Alex Quotations

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.

Everyone has someone they looked up to. Mine was Mickey Mantle. For Alex Rodriguez to idolize me coming up, that makes me feel very good.

I'm very much influenced by your traditional comic book artists like Jack Kirby, Alex Toth and Walter Simonson. Their styles were sort of what I was gravitating towards.

In ramp skating, there's this guy Alex Perelson who's really coming into his own and doing some amazing new stuff we haven't seen before. Just different types of spin.

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.

Maine likes to call itself 'America's Vacationland.' For many artists, though, it's the office. Since the 19th century, painters from all over the country - including Edward Hopper, Alex Katz, John Marin, Fairfield Porter, Neil Welliver and Andrew Wyeth - have spent large chunks of time there.

With my earlier books, I got quite bored being with one protagonist all the way through. With the Alex Morrow books, I wanted to do something a bit more holistic, so there were lots of different points of view, and I wanted to look at aspects of crime that you don't tend to look at.

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.

I've never played for a draw in my life.

I and Alex Salmond are not in competition - we are on the same side; we are on the same team, working together.

Portraying Alex Summers, I want to look as athletic as his character is in the comics.

But then I always wanted to play for Rangers. Man United is a great club and Alex Ferguson is a legend.

I was saluted by Alex Ferguson when I was subbed and that made me very happy.

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.

Until Alex got there, I think I was going to play every day, ... Hopefully, one day, I can be an everyday player again. ... But being here in Houston has been a blessing for me, there's no doubt.

We remember Alex and his family in our prayers. We have cards going out to the members of the pep band and our team wants to do something as a tribute to Alex in his remembrance.

We believe we're doing things the right way and in Steve McClaren we believe we have the manager who can deliver. There are good reasons why he was taken on by Jim Smith and Sir Alex Ferguson and why he's Sven-Goran Eriksson's No 2.

What Sir Alex said cost him a bottle of wine. I had a nice bottle of red to give him for his birthday, but after what he said he can sod off.

Very few times do you see a player who you can say he can be as good as he wants to be. Literally. I saw Alex Rodriguez in high school, and you could say it about him. That's what I think about Carlos.

Yes, Alex is playing her first year on varsity, but she's been there before. She came with us to the state playoffs every year. She's a solid midfielder consistent with her play.

Yes, I do want to get back into football, I haven't lost the faith. Alex wants to help with my fitness, keeping my edge and maintaining the focus.

It's a great honour to be asked to be the next manager of Manchester United. I am delighted that Sir Alex saw fit to recommend me for the job. I have great respect for everything he has done and for the football club.

Alex McLeish will have had kittens - literally.

There are some players that have a quiet confidence in what they can do. I believe Alex has that confidence. ... He believes in himself. He knows he has paid the price to properly prepare for the opportunity.

We have really had a balanced attack this year. Chandler and Alex have both shot the ball really well at times, and the seniors have really helped the juniors come along.

We have inexperienced players, but players who have been waiting in the wings. Alex is an outstanding blocker and is a big target who runs the field. He fits what we want to do at that position.

We've relied on Patrick a lot this year, but I feel confident in Charlie, Alex and the others. We've got the arms there. If we can get them to throw strikes that's my main concern. Charlie is our most consistent throwing strikes after Patrick. That's what I'm going to be looking for in the first game of the tournament.

What I did to Alex was wrong. He can do whatever he wants. If he wants to play for Japan, fine for him.

Let me tell you this, Alex will know who the next manager will be if he has to go,

Last year we had (University of Utah quarterback) Alex Smith at the first pick (by San Francisco). It was a $24 million guarantee and he was averaging $8.5 million a year.

She slipped a little behind leaving the gate, but Alex played it cool. He sat still and waited to move.

Shortly before she died, Alex spoke to us about butterflies, and we released them at her funeral as a beautiful tribute to her life. Since then, the butterfly has come to symbolize Alex, her life and her work. The Alexandra Scott Butterfly Award will serve as an enduring tribute to her memory, and we congratulate Grace as this year's winner.

Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful manager Manchester United have ever had. It is ridiculous for people to suggest he leaves. Who do they want to replace him? Ron Atkinson, Tommy Docherty?

Sir Alex Ferguson is one of the best managers in football history.

Sir Alex and Carlos made their views known and I can only reiterate what they said. Ruud has a two-year contract with Manchester United and remains very much part of our long-term planning. I saw what came out of Italy yesterday but as far as I am concerned, it is just mischief making.

Mike lost at 133, but on the other hand, we won two overtime matches (Sean Pearson and 152 and Alex Pearson at 171), and Danny Williams (13-0) wins with 10 seconds left (at 189). They won eight bouts, and we won six.

My horse was getting a little bit tired. They quickened at the half-mile pole and it looked like maybe Alex got a little breather around the turn. My horse is so big, I was really asking him going to the quarter pole, but Alex was just cruising and we just couldn't quite make up that much ground.

My horse was getting a little bit tired. I was really asking him going to the quarter pole, but Alex was just cruising and we just couldn't quite make up that much ground.

