Famous Quotes & Sayings

Relay for Life is an opportunity for residents to come together as a community to support community members who have survived cancer, who are fighting cancer, and to remember those who lost their battle with cancer.

Tommy Haas

Pavel is a very good player, ... We have had some close battles in the past.

Our offensive line did an outstanding job tonight. I thought if we would win the battle up front we would win the game. When your tailbacks are averaging over 12 yards a carry, that says a lot about the big boys up front.

Our legs were tired tonight. Everyone is talking about the things we can win, but we had to battle hard tonight.

Al Groh

Our last message at halftime was something that we had said early in training camp. We just reminded the players that battles are not won by digging in. If you dig in, you just become a target. Battles are won by attacking. The players did a very good job of that, and they can be proud of themselves.

Michael D. Barnes

Our mission is to carry on the Amistad story and its legacy. We have been to 80 ports to remind people of what happened and to battle racism.

Oracle is a tough place to work; it's like a battle every day.

People just don't understand how we battle and how hard we try to win,

I am becoming prouder each year at the growth and development of the Battle of the Bands. We have seen a lot of different genres of music represented at the competition and this year will undoubtedly be the same kind of musical diversity.

Sheryl Crow

I am joining the more than 200,000 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. We are a testament to the importance of early detection and new treatments ... I am inspired by the brave women who have faced this battle before me and grateful for the support of family and friends.

Jon Gruden

But we like Ryan Nece. Jeff Gooch and Ryan have had a real competitive battle this spring and summer, so Ryan will be the starter. He's earned that in Jeff's absence.

But we have the guys who are capable of doing the damage. We are looking forward to the game, it should be a crucial game... and we always have a keen game battle with Kingston, and Saturday should be no different.

Merle Haggard

Buck influenced a lot of people, from The Beatles to me. Buck and I were in a lot of battles over the years, always on the same side. Over the last few years, we'd become closer. He even flew up to Portland to see me when I opened for Dylan last year. We were outlaws together.

Holiday 2000 will be the revenge of the brick and mortars. Battle lines on the Internet are being drawn between the offline brick and mortar stores and the Internet pure plays. Offline giants such as Old Navy, Kmart and Best Buy, all of which had little or no Web presence last year, are poised for extraordinary growth during this holiday season.

He's a warrior, he's a real fighter. He's fought many battles in his life and won them all.

Bob Melvin

He's going to battle just like he has every year. Nothing's been given to him ever. This organization has always been in a position where we're trying to win. He's never had the opportunity to play every day and he's had to fight for everything's he's gotten and this spring it's going to be the same way. He's going to be fighting for his at-bats and to make a team. He's a very talented guy and usually you don't have a guy that talented in a situation like that.

He's fought many battles in his life and won them all. We hope that he will win this battle as well.

Bobby Cox

He's been one of the finer ballplayers in this league the past six, seven years. He battles in every at-bat. I like that kind of hitter.

Hopefully (the loss to the Red Devils) will somehow help us out in the long run. Coffman is a good team and we've had some battles with them the last couple years. They've been playing real well and they haven't had Robby Gardiner.

Chuck Grassley

There is an uphill battle now for the Food and Drug Administration to re-establish itself as the real referee between the safety of the public and the profitability of the drug companies,

Chuck Todd

We may like to think politics is a battle of ideas and that the best idea wins out. But that's not true in most elections. Most elections are about the worst ideas losing, not the best ideas winning.

Brad Shaw

We have to, as players and as coaches, do a better job of preparing guys to play. We were not ready physically or mentally. We didn't seem to win many puck battles tonight.

We lost the battle of spin, but we won the battle in the courtroom.

Buddy Bell

I thought we were going to get out of the first with just one run. Payton's home run was big. That really messed up the day for us. Then when we're down 7-0 that's really an uphill battle for us. We're struggling to score one or two runs.

I tip my hat to Columbus Grove, they were too good up front. They handled us on both sides of the ball, they won the battle of the trenches.

Lindy Ruff

It is a big game and it would be a big win for us. The message is, we've got to give them the biggest battle we can give them.

I think the people would unite behind their leadership - even those critical of the leadership now. They would be willing to live under all kinds of hardship to battle an invader.

I thought both teams did an outstanding job on the defensive court and really made it tough on both offenses. It was a battle all night long.

It is getting harder and harder to come up here. I am running out of arguments. These windmill projects will promote the county, yet we are fighting an uphill battle here. We need to get the projects moved out of the finance committee.

It is good that they got that win, and it's a nice comeback. We're an inexperienced team and we try to battle that with leadership. Our leadership is good this year. Because we are inexperienced the fundamentals sometimes get us, and that is still key. Once they break through that beginner's, stage we will see progress.

Lakeside hurt us a little with the option. But we preach getting turnovers. We won the turnover battle by three (5-2) and lost. We need to win those games.

Stephen J. Cannell

So many people get involved with carrying grudges and having these moral battles with people, where they cast themselves as the righteous and the other guy is the dirtbag. They waste tons of energy on it, create all kinds of darkness around themselves and the other person. It gets you nothing.

Sam Cassell

I was always a Laker fan - Magic Johnson, James Worthy, my main man Norm Nixon. Kobe Bryant's my favorite player. It would be the battle of Hollywood - it would be great for the city.