Famous Quotes & Sayings

We did a nice job defensively, with stop after stop after stop, but we couldn't convert at the other end.

We didn't make our free throws. It's pretty simple. We didn't convert at the free-throw line - that's the equivalent of a turnover (each time). It's about making shots you need to make. You have got to make free throws to win games. And without defensive rebounding you're not going to win.

We had several one-run losses. Had we been able to convert half of those into wins, we'd be in the playoffs right now.

This was a tough loss. We missed key free throws and weren't able to convert in key situations.

Kyle Boller

We gotta stay out of third and long. We have to give ourselves a chance. It's tough to convert on long distances. We'll just have to watch the tape. We still have a long season to go. We have to correct our mistakes and get better.

We converted all our grade-A scoring chances. That was the difference. The kids were seeing the net. I hope that continues.

Peyton Manning

We're doing a good job of getting into the third-and-shorts, ... When you get into those, you've got to be able to convert them.

There's particular opportunity through 90-day prescription refill programs. If a patient can get it at a retail pharmacy rather than through the mail, that offers another opportunity to convert the patient to a generic when available.

Billy Donovan

We missed a lot of easy baskets and missed a lot of opportunities. We had decent looks and couldn't convert in a lot of situations.

We have to convert to the world stage, we can't just walk away from the Commonwealth Games and be satisfied with our results.

The ex-players tend to convert lean mass into adipose fat, and the heart is really being taxed.

Barbara Mandrell

When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!

Victor Ponta

How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?

The problem - the greatest inefficiency of the process - is that you also wind up with a substantial quantity of medium-weight products that are not useful and you are stuck with them. What we are now able to do with our new catalysts is something no one else has done before. We take all these undesirable medium-weight substances and convert them to the useful higher- and lower-weight products.

Many of these ships still have 20 or 30 years of life left in them and can accommodate several hundred passengers in great comfort. We will take a retired cruise ship and convert every two to three cabins into luxury suites and sell them to investors.

We made a lot of mistakes and have to learn from those mistakes. They converted four fourth-down conversions. We have to play better in those crucial situations if we are going to keep playing for the next 10 games and hopefully further.

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

Samantha Shannon

I often look at places and kind of mentally convert them to fantasy versions of themselves.

Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.

New converts feel they have to prove themselves. Those who seek more extreme ways of proving themselves can become extraordinarily easy prey to manipulation.

Cesar took genuine pride in producing numerous converts to vegetarianism over the decades. You?re looking at one of them. He felt so strongly about it that sometimes I think he took as much personal satisfaction from converting people to vegetarianism as he did to trade unionism.

Oscar Wilde

By persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful.

Tom Ford

He's very proud and sincere, but he's not going to try to convert anyone.

One of the things we haven't converted yet is news, but we're experimenting in Raleigh (N.C.) and a few other locales.

One of the statistics you look for in pizza is trying to establish a loyalty rate. If you get someone to try your pizza, can you get them to convert to you?

Jeremy is a player we did our homework on. He's a defender, but is actually a converted forward. There are a lot of things we liked about him.

Michael Burkett

Manufacturers must streamline the innovation engine with a greater collaboration and knowledge-sharing environment. They must ensure great research converts to competitive products by responding quickly to evolving market needs and do more than increase R&D spending.

That was the turning point, for sure. The rebounding gave us second and third chances, which we converted into points.

That was the final dagger when it was 60-56 and we were not able to convert a couple times. They are a mature team that got a second life in the NCAA to make some things happen. We had to play at the top of our game to win this.

Michael Perry

The 10-0 run put the game away for us. We got some transition opportunities and converted on them. It really ignited our play in the game.

That was a crucial score for us before the half. I kind of stuck my neck out there by going for two, but once we converted it put them in a position where they had to score twice.

That's what it will take to move, but that's not even counting the estimated $500,000 it's going to cost to convert the station into a museum.

We just weren't able to convert key power plays.