Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

I just gave up a couple of singles in a row mixed with a walk or two. I threw a lot of close pitches that could have been called either way.

Brandon Rush

I have that down pat. I can shoot it over a big guy. The only way to stop it is to keep me from getting that close in.

I hope it gives us some momentum going into the playoffs. It was a great way to close out the regular season.

Retief Goosen

I hit a nine iron perfectly to get close to the hole, then unfortunately hit the par putt a little too hard.

Elizabeth Warren

I held my father's hand while he died of cancer, and it's really painful when you do something like that up close and personal. My mother was already gone, and I was very, very close to my father.

Bruce Bochy

I hope that gets worked out with Trevor. I can't say enough about what he's done for the San Diego Padres , the community, myself. He's been my closer since I've been managing.

Corey Patterson

I haven't given it any thought, ... I'll stick to my game plan, and at the end of the year or close to the end, I'll start thinking about that and see what I come up with.

I have respect for these evangelical leaders, but sometimes they aren't very politically sophisticated. Sometimes they talk more than they should. And sometimes some of them want to leave the impression that they're big shots close to the seat of power,

Ernie Els

I really felt like I was close to doing something special. Unfortunately it wasn't to be.

I really felt like I was close after that second. But then I missed the cut by a shot the next week, played tired the week after and never could regain my momentum.

I really like the way we finished the meet. We had an extremely young team, and it is nice to finish strong. It is a good sign for our future. We have some good young talent. Our seniors did a wonderful job of leading and teaching this year. I am proud of the team. We are close enough to be competitive in the future.

I liked the direction this whole organization is going, and being close to home made it exciting for me. There's a lot of opportunities for young guys here. They didn't guarantee me anything. I'll just work as hard as I can and hopefully the pieces will fall into place.

I like shooting movies in Thailand very much because the government is so cooperative there. The police help you to close the roads for shooting.

I just want us to compete and show a sense of urgency. I want to see us close the season on a high note.

Daniela Hantuchova

Im really pleased with my week so far, ... Its nice to do well here again. I think todays match was closer than the score reflected. Theres no special secret to how Im playing at the moment, Im just making sure Im doing the right things at the right time now.

I'm pumped. A lot of us are really close and we have a great time doing it. It's like a family.

Mike Taylor

I'm proud of the way we showed up. But I don't know if they realize how close we were.

Kyle Farnsworth

I'm ready for it. The easy thing would have been to stay with the Braves, it was so close to home. But I wanted to be here in this atmosphere.

Eddy Curry

I'm just saddened by the fact that I know him and it hits close to home, ... It's tough to deal with because it can happen to anyone.

I'm kind of overwhelmed right now. I've been fortunate to win tournaments in my life but nothing remotely close to this.

I'm pleased their retention rate is so high and they're not making any move to upset the economic position within the town. I'm happy that they're not making a move to close the operation.

I?m pleased looking back at the season, and how we played at times. Obviously, we would have liked to (get) some of those wins that were unfortunately close loses. With our young team, we gained a lot of experience this year and we?re excited about the future.

I'm pretty close to that (a low 53sec) now, so I'm pretty confident.

I'm pretty close to having my mind made up.

Impressions from these people's close friends and co-workers are also crucial to our investigation.

I have no idea who will win, but I imagine it will be a close election.

Hannah Williams

I haven't been close to her all year. I just wanted to get under 19 minutes (18:29), and get as high as I could.

I hadn't been close to the ice for a game in quite a while. It was a fun game to be a part of.

I had the opportunity to do something by playing football, and I went for it. It was close to home, and I knew that by playing football I had the opportunity to make something of myself.

Mike Nesbitt

I grew up in leafy suburbs in north and east Belfast, but if I had been born a mile down the road closer to the city centre, you might never heard of me.