Billy Quotations

I consider Billy Keeler, Mike Tiernan, Ed Delihanty and Larrie La Joie the toughest hitters I had to pitch to, but I did not dread them. Remember, Hughie Duffy was a member of our team, so I did not face him. In my opinion, Duffy was the greatest hitter.

Billy Barnes signed me and got me my first role in an interracial love story filmed in Atlanta called 'Together For Days' with Clifton Davis. My mother thinks it was my best work. You cannot find a copy of it.

First off, I love Woody Allen. His early movies, like 'Hannah and Her Sisters,' are incredible. I also love anything by Billy Wilder, Ron Howard and John Hughes. I really grew up on the Hughes films, which are the ones I go back and watch all the time, just to see how they were put together.

When they told me there would be a statue erected at Wrigley Field, I was happy with that. I know there will be a meeting place for a lot of people. There will be a conversation every day. They say now, 'I'll meet you at Ernie Banks' statue.' After Sept. 7, they'll say, 'I'll meet you by Billy Williams' statue.'

It's hard to think what should make your blood boil more - what happened to Billy Ray or what didn't happen to those who abused him. It's something we can't ignore.

When I hit the scene, there was Billy Connolly and Max Boyce. It was all mother-in-law and Irish jokes, and we broke the mould. Now there are thousands of comedians out there, and I don't think I can be above it all.

It is said that a hundred gamecocks will live in perfect harmony together it you do not put a hen with them; and so it would have been with Billy and Bob, had there been no women in the world.

I've got funny things. David Duchovny had to have a cast made of his face to do an old person's make-up, and I've got that cast of his face in my house. I've got something from the pilot, the original implant that was in Billy Miles' head. I've got a sign from 'The Erlenmeyer Flask.' But my house isn't a museum to 'The X-Files!'

Most people are blown away by the fact that Beck is Jewish... and Billy Joel. I didn't know he was Jewish.

When I'm up against a wall, that's when Billy Mays performs best.

All the knowing ones were consulted as to the issue, and they all agreed, to a man, in one of two opinions: either that Bob would flog Billy, or Billy would flog Bob.

Billy Wilder is really is a heavy influence on Bound. We felt that film noir was a genre where you could create a really contained story. We wanted to be on a set as much as we could to get the kind of style level we were looking for.

I know that this sounds grand, but I don't try to compete with other people. I like to think there's enough pie for everyone. The kind of people I'm competing with are my heroes - Woody Allen, Billy Wilder - who I know I'm going to fall short of.

Billy is a funny, cheeky, lovely boy and I love being with him. Parenthood is terrifying though. I can barely walk past a building without panicking that it's going to collapse on his head.

I am, of course, directly descended from Brian Boru, the last king of Ireland, a fact certified by my mother and therefore beyond dispute. But as everybody else with a drop of Irish blood in his carcass is also a guaranteed descendant of the old billy goat, I am not overly arrogant because of this royal strain.

What is it that unites, on the left of British politics, George Orwell, Billy Bragg, Gordon Brown and myself? An understanding that identity and a sense of belonging need to be linked to our commitment to nationhood and a modern form of patriotism.

Billy Konchellah with his World Championship titles, Paul Ereng with his Olympic gold and Wilson Kipketer with his World records are my role models.

When you work with Ray Charles, Billy Eckstine and Frank Sinatra, and you tell them to jump without a net, you better know what you're talking about. Thank God I was ready for it.

Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.

I've met people of great faith. I sat in the home of Billy Graham and in the residence of Cardinal Dolan and prayed with these men of God.

Whether or not Billy got what he wanted out of this game, only he knows. For us, there was a lot of good because we had some issues.

When I was on the road with Billy Bragg, it was cool because I was doing the whole thing solo and travel a lot by myself, which I quite like. I mean, I love being with friends, but it's kind of nice having that alone time.

When I was in Oakland, knowing that Billy had played the game meant a lot.

Wouldn't it be a coincidence if someone we dug up in Arizona, and who died in 1934 and claimed to be Billy the Kid, bled on that bench? That's like winning the lottery,

We're sad to have lost someone that's been very important to us here but are also delighted that he's been given an opportunity. We now have another big challenge in front of us to find two replacements for Billy (Johnstone) and Neil and that's going to be easier said than done.

We've won every year since I've been here, but now I think we have a realistic chance to do some big things. When I signed here, I knew Billy would do what it would take to win.

Whenever someone says something Billy doesn't agree with, he doesn't listen very long.

We decided to make some switches early on. Our goal was to get a good jump?start on them. Billy and Jose got us a nice lead.

We have players we are trying to get rest over the next 11 games. But you get into the heat of the battle sometimes and you need a billy club to get them out of the game sometimes because they are so competitive. We might have a few tangles coming down the stretch.

Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder.

Signing Billy is our top priority. I've learned through experience there is nothing more demoralizing to a team than consistently losing a game in the late innings. Wagner is dominant. He's very important to what we want to do. Billy told me we are at the top of his list.

Most of the time, somebody has a good story and adds the songs to it later. This show seems to be worked from the completely opposite angle. Billy wrote the music and lyrics, and Twyla grabs it and makes the show.

One of our players had a really tough night. Other than that we showed we could compete with a quality team like Dunbar. We have a pretty good team, especially when Billy Darryl is on the mound.

Mulder surprised me more than Hudson. I wasn't surprised that Hudson got traded because we only had him for a year more. We had Mulder for a couple more. Billy is not one to have a couple good years and then completely start over. He saw an opportunity to get some quality guys and he jumped on it. It's really paid off. It's pretty amazing.

Music took a bunch of average-Joe Christians who could play electric guitar and sing and threw them into the limelight. But we were not a bunch of Billy Grahams.

