Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are pleased with the findings and the constructive recommendations made in today's draft report,

We spoke with them all before we drafted them. Earl (general manager Nicholson) made sure of that.

When he gets done with the NFL draft and many years in the pros, I think he can be a reporter. I'm going to invite him on my show.

Bill Cowher

When we drafted Hines we didn't envision this. He has turned out to be a special, special player.

Michael Robinson

Would you rather get drafted later and play quarterback or get drafted earlier and play quarterback and some other things?

Karen Russell

Writers get embarrassed sometimes in talking about how much fun writing can be, but drafting is often really enjoyable. Often, you're tumbling in the dark, and you don't know where the story is going to lead.

Jerry Angelo

We feel that the history of (Benson's) position as a rookie bodes well (for learning fast), and that was partly why we did what we did on draft day, too.

We're really excited. There is now a first draft and we're back in the IEEE.

They may be overall the most talented team in the league. They have 14 seniors starting. I've been told five or six or seven of those kids are going to be draft picks.

They use (the law) to silence and oppress the opposition. If they had wanted to end the state of emergency and to present an alternative draft law, they could have done that.

Mike Sherman

They used to play pretty much with the same four guys. But they've drafted well there, so their rotation now allows them to play at a high level consistently, and it's really benefiting them.

They started using it in draft form for months. That tells me there is an extremely high demand.

It's too early to speculate on any draft strategy.

Charles Woodson

It's not too much pressure. That's what we drafted him for. You throw him in early, and you hope that midway through the season, he's playing like he's been there before.

It's a place I've always wanted to go to, ever since my draft day. That's my style. They've always used big, physical defensemen. So I was excited to have a chance.

David Carr

They haven't said anything about the draft to me.

Helio Castroneves

It's a track where everyone can go flat easy. It's a track where equipment sometimes takes over for the driving. But that's for speed. The draft is very important here and we have been learning what it takes, so hopefully we will be able to learn from that and win.

Drew Brees

It was disappointing to have that happen, because I think that was maybe the writing on the wall that says this is my last year in San Diego, ... This is the last year on my contract, and they're going to pay this guy $15 million or whatever it is that the fourth pick in the draft gets, so I know what that means.

Adam Rapp

I'm pretty obsessive-compulsive, and I'm very fast. I tend to not write for a long period of time until I can't not write, and then I write first drafts in gallops. I won't eat right. I forget to do my laundry.

Lovie Smith

We know who Cedric is, and you don't draft a guy there unless you have plans for him down the line. But you have to go on what is happening right now. You have a running back who has rushed for 100 yards two games in a row. You can't kick him out of the house.

As a player, I just want to see all my friends go high -- and I'd like to go as high as possible as well. It's exciting that we might actually tie a draft record.

Laini Taylor

During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.

Ron Francis

(Coach Eddie Olczyk) and I are good friends, and we talk a fair amount, ... I think it probably would have been more enticing had the season picked up last February to do something (in Pittsburgh). But I actually called Mario (Lemieux) to congratulate him when the draft lottery when down, and he said, in passing, 'Are you going to play?' I said, 'No, I'm done.' And that was the extent of the conversation.

Anything can happen for us. You know how the draft goes, it's hard to tell. It's in God's hands now.

Bob Hayes

After me, everybody started drafting speed. But they used to laugh at a lot of those guys because they couldn't catch. Otto Graham once said that I had 9.1 speed and 12-flat hands, but I proved him wrong. I was the leader of the pack.

Teams want more speed at all 11 spots and the emphasis is getting to the quarterback. If you have that skill, you're going higher in the draft than ever before.

Quincy knows there are no guarantees and it's very early in the whole draft process. If it indicates that he's a first-round pick, he's going to remain in the draft.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Punishment of a miser - to pay the drafts of his heir in his tomb

John McCarthy

The SCLC draft has a whole mile of good intentions.

Ralph Nader

These were not conscientious objectors. They were belligerent draft dodgers,

Kevin Williams

The Yankees drafted you in the second round.

This is a team that uses high picks on linemen. When they drafted us, they expected us to be successful. And right now that's apparent.

Jan Eliasson

This draft resolution represents a unique opportunity for a fresh start for human rights.