and he made a good save.

I was trying to find the puck between my legs. He caught me right at that moment when you're on your heels and kind of backing off and flat footed. That's just part of the game. It was a good clean hit.

Those guys help me out a lot. We're all competitive, but we all help each other. Whether I'm starting or backing (Johnson) up, I'll still be giving the same effort.

Charles Thomas

We really wanted to focus on just executing on defense and really not backing down.

Jeff Banks

We have some things in our passing game that might fit one guy better. A short-yardage situation might fit better for a certain guy. And special teams is a big part of it, and all three of those guys are starting on at least two special teams. So we'll just see where we go from here. But we're in a great position. Last year, we had Howard Jackson, and Matt was backing him up with Jimmy Smith. This year I think we've got three threats, as opposed to just one.

We have been the leader for 15 years, and I have no intention of backing down.

Lovie Smith

We don't have a two-back rotation or anything like that. There's a starter and there's a guy who's backing him up who we would like to get plays. It will continue like this. We're going to go with our starter and we're going to try to get our backups in place.

I wouldn't be worried about it at all. I think it's very natural to see some backing and filling after the gains we've had.

I feel that this lady can do the job. She has the backing of the auditor's office,

I don't think he's got the recognition or the fan backing I think he deserves. He is a really good guy, and maybe everybody doesn't see that.

He?s got a very good staff behind him, both up on the hill (at the district offices) and down at the high school. And he?s certainly going to have the backing of the board.

Jackson thanked Claypool for backing the airport, but he did not endorse him. He is neutral in the county board president race.

Richard McCabe

I would still be very, very careful, ... There may still be some dips before we get into an advance. Things are getting better but we may have another few weeks of backing and filling -- investor sentiment still shows some complacency about risk.

Kelly has a tough job backing up a player like Matt, but I am glad I could get some of next years' players into the game. I think that will improve our team later in the season.

John has been backing me since I started in the IRL and we've got a great relationship and I feel very lucky,

We're in the process of making a bottom but probably not at the bottom. After the damage done to people's psyches, my guess is we'll get a bounce, but then spend a month backing and filling in this general area.

He's (Pearson) been here before, and he's very popular. He will bring a python, whose name is Dragon. Dragon is a huge snake (about 18 feet). It takes three grown men to lift the snake in its box. When he (Pearson) pulls a piece of his tail from the box, everyone starts backing up.

Hallmark is a national and international brand name that gets good promotion. Whoever buys it gets the backing of the company.

Nicklas Lidstrom

He looks real confident out there when he's got the puck. You can tell that the other teams are backing off when he's got it. When he's got the puck he's hanging onto the puck, beating one or two guys. He's drawing two guys, too, to him, so he's just going to create so many chances -- if he's not going to score, other players around him are going to score.

If they are backing out because of political pressure, it's nothing new.

Andy Burnham

I am delighted that we have been able to give our backing to (this) amendment.

France has up to now been backing the wrong horse. ... France will not be able to stop us from overthrowing the Deby regime.

Ultimately he's likely to be forced to compromise more, ... there hasn't been very much in the way of backing down.

The point is, we're the ones who have been backing the Bombers. My whole section is talking about not renewing.

We are proud to be doing business with such an exceptional group of financial institutions. The willingness of our banks to provide these credit facilities demonstrates their confidence in our business model and provides us with strong financial backing as we continue to pursue our development opportunities.

We are pretty happy with where we are at so far, especially the fact that the players are backing themselves. Their confidence is coming as much from the pre-season preparation we had, including the tour to Australia, as anything else, but there is still a lot to do. We've won nothing yet.

Eddie Izzard

We stole countries with the cunning use of flags! Yeah, just sail around the world and stick a flag in. - I claim India for Britain!They go, - You can't claim us, we live here! 500 million of us!- Do you have a flag?- We don't need a bloody flag! It's our country, you bastards!- No flag, no country, you can't have one! That's the rules that I've just made up, and I'm backing it up with this gun that was lent from the National Rifle Association.