Famous Quotes & Sayings

My confidence always pulls me through the toughest of battle fields, and I somehow walk away confidently.

Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

Robert Stewart

My father was a decorated soldier who fought at the Battle of the Bulge,

David Wright

My favorite player growing up was Cal Ripken Jr.. To play that many consecutive games, he played hurt a lot. I loved that about him. That's the kind of guy I want on my team. That's the kind of guy I want to go to battle with.

New Orleans lost the battle with the inevitable, and we will suffer the same fate in some form here in California.

New Orleans has lost the battle with the inevitable, and we will do the same.

Getting beat by East and getting beat by Althoff, that doesn't set well going into the sectional (seeding) meeting in two weeks. We're going to have to battle from here.

Getting relief on that basis, it is harder to imagine a steeper uphill battle than that.

John Dryden

Fought all his battles o'er again; / And thrice he routed all his foes; and thrice he slew the slain.

Friday is going to be a battle but we're going to show up.

Sebastian Coe

From our initial observations, our hard work has paid off. This is a springboard for the next 30 days. We are in good shape to take the battle even harder and further towards our goal of bringing the Olympic Games to London in 2012.

From time to time we do these investigations and try to battle prostitution on 14th Street and in some of these lingerie shops, but the problem is, there's unfortunately a demand for it. It's an ongoing problem.

I don't think we're going to hear Mark Geragos even trying to solve the murder of Laci Peterson. Ultimately, this will be a battle of the experts.

Susan Collins

I don't underestimate the uphill battle that we face, but my hope is that a strong vote in the Senate will give us momentum in the House. The fact is that this money is from next year rather than new spending will also help.

I don't think it's going to have any effect on the Battle Creek market. People tend to locate near where their work is, No. 1.

Justin Verlander

From the get-go, I didn't have what I had last time, or my good stuff in general. I knew it was going to be a rough day, and I tried to battle through it.

For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

Benjamin Franklin

For want of a nail the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe the horse was lost, For want of a horse the rider was lost, Forwant of a rider the battle was lost, For want of a battle the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horse.

Tyrus Thomas

Glen and I live together and we have known each other since we were small, 13 years old. And we just have a relationship like we're blood brothers. We battle for each other and we call each other soldiers - they never leave a man behind. Glen just told me it was time to go to war. We both understood it was time to fight and when he fights, I fight.

If we stay healthy we'll battle people. We should be pretty good up front.

Chipper Jones

If this year doesn't satisfy people, then Andruw is fighting a battle he's never going to win. We always thought he could hit 40 homers and drive in 120. It was just a matter of putting it all together.

Chad Cordero

If we lost this game, we might be done, ... It shows we can battle back. If feels good whenever I get chances to be successful.

Peter Rodman

One of the reason we want to turn over battle space to Iraqis is precisely so coalition forces can be less visible and less exposed.

I was taken aback by the way the guys just kept fighting and fighting. Early on, it didn't look good at all. All we could do was battle back, and we did that.

I would say in Division 2, St. Clair boys have just been rolling, and I think the Division 2 race will be a great battle between St. Clair and (defending champion) Lutheran North,

I would hate for people to feel complacent -- like we're somehow winning this battle -- because you have a problem leveling off at a terrible point.

I would go to battle with T.O. any day of the week. A lot of people don't understand him.

I was pleased with the effort. We had several pins. The kids looked good. We've got some quality kids here and they'll battle to the end.

I was pleased with our effort. We didn't win, but we battled back, and that kind of battle is what I'm looking for.

Jack Rio

If we gain an edge with them having to battle in the dark uniforms, then we'll do that for the opener. I just thought that a team coming out of the northwest, why not put them in their dark colors?

If we had to go to battle tomorrow, we'd be ready.

If we're going to make a run at Battle Ground, we're going to need all our guys stepping up Saturday.

Kevin Boothe

I got my love for football watching him play in high school and then going off to college. I talk to him about four or five times a day. He's married now and has two kids, but whenever I go home, we have video game battles like we are teenagers.