Arena Quotations

I want it all. I want the Pepsi endorsement. I want the arena shows. I want Times Square!

Today, you're either very big or you're playing stadiums or you're not playing anymore. You're either popular where everybody will go to a 20,000 seat arena to see you or they won't go to see you at all.

On one side, citizens have great respect for the United States; they have a great feeling of friendship. That is solid. But in the opposition and in the political arena I often find criticism of the closeness of relations with the United States. That is a reality.

It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, for all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly.

I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me.

Every now and then, Prince decides to try being a normal rock star. You know, the kind who does a professional arena tour where he plays the hits. But part of what makes him such an eternally fascinating star is that he lives in his own private purple world, even when he sets out to make the house quake.

Religious relativism is not the answer to disagreement between faiths; yet relativism, and a blurring of religious distinctions, all too often result when two deeply believing faith communities engage each other in the public arena on theological issues.

You remember had this gigantic clock in the arena showing the size of the national debt. And Paul told America, if you elect Republicans, we can fix that. But, if Paul Ryan was being honest, he would've pointed to the debt clock and said, we built that.

A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena.

I don't know anyone in the hunting or sporting arena that goes out with an assault rifle.

International politics is no longer a zero-sum game but a multi-dimensional arena where cooperation and competition often occur simultaneously. Gone is the age of blood feuds. World leaders are expected to lead in turning threats into opportunities.

Sports exact too harsh a toll on our beautiful women. Like engendered species, they should be protected, and instead, we exploit them and demand they fly too close to the sun for our amusement. We send them into the arena for an exhausting three-setter, an 18-hole playoff, a 200th lap. The burnout factor is insurmountable.

Japanese players do not like being thrown into an arena in which they are given very little instruction. You can head in any direction, 360 degrees. They say, 'What am I supposed to do? Give me hints. Provide me service instead of just throwing me into this arena.'

I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena.

In The Police, in a trio situation - which I've come back to now - it's just so wide open that it does actually provide this arena where you can play with a certain freedom.

I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.

The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.

As a Business Ambassador, I am delighted to help both new and established British designers receive the recognition they deserve in the global fashion arena.

At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right.

I figure it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy; if I make a successful arena rock record, I'll wind up playing arenas! I wouldn't mind being back in that kind of venue because of the kinds of things you can do with production. You can make your shows more interesting, which would be fun to do.

I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.

I've never been good in the financial and business arenas. I handle the creative side of things

The word 'tolerance' once meant we all have the right to argue rationally for our deepest convictions in the public arena. Now it means those convictions are not even subject to rational debate.

The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena.

You know, I play in small, intimate venues; I'm not an arena performer.

The Honda Center is a wonderful arena. And it's a great arena, not only for the NHL, but it would be a great arena for an NBA team.

Women are the majority of immigrants yet the minority of immigrant employment visas; immigrant and native born women who work in the service arena - such as domestic workers - are not valued for their work, making pennies on the dollar compared to male counterparts; and, women are disproportionately affected by family reunification policies.

All these years later, I have almost no memory of the shows themselves. It's a blur. I remember my jogging runs better - that was my way of getting my energy together. I used to try to get to the arena as late as possible; otherwise, I'd just be pacing around, waiting to go on.

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.

I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It's a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that's taking place in the art gallery.

Washington is like playing the Super Bowl, only there are no timeouts, no potty breaks, and the arena is filled with the media. In government, you have to learn to put yourself second in a big way. But I am a business person at heart. I like to be in charge.

Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten out of the transportation business.

Walks work for me. I enter some arena that is neither conscious or unconscious.

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.

Our Nation is in great need of young men and women of character to lead in every arena of our society.

I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.

World Play is very '70s arena rock, very raw and in your face, and that's what we wanted. We recorded it in a very off-the-cuff manner and didn't really plan out how we were going to play. My solos are first takes.

