Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jermaine Dye

I had a game plan going up there, ... I know he throws a lot of sliders. He throws hard, but usually his fastball is just to keep you honest. And I stuck with the game plan of going up there looking for a slider and just not trying to do too much.

Dennis Lehane

I had a 97 mile-an-hour fast ball, and I couldn't hit the plate. Like Nuke LaLoosh.

If you're a team, how do you take a running back who doesn't run a 40-yard dash? At some point, you've got to find out how fast somebody is.

If you look in the 1990s, in every one of the 50 states, non-Anglo Hispanic populations grew faster than Anglo populations. It's a very pervasive pattern.

I'm really happy with our time (in the quarter-final race). It was faster than the German A-team, which makes us confident.

I'm pushing him a lot to swim faster and he keeps pushing me. I'm not more motivated to swim faster because of them. I swim faster for the team.

I'm just wondering if I'm doing all the right things to make sure (my 11-year-old cat) Smokey lives as healthy and long a life as possible. He doesn't jump like he used to and he's not as fast as he used to be, and I question how many years he has left. When will I know that his quality of life is deteriorating?

Joe Glenn

I'm pleased with the talent level. We have tough guys, we have big guys, we have fast guys. Just some real talented guys.

Roger Craig

I'm just going to run smart. I'm not going to go out as fast as I did the last two or three marathons. I'm going to go on an even pace and finish strong. ... I want to high-step in the last 100 meters.

Dusty Baker

I'm seeing a fresh start to me. I've got a pretty good idea, watching him hit, of his strengths and weaknesses. When the games start, I'll get an even better idea. The thing I don't know yet is, is he a fast starter? Slow starter? It's like with D-Lee -- how many at-bats does he need?

I haven't been fast in the two-man here at all, not last year, not in training. I just, for some reason, haven't been quick here. I have been fast in the four-man. ... I'm hoping we can pull it off next week.

Sarah Fisher

I had to grow up real fast that year. I moved out on my own; had to pay my own bills... I matured very quickly and I think that helped me.

I had nothing going for me. My fastball was flat. I couldn't locate and was leaving the ball in the white (over the plate). I've got to be more consistent. All our starters need to be more consistent.

I had a pretty good trip. They went pretty fast the first part of it, so about the five-sixteenths pole I just swung around all the horses in front of me.

It not only makes us swim faster but it makes us tougher.

It'll be fast moving. I think people will stay interested. We're anticipating between 100 to 150 people to attend.

Bill Cowher

It'll be a normal Wednesday practice, fast tempo and just a normal practice.

Alan Stern

It'll be the fastest spacecraft ever to Jupiter13 months after launch. We pass the Moon in just nine hours.

Bruce Bochy

It looked like he didn't get it where he wanted it, ... It was a fastball or cutter out over the plate.

It just stinks that he wasn't using his head one night, going too fast for these roads.

It's great to be able to come here and not have to worry about the weather. The game is really played at a faster pace indoors.

It seemed like to me they were a lot faster than last year, ... And it didn't seem like they missed as many tackles.

Jason LaRue

It seemed like he's done it a lot of times. It might have only been 10 throws, 15 throws, but he warmed up pretty fast and he was ready. He was ready a long time before we went out.

It was a middle-in fastball -- my favorite pitch.

It was more of getting a rhythm and getting strike one. Getting strike one on a hitter makes it easier. I was pounding the fastball in there, keeping it down on the inner half and the outer half.

Loren Roberts

It was nice that it went in. Realistically, when I hit it, I was thinking about getting it down there. I just wanted to get it around the hole. It went in a little faster than I wanted it to. But it went in and it went in pretty hard.

E. O. Wilson

It was nasty. The nastiest one, though, was when he struck out Lane on a fastball down. That's where he's got to learn to pitch.

Ben Sheets

I've just got to locate a little better on my fastball - that makes me have confidence, when I locate the ball a little better.

Maisie Williams

I've had a fast track to who I want to be. I know all of my friends are struggling to what to pick in college, and I've been given a fast pass to kick start my future.

Marcus Thomas

It was fast last year because I was still trying to learn the plays. This year, it's slower because I'm a vet now. I was here every day of the summer. I didn't miss a day. And I got faster. (Now), I'm just learning from two good backs.

Chad Bradford

It was so fast - bam, bam - and than it was over with.

It was so pretty I told him that I needed to sell the house I'm in now and move into that one. He laughed and said maybe someday, but right now 'you just don't run fast enough to be able to live in that neighborhood.'

It was teenage bravado, I thought I was faster than the snake.