Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Stewart

I wanted that race to go down to the final lap. It was such a good battle that it's a shame that it ended the way it did. I saw a lapped rider down in the turn and just lost concentration for a split second. That corner was slick and I washed out my front wheel and I was on the ground before I knew it. It's a tough series and things like that are going to happen. Fortunately I didn't lose too much ground in the points and I'll go to San Francisco hoping to come back strong.

I wanted to come up with something for Indy because this is the biggest race of the year and we've just been working, working, working and now we're peaking at the right time. We've got a heck of a points battle going and you've got Indy and I'm not sure which one is more important.

Heinrich Heine

The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle

Dick Cheney

a few opportunists are suggesting they were sent into battle for a lie.

The old story in antitrust cases is that the government wins the battle and loses the war. The question is: What do you get in relief?

After 90 minutes there were puddles of water all over the pitch. It was a real battle but nonetheless full of entertainment with every player giving their all.

After I threw my bullpen two days after that start, my leg was great. So there were no worries about that. My location just wasn't there at all today, for whatever reason. I'm doing the best I can to see if I can fight through it. After the first inning, I was hoping to just battle and give us five or six innings.

The most important thing for us is to realize that last season is over and this one is completely different. And that if we don't run or battle until the end we won't win anything,

David O. McKay

The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.

Jonathan Ogden

Strength is important. But the No. 1 thing is knowing your opponent. If you know your opponent and what they like to do, and you try to take that away from them, force them to another move, then that's half the battle right there.

Keith Richard

Southern Illinois is in the same boat a little bit. When you play defensive battles such as this, every point is at a premium, the game could go either way. I'm not so much happy that we won here, but that we won.

So this has been a battle of ideas, ... This has been a battle of institutions. We recognize that there are certain fundamental things that you have to do collectively through government. But it is through the free market that the ingenuity of individual creators and enterprises flourishes.

Anson Carter

Special teams was huge for us. We worked on the power play a little bit this morning because we realized that was going to be a big focal point in the game, and the special teams battle ended up being what tipped the scales for us tonight.

Texas has always had committee chairs -- strong and powerful committee chairs -- and to go to a position where you have none or very few, could well mean in the battle for earmarks, Texas has a harder fight at it.

Teams travel. In the end, it all comes down to how you play on the court. I don't think we can say anything about indoors or outdoors, traveling or not traveling. In the end, one team loses to another, and it's a battle on the court more than anything. The biggest thing for us right now is to put this behind us and look to future matches in a very positive way.

Telcos and network service providers, ASPs and ISPs, have all been growing as important players in the distribution of software functionality. With Windows 2000, Microsoft clearly thinks it has a much better horse to ride into battle to get these folks as customers. They will emphasize the new ASP channel as one they are especially targeting in that regard. They need a platform that actually runs 24 hours a day, and on bigger hardware configurations.

Troy Glaus

Teddy pitched great. He started off a little but slow, but he found his comfort zone and pitched 7 2/3 good strong innings for us, kept us in there, gave us a chance to battle back.

(Tennessee) is a well-coached and very disciplined team. It will be a tough battle for us.

Tennessee is a great team. They are having a special season. The key is it will be a battle of possessions. We have to make sure we don't turn it over too much and that we rebound. We have to go there like we're on a mission.

Simon Gagne

Sometimes the energy drops after that. A lot of teams are tired now, a lot of games in a short period of time, and we just need to battle and fight through it.

Sometimes he's doesn't have his best stuff but he continuously battles and finds ways to get outs.

Roma is a very technical center-mid who reads the game well. She is coming back from an injury but is someone we feel will battle back and contribute right away. Romo has good vision and a fantastic work rate, and she will give us more depth in the midfield.

Right now we're in a battle. Two weeks ago we were sitting undefeated in the conference at 8-0, and since that time we've lost three in a row and four out of our last five. Right now we're sitting in a battle for second place at 9-4. Every game from now on is a playoff game ? we need to battle for position.

Milan Hejduk

Pretty much in all of March we are on the road. (Tuesday's) two points are really important for us. And now every game is really important. It's a battle for a playoff spot. Every two points are huge. The race is tight and it's going to go down to the wire.

William Wordsworth

Perhaps the plaintive numbers flowFor old, unhappy, far-off things,And battles long ago.

Satan may win a battle here and there but victory is ours!

There will be some leapfrogging in the battle for the highest throughput,

Douglas Brinkley

The Rough Riders brought honor to San Antonio by winning battles in Cuba throughout the summer of 1898, and Roosevelt became a Texas folk hero overnight.

Peter Hayes

I've seen the battle and I've seen the war / And the life out here is the life I've been sold

Bode Miller

I've straddled probably more times than most people have finished slalom. It's a drag, but the downhill was good and I made it to the finish. That's at least half the battle for me.

I've spoken to his wife (Sandra) and made it clear that anything and everything they need from us is theirs for the asking. Essentially, this is a disease that requires three things for an individual to have a chance to successfully battle it, top medical support, second is peer and family and friends support. Third is determination and willpower of the individual.

I've never seen somebody battle and persevere through an injury and not make excuses like Georgia. I can't imagine another college tennis player having such a good outlook. She just got on with it.

Randy Newman

I've opted to work in the Broadway field, as opposed to breaking my heart trying to score films, which is such a damnably difficult thing to do. I guess it's just the dragon I prefer to slay, the one that gives me the most satisfaction to do battle with.