Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nick Saban

Understanding how important slotting is to top draft picks in terms of who got what . . . and how they fall into place, this is really a timing issue,

Joe Torre

I saw a draft of this year's schedule halfway through last year, and you had to see this series right away. The schedule might have been preliminary. But I knew this series wasn't.

I thought our draft was a huge success, ... We got everyone we wanted. This will give us a good start.

I think what will happen is that the draft will be presented this evening to the speaker of parliament.

It has been a long time since I viewed the top of the draft with more interest than this year. It is going to be a fascinating process to watch.

Mathias Kiwanuka

I was waiting throughout the whole draft and knew somebody would take me, I just didn't know who. When it got to that point, I was surprised that the Giants took me, but I wasn't surprised that I went.

Players get destroyed. You could say you're going to draft the pope, and someone would say he's too old. Draft Santa Claus, and someone would say he wouldn't fit down the chimney.

Marie Lu

I am a hopeless pantser, so I don't do much outlining. A thought will occur to me, and I'll just throw it into the story. I tell myself I'll worry about untangling it later. I'm glad no one sees my first drafts except for my poor editor and agent.

but the question is, would this draft satisfy the Sunni Arabs' demands.

His value is never going to be higher. We got him here for nothing and now get a first-round draft pick, perhaps a second, and Martins.

Herman Edwards

He's going to play right away. That's what we drafted him for.

Mary Karr

Every poem probably has sixty drafts behind it.

Jack Straw

We made some progress in respect of draft texts but obviously not sufficient progress,

Donald Rumsfeld

I think the only people who could conceivably be talking about a draft are people who are speaking from pinnacles of near-perfect ignorance.

Drew Rosenhaus

There are the intangibles when you pick a guy in the draft because (a team) is accountable for that player. Whoever takes Eric is going to sleep at night not worrying about how this is going to look on their track record.

Braylon Edwards

That's what I do. That's what I was drafted for, ... I was drafted to make plays, and it gets to a point where you have to give it to the guy who is here to make plays.

Matt Millen

If someone really wants him, we'll get it done. And there are teams that want him. There's a lot of stuff involved - the draft is involved, the compensation, all of that stuff.

He was doing great in the minicamps. He was looking real good. I think he had finally gotten a grasp on the system. He was showing signs of why he was a first-round draft pick.

Jon Gruden

Monte's been here and had his system in place for some time, ... It's a one-gap scheme, and they've been drafting players that fit it. We're trying to do that on offense.

OK, then, let me inform Magic fans right now that the next NBA draft is scheduled for June 27, 2006.

Adam Vinatieri

Nugent's a little different -- he's a draft pick and I was a free agent. I felt like I had to go out and perform every single day and prove myself. You feel like you're always 20 minutes away from being fired.

Herman Edwards

Obviously, if we don't win a game soon here, we're going to have a high draft choice,

Measure 37 has not been a model for us. We're drafting something that will work for Washington.

Bernie Bickerstaff

We need a scorer. It doesn't need to be a shooter, but it's got to be a scorer. There's a lot of help out there. I'm comfortable with that. ... What we project as our needs, (the 2006 draft should be) strong at that.

When you come in as a high draft pick, you do have a lot of pressure put on you -- not necessarily thrust upon you by your own team, maybe outside sources that have expectations.

Jerry Jones

If we get out of the draft without an offensive lineman, I'll be very disappointed. Frankly, I like putting an offensive lineman in the mix every year because of how expensive it is to get them in free agency.

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.

Tim O'Brien

What do you do when you get a draft notice and you think a war is wrong? And I struggled with that for months prior to my being inducted into the army, and I'm still struggling with it, 40 years later.

Colby Rasmus

Who wouldn't want to go in the first round? But I think sometimes I did look at it like they put all that into me, into drafting me that high that there must be a level they expect me to play at right away. It was kind of new, trying to do too much, but I'm getting over that pressure and just playing.

After we got it passed here, he helped so many other states pass laws, 34 in all. He flew to places like Tennessee, Minnesota, to help them draft legislation. It made such a difference.

It's been crazy. It's been a fun ride. It's just kind of surreal - the whole national championship thing, the Hermann Trophy and the draft and all that stuff.

Mark Sanchez

That's part of the reason Rex drafted me, because I value this job. It's my life. If somebody wanted to take that away from me, it's personal.

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