Patrick Murphy Quotations

The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the process by continuing to pay attention to the conversation and holding their leaders accountable for the decisions they make.

I don't think 'my way or the highway' works, that mentality. And that's what the Tea Party has done: drawn a line in the sand. I'm sorry - that doesn't work in business, that doesn't work in your family, it certainly doesn't work in government and our Congress.

The Tea Party movement went off on a more extreme agenda that I did not support at all, and was very frustrated by it, to the point that not only did I change parties, I decided to do something about it and run for Congress.

I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.

My dad's a Republican. My dad's my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to register to vote. My dad's Republican, so that's what I decided to register as.

Whether it's threats to Medicare, cuts in education spending, or Internet privacy, the ramifications got young people out to vote and should be enough to keep them involved in our political system.

Young people deserve stable employment opportunities and not mountains of debt. When young people can access the middle class, America is strengthened.

I don't believe in this administration; that's why I am doing what I'm doing.

We told (the team) before the game that this was why they came to Alabama to play in front of a record crowd and a great stadium against a good opponent.

He was a great kid. He was a very quiet boy.

I think we saw a little short-covering late in the day. Tomorrow should be a fairly slow morning and you might have a little flattening out of positions ahead of the Fed. I think overall, all eyes will be on the Fed.

I think it was a mistake and I admit it. I should have voted more.

I think this is going to go down as a 'Good God, let's not do this again' thing.

Just because you're pro-choice doesn't mean you're a Democrat.

I saw with my own eyes what's wrong in Iraq. That changed me. I came here to make a change.

Some guys don't think it's time to question our government, but the fact is I love my country, ... We need to have an exit strategy now.

I think I looked up once and saw five hits (on the scoreboard) and four were home runs. The two, Ramsey and Burford, both had two strikes and I thought they really had a good approach. They stayed within themselves and they got a pitch they could hit and took advantage of it.

I think I have fresh ideas and energy I'm bringing to the table.

That wasn't the time to question our government,

We joked about it often. It was just by downplaying ourselves and changing our hair color and such,

We joked about it often, but it really was just by downplaying ourselves and changing our hair color and such,

We left a lot on base early on and it took big hits from the freshmen to get us going, but after Monty's home run everybody seemed to relax.

We said after the Florida series, if (Owens) comes in and does what she did Tuesday (against Florida) we're going to be fine all year because she's pitching really well right now, much better than she did in the non-conference portion.

We had the number-one offense with over 300 points, but we also had the worst defense. We're hoping we can shore up the defense, maintain that high level of play on offense, and we'll be competitive with anyone.

We wanted an opportunity to meet with (the commission's) staff and clarify issues and discuss options.

It wouldn't take much for that to happen.

So then he found the military. That surprised me too, 'cause he wasn't the military type. He became something great as a result. And I think he really liked it. So, he was doing what he wanted to do.

As long as we are doing the job, the Iraqis are going to say, 'The Americans are here,' ... You need to give them the incentive to do it.

There's all this resistance out there right now. The trend is to sell into any rally, so people feel like, 'Why should we buy?,' ... In terms of what's coming up, we have the Fed meeting tomorrow.

It was an amazing day; we had great at-bats and that was the game plan. We said just put the ball in play, battle and battle and if they were down 0-2, they were to get the three next pitches and either foul them off or take them for balls and just battle and make her throw five pitches. They followed the game plan to a tee.

It might not break the letter of the law, but what (Fitzpatrick's) doing is breaking the spirit of the law.

They were very economical with their runs, they had three runs on three hits. We just didn't come up with timely hits. (Tomorrow) If we start the rally we're going to keep it going. Hitting is usually contagious and it wasn't tonight.

This is a very good team. I hope they win a bunch of games and I think they'll contend for the title in the Missouri Valley Conference.

It's realistic that you get to 90 percent. That stretches you, but it can be done. Statistically speaking, you can't go much further beyond that.

I didn't know if she had it in her this early in the season to pitch three days in a row so effectively. I guess she answered that question.

I don't think today and yesterday she was as good as she was against Florida for whatever reason, but today was good enough for a no-hitter. It's so great to see a senior who's put in the work and the effort in the off-season and the pre-season to perform at the highest level her last year.

He read a lot. At one point he was going to be a philosopher.