Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was a battle for 40 minutes. It's every team's dream to be in the championship game, and it feels great to see our kids make it happen.

It was a battle for 40 minutes, back and forth, the crowd was into it. We were into it. It came down to the last shot. But that was last year; this is this year. We can't go back to last year.

It was a battle back and forth, like a heavyweight fight, with each of us taking our shots. My hat's off to Toledo. Tonight we just fought for it and did the little things a little bit better.

It was a battle and we knew it would be. But hey, it turned out the way we liked.

It was a battle all the way to the end. We finally clamped down defensively.

It was a barn-burner. What we did the most outstanding tonight was just battle because Miller has a very talented team.

Rob Niedermayer

It was one of those ones where I'm just trying to get in front of the goalie and battle for good position.

It was one of the main gripes of the early civil rights movement and the NAACP, ... It was the major battle that they fought, because this was major propaganda.

It was probably more of an emotional win. When you talk to some of these young guys and you see where their heads are, they're looking the right way, they're talking the right way and they battle until the bitter end. To be back at home pitching and get a win on Opening Day with family and friends here, it's special.

It was one of the best days Battle Mountain cross country has ever had.

Jacques Rogge

It's what I would call a battle royal.

It's very unfortunate that we weren't able to (win Tuesday). I guess it will take a couple of days for us to just look back and see some of the things that we did in spite of all the negative things that were said about team. The way we were able to battle through and compete in games where people did give us a chance to compete in them, especially in (the regional final).

It's time to go to battle, and we'll go to battle with what we've got.

Chad Reed

I want to be up there battling with those guys. I've got to figure out a way to get better starts and to stay up front. That's my main concern right now. The team has worked hard to give me a great bike, now I need to go out there and at least battle hard for the lead.

Ariel Sharon

It was a difficult day, ... This battle is a battle for survival of the Jewish people, for survival of the state of Israel.

It was a defensive battle throughout. Our defense did a good job of shutting them down with some really tight man-to-man.

It was a defensive battle throughout. (Columbia) just got the hot hand. We're real proud of our seniors and what they accomplished this year.

It was a 12-day layoff coming into this game and the zone defense has been tough for us at times. Now we just have to battle next week.

It takes a lot of stress off us, knowing that we can win the field-position battle most of the time. Guys have to drive 90, 80, 70 yards just to score, and that lowers their percentages.

It will become a battle for who gets the funding. The solution should be around how to promote higher education, not how to strangle it.

It will be a tough battle this year with the top three makers likely to end up with similar market shares.

It will be a big battle. They call him 'The Beast,' so I'm ready for a big battle inside, a shoving match. Hopefully, the refs will let us play. It will get scrappy, but we'll have to play through it and have some fun.

It works very well, (but) it will seem strange to American eyes. No lawyers doing battle with each other, no O.J.-type trial dramatics.

Jason Thompson

They both have their little daddy issues; she's got hers with Robert and he's got his with Noah. They battle back and forth. They bicker. Patrick gives her advice, but he doesn't take her advice.

Brian Gionta

They cracked down so much the first month that it was hard to know what you could get away with. Now you can battle for the puck.

Enrico Caruso

The U.S. may be keeping rates strong for the foreseeable future. It's a battle of yields and the dollar is still going to be king.

They are trying to draw the military into a full-scale battle that will cause the destruction of towns and villages. When that happens, you will have 30 to 50 percent of the young men from these places joining MEND.

They were a little bigger, but we were quicker, and that's what it became a battle of. Pilkington was just able to score too much, and that was the difference.

They wanted it more. I know they won the battle of the boards. I know they won the battle of 50-50 balls. They played harder, longer and more efficiently.

They were to Battle Creek in the early 1900s what Compaq and IBM computers have been to California's Silicon Valley. They set the standard for healthy living 100 years ago, and they continue to set the standard today.

The governor is very frustrated with the ongoing turf battle that is being waged within Law and Public Safety, ... He's determined to put an end to this situation, and he is seriously considered making the state Office of Counter-Terrorism part of the governor's office.

We've been putting in freshman Josh Homer in at a couple of different weights, and he's been coming up with some big wins for us. He's really been wrestling well. He always battles hard in every match, and works hard in the room. He's done a great job for us, despite us moving him around so much.

We're the type of team that will battle back. We don't let early runs get us down. We're a scrappy team. We manufacture runs and find ways to get on.