I was scared, because I knew that in the political arena, you have to satisfy so many different types of people at once, and I wasn't sure that I could speak for everybody and be politically correct.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

I don't have any rift with President Obama at all. I think that he is operating in an entirely different arena than I'm dealing in. I represent my constituents in the Fourth Congressional District. I'm looking out admittedly for much more narrow interests. I represent the fourth-poorest district.

My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture.

Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough.

We ought to get out of the judging business. We should leave it up to God to determine who belongs in one arena or another when it comes to eternity. What we are obligated to do is to tell people about Jesus, and that's what I do.

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.

This arena is a special place. Everybody loves it. To be able to stand behind the bench and be a part of a great tournament for the '96 Elite is fun. The kids, having a chance to play in the building where the Penguins play, it's a special feeling for them.

At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.

I'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena.

They didn't have a problem with me being wild and crazy when it came time to fill the arenas.

Gerald Ford brought to the political arena no demons, no hidden agenda, no hit list or acts of vengeance. He knew who he was, and he didn't require consultants or gurus to change him.

In 2007, when I was governor of New York, I proposed that our state once again permit undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license. To say the proposal lit a firestorm in the political arena is an understatement.

Your mom was right when she told you never to discuss politics and religion because emotions run so high in those arenas. Especially religion.

Bioethics is a very, very important field. As we get more and more in the arena of understanding science and getting better opportunities, the fact that you can do things with biological sciences that have an impact on a human being means you must have ethical standards.

Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it's just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.

I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.

The loneliest you will get is in the most public of arenas: You will go to a place and end up in the smallest compartment possible, because it's a distraction to everybody, and you end up not getting to enjoy it like everyone else.

Before 1915, space and time were thought of as a fixed arena in which events took place, but which was not affected by what happened in it. Space and time are now dynamic quantities... space and time not only affect but are also affected by everything that happens in the universe.

You're standing onstage in a sold-out arena with people singing your music, and you feel like the loneliest person in the world. Because here's a party that, essentially, it's for you. And you still somehow feel like you don't belong there. Those people all have their lives and go back home.

I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.

We are looking forward to having a fresh new look for Rod Laver Arena and the Melbourne Park site for 2006.

When you step into an arena like the Civic Center, with so much history that they've made in there, yes you do come in as the underdog because they've done what they've had to do over the years to prove themselves as possibly the greatest program in the country. We're trying to establish ourselves as a powerhouse school as well. It's going to be a tough challenge to see where we are as a team.

While many commentators question the sustainability of hedge fund fees, we would highlight the long-only retail arena as an area where some fees do not reflect value added for the customer, but rather the distribution capabilities of the product manufacturer,

When we come back and what we do is a real good question. We're looking at Oklahoma City and here in Baton Rouge. Playing in the Arena has good and bad possibilities. If we could do it in a way that we'd have a full crowd, it would be ecstatic. If we have 1,500 people, it would be horrible. That might send a signal there was no hope there.

We found that online daters had access to a wider pool that could help them find a better match. They could search for people and focus on niche interests like religion affiliation. They also had a sense of control in an arena where a lot is left up to chance.

We're going to have to work on that. But I am not giving up on (Jung) yet. It's only his second arena football game.

We're real excited about that. We try to go to as many basketball games as we can. We usually sit in the upper arena. The opportunity to see the players from the lower arena is really exciting, especially for my husband.

We're ready to undertake two new prize competitions in the arena of suborbital rocket flights.

Historically, the court has been the forum to which individuals can turn when they believed their constitutional rights were violated. This has been especially noteworthy in the arena of civil rights.

Be not the one who debunks but the one who assembles, not the one who lifts the rugs from under the feet of the naive believers but the one who offers arenas in which to gather.

We've got eight games under our belt now. That stuff is done with. They've been in the arena long enough now that we shouldn't have those mistakes.

Whenever there is an incident inside of our arena involving a fan, we're going to treat it very, very professionally and carefully.

We want it to be an event rather than just a band up on stage playing. We wouldn't have it any other way. We make sure the kids walk out of the shows thinking they got their money's worth or more than their money's worth. We try to pack an arena show into a club.

