Famous Quotes & Sayings

It wasn't just my ankle. I mean, my entire leg was lacking strength. Coming off surgery, I didn't get a chance to build those muscles up. So I was basically on one leg.

It was basically ?who wanted it more'. I didn't want them to get the ball, so I went and got it.

It was basically Western Union for cables, and AT&T for the telephone. It's much more complicated now.

It was basically two different games and two different pitchers. We had some trouble figuring out (Brittney) Robinson, but I was very proud of the way we bounced back.

Antonio Gates

It was basically the same as yesterday -- it got a little bit better. I think it's still going to be a game-time decision for us.

It was basically the progression of the swelling of the brain. EEE takes a few days to tell what it is.

It was basically the execution tonight, I was real happy with that. We were just running an offense that was a lot better tonight.

It was basically the exact same game. I think it was a little worse today, but we battled back, kept our heads up. I don't know what happened there (in the early innings).

It was basically one ... there is no interest in rugby, and two, he's interested in extending his career at the Dragons, maybe a three-year contract.

Scott Boras

It was basically not a raise. It was something that really changed his feelings about Boston. In his mind, that offer put him in a position that was difficult for him. He was surprised by it.

Kate Warne

It was basically not a good day for the tech stocks in general and that's the main reason why we saw the 144-point drop.

E. B. White

It was basically kind of ballast; it wasn't food. It just absorbed the beer.

It was basically group versus group. It was only verbal, but it was starting to look like there was a potential for violence, so we stepped in and separated them. Nobody was arrested, but the body language and the energy change was enough that we thought separating them was prudent.

It was basically a technical correction with the market going higher from the beginning as it celebrated the positive reaction abroad.

It was basically a talk that was focused on education. It was more of a pep-talk than anything.

Malik Rose

It was basically a support meeting. Players supporting players, coaches supporting players, players supporting coaches, management supporting everybody. It was good. It wasn't anything like, 'You guys have to start playing harder.' It was just support.

It was basically a storage room, and (the fire) went up into the roof. The fire was under control in about 15 minutes.

Brian Wansink

It was basically an 'out of sight, out of mind' demonstration. The less visible and less convenient the candy, the less people thought about it and were tempted.

Andy Reid

It was basically a normal procedure. His groin muscle was torn on the right side and then they relieved the one on the left side a little bit and then sewed up the two spots in the abdominal area.

Randy Johnson

It was basically a matter of a feel thing. It wasn't getting work in. It was just to get the feel of what you want to accomplish, and I got that in 35 pitches.

It was basically a courtesy meeting for new school board members. It was the same information we presented to the board back in June.

It was determined at the emergency room that she would miss four to six weeks, which is basically the rest of the season. It was determined in Brooke's best interest not to rush her healing process to ensure that she would not have problems later in life with the injury recurring.

Jonathan Goodwin

It was free mind. I just went out and basically just played, kind of read and react, and things went well for me. Pucks landed on my stick. I felt good. I felt really good.

It was a lot of different things that we didn't do in the game. We just basically got outplayed.

It was supposed to be a very friendly, very self-esteem building environment for women. Compared to VMI, which is not at all friendly, it is basically a series of hazing, and it is all about challenge, all about challenge all the time.

It was really tough, not having the routine like we're so used to. Basically living a different life than we're used to.

It was really nice for him to go out there and to basically just try to get after it. Just basically he's trying to get out there and be a part of the team and do what he can do. He looks like he's way on his way to, first of all, getting comfortable and, second of all, putting everything behind him. And like I said, getting after it and trying to get back with the team and be a part of it.

It's awesome. My parents have sacrificed so much for me. Growing up, they've basically been driving us back and forth to different sporting events. I feel like they didn't have a life, because it was all about us.

Cybill Shepherd

With the birth of my first child and my involvement with my first husband, I basically stopped lying. I just didn't want to lie anymore, because it reduces the stature of the person you're lying to.

Cameron Crowe

I mean, Internet radio, which is basically a guy with his iTunes putting it over the computer, is the only way you're going to get true eclectic music programmed.

Malcolm Gladwell

The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.

Peter Singer

It was wrong to capture wild animals and confine them in captivity for people to go and gawk at them. And that's basically how zoos got started. But once you do that, and once you have animals that have been bred in captivity, you're really stuck with them in some sense. You can't return them to the wild.

Jim Johnson

We probably called less inside blitzes and had a little more contain, but that was basically it.