Famous Quotes & Sayings

By no means are we even close to being finished.

But usually I just spit it out there and it comes out in a way that you've never said it before and you're closer to having it finished or whatever.

Brian Sabean

Hopefully, it won't ruin a friendship. Obviously, he's in hated Dodger blue. I'm sure he'll be having a lot of pasta dinners with Tommy (Lasorda). Levity aside, it is an interesting flip of fate. You guys know how close we are personally, how hard we worked professionally.

Hopefully, it'll pay off this year and hopefully next year, too. We've got some juniors out there who need to be in those close games. We need to learn how to finish them. Every one of these (close games) is a learning experience for all of us, myself included.

Hopefully by Saturday I'll be close to 100 percent and ready to play, or as close to 100 percent as possible.

Jay Rasulo

Hong Kong Disneyland is (our) first theme park in China. It's also the first Disney theme park that's modeled so closely to the first Disneyland in California.

Jim Tressel

He's very passionate about being a great quarterback. And every day he gets closer to it.

He's very forthcoming about closed accounts, but not so much about current assets.

Julie White

He's very close to his dad, his step-dad and his stepmom,

He's trying as hard as he can. He ran a pretty good time today, I think that's pretty close to his best. I'm pleased with that.

Tim Brown

He (the boy) stated to us that they put him in the closet so he wouldn't run around while they were trying to sleep,

Chuck D.

He's working hard and getting closer to (2 minutes).

He threw all his pitches, and it was as close to a normal routine as I have seen.

He (Thomas) started to make a move on me into one, he had such a good run I actually had to close the door on him and hope he wasn't going to turn me around.

He's the only player I trusted. I never had to make a secondary call. We had a lot of interceptions, close to 15, because he put players in the right position.

Generally tracks get faster, temporarily, after they are resurfaced. Then they go back to normal. If there is a problem, we're staying in close touch with Humpy and the people at Lowe's and we'll deal with it.

Goodness, no. The closest fragment will be about six million miles away--or twenty-five times farther than the Moon.

Mike Miller

Good teams win close games, so that was good for us.

The closeness between the United States and Mexico is more than just a relationship between two governments.

Steve Young

I really didn't want to have to go to a team where I was going to have to go through losing. I wanted to go on a team where everyone was pumped about what they were doing. They're only on the rise, so I figured, they're close to home, I like the coaches, it's location. It fits me.

I really want to make this push to make the playoffs. All I was thinking about was getting a win and pushing this team closer to playoffs.

I really wanted to come to U of A. It was really a close decision. The only deciding factor was staying close to home, but if U of A were in L.A., I'd have been there.

Justin Rose

I reckon 66 might be a good number. The scores were wild. Sunday is a little different deal. There's enough guys close to the lead that somebody is going to go low tomorrow.

I receive a message from one of my closest friends in China, working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, saying that the government has sent -- one month ago -- a three-member team to conduct an operation called 'decapitation strike',

Rinko Kikuchi

I love New York. I'm taking English lessons there for the first time. I used to live in Tokyo, but I needed something new. I'm really close to my family. I miss them all the time, but we Skype a lot.

Troy Percival

I'll say this. Any team that wins using a closer by committee better have a fantastic offense.

Adelaide Clemens

I live in L.A. and I do have wonderful friends; I moved there when I was 19 so I developed a close knit group of friends, none of whom are actors, none of which are Australian, but I couldn't do it long term.

Robinson Cano

I know he throws a fastball, and for the first time I just said I was looking for the fastball. I was just trying to hit anything close to the plate.

I know Grady is excited about coaching close to his hometown. We wish him well, and we'll fill the opening as soon as we can.

Ted Sundquist

I know it's even more exciting for him because he knows what football means to the area, and he knows what it means to try to put together a championship team for Houston. Just think about it: Gary's from Houston. He loves the city. He grew up there, played there and went to college close by, and he understands what that means to the fans.

I know because I'm sitting in the seat. I think about last year when West Virginia -- which started 1-5 in the Big East, then reached the Elite Eight -- was struggling. They could close the door to the coach's office and say, 'At least we're going to New York.' Now we may not have that.

In this meet I wasn't expecting anything (or) to be close to him. I'm actually just happy to be diving in this meet.

John Foxe

In this league, you lose your close games and you're 7-9. You win your close games and you're 10-6, 11-5. That's just the way it is. There's no question this league is clumped.