Famous Quotes & Sayings

We played well enough to win today. It's unfortunate, but that's the name of the game. We were close, but close only counts in horseshoes.

We play these games with them all of the time. They are close ones all the way to the end. The fact of the matter is that they made plays down the stretch.

We played with them (Plano West) as close as we could. Our defensive effort was as good as it gets, but we just couldn't hit our shots.

We played a lot of close matches with these kids and I think part of it was due to frustration.

We played a lot of close games, but when things aren't going well, you find a way to lose,

We play Carolina, we always know it's going to be a close game. Come in and step it up.

We promise to resume the water supply after four days. I think the quality will be no problem, because our monitoring department will take a close look at water quality.

We probably should've taken our chances, maybe, force them to make a jump shot. Until we start getting a stop at the end of the game or coming up with a 50-50 ball, you'll have a hard time winning close games.

We probably relied a little too much on the threes. But even when we got close in, we had some shots rim out. We still take a lot of positives knowing that we got outscored 15-1 in the second quarter and the final (deficit) was 15.

We probably got away with a few misses on open shots tonight. We made a lot of big shots when they got close tonight, which helped us quite a bit.

We opened the second half on an 8-0 run and we're down two points, 27-25. And it strayed close like that throughout. Entering the fourth quarter, we're down four. They went into their patented delay; we ran out of gas. We just couldn't get the lead.

Ted Naifeh

When I first starting conceiving series like 'Courtney,' 'Polly,' 'How Loathsome,' etc., I was shooting for closed story-arcs but open-ended concepts. Then I started realizing I was committing myself to potentially endless series.

Toby Keith

I play golf with my shirttail out. I own a golf course because it's very, very close to my house, and I don't want to drive 45 minutes to the north side of Oklahoma City to play golf every day. I have race horses 'cause I love horses and it's my hobby.

Tamara Ecclestone

I do think, even though you are a public figure, I do think you should be entitled to your privacy, and I do think that there are things that go on in relationships and behind closed doors that are completely private.

Stewart Butterfield

I learned so much in the year after Flickr was acquired. People forget, but Flickr launched in February 2004. And a year later, the deal was done with Yahoo, and we closed it in March of 2005. It was really independent for a relatively short period of time.

Sela Ward

You do become very close like a family but because you see each other for such an intense period of time on the set everyday. You really don't end up socializing that much.

Tony Tan

Singapore is an international city, and it would be a grave mistake to close our doors.

What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?

Virginia Postrel

Kidney donors don't have to be close relatives of recipients, but they do need to have the right blood type. And kidneys from living donors tend to last many years longer than kidneys from deceased donors.

When the (Phoenix) steel company closed 30 years ago, no one realized in 10 years, we would all be jobless and our downtown would be in ruins.

We want to be close to our customers. They're like family to us.

We want to acknowledge the good deeds of Good Samaritans -- from professional rescue workers to passersby and everyday people -- who helped save the lives of people very close to us.

Bonnie Tyler

When I did the video for 'Holding Out For A Hero,' we filmed that on top of the Grand Canyon, and that was quite frightening. I was close to the edge, and there was a helicopter hovering about, creating a lot of wind, and I was nervous I was going to fall off.

Bob Ney

I have worked closely with many of our county commissioners, mayors, local transportation officials, and others to determine project needs in the 18th District, and they deserve a great deal of thanks for today's victory on the House floor.

Cam Newton

I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.

David Whyte

Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth.

Andrei Codrescu

Romanians are culturally European, very close to the French. Socially, they are now building a society that is emotionally closer to the Balkans, Turkey and Greece.

Andrea Barrett

I am, as are most writers, just hugely obsessive, and so are many of my closest friends, who tend to be writers or scientists. It's a trait of human nature that I'm particularly in touch with. So I tend to project it onto my characters.

We're likely to see what we would have called a soft landing six months ago. but as we got closer we got more scared of it.

Donyell Marshall

We're learning to close out games. Winning games like this shows we're a playoff team. We're going to go, we know that.

We're learning how to win, and we're learning how to close games out. There's no panic on the sideline if we're behind.

We're learning every single game we play. I knew we'd have our growing pains, but I keep feeling like we're getting closer to where we're going. These girls realize they have to work harder.

Dale Jarrett

We're late in the season, and a lot of things happen here, so I don't think that the close and hard racing is over, ... I think you're going to see a lot of it.