Obviously I'm disappointed not to be going away with the Wallabies but I'm looking forward to the Queensland tour and the chance to try out a few new things I've learnt from Alex Evans (the Reds' forwards coach).

Obviously, me and Alex never knew that this was possible. It would be great if that could happen. I remember talking about this day when I was a little kid in Pop Warner football.

Obviously he and Alex were very close. He was another one blocking for Alex and all the guys across the line. This death affects everyone who came in contact with him. He was a guy you remember. You feel it.

Nick is 22-2 and he's having a great season. All of those guys are juniors except for Alex Saunders, who's also doing well as a freshman, so that bodes well for the future if they can have that much success as underclassmen.

I don't feel like he's doing a poor job. Statistics, positive and negative, don't always bear out with what you see when you go in and look at video. So I don't feel any differently about Alex than I did a couple weeks ago.

I'd like to thank Alex and Brian Lawton for notifying us of Alex's decision prior to the arbitration hearing tomorrow in Toronto. This was not unexpected and I respect Alex for making this family decision. This creates the opportunity for additional ice time for players like Marco Sturm, Niko Dimitrakos and Milan Michalek. If and when Alex decides to return to the National Hockey League, we look forward to him playing for the San Jose Sharks.

I am glad our younger guys were able to get some valuable playing time and pick up some wins in the process. We are expecting a lot out of Alex and Carson in the future. I hope the victories make their confidence bloom.

I am thrilled to be working with Alex Sanchez as the artist on 'Katana.' His work is wildly eclectic, exciting and powerful, yet slyly humorous, which is a perfect match for Katana.

I am very confident with Alex and the rest of them out there. Alex has played a lot this year. She plays with Ivory, and I know when Ivory picked up her second foul and I took her out, we were behind at that time. Alex did a nice job running the team, and we got the lead back.

I apologized to Alex last Opening Day. I told him it came out the wrong way. We were just trying to sell books.

Casey has shown a lot of improvement in the first couple of games. Alex was hurt for a while and Casey was able to get a lot of reps in.

Baumgartner looked like it got stuck to his stick, like he double hit it, and it came right to me. I just knew to get it over Bryan Allen's knee pad there and see what could happen, and I don't think Alex Auld saw the shot.

Baseball has individual stars, as does music, and we already handle the individual sites for (baseball stars) Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds and Derek Jeter.

I feel good about our chances. But Rice is very talented. They have three right-handed pitchers who were drafted this week. They can also swing the bats. They went into LSU at Alex Box and won, so that tells you they can play a little bit.

I feel like we had a deep bench this season, but if you take Matt away from that team and you take away the connection he had with teammate Alex Powell, I don't think we would've gotten where we did.

I don't think Alex has seen a lot of 3-4. We started picking up what they were doing. Once Alex sees that look, he's a great pre-snap guy.

If Alex is claiming that an unnamed member 'might' have done something which 'might' have brought about something else which 'might' have brought about a different voting structure, then I'm afraid that this is the kind of tittle- tattle that happens after many an IOC vote.

If Alex hadn't said yes, I guess we'd have to keep going until they had to wheel me out of here. Alex is me 30 years ago. She can step right in. I've had two years to prepare her, even though she didn't know it.

He was very supportive of me, ... He saw every single play I did in New York. I'll never forget looking out into the audience and watching my brother, who was 40 years younger than my grandfather, sleeping in his chair during some of my early plays. My grandfather Alex never fell asleep.

He will gallop Friday morning and when he works on Monday, Alex Solis will be there for the work. Luis Ortega is coming for the first part and will stay through the work and then Francisco Alvarado will be here for the rest of the week.

He has spent the last month exploring and evaluating what's best for his future and it's come down to these options. Alex simply wants to get better as a young man and a student and as a quarterback. That's the bottom line and he's just trying to come to the right conclusion.

He made some throws that I'm sure he won't make this time next year. I think Alex is going to be good. I coached against John Elway in his first game, and it was very similar. You can't judge anyone by their first game.

This was not unexpected, and I respect Alex for making this family decision. This creates the opportunity for additional ice time for players like Marco Sturm , Niko Dimitrakos and Milan Michalek .

This was not unexpected and I respect Alex for making this family decision,

Today, Mark and Nico were both on duty in Barcelona. Both drivers concentrated on long runs, working on set-up, brake and tyre development. Nico will be joined by Alex for tomorrow's final day of the four day test.

Within the local area of Alex itself, wave heights can be in excess of 12 feet. So it's quite rough for shipping in that sense. They need to steer clear.

We feel it was a stroke of luck that we landed in a district and at a school that takes the speech and debate program so seriously and gives so much support. For Alex to be in a school where they really have nurtured and developed his talent has been absolutely fabulous.

Having literally dedicated the whole of his adult life to representing the people of Clarendon and Williamsburg, Alex was truly a servant of the people, ... That commitment to the ideals he lived by and the people he served will be sorely missed.

He's a real quick study. He's a bright guy. He's a very talented athlete. He's big. He's fast. . . . Alex Smith has a real bright future here.

