Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dario Franchitti

Tony is a very strange character. He is one of the most generous and most selfish men I have met. I think he is capable of doing it. I helped him a few times last year to the championship. If the roles were reversed, I would do the same thing for him.

We've been telling the post players all season they have to start producing on offense to get some pressure off our guards. They've been working hard at it, and they're all capable of scoring.

Eric Johnson

We just need to make sure we're capable of following through on those commitments before we make more commitments.

We just made sure she had a hand in her face every time she shot. We know what she's capable of, but we can cause people a lot of trouble with our defense.

We just waited a little too long to get in our groove and play like we were capable of playing all year,

We just had to play basketball. That's one of the things we addressed, don't let the emotions of this particular situation get you down. We had to come back and play the way we're capable of playing.

We weren't playing they way were capable of playing. We have been playing better since.

We weren't just learning anything new, we were rusty. But now we're just ready to get out there for the spring game and show what we're capable of.

Doris Lessing

What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate, that you don't need love when you do or that you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

Jason Richardson

We missed easy shots we're very capable of making. That was a lack of focus. We lost the game because we didn't execute toward the end. ... We're not satisfied with people talking about us. We want to make the playoffs.

William Shatner

We went from playing in the very capable minor leagues directly into the major leagues.

We went a little smaller. The kids just started playing like they were capable of playing.

Jean Piaget

The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done -- men who are creative, inventive and discoverers.

Mike Holloway

We've got a lot of work to do. Right now, we have guys doing stuff that we just don't do here at the University of Florida. We need to start getting better and get some intensity. I know what this group is capable of and right now they are not meeting my expectations.

Ben Bernanke

Because financially capable consumers ultimately contribute to a stable economic and financial system as well as improve their own financial situations, it's clear that the Federal Reserve has a significant stake in financial education.

Those are shots I'm capable of shooting. I don't think they had their rotation down as well as they'd like.

We know that Bocanegra and Johnson are certainly capable of playing 90. Beasley is a question mark. Therefore, we have not made a decision about his status yet for Saturday.

Sam Mitchell

You learn. If you're not capable of learning year to year, you don't last long.

Robert Harris

You know, you can be really quite subversive in popular fiction, which is capable of taking on big issues of politics, war, the rise and fall of commercial dynasties.

Rachel Weisz

The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.

Let's just be one of the top four and see how we match up at sectionals. But we are capable of making it to state.

Losing Randy Moss, even with all his spectacular catches, probably improves their offense because it will make them a more cohesive unit. All that distraction will be gone. And (Daunte) Culpepper is capable of lighting it up.

Look what God wills, the king really has some stamina, ... God give him health. I don't know how he can greet so many people. It really shows he's strong and capable of leading the country.

Thomas Campbell

Last year's loss in the semifinals was definitely a heartbreaker. We know what we are capable of. We need to come out and work hard.

Tom Wilson

Many of us are more capable than some of us . . . but none of us is as capable as all of us!

Larry Dixon

So I got what I wanted. With six races left, if we've got a capable car, we've got plenty of time to catch up. If we don't have the car, there isn't much point talking about it.

She took to the turf course well and turned in a big race, which she's shown she's capable of doing on certain days. She got a perfect trip and delivered with a perfect run down the lane.

We need at least two scores in the mid-70s to be competitive. All five of our starters are capable of shooting lower scores.

Obviously, it's a decision that Coach made and it's something that she's just going to have to continue to have to work through. If she's able to overcome this and show her talents and show what she's capable of and prove herself, then that's going to say a lot about her. And I think she will.

Jimmy Johnson

Obviously, it was very damaging. But this team is 100 percent capable of winning. This is their chance to shine. Our pride is on the line.

Patrick McEnroe

Obviously, playing on grass should help our cause, but at the same time we know the Chileans are capable of playing at a high level on any surface, particularly when they are representing their country. We will not take them lightly.

Bashar al-Assad

No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?

Right now it's better than ever. It's nice to know that whatever line we put out there, they're capable of putting it in the net.