Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dennis Ross

That's the new struggle of our time, and we have to frame it that way to understand what we're contending with and why it's so important for us not to fail.

Buddy Rice

I was never happier to see a season end than I was last year. I was really frustrated by the tough run of luck we had last season, but a few months away from the daily grind, and I am ready to go. I feel like we can return to the form that made us a championship contender in 2004.

If we were a contender for the division, it would be a different story. But sometimes you just can't wait until this is over, and start all over again.

If we are going to contend in the conference, we will have to win our home matches.

We had a lot to contend with last year after being moved off the turnpike. But we learned a lot.

Now that we've started winning games and seeing that we actually can contend for championships, we've been pushing ourselves a lot harder in practices and getting a lot tougher.

Let's contend no more, Love, / Strive nor weep: / All be as before, Love, / - Only sleep!

Alonzo Mourning

We know we have to improve defensively to be a contender down the stretch. I just hope we don't run out of time.

We have a lot of depth. To contend with Cheshire at states, we are going to have to have some kids that we don't really know about yet step up.

Things didn't go perfectly for us tonight. But I think what we learned from tonight will be invaluable for us down the road and will serve to make us a better team. We had great team work, we had enthusiasm and we saw great leadership from a few of our veterans. We also saw the determination and enthusiasm from our freshmen that are going to help us contend in the future.

That sophomore quarterback is going to be someone you've got to contend with for the next couple of years.

It's something I really wanted to have a run at. So far, it's gone well. I'm just enjoying that challenge, and hopefully over the next eight months or so I can get myself in a position to be a legitimate contender for that spot in the World Cup.

Chad Bradford

New York is a great situation for me. I worked with Rick Peterson in Oakland and I know what he can do. With all the off-season additions, I'm sure the Mets will be contending for a playoff spot and I want to do all I can to help.

Mark Shapiro

It was acknowledging that we lacked upper-level prospects. That was a middle-of-the-road move, trying to contend and rebuild. But it was the last middle-of-the-road move that we made.

Thomas Brooks

We will contend for a playoff position, ... The guys are getting a good grasp of the new offense and the defense. We're getting real excited about the season.

Every time I think a team has everything it takes to play well and contend all the way for a national championship, it doesn't really happen.

We're really young and have a lot of future talent. They've worked really hard. Hopefully, the program will keep feeding itself. Our goal is to contend for another title.

We've contended four out of five years for the Super Bowl. You get to a point where contending just isn't enough.

Adrian Fernandez

This time I'm going down there expecting to run well and maybe contend for a victory.

When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.

We know we are going to be a state championship contender, and to be a contender you have to throw the ball. That was one thing we wanted to establish tonight.

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Mike Riley

Wear is looking to be our fourth spot on the team. She is a real strong contender for that position.

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You have an owner who wants to spend what it takes to compete. You don't want fans to foot the entire bill. So you want to come up the other sources of revenue that it takes to put a perennial contender on the field.

Rudy Tomjanovich

I don't need to belabor it. I love where I'm at. I love what I'm doing. I've got a contending team. Just because I had a history with them and because I talked with them doesn't mean that I want to coach.

Steve Phillips

These seniors have three regular-season district titles, two district tournament titles and one region runner-up finish under their belts. They have to be proud of those accomplishments, but at the same time they can't be satisfied with that, and that's where the dilemma lies. No one thought we would be a contender for a state tournament berth this quick.

These dissidents contend that all the people in Leisure World are poor, downtrodden, sheepish people who can't protect themselves, ... But the truth of the matter is, a lot of people are just that way because they don't want to get involved. They want to retire in peace.

Henry David Thoreau

Always you have to contend with the stupidity of men.

This is a real crucial time for our team. It might determine if we contend for a playoff berth at the end of the season, so we just need to focus on getting as many points as possible.

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They kind of surprised us by playing nearly the whole game in zone defense, when they are a man-to-man team. I think they thought they couldn't contend with us inside, man on man.

They have a good offense so we'll have to contend that with much better defense.