Famous Quotes & Sayings

He was the first player I drafted who signed,

He has the option of going overseas (to play basketball) and maybe trying to be a second-round draft pick in the NBA. And his third option was going back to school to get his Master's.

Helm has some speed, and May showed poise with the puck. As late-round draft picks they're young guys who have to get stronger, but they played well.

Reed Sorenson

I didn't get much drafting help. If I made a move, I didn't get many people going with me. I couldn't be too aggressive. I was just seeing what I could get done.

I don't know what they're talking about. A draft is just a draft until it's adopted.

I feel pretty comfortable with the guys on the O-line that we took in the draft and the guys already here. I feel it's a solid group with some depth, starting next year." ()

Matt Smith

Getting drafted by these guys was a dream, and now being here is a dream. It's a great feeling.

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.

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.

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.

I've watched 'Ringu' probably three or four times before writing the first draft of 'The Ring.' And then I'd seen 'Ringu 2' I think once.

Eula Biss

I had already drafted the manuscript that would become my first book by the time I graduated from college, but I had no idea what to do with it.

Ethan Suplee

Writing, yeah. Me and my friend Scott Bloom just finished the first rough draft of a script. It's taken us three years to do, but we finally got a first draft. And we'll see whatever happens with that.

Nancy Kress

There are writers whose first drafts are so lean, so skimpy, that they must go back and add words, sentences, paragraphs to make their fiction intelligible or interesting. I don't know any of these writers.

We didn't want to have to go into the draft trying to hit 10 different spots. We had hand-selected a group of guys that we thought if we could get one or two, we'd be in great shape. We've ended up with four.

Brett Hull

I've said for years I could never figure out why Calgary ever drafted me. When I got there, I think they had eight or nine right wingers already. These guys were premiere players. It's not like they were extremely late in their careers, either.

Kurt Busch

Yeah, a little slicker. I've got it working in the draft now.

We're elated to get him with a sixth-round draft pick.

We're drafting rules of the road in the new global economy. We've made progress, but there's still a long way to go.

In the span of three years, the Iraqi people participated in three elections, drafted a constitution, and elected a new government. While more work remains, this is remarkable progress.

A novel is a big thing. It's difficult to hold the whole story in your mind, especially when you've finished a first draft and are still giddy from the flow of creative juices.

This would be a league where guys have played (previously in the minors). The drafted guys would be pushed back.

The pro scouts are still pretty interested. The process he's going through right now, he has a school (where), if he doesn't get drafted where he wants to get drafted, he has somewhere to fall back and get an education.

John Dingell

This staff draft is a very useful starting point in the process,

Gavin Hood

I was drafted when I was 17, and I spent two years, and I lost a friend in war.

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.

Mike Tice

Troy Williamson showed some signs of why we drafted him. He's got tremendous speed and he's a playmaker.

Mike Tice

Troy Williamson showed some signs of why we drafted him, ... He's got tremendous speed and he's a playmaker.