Famous Quotes & Sayings

If you start focusing on a conference championship you lose sight of what you have to do with the next game you are playing. If we don't focus on Portage completely and get over it quickly, we will have the same thing happen.

In my opinion, there's no one in the conference that's playing better. Any success that we've been able to have, he's the key reason for it.

I guess we could meet if they want to. All I know is they got up and said they had to have a conference and the meeting was ended.

I had fun playing with the seniors and winning a conference championship.

Dave Wannstedt

If you look at this home schedule, it really will be a great one for our fans. We play an ACC team, a Big Ten team, we play two teams in our conference that are likely to be ranked in the top 10 -- it is going to be a lot of fun but it will also be a great challenge.

If you look at the outcome of what happened, you have an existing conference that is 80 percent minority.

Steven Anderson

If you own a restaurant or any small business, it's vitally important to be involved politically at the grassroots level, ... We literally storm the Hill (Capitol Hill) during our public-affairs conference in September. The legislators know when the restaurant owners are in town.

Steve Ralston

If you look at the core group of guys, they've been here four years now, really. There are quite a few guys still from the team that went to the Finals (in 2002), and we went to the (Eastern Conference finals) the last couple years.

If you look at the conference schedule, there's going to be a lot determined here in the next three or four weeks. It's going to be tough but that's the way we want it. We want to earn everything we get. We've got to be ready to play.

In our conference, no one has taken a step back. There's going to be a lot more parity and I think our conference tournament is going to be tougher than it has ever been.

If there was so much demand in the city, then our rooms and our conference room would be booked.

I think about that all the time. To make the tournament, you don't need a great season, you need a great weekend. We're going to go to the conference tournament, forget about the season, and we'll try make something happy out of a season that hasn't been that happy.

I think our kids did a good job of being in the right frame of mind; to come out on the road in a conference game and be ready to play right off the bat. I've been very proud of these kids in their abilities or their willingness to look at what's right in front of them.

Lou Holtz

I think N.C. State is on the threshold of being an outstanding program. The only problem is the ACC. It's such a great conference now.

Aaron Johnson

I just tried to stay focused, stay in the game (after the throwing error). We need this conference win.

But you can only do so much. The frustration has been incredible. We should be at the top of the conference and now we're trying to just get a playoff berth (within the top six in the league). In the past, we would be trying to win the league at this point. Now, we're just trying to get in (the playoffs). We were doing well, winning six in a row, but now, we're going in the other direction, losing three in a row.

Darrell Royal

I'm happy for Mack. No one can talk about him not winning a conference title anymore. And hopefully we'll be able to stop talking about how Texas hasn't won a national title since way back when.

I'll be on the phone a lot. Hopefully with the push from other people and our conference these kids can continue to play.

Martin Freeman

I like the quiet life sometimes. I also love a bustling press conference sometimes as well. I love a 600 metre red carpet.

Jane McGonigal

I remember the first year at the Game Developers Conference I wore these big red giant knee-high boots. Nobody cared. You can wear anything you love, because that's what you do in games. You make yourself who you want to be.

I love the BNC. I don't think it's a good conference for them anymore.

Graham Moore

I love the filmmaking process. It can be loud sometimes, and people love having conference calls, so working on a book is the polar opposite. It's very relaxing.

Luis Figo

I'll have time to say goodbye to the fans because they deserve it more than anyone, ... On Saturday, I'll give a press conference to say goodbye to them because I won't be able to say goodbye in a match.

I look at them as much improved. Our conference is tough enough and now Swansboro has turned the corner and they're playing very good football.

I'll let what he said at the conference speak for itself.

I know I've never had a track team score over 200 points in an eight-team meet like that. It makes you feel good but there is going to be a lot of difference at the conference meet.

I know it's a conference win, ... but I think the big thing for these kids was that it was Northern. But we've got to put it in context. We've still got a long ways to go.

I have to deal with speculation all the time. But 10 years from now, I see a conference with 12-to-14 basketball-playing schools and at least 12 football-playing schools. We do have a strategic plan, and we'll follow it.

I'm really pleased with the way the kids are dropping times. We are right on pace heading into the conference meet.

Eddie Jordan

I'm proud to have Gilbert represent us at the All-Star Game. Gilbert has been phenomenal for us throughout the season, and his play has helped put us in the Eastern Conference playoff picture. He is very deserving of this honor, and I think it's a credit to our entire team. We're all very excited and grateful that commissioner Stern recognized Gilbert as one of basketball's true stars.

O. Henry

I'm pretty sure that if we win, we're through (to the playoffs). I can't imagine that with five conference wins we wouldn't go through.

I'm fortunate to have this second chance, and I expect to make the most of it. I'm looking forward to helping lead our team down this conference stretch.

I have not received any invitation for any round table conference but I have come to know through media that it is going to be held in New Delhi.