Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Eckstein

It's a difficult park to pick up the ball, especially during the day. It's something that if we can get used to it, it will definitely be to our advantage. Especially once it gets closer to 3:30 or 4 o'clock, it gets more difficult.

Gregg Marshall

It's a dogfight. We're as close to third as we are first now.

Tim Salmon

It's a great experience. It's an opportunity for the fans to get close to the players and it's great for the players to relax and interact with the fans because they usually don't get to during the season.

I told him it all depended on him. It was a little closer than I would've liked it to be. But I had no doubt in my mind he'd handle the pressure.

It's a public safety issue. If you close down the track, what's gonna happen out there? Everybody has the fear of illegal street racing.

Dick LeBeau

It's a nice even number, isn't it? When I reached 30 years, I didn't think about 50. But we're a little closer to 50 now. So we'll see. I'll take it one snap at a time.

It relates to how close we are as individuals. It's more than a team, more than basketball. It's like your family.

Simon Armitage

It reminds me to say that staying local should never be about looking at the world through a closed window, but about making a home then throwing the doors open and inviting the world in.

It really wasn't that close. They smashed us pretty good. All those close matches we won the first time, they won this time.

I tried to stick with (Belinda) so it would be pretty close the whole way. It was tough, but it felt good. I didn't think I was going to be that fast today.

Peter Budaj

I tried to poke it and the guy was too close to me. I got a little piece of it with the inside of my pad.

Kaskade

I travel a lot. I spend close to 300 days a year on the road.

It's a great testament to these guys. We've had a series of close games. The guys kept coming back and tonight got it done.

It's a great start. We've been getting better and had a lot of close games last year. There is nothing like winning games.

It's all finally coming together. We are thrilled that we are this close to opening and can't wait to get there.

It's a little disappointing we didn't finish. We had some great wins in close matches.

Gary Bettman

This is yet another way for our fans to connect even more closely with our games,

There is talk of some downgrades in earnings after people had a closer look at yesterday's profit report.

There is still work to be done. I think they are getting close on many of the issues.

It's a test for our young women to see how they can compete and to learn from the experience that they are going to have tomorrow. There's not one person on our trip that thinks that we don't have to play well to even stay close as long as we can.

Brian Smith

It was close throughout. They got a 10-point lead on us in the first half; I think I had four starters with two fouls. Our shooting was not good. I think we were seven of 23 from the field in the first half, and it's not like they weren't good shots.

It was closer than I hoped for, but you are wrestling a returning state champ. You have to give credit ? (Paddock) wrestled to win.

Roz Chast

It was deeply interesting to observe my mother closely and to draw her. During those last months, she wasn't speaking much, if at all, and it was a way for me to be with her. It felt very natural.

It was fast and furious at the start. I played a good round. I've been playing well. I just haven't been able to close the deal the past few weeks. My putter helped me today, which is a major turnaround for me.

It was fabulous, but it was a close one.

It was even closer at Olympics. We were within the same point up to sixth or seventh place.

It was always better to play Nieminen than my brother. I didn't give him space to move closer to the net, which is why it was easy to control him.

It was always a close match, but Pierre could just never get over the hump. I hope Terrell doesn't get over the hump because he always worries me. He's an outstanding wrestler in my opinion, he just can't seem to get over the hump.

Bill Walton

It was especially good for us to win that one close game (39-37) because we stayed pretty consistent and didn't make very many mistakes,

It was so difficult to get there and get so close and wonder if we'll ever have the opportunity to get back there again. It took a while to get over it.

Johnny Gray

It was so close I could taste it. I could taste victory. It was within our grasp, and then it slipped away.

It was so close and everybody's proud of them. I am so proud of them.

It was real close to being perfect. The fact that we don't have as many prospects tells you that many have moved on.