Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Zaid

Recreational marijuana use is a fact of life nowadays. It doesn't stop Supreme Court justices from getting on the bench and doesn't stop presidents from getting elected, so why should it stop someone from getting hired by the FBI?

DaQuan Gibson

Recently, the foul trouble has been working for us. It?s given our bench a reason to step up and perform. They met the challenge tonight, but we just ran into a game opponent.

Bob McKillop

Pat Dennis' team don't quit and they don't give up. My heart was in my mouth in the first half, when we got in some early foul trouble. Thank goodness our bench was as resilient as it was.

Jeff Parker

Sustainable development is a benchmark of our policies. We want to have sustainable communities that thrive. We have power and we have water, and we have all those things that are an artifact of our mining operation.

Jim Snyder

Starting has given me a lot more confidence in my game. For a shooter, it's hard to come off the bench cold. When you start, you get a feel for the game right away.

Ray Tanner

Some guys that work hard and don't get that many opportunities got in there and swung the bats. I was glad to see that. That gives you a good feeling about your bench and depth.

Rodney Jones

Our starting guards didn't come out of the gates, but Jeremy came off the bench and kept scoring when we needed the offense. He was a good third option.

Chauncey Billups

Our focus today was to just come out and play our game and take what the defense gives us. I love when our bench gets the opportunity to play a lot of extended minutes. Whenever we get that opportunity, it's a big plus.

Hank Hargraves

Our goal is to be district champions - and if that doesn't happen, our goal is to win a state championship. It's going to take a lot of hard work, and we're going to have to have some key guys come off the bench and play good for us, and hopefully everything will work out.

Terry Ragsdale

Recent labor statistics were already a concern, and another down-leg in consumer confidence seems likely.

Frank Rossi

Our last three games with Hyde have been like this. So this was nothing new. I think we are playing with confidence now.

Paul Ashworth

Such a rapid escalation in prices is sure to hit confidence and real spending hard.

Stephen Bell

Surprisingly, I think our girls have a little more confidence heading into tomorrow's round. The golf course is playing hard and we did not play our best, so to be within striking distance is a positive sign for our team.

Nicole Vaidisova

Sure, I have a little confidence after winning two titles, but everything is new here. It is new balls, a new court and different temperatures. It's very different than Seoul and Tokyo. It was a slow start, but then I got more comfortable in the second set and was able to get the win.

Shaun Pollock

Sport is a confidence game and no doubt a win will give us so much hope for the summer.

Daymond Langkow

Some of the saves he made were very timely saves and that's huge for us. It's nice having the confidence with him back there.

Nick Licari

Our team has shown that we have a lot of poise. We feel confident in what we're doing. That's a big part of this, confidence and maturity.

David Mitchell

Our running game has been struggling, and the key was to try to get on top of these guys early and work the ground game. We wanted to develop some confidence in our running game, which we did tonight.

Dave Roberts

Regardless of what our record is, the goal is to make the playoffs. If you win 100 games and you don't get to the postseason, what good is it? I guarantee you every single team that wins more games than us this year would like to be in our position.

Steve Yzerman

Regardless of how the game is played, there will be low-scoring games, and good teams have to win 1-0 or 2-1 (in the playoffs).

Terri Sullivan

Record wise we want to get back on track, so we know the opportunity is there to play games and do something with them. At this time of the year we're looking to play as many games as we can.

Ray Allen

Records are always made to be broken. I have a long way to go, games to play, threes to hit. The key is getting to playoff basketball.

Mike Rucker

Records and things like that are made to be broken. The odds can come out on a game and you might be the underdog. Is that saying that the underdog wins? No. I don't think we put a whole lot of stock in that.

Rick Stansbury

Reggie needs to not always look for the 3-pointer. He's got to play off that dribble, take it to the hole, which he's done more lately. A mid-range game opens up the 3-point shot. It makes him a more versatile player. And he needs to be a screener, because screeners get open. But it's getting better.

Lana Ross

Our region is tough. We're going with the same lineup to give our players a lot of at bats. Right now, we're sore. We've played a lot of games with a little rest. Our pitchers are doing just enough and Maple Woods is a good team.

Jacques Rogge

Organizing the Games is never easy. But I am glad the fundamentals are sound.

Scott White

Oregon and Washington State are the most physical, hardest-fought games every year. You always have to pick it up a notch when you go play at Oregon.

Jim Calhoun

Regardless of our success over the years, whatever it may be, Providence has always played us close. Providence has given us a lot of problems.

Richard Hartley

Previously, I wouldn't have given us a good grade at all. But since we have (business manager Renee Hinton) in place, we're doing a much better job. I don't know if I'd give us a letter grade.

Wang Jian

Our research showed that about one-fourth to one-third of the tickets to a performance are given to government organs without charge.

Jerry Rickrode

Our mental psyche has not been real strong. But I'll say the guys haven't given up on it. We're working hard and trying to make adjustments.

Margaret Keane

Stand up for your rights and be brave, and don't be intimidated. Read your Bible. That's really given me strength, and it will give you strength. Pray, and use God's name, Jehovah. And never tell a lie, ever.

Eric Smith

Some of the requirements had given us very challenging manufacturing tasks.

Chris Klein

Our problem is holding that lead and making Houston or any other team panic when they're a goal down. We've twice now given up that lead too quickly.

Patrick Manteiga

Our staff has given them some break. This is just a group without a lot of money.

Robert Sasaki

Our scenario in 1999 is that 10,000 on the Nikkei is a given - 8,000 is possible. We think that if the market goes to 8,000 it's good. It's not going to stay there for very long.

Pete Carroll

Reggie just tried too hard on that play and he'll regret it forever. Reggie was just trying to get a TD.

Linda Ronstadt

Parkinson's is very hard to diagnose. So when I finally went to a neurologist, and he said, 'Oh, you have Parkinson's disease,' I was completely shocked.

John Berlin

(Paul) is a perfectionist. She works so hard on hurdles and it really shows.

Malik Rose

Part of me thinks Larry likes it, people not knowing what he wants or whatever. All I know is I go as hard as I can when I'm out there. Sometimes, things just don't go your way.

Bertrand Russel

Our mental make-up is suited to a life of very severe physical labor

Dan Rucker

Our motto is play hard to play another day.

Steven Lopez

People in the U.S. didn't know what taekwondo was. But they saw what the Lopezes were able to do with all the love and support and hard work we put in, and what we accomplished. It makes me feel real lucky to be in a position like that.

David Walton

People only see you as your last role, so it's hard to break out of that.

Samantha Morton

People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.

Steve Wilson

Some of the things offensively are starting to come together,

Beck

Every time you go in, it's like starting over. You don't know how you did the other records. You're learning all over. It's some weird musician amnesia, or maybe the road wipes it out.

Brian Boland

I think Doug is starting to take it to another level.

Bill Budge

The power of the computer is starting to spread.

Anquan Boldin

I think we are just starting to get where we need to be.

Marcus Williams

I think that we know we're good. I wouldn't say it's 100 percent, but we're starting to see flashes.

Andre Williams

I think everybody's starting to realize, we've got to make it work. We've got to get through it.

Simon Gagne

I'm starting to feel better. ... I have to say, I think the three of us are starting to feel a little more energy.

Rob Niedermayer

I didn't want to go. I really wanted to stay. Things were starting to go well. I was pretty disappointed when I got traded.