Famous Quotes & Sayings

They haven't promised me anything. I think they want to see how I am, too. I am not going to be given anything. I think you have to earn it. And I'm fine with that.

They have that kind of edge to them. I sat them down and talked about not saying too much. Just come out here, work hard and earn the respect of your peers. People know who you are.

There's a tendency to think that since we've done well it's automatic. But we've had to earn it. It's tougher since we have a target on us.

There's a lot of things that haven't been told in the paper. It will come out. People who have known me for a long time, they realize that some of the stuff is ridiculous like promising scholarships, free meals. I've never done that, ever, ever, ever. These players have had to earn everything, every minute they've gotten on the court.

Randy Johnson

There is still this fear of voting for something that gives legal status even after you earn it--that it's going to be called 'amnesty.

Lleyton Hewitt

It was extremely tough conditions. It's swirling out there today, ... Taylor's never going to give you the match. He's a tough competitor. I had to earn it.

It was a record year in earnings, sales and earning per share.

It's a win-win. Residents get good services from hard-working, respectful service members, and the service members earn extra cash. ... We've been surprised at how quickly it has grown.

We played well defensively. We weren't going to give up any easy shots. We wanted to make them earn it every possession.

We played well, and we played with intensity. We took away their strengths and what they like to do. We made them earn their baskets. Offensively, we got shots. We just didn't make enough of them.

The people who harvest America's food must be treated with respect and earn a living wage.

Ken Hitchcock

We want first badly. As hard as we've worked, we've earned that right. At one time, before we were decimated by injuries, we were first overall in points. Today and Friday are points we must have.

Until we start seeing some better earnings news, I think the market's going to be in this bottoming phase.

Mariella Frostrup

Of course, I'd like to earn Jonathan Ross's money, but I don't have sleepless nights wondering when someone's going to knock on my door with sacks of cash.

We're just winding down the year, ending the year with these sort of small, middling gains, which to me makes sense because you've had opposing factors this year. On the one hand you've had good earnings and a robust economy, but on the other hand, you've been fighting the Fed. The two canceled each other out.

Gregg Williams

As a defense, we've got to make them earn what they get a lot harder than what we did the last time.

Ben Roethlisberger

As long as we win. That's how you earn your money, by winning.

Mark Martin

People earn their respect. Tony has earned my respect. He has earned every ounce of the respect he has on and off the race track.

Peyton Manning

(Offensive coordinator) Tom Moore made a good point: In the NFL, you don't pick up where you left off, ... You have to go out and earn it this year.

The mood is very positive. Earnings are supportive.

And that's one of the things that has to give you pause, is that they have been thinking about this a long time, ... And so the question is, when did they start in earnest to learn how to make a nuclear explosive?

And the more popular your clips, the more money you stand to make. The only limit to what you can earn is your talent -- or the lengths you'll go to make an impression.

Gary Payton

The simple fact is back in the day when (guard) Alvin Robertson and (guard) Derek Harper were guarding you, they could hand-check you and do everything else and you had to shoot over them. They were making it tough for you. You had to earn everything.

The team that wins (today) is going to earn a spot in the (regional) playoffs. It's sort of the third, final rubber game to see what goes on.

The third quarter earnings have been fairly well received and I think there will be anticipation that fourth-quarter earnings could be better than expected,

David Lipsky

I wanted to earn a living wage and to see something nice about me in the 'New York Times.' I wanted my mother to be proud. I wanted all the things you want and also feel silly for wanting. I wanted readers to say they'd enjoyed something of mine - to see my photo in magazines where I'd seen photos of other writers.

The moves in media stocks are never earnings based.

A family of four earning $15,000 annually will have a $260 savings. That's a meaningful amount.

After a long product portfolio transition, we forecast that Bristol-Myers could return to a period of sustained high teens earnings per share growth in 2007-2010.

Once you earn the No. 1 ranking, the toughest part is holding on to it.

Ian Scott

Oil prices should be supported by renewed imports into China. The banks, however, should see some moderation in their very strong earnings momentum.

Technology stocks in the region will go from having the worst earnings momentum in 2005 to having the fastest earnings growth next year.

Technology needs to be the leader on the way up, because it was the leader on the way down. Even though the earnings reports are miserable, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. That's what investors are looking at right now.