Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jack Schweers

Regardless of who we're playing, we want to play as good as we can this time of year. We had a good practice (Monday), and we hope to be at our best (in the sectional).

Paul Bush

Regardless of whether you're looking at grapes, apples, cherries or any kind of fruit, you'll get the best color around here.

Rick Barnes

Regardless of what people are saying, N.C. State has not offered me the job. Texas is one of the best jobs in the country, and I'm happy here.

Kevin Marsh

Regardless of how I played, this was the best week of my life. It would have been the best week of my life if I had finished up on Wednesday, really. Being here for the first time you just want to soak up the experience as much as you can. But it also makes you hungry to get back, and prove that you really do belong.

Gloria Estefan

Regardless of culture or language, they really enjoy the album. And that to me, is the best thing.

Laurieann Gibson

Recently, Lady Gaga was motivated to take the helm of the creative direction of her career and as such I decided to step away. I am extremely proud of her, and in stepping away I wish her all the best.

Jim Shannon

Rebounding and defense were big keys for us. They're much bigger than us, but we more than held our own on the boards. And we got after them on defense. It was our best defensive game of the year.

Bob Myers

Rebecca and Christina are probably two of the best girls in the state; there's a very good chance they'll place in the top five at states. Those girls are just great leaders. I think we're going to win it all. The girls we have are good, they have two great leaders to follow.

David Pottruck

Recent trading volumes are propelling the company to its best quarter ever in terms of revenues and profits.

Ken Joyce

Our pitching was outstanding this series and I really thought our bullpen was good.

Willie Randolph

Our pitching. I told them that we're not going to do anything unless we pitched well. Our starters have done a nice job and our bullpen has been much better.

Dino Ebel

Our pitching has been coming around. The starters have been giving us plus innings and the bullpen has been holding it. The confidence level has risen big time around here - you can feel it.

Felipe Alou

Our starting pitching wasn't what we thought. (Jason) Schmidt started opening day. Kirk Rueter was the second day. Then (Brett) Tomko, then Lowry. Then the whole picture changed. Rueter's not even here now. Tomko is in the bullpen twice. Lowry is our No. 2, and we don't have a No. 3. We have three children we could throw in any order.

Bruce Bochy

Our bullpen struggled. That was the difference in the game.

Mike Scioscia

Our bullpen stepped up in a big way. We were fortunate to get out of the sixth inning with no damage. Whether we won or lost today is not going to matter in the long run, but with the win today we can carry our momentum forward into the next games.

Dave Roberts

Our bullpen obviously is the strongest part of our team. I like our chances, I really do. If we can get to the bullpen ...

Ron Gardenhire

Our bullpen looks like they need to be in those situations a little more, and hopefully we'll get them in there.

John Crumbley

Our bullpen let us down a little bit, but we fought back and scored some runs.

E. B. White

Part of it is because our volunteers are awesome. They are very reliable. Everything went smoothly. Every volunteer who said they were going to come did. This is our eighth time and we have learned a lot.

Mark Shapiro

Our offense got going after he moved to third. We moved him from ninth to eighth to sixth to third, which is a rough responsibility for a player in his first year in the big leagues, and he hasn't blinked.

Ben Braaten

Our team has an interesting mix with five upper classmen, five freshmen and an eighth grader.

John Waller

Our words this week were focus, execute and intensity. I don?t know if we showed any of that in the first half. We?re just too young to play this kind of game at this point in the season. I wish it was the eighth game.

Lisa Bluder

I think eighth grade is really the earliest. You can tell there's a special kid there at that young of an age.

Brian Hill

That's two in a row on the road after 16 straight losses. This season is not over until after game 82. That eighth spot is anybody's and is up for grabs now.

Dan Peitz

Like I've said before, I can't get to a mile and an eighth fast enough.

Becky Emrich

I was thrilled for them (after districts) because when they were in eighth grade, they had potential. Seeing that I had a small part in helping them reach that potential is special to me.

Eric Ligtenberg

I was happy with our eighth graders. They have never competed in a match like this. I am sure it was a little intimidating for them. It was a learning experience.

Paul Davis

I was just going in, and I went up, and I think it was an elbow that hit me. I'm just glad that I can still see and everything, that it's not swelling up.

Jeff Adrien

I don't even really remember what happened. I just put my elbow back and I guess I hit him. It wasn't intentional. I was just playing hard.

John Gibbons

It could be his forearm, and it could be his elbow. We don't know. He has had that elbow reconstructed in the past, so he knows his body.

Rick Carlisle

He's had this problem in his elbow for over a month and it's not healing. We're going to hold him out for a while until he's really right. It will be at least a week, with a possibility that it could be significantly longer. We're not going to go on like this, having him in and out of the lineup, thinking he's going to be able to play then not being able to go. It's too tough on everybody.

Octavio Dotel

I worked on my elbow and I learned how to play poker. That was all I did. I didn't want to watch games on television because it was too painful. I missed pitching.

John Gibbons

He had great stuff. He went out there a few times and pitched very good for us. He may have had a tender elbow at times. To be honest with you, it doesn't surprise me. We knew he could pitch.

Rod Thorn

He had a knee operation when he was in high school. He's never missed a game with the knee problem in the N.B.A.; never missed a practice or game. The only thing he's ever missed any games for in the N.B.A. was for an elbow operation.

Kurt Johnson

He'll still have his fingers up to his elbows in it. He'll always be here.

Toney Baker

My elbow was down. I saw the (video board), but at first I did (think he was in).

Matt Cressman

Paul worked his butt off tonight. I thought he had waited too long to pass it, but he timed it just right and Mike finished it for us.

Jesse Jackson

Part of our mission is to finish unfinished business.

Sean Foster

Steve played fired-up tonight. He was taking hits and still finishing plays inside. When he can score inside it opens up things for our shooters.

Jerry Wainwright

Statistics point to what happened in this game. We had problems finishing plays where we had the size advantage, and it was painful at the free-throw line.

Karl Malone

Starting off my career, I wasn't a good free throw shooter, and I worked at it and worked at it, and now I want to go up there and shoot free throws, and now... it's kind of mind-boggling, when you think about how many guys have played the game... when I finish playing and I look back on it, I think it'll be huge. Right now I'm still playing the game, it's kind of tough to really stop and think about it.

Catherine Lee

Some of the prongs are not down on the stone. The stone setter didn't finish his job.

Brent Eddy

Our team score was good enough to finish third but we still think we can improve our numbers.

Jim Sandusky

Our strength is hitting and offense. We've been moving kids around the infield and outfield and still finishing where they fit in.

Byron Dorgan

Our soldiers are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for their country, and we must do our part. And that means voting for the funds they need to finish the job.

Don Porter

Our national federations are legitimate members, some are stronger, some are weaker.

Antonio McDyess

Rip is on one leg out there, so we have to pick up the slack.

Bebe Neuwirth

When I was born, they put casts on my legs 'cause I had some kind of dysplasia or something. My legs were all messed up.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I need to get back to work,” Patch said. He gave me a once-over that lingered a bit below the hips. “Killer skirt. Deadly legs.

Vincent D'Onofrio

We need substantial legitimate work on television, ... and we don't need to lose shows like that -- we need to get more of them.

Laura Reiff

We need a legal vehicle for people to come in.

Jorge Zamora

I want to work legally here; that would give my son more. If I have the chance, I want to be legal. It would be much easier.

Ryan Whitney

I went to put my stick between his legs and lift his stick up, but I just got him too high. I didn't mean to spear him. It was just an accident.

Steve Burns

That was important because it set a legal precedent.