One of the most critical reasons believers experience defeat is because we categorize only a few areas of our lives as Christ's arena.

Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.

Since we live in a society that promotes faddism and temporary superficial adaptation of different values, we are easily convinced that changes have occurred in arenas where there has been little or no change.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

We are indeed drifting into the arena of the unwell.

Thus, during the winter of 2003 I ventured into a new arena as a professional photographer.

We hope we we'll get on the path for moving into the new arena (next season) and celebrating the 10th year of the WNBA. We needed to change the direction of this team before those events.

We have respect for their team and their program. They've been able to do something we haven't done to get here, and that's go outside their home arena and win.

We have resolved many of the long-standing disputes between the two companies. We'll continue to compete but in the right arena - in the marketplace, and not in the courtroom.

Courage is a value. My faith is the organizing principle in my life and what underpins my faith is courage and love, and so I have to be in the arena if I'm going to live in alignment with my values.

That's what life is about: about daring greatly, about being in the arena.

If you're not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback.

If you're also in the arena and you're putting your ideas out and you're owning them and you're saying "I disagree with you about this and that, I think you've got this wrong" - then not only do I invite that, I freaking love that. I love that. I'm an academic. I'm hardwired for a good debate.

I can't be paralyzed anymore by the critics. My new mantra is, if you're not in the arena getting your ass kicked on occasion, then I'm not interested in your feedback. You don't get to sit in the cheat seat and criticize my appearance or my work with mean-spiritedness if you're also not in the arena.

And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this - this (chuckles slightly) is working very well for them.

Politics are not my arena. Music is.

Food is the rare moral arena in which the ethical choice is generally the one more likely to make you groan with pleasure.

We are talking mostly cosmetic work at the Sports Arena and Coliseum, and we have so many more facilities, like Staples Center, that are available to us,

This program has been very informative and has touched upon seemingly every fundamental aspect of business. I own a minority interest in an arena football team (San Diego Riptide), and I feel I've picked up some new skills that will help me grow that business.

This win helps lot. It gives us the momentum now. They had the momentum going in, and now we have it. But they're going to be tough playing in their building. The fans can do a lot to help a team, and their arena is just as full as ours, and it's actually a little bigger.

We've said it from day one, that if this arena was going to cut into anything at the university then we weren't in favor of it. We reluctantly went downtown to be a team player and to be on the river to go in accordance with the task force and to be a full partner.

We've said all along that our goal was to get a more national footprint for the league. But we've always wanted to do it the right way - by going to the right places with stable ownership, solid arena deals and proven basketball markets. We feel sure we're moving in the right direction.

When the meet was over and everyone had left, all I was left with was the pain. I went to see the doctor right after that and came out and lights were off in the arena and everyone was gone. It was dark, I was alone and I didn't feel good. I didn't feel like I'd just had an amazing meet.

What I believe is the talent level, with the exposure of the (parent Arena Football League) on NBC, has risen.

When the time comes, I hope we'll be able to meet. It takes two to tango. I am ready, the arena is ready, maybe the dance instructor is ready, ... We have to find the opportunity to begin.

She's right on target with her core principles. Taxpayers should have some, but not too many, choices. The pension arena is a good example. There are too many choices of plans. The same is true of education. Here there are two different credits, as well as various deductions for the same purpose.

Single-camera work is very difficult. It's one of the reasons I wanted to do it - it's an arena I'm not that skilled at. I grew up doing sitcoms and theater and even playing with the Beach Boys, where you're programmed to perform, your body gets into a rhythm and you know it has to perform.

My freshman year, we had a lot of losses. The arena was pretty empty.

One of the things I notice in a big arena is that it's very easy to lose the speed and power of the game. That's what makes the Coliseum so special. Everybody feels like they're a part of what's going on down on the court. It's very easy to get emotionally involved, and people want to feel that. They want to feel like they are part of something like that.