His strong-suit is blocking. He's the guy who's going to hold down the edge for me. But Alex is the guy who is going to set the tone.

I also rate Alex McLeish very highly and I would love to have the opportunity to speak to him.

He can run but don't look for Urban to feature him as a runner as much as he did with Alex Smith. In that offense the quarterback is kind of like a wishbone quarterback in that every thing is keyed off him. Look for him to pass more than he runs. Urban really likes him.

(Jockey) Alex Solis said he feels like a brand new horse,

I thought we swung the bats, obviously, very well, and Alex threw extremely well. You have to give Duke credit, they came back and scored some runs, but we held on and got a good win.

I thought Alex did things well with the puck, saw pucks well and fought to keep position. And he found some pucks in scrambles and he fought off screens where he made himself big.

I think the big fight down the line for Alex is against Scott Harrison. That's the one I'd like to see happen when Scott moves up from featherweight. There's not a lot of love lost between the two guys and I think it would be a tremendous fight for Scottish boxing and a national TV audience. It's a fight I think Alex would win.

I think the big fight down the line for Alex is against Scott Harrison, ... That's the one I'd like to see happen when Scott moves up from featherweight. There's not a lot of love lost between the two guys and I think it would be a tremendous fight for Scottish boxing and a national TV audience. It's a fight I think Alex would win.

I thought we played two good ball games. Hunter Henderson pitched a great ball game. Hunter Jeter pitched a good game. Alex Smith came in there and closed it out. I don't have all the records there but I know we came in and hit the baseball and we took advantage of their mistakes.

I thought that Alex Brown was outstanding. I was very pleased with the way he controlled the line-outs at the end, but we should have got our reward earlier.

I thought our kids responded well (after the goal). Alex came up with some big plays for us.

I thought our guys wrestled really well today. Alex and Nick wrestled very well. Alfred was a little disappointed he didn't win, but he wrestled well. He can wrestle better yet.

I think back through the years at the Scottish players like Andy Gray and Graeme Sharp, and even Alex Scott, and they have all done well. I'm not one for the future. I know that. But I think I can do a job.

(Konieczki) and (MacArtney) were both really strong. Alex Tostenson, who played for us in the field last year, played really strong in his first start in goal.

I saw more guys shaking their heads going to the dugout than I'd ever seen before. The thing about Alex Gonzalez is, he has the ability to make the tough play look routine.

I saw Sir Alex once to say hello,

I saw what Alex signed for that's a pretty cool number. But what are you going to do? I have no complaints about coming back. I'm happy. One of the reasons I came back was to try and win (a third championship), but it's not something we can control now. We have the potential to do it. Obviously, it's going to be hard. It's a much harder challenge this year than last and that was very tough. We had three or four games that could have gone either way. But I don't see why we can't do it.

I saw a bakery truck go by with the name 'Rocco' on it, and that's when I decided to become Alex Rocco.

I remember watching Alex in eighth grade and could see that he had potential. But you never know with kids until they actually get into high school. Then he had a pretty good freshman year. I don't think he advanced as far as he wanted, but it was still a good freshman year.

Parents see their pretty talented 7- or 8-year-old, and they immediately want to make him out to be the next Alex Rodriguez. They're seeing an end, and they think they're doing him a service by making him practice, buying a batting cage, not letting him play other sports. It's almost like the parents are seeing that as an investment, and I think that's counterproductive.

Our running game was not where we wanted it to be. We have had Alex on defense. He is a Division I caliber player, so we put him on offense.

Our sweeper Alex Tucker really stood out in the back field and Derek Graham played his best game of the season as a striker, he was all over the place.

Overall it was a pretty good day. Alex made a good start and did what he needed to do to put himself in a position for a podium.

Our biggest concern through this was little Alex here and we wanted to make sure that everything was going to be ok with her.

Paul is the best player and I am mindful we've had no training time at all since the World Cup. To throw in Ollie Barkley or Alex King with no preparation would be a big call, especially playing away from home.

People often ask me whether Alex was adopted. But I promise you, he's all ours.

Steve and Matt are exceptional athletes with the combination of power and finesse. Everything seems to bode well for their success. Kip and Alex are a year older and have improved a great deal. I'm pleased with the progress they've made.

Some guys will walk away from it. Alex never does that. He always wants to do more. He's always the first guy to ask to hit more, see more tape. He's always working at it.

My wife, Alex rides him every day and has always said he's a good horse,

Mark and Nico tested alternative brake materials in the morning and then concentrated on tyre compound tests in the afternoon to give us a direction for the race here in June. We continue testing here tomorrow with Mark and Alex and expect a dry weather forecast.

I was excited when they told me that I was on the final roster. It is an honor to be on the field with some of the game's best players. I'm pumped up that those choosing the team put me in the same class as players like Clemens, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.

I think I'm actually quite lucky to get a start, given how well Alex has gone, ... He's started well, he comes from Argentina and has played in France, two countries that pride themselves on scrumming, and he can play anywhere in the front row.