Famous Quotes & Sayings

Craig Counsell

(Manager) Bob Melvin gave me a lot of freedom to run. He basically gave me the green light to go whenever I wanted to. Plus I played a lot more than I ever have, and hitting leadoff really helped.

Jason LaRue

I'm hoping to make Opening Day. They said basically 10 days would be a normal person, and I'm hoping to make it in seven. That's obviously if we have no setbacks or anything like that.

Most of the region's markets are trading off a bit, which is to be expected. The strength you've see over the last few days is basically the money that has been waiting on the sidelines for an opportunity to buy on the cheap; they've decided there is not going to be an opportunity to buy on the cheap, so they might as well get involved now.

Jim Barnes

We found a way to get it inside, and basically that was the difference in the game.

We didn't do our responsibilities on defense. They basically ran three plays, and we didn't do anything to stop them.

The problem is basically fewer flights and more people wanting to travel,

Vic Reeves

We need to basically educate Costa Ricans that they shouldn't cut down the rain forest and should use shadow coffee, which is grown underneath the trees.

We haven't raised the operation and maintenance tax rate much over the years. And sales taxes basically have tanked.

We need time to even litigate this approach. It's basically been cobbled together at the last minute.

Bob Hartley

We need three more wins. There's no way we can settle for less than this. With three more wins we're going to force other people to win their games and basically that's a situation we want to be in.

The preschool, kindergarten, and first grades are in a separate building, basically an aluminum shed building, and it survived the hurricane with no damage,

Mike Fisher

The problem is you've basically got to start over. Because if you're on a wine list, or you're on a shelf and you can't supply, you lose your placement.

Those are two big things to overcome and basically have double-digit growth when you experience that type of generic competition.

Lou Piniella

I was hoping that we could do basically what we did over in Seattle. It didn't happen, but it's on the right path. Somebody else can take over and take it the rest of the way. I've got no regrets about what happens now.

Cliff Robinson

I still love to play, and my body's held up well. That's basically it. I've been blessed to not have any major injuries, and I still love to compete.

I think she would say her life was a gift, and ... basically the most important thing about her is she gave that gift away every day of her life, ... She inspired so many kids.

I think she just has to focus. She gets a little too excited and short-arms it. It's basically just anxiety.

I think Pat is basically driven to share God's love with people here and around the world. His whole career has been devoted to sharing the gospel and to helping needy people.

Leroy Chiao

I think one of the big moments for me was the second EVA. Basically it was the last EVA of my career, my flying career, so it was poignant for me to look out in to the black, open space and bid space farewell.

Sandra Tsing Loh

I think my father, who was Chinese, basically felt if we didn't major in science, we would starve on the streets, so we all went into science unquestioningly. I kind of faked my way through physics.

Patrick Soon-Shiong

I think of L.A. as truly the melting pot. It's basically a mini-country unto itself.

It doesn't get much better, ... At the U.S. Open, there was an 18-year-old, a 17-year-old, 15-year-old and I think another 17-year-old basically in contention, three out of four of them amateurs. Annika wasn't even in contention. And it had triple the (TV) ratings of the men's tournament that week.

Chuck D.

It doesn't mean that in this island environment that there can't have been some kind of vermin or termite infestation. But basically you have a good set of poles out here. Something happened that is very serious and we need to take a full look at it.

John Scalzi

I tell people the first time I decided to write a novel I was in my mid-20s, and it was, 'Well, it's time to see if I can do this.' I basically flipped a coin to see if I was going to write science fiction or if I was going to do a crime novel. The coin toss went to science fiction.

Jeff Nelson

I think if I stay healthy, I'll be okay. Now that I don't throw 94 or 95 miles per hour anymore, my slider is basically my best pitch. They pretty much know I'm 39, so I'm not a young guy anymore.

It has basically taken over my life. My husband and I wake up talking about it and go to sleep talking about it and we fit our professional work around the edges.

It has basically served us, but we think we can do better with one that addresses local issues.

When it's over, one team will have won and one team will have lost. One team will be up as far as the district race goes. We go to Central Friday, and they go to River Ridge. That's basically it, bragging rights for 24 hours until you have to play the next day.

Sergei Fedorov

We are basically working for next season, the last 20 games it's important for us to find the core chemistry of our team. This organization wants to make the playoffs.

We are basically waiting for the electronic security system to be 100 percent certified, and we are not there yet.

We are basically out on the boat all day,

Gary Henderson

We are basically locked out and flooded out. It seems the famed aloha spirit of Hawaii does not always flow through this normally gentle stream.

We are basically kind of in limbo, because we may have to be out of our rental home in a month or so, and we have this to come home to, and there's nothing here.