Famous Quotes & Sayings

We knew Penn was ranked higher than us, so we knew we were going to have tough matches, but I feel like we could have won it if we were tougher in the close situations.

We knew it was going to be a long, hard road to find and enroll the people who are eligible for the extra help. We will be sitting down with Social Security next week to talk about how the private sector can work more closely with the government to improve on the results.

Stuart Appleby

We kept them close on the Americans' home soil. There's no doubt in the future we can take this thing out.

We kept it close the first half, but things got away from us in the second and we put them at the free-throw line too many times.

We kept it close into the third period so we didn't have to make up as much ground. Luke kept picking up the pace, which is what we wanted. We feel like most of our guys can wrestle eight or nine minutes hard.

We keep losing these close games, but five or six bounces, and we could be 4-0.

We just weren't moving our feet; our guys were tired, worn out. That's what great teams do, they close the game out.

Jim Haslett

We thought that Darren's value to this football team was a lot, ... It was just a money issue at the time, and in order to trade Darren we wanted equal value. The only team that was even close was Dallas. But obviously we felt it wasn't equal value what they wanted to offer.

We thought maybe we'd get third or fourth as the season was going along. When it got closer to the end, and we realized we really had a shot at second, it was pretty exciting.

We thought about an ARM, but the rates are so close we opted for the security of a 30-year fixed.

We're not one closed monolithic system where you have to use their device, their software and their service,

We think the major shelters will be closed next week.

We're relatively close. We got some matches that maybe we wouldn't have won last year, and we lost a couple of close ones. We're coming along. It's just going to take some time.

Why do Florida and Florida State go at each other? It's the closeness and the similarity.

Why did Causey enter a plea so close to the trial? The reality of it, the unavoidability of it, finally hit him.

We've come so close plenty of times. This one is definitely the greatest feeling.

Pat Burns

We've closed the gap with the state to some extent, ... But I still don't want to make inferences that are too broad.

Scott Bakula

To be quite honest, I find that it's easier to do parts that are wrapped up in different hair and wardrobe and eras, and different period behavior, than it is to play closer to the present.

You have Dallas who's an All-American, you have an All-American closer in Gunderson, and you have Nickerson who pitched on the National team and is an All-American in his own right. With him going on Sunday you really feel like your guy, at least on paper, is better than their guy.

This time of year you're just not going to close out opponents. This is February and it is a tough month. Teams are getting better; teams know how to take things away from you, just like we know how to take things away from people. Games night in and night out are going to be like this. I'm happy because we're still finding ways to win.

Bob Bryan

We also knew that Olivier Rochus had won the doubles at the French Open . But it was logical that we won and had the match been played in the United States, it would not have taken close to three hours but an hour and a half without doubt.

To say it's slow is an understatement ? it's really a sign that people are playing it close to the vest. I think people really want to hear what Cisco has to say.

Those willing to keep their feet in the water could see the same thing at the close that we got today, a lot of reconciliation and everybody looking for something to hold.

We confirmed we'd continue to monitor the situation very closely and rigidly enforce the protocols on any and all breaches.

Ryan Lewis

We close just because of the lack of business. It's really been slow the last couple of nights.

Joffrey Lupul

We closed ground. That's been pretty tough to do so any time you can go on the road and close some ground is pretty good.

We are closely monitoring the film and the reactions of patrons in our theaters, but as of today we have no incidents.

We have gone on record for many years now as being opposed to any form of legalized gambling on moral grounds. Gambling has never been put to a statewide vote. If it were today, I would say it would be frighteningly close to not passing.

We have four seniors on this team and their experience makes a difference in close games like this.

Helen Keller

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us

We will find out Saturday night how close we are to Niagara Falls. This is a key game for us.

Frank Robinson

We would prefer him to do one more, but if he's out of that one and everything is fine, that would be close enough for him to go five or six innings.