Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Ryan

The number of procedures that he was performing at one hospital in particular (Lourdes), greatly exceeded anything that any other cardiologist was doing.

It was just a matter of time before the expectations exceeded the results.

Once again, considering we are wrestling with half a team and down a varsity wrestler, our performance exceeded our own expectations.

I've got a little plan for him each year and so far he's exceeded every plan I've had, ... At the end of '06 he's going to be a premier pitcher, and the '07 season is going to be one when all the pieces are there.

Martina Hingis

I've exceeded my own expectations and am happy to be playing good tennis once again.

It's very exciting. I think I have exceeded at least my expectations.

This team has met and exceeded all of my expectations. Most of these kids were undefeated as a JV team. But I did not return a single varsity starter. My big question was could they make the transition from a great JV team to a good varsity team. I'd have to say they've turned into a great varsity team.

This was better than I expected. I thought that mike would place first and the others would get second. They exceeded our expectations.

We knew that there were going to be some hurricane-related distortions in the September data, but this really exceeded our worst fears. This was a turn for the worst.

To say that we knew she was going to improve and excel at the rate that she is, that would not be a true statement. She has exceeded the schedule that I thought. She is probably already at the point where I thought she would be in two years.

Jon Gruden

He really hasn't exceeded our expectations; our expectations were very high for him. He's just got it all in front of him; he's going to be a great football player.

Operationally they exceeded expectations in terms of production; their production volume was up significantly from year ago.

Oh, heavens yes. I can't say enough about how fun it is. It has just really exceeded my hopes.

Michael Chertoff

That 'perfect storm' of a combination of catastrophes exceeded the foresight of the planners, and maybe anybody's foresight,

George H. W. Bush

That perfect storm combination of catastrophes exceeded the foresight of the planners and maybe anybody's foresight,

A lot of people thought he could just run the football, but they found out that he could throw the football. I knew he'd do a great job because he's the ultimate competitor. He exceeded our expectations.

This is being done because things are going well. We met or exceeded our expectations for every quarter of the year.

This is a really special group of players and I'm just so proud of them. They've exceeded my expectations and they've been a joy to coach.

This group has kind of exceeded expectations all year long. It's just kind of weird to be back in this position again. I'm just happy for these guys because they've been through a lot.

There were probably a lot of people who thought we might not have made it this far, but we did. I feel like, even though we aren't in the championship game, that we exceeded expectations.

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This just exceeded all expectations ? the things we've seen, the support from everyone.

Kim Williams

They met and quite possibly exceeded my expectations for the first meet of the year.

They exceeded what they guided to pretty significantly.

They exceeded our expectations. They were killing us inside in the first half. We were able to adjust.

Darryl Sutter

Every goal that we've quietly set in our room, our players have reached it as a team. As a team, we've exceeded what I've expected. What we haven't exceeded -- or reached -- is individuals, where we thought they should be.

We had some fairly high expectations and it exceeded our expectations. We're more than happy.

What a tremendous accomplishment this is. We felt like we were going to have a great year, but this has already exceeded what we thought. ... To win and HVL championship is pretty special.

We were really down in numbers for the tournament. This group showed heart and what working with each other can do. It's just a testament to us, as a team, how we pulled together. We were all of the same mindset. They have exceeded my expectations at this point in the season.

Paul Allen

What's happened so far has exceeded my expectations.

We're very happy because we way exceeded Wall Street's expectations, and I think that's why the stock is way up,

In January we exceeded the first three months' performance.

Georg Hackl

I'm too old to race further. I have exceeded the expiration date.