Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dan Callahan

Our starting pitching was, to put it bluntly, lousy this weekend. We know we're having some defensive problems, but we can't expect to be a contending team in the Valley with starting pitching like that.

Greg Anthony

Right now with the roster as it exists, they're nowhere near contending. They're not even contending for the playoffs. That's going to be a tough pill to swallow for (Garnett). When you look up and you're now 30, and you don't see the team contending, it's hard. It's going to be a big dilemma for Kevin and those guys in what direction they go in.

Rocky Nelson

Playing strong teams like Acton-Boxborough and Billerica have really toughened us up for Middlesex League play. A year ago we weren't ready for league play. Now we're in game shape. We'll definitely be a contender for the league title. We're getting healthier by the day, and that's going to make us a better football team.

Chris McDonnell

I was a little disappointed in the position as I thought we could contend for the title. But we just didn't race like I thought we would.

Dennis Ross

That's the new struggle of our time, and we have to frame it that way to understand what we're contending with and why it's so important for us not to fail.

Turkish Proverbs

It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.

Kurt Busch

It feels good to get off to a great start. But we're just two races in. I'd like to say that we're a championship contender with the way we ended last year and we'll just try to keep our momentum rolling forward.

William Stafford

I am a person a dictionary-maker has to contend with. I am a living evidence in the development of language.

Davis Love

I feel like I can contend every week but, when you get to a place like here or Hilton Head where you've done well consistently, it gives you a lot of confidence.

Jason Stanford

Part of leadership is listening, and some of Chris' good friends told him that there is a better way to defend the top 10 percent rule. And we're reworking his defense of the top 10 percent rule, and we'll have it up soon.

Nina Holland

People have this remarkable difference in enzymes that defend their health from pesticide exposure.

Dick Heimann

Someone has to be there to guard the gates to make sure we do things right and to defend the company.

Adam Schiff

Our soldiers are the foundation of the nation's security and they must have the tools they need to defend themselves and this nation.

Kevin Klette

Our forwards were out of position and our defenders were in the middle of the ice and we got beat. It wasn't pretty.

Donald Rumsfeld

reminding participants of the sacrifices of this generation and of each previous generation that have so successfully defended our freedoms.

Jeff Houston

We've tried a lot of kids in that position - sometimes playing them out of position. We've got to find someone who can get in there, defend and grab some rebounds for us.

Todd Parker

We've talked a lot about the fact that the kids would like to defend the league title they got last year. If we keep winning in the OCC-Buckeye and pick off Reynoldsburg, we'll need them to lose one more game. Reynoldsburg's a good team and we're going to try and pick them off.

Ted Cruz

I will keep my word. My father fled Cuba, and I will fight to defend liberty because my family knows what it's like to lose it.

John Potter

Regardless of where they are, we'll move their mail to them, ... My message to everybody is, if they are relocated, please inform us.

Nile Easton

Our plows get stuck in traffic just like everybody else because we're just idling with the rest of traffic.

Rich Rodriguez

Pat's got a different gear and I think everybody saw that.

Alfee Reft

Passing a float-serve is not easy, and he has a good one. We know he has a good serve. Everybody knows he has a good serve. But you can't come into a game letting that be your whole mentality. You have to focus on all aspects.

Mark Peterson

Paul Warner's a great guy. Everybody likes Paul Warner. But he votes wrong every time it comes to family issues. He says it has to do with limited government and that ideology. His ideology gets in the way of families in our neighborhoods.

John Grahame

Our main goal down the stretch here is to have that consistency. Everybody played well and intense.

Tyleen Tausaga

Our lineup is, like, mean. (Batters) 1 through 9 can hit. So if everybody hits on the same day, we should be unstoppable.

Frank Michalowski

Our No. 1 goal is to get as many as we can to state. Second, we want everybody to get a personal-best or season-best times.

Kerwin Forges

Our league is pretty deep. Everybody's got a good team. Everybody plays hard. It comes down to who plays the hardest.

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 Burd

Our strategy to differentiate our offering has resulted in broad-based sales improvement.

Stephen Straus

We noticed too little improvement in my mind to justify the use of this treatment,

Greg Lee

I think there's a lot more room for improvement. I don't think you're ever going to be as perfect as you want to be, but we're striving to be that perfect team.

Kevin Garnett

I think there needs to be some style improvement but at the same time it has to be with in reasons.

Clint Hurdle

I think there is improvement. More optimism maybe today than there was yesterday.

George Cunningham

I think it's very nice. It's a big improvement.

Ned Yost

I think his improvement has come more on the mental side than the physical side,

John Lonski

I think this testimony is much more confident. His worry that the improvement will not be sustained is less pronounced.

Penny Circle

He is responding to treatment and shows improvement every day.

Kathy Raymond

We've transformed what was a very regional type of tournament into a world event.

Richard Aboulafia

It has a big feel in a regional jet.

Jeff Jensen

Keep our water treatment plant, ... Don't go with the regional system.

Ian Mckellen

When I left Cambridge, I applied to regional repertory theaters in the U.K. and got accepted by one of them... And here I am, still at it.

Duane Gubler

Singapore probably underscores the need for regional controls.

Ferran Adria

There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.

Timothy Simons

After school, I was planning to jump from regional theater to regional theater.

Joschka Fischer

The situation in Iraq is dangerous but the regional situation is also very complicated and precarious.

B. F. Skinner

We have a lot of regional qualifiers. We've been there before but now we want to get them to state.

Kevin Sheridan

Remember, this has only been operational for 90 days. What you're seeing is version 1.1.

Rick Ochoa

I think the weather you're seeing in Texas is very unusual. You would have to go back to the '50s to see the kind of dryness you're seeing. I don't think we've seen anything like this in a generation.

Johnny Damon

That was good, just seeing Keith out there, doing his thing. He's only going to get better.

Reggie Bush

I'm sick of seeing us on TV. We're on TV so much, it's ridiculous.

Reggie Bush

I'm sick of seeing it on TV. I'm sure they are.

Lorne Michaels

I think you're seeing the wave of the future.

Jim Myers

I'd vote for her in a heartbeat. I didn't think that before seeing what she's about.

Tony Soprano

I was seeing a therapist myself about a year ago, ... I had some issues.

Woody Williams

When he's seeing everything good, there's not a whole lot you can do about it.