Famous Quotes & Sayings

To me, he is a representative of what we are trying to accomplish, namely, to have a very close intellectual association with China.

We got some open looks and missed them and we kind of slid from there. We fouled and they hit their free throws and closed it out.

We expect our local presence in Rock Hill to enable us to work closely with our local architects, developers and contractors to ensure that we execute the design and construction of our new facility on time and on budget.

We expected a tough match. It was a tough match. We were able to win the close matches and that was the difference.

We don't want any more morale victories. We don't want to just come close. We've come close too many times. We want to win. We played hard, but down the stretch Illinois made more plays.

We don't think it was a mistake to open early for Katrina victims, and if we have to close for a month to regroup, I'll be glad to do it.

We could close in two years if we don't do something about our situation.

We could be getting close to the floor.

We continue to work closely with the electric utilities as they re-establish service in Mississippi, ... The devastation from Hurricane Katrina is tremendous.

John Bolton

We are very close. We are close to resolving it, ... We will need what we need to do for this resolution to be ready for consideration on Monday.

We are very close to that point of no return. And I think that's a view that is shared by many others.

We are very close to that point of no return.

We are very close and doing better than last year. We want to think about the future and not other teams. We can still win it.

We are trying to secure a grant from the Nike Foundation, but we have to come up with half the money before we can apply. We are close to that amount, but we still need more help. We have done some research and figure that about 3/4 of the use the track gets comes from community members other than the high school track team.

We are trying to push all schools to close and we will be picketing any that don't.

We think it's going to be a very strong earnings call, with no heavy expenditures, and we expect earnings and growth to continue with the transition to Intel. We haven't seen any slowdown in sales since the close of the quarter.

We think it's closer to the truth than the first two.

We're going to try to win big. We made it close last game, but we know we're better than them. We practice harder, we play harder, and I think we prepare better than them.

We're going to try to run things as close to a game as we can. There are still some situations we need to work on and we'll have to create those, but I think we can do it and still make a fun deal to watch.

We're doing a better job of filling events and getting people closer to qualifying.

We're very pleased to be working closely with Nortel. Their confidence in selecting us for this strategic relationship is strong validation of our technology and market leadership in the exciting world of VoIP.

Greg Ellis

We're very disappointed and shouldn't have even been in this situation after starting the season 7-3. We lost a lot of close games but can't get those back. We have to take this team and work toward the future.

We're very close to where we need to be. And now we're in that range, it's more difficult. And that's what we mean when we say we're data dependent.

We're very close to hammering out a deal with all three companies, and we haven't even put a shovel in the ground yet.

We're very close to getting a win and we're hopeful it will be this week.

We're very close to a final decision. In 2008, initial production should start.

Heather Boushey

We saw this in manufacturing -- firms started off slow and stayed close to home,

We saw the women at the fall in the Evansville tournament. They had some pretty quality players so it should be a close match.

John Wilson

We're trying to get our product out there closer to the communities we're serving.

Jon Gruden

Veterans Stadium is a historic landmark as far as I'm concerned. I hate to see that place go. I lived under the Vet for three years. ... Our offices at that time were underneath Veterans Stadium. I can recall a lot of interesting things I saw early in the morning underneath the Vet. They were crawling. ... I think it's fitting for Veterans Stadium to close with an NFC Championship Game of this magnitude.

Jon Gruden

Veterans Stadium is a historic landmark as far as I'm concerned, ... I hate to see that place go. I lived under the Vet for three years. ... Our offices at that time were underneath Veterans Stadium. I can recall a lot of interesting things I saw early in the morning underneath the Vet. They were crawling. ... I think it's fitting for Veterans Stadium to close with an NFC Championship Game of this magnitude.

Very similar. But this one was more of (us) having a big lead. The other games were closer at the half.

We feel on top of the world. These were two close matches, but we pulled it out and now we have a huge head of steam going into USC.