Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ted Thompson

All seven people I interviewed wanted Brett Favre to come back and play quarterback for us. I know Mike has worked with Brett so there is some familiarity, but I didn't make the decision to hire Mike as a head coach based on that.

Maurice Allais

All science is based on models, and every scientific model comprises three distinct stages: statement of well-defined hypotheses; deduction of all the consequences of these hypotheses, and nothing but these consequences; confrontation of these consequences with observed data.

And, don't think I don't sneak over the baseball field every once in a while to see Chad.

Edd Roush

One of my chores was to milk the cows, which meant getting up before dawn and going out to that cold dark barn. I didn't expect to make it all the way to the big leagues; I just had to get way from them damn cows.

Donald Trump

I judge people based on their capability, honesty, and merit.

The market is trying to build a base in what is the third-longest bear market in history. It's not going to end in one day when you're not paying attention. This is a process that you have to go through.

The market reacted to lower oil prices. We're going to be more based on interest rates and commodity prices for a while. There was less volatility, and trading was more uniform today.

The marketplace and our own research have made it clear that the industry prefers one main industry event. Based on the industry's input, we will be refocusing all of our resources to produce Macworld in San Francisco.

The Mavericks are getting the short end of the stick. They're playing the five seed when they should be playing the seven. The fair way to do it is just seed one through eight based on records.

Steve Mann

The measurements are based on the Golden Spiral.

J. Taylor

The mentor gets a chance to give back to the community since this is a community based program. They are able to help a child and gain a sense of accomplishment.

The market has dropped because of forecasts for higher temperatures. People are buying and selling based on weather forecasts.

The market is not only based on yield, but also on growth. The market is anticipating that profit growth is going to improve.

Heywood Broun

The tradition of professional baseball always has been agreeably free of chivalry. The rule is, "Do anything you can get away with."

Heywood Broun

When the ball was last seen crossing the roof of the stand in deep right field at 315 feet, we wonder whether new baseballs conversing together in the original package ever remark: "Join Ruth and see the world."

Hideki Matsui

I'm a baseball player. Not being able to play baseball certainly was a lonely thing.

Hideki Matsui

I've been watching American baseball on television for a long time, but it was only in recent years that, realistically, I've been thinking about playing here.

Harlan Coben

I like to see the difference between good and evil as kind of like the foul line at a baseball game. It's very thin, it's made of something very flimsy like lime, and if you cross it, it really starts to blur where fair becomes foul and foul becomes fair.

Grantland Rice

Christy Mathewson brought something to baseball no one else had ever given the game. He handed the game a certain touch of class, an indefinable lift in culture, brains, and personality.

John Malkovich

I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. There's great truth in that.

John Malkovich

For a while I wanted to be a professional baseball pitcher, and then I wanted to be a musician and then sometimes I think I'd like to start a store for gift-wrapping Christmas presents...But I feel I could do most things I set my mind to, except mechanical things, I'm not very good at that.

John Lee Hooker

I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.

John Kruk

I would think I drive most hitting coaches crazy. During one single at-bat I used six different stances on six pitches. Oh yeah, I also struck out. So what do I know?

John Kruk

I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.

Jim Leyland

My eight years in Detroit, obviously, were my most successful years managing. I think that Pittsburgh and Detroit are probably very, very similar. We kinda rekindled the fire of baseball in Pittsburgh. We did the exact same thing in Detroit.

Jim Leyland

He represented the Twins , but I think everyone in baseball felt like they were a teammate of Kirby Puckett.

Jim Sensenbrenner

Despite reforms in steroid control, serious problems still occur in and out of baseball.

Jim Sensenbrenner

Sadly, this problem of steroid use is not isolated to baseball.

Jim Sensenbrenner

Baseball has long been a national pastime that many Americans have cherished.

Timing is essential in career moves and often cultural climate can impact companies based in rural areas. For instance, someone who has grown up in Manhattan who loves the theater, opera, and New York Yankees might have a hard time picturing themselves in a small city atmosphere.

Jeromy Burnitz

Timely hitting is pretty important when guys are on base and you need to get a knock. It is definitely important.

Phil Garner

Tough loss, no question, but we've still got a lot of baseball to play. No question in my mind that we'll bounce back and play well.

Debbie Ford

To transcend limitations and form positive new patterns of life based on who you know you can be rather than who you were yesterday, you must give up the modes of thinking, feeling and behaving that only keep you chained to your past.