My goal is to make Texas A&M a destination. Billy is the perfect fit here. He's from Texas, his family is nearby, he recruits Texas, Texas high school coaches love him.

No doubt it (the car bomb), like the murder of Billy Wright in the Maze prison, is intended to destabilize the situation by provoking a reaction ... I hope people will not allow themselves, as they have been, to be provoked into reacting.

Plummer is the Billy Graham of the NFL. He can make 70,000 people say 'Jesus' in unison.

My uncle is Billy Blanks, the Tae Bo guy, ... The guys have heard about that, and they kind of rub it in about all of that.

One thing Billy taught me is to know how to handle the situation. I learned how to handle the situation, ... It's hard to know how to handle it.

Noah has such incredible length and such incredible athletic ability, he doesn't risk much by coming back. I can't imagine he would be hurt by coming back to school. He's going to get better as a player at Florida under Billy Donovan than he will as a rookie in the NBA.

I was fortunate enough to be there for Ernie, Billy and Ron, ... I was on the field for all those ceremonies, not even thinking I would have a day that would come like today but just taking it in. To be in their company and to join them means everything to me.

I worked very hard to prove myself to them at camp. We drilled from one end of the gym to the other end, had to teach a routine to the class in front of Billy and pass a written and physical test. I had never been so sore.

I grew up in the '70s, and I hear in my own stuff a lot of what I grew up listening to, which is to say I hear a lot of Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder.

I got the pilot for 'Scrubs' sent to me, and in the margin for Dr. Cox, it said 'a John McGinley type.' So when I went in to audition, I said to Billy Lawrence, who's a dear friend of mine, I said, 'Well, I'm John McGinley.'

Buffalo is a really good team, truly a contender. I thought Billy made some exceptional plays tonight going through the middle and scoring like that. A team only gets lifts from plays like that, plus he scored them at really opportune times.

I love Billy Joel's music, but let's put it this way - I think this is a frustrated, ugly man.

I love Billy Joel. I cry sometimes when I hear 'The Stranger.' 'You May Be Right' may be one of the greatest songs ever written.

I felt good the whole night shooting the ball. (Head coach Billy Donovan) always does a great job of telling me of instilling confidence in me, showing that the team has confidence in me as well.

If Billy is willing to offer it and Rickey is ready to retire, I'd be happy to negotiate a one-day contract. But I don't know what Rickey's sentiments are on the topic. The last time I talked to Rickey, he said he'd like to be the leadoff hitter and starting outfielder for some team in the major leagues. I don't know if he's had a change of heart.

I envied the way he was. I'm not just saying this, Billy Carlisle was just a great person. He was so respected by other coaches and people in general.

He's a young guy. It's like Billy Martin said -- if you tell him 10 times, tell him 11. Hopefully, that's the one that catches. He's gotten better and better at a lot of things. Obviously, there's room for improvement in concentration and not getting distracted by things. That's something we'll keep striving for. A lot of pitchers face that. Hopefully, we'll get through that.

He got a pitch in on Carlos that Carlos hit out of the park, and Billy drove a pitch out over the plate, but other than that we couldn't muster much offense off him.

Having Billy makes us a better team. He will give us a sense of security in the late innings.

To fall behind 2-0 and then come back and score two runs and then again to fall back by four runs, making it 6-2, and tying it up in the bottom of that innings against the guy the caliber of Carpenter is a good feeling. We had a lot of timely hits. Overbay and Billy Hall had big nights. Even Cappy had two big hits to help his cause.

(Hawks GM) Billy Knight told me I'm not going anywhere, so mentally that's where I'm at now. I'm not thinking about it at all. He said if there's something that comes along, something that he's thinking about doing, I'll be the first to know before he does it.

Going to meet with Billy really brings home the fact that Tae Bo and what it all means is taking control of your life. It's not about being size two or getting into a bikini. Seeing Billy amplified the fact that Tae Bo is a lifestyle more than just an exercise class.

He's been raised around basketball since he was conceived. The only thing we've asked of Billy is to continue to nurture and teach him to become the best possible basketball player he can possibly be. Coach Donovan and his coaching staff are doing a remarkable job. I couldn't have put him in a better hand that Coach Donovan.

He's a tough individual. Sometimes you have to reel him in because you don't want him to get into the Billy Smith, Ron Hextall action but some games he's close to it.

He knows he's the best guy on the team skill-wise, but he's not big-headed about it. Billy sort of owns the fact that he is good and that he can influence guys through his wrestling.

I would think (general manager Billy Beane) doesn't want to pay someone $1 million to play at Triple-A, but my wife and I talked for about two days about it and we couldn't leave that money on the table. I have to provide for my family. The way I view it, it puts pressure on them -- if they don't want to pay me $1 million, maybe they can pick up part of it and move me somewhere else.

I wrote 'Young Guns' on spec because I really believed that the young age of these guys historically, the whole legend of Billy dying at 21, would attract a young staple of stars, and that would be the game-changer.

Joey told my dad (Chamberlain coach Billy Turner) that he was bringing his cousin back down. We just thought it was all talk, or that if he did bring him then the kid wasn't really going to be an impact player.

I think it's a great idea. I think it's good for baseball, I really do. I just think it's not good for Billy Wagner.

I think it's always an issue. Billy definitely is one of those guys who plays hurt consistently and plays well.

I threw Spielberg out at 12:15 in the morning. Spielberg and the students. Coppola, out at 12:15. Billy Joel out at 12:15 in the morning.

I think Billy has really understood his role, as far as what the team needs from him, and I think now he feels comfortable in that role. Overall, he?s becoming a more complete player at both ends of the court.

I think Billy can play, quite honestly, every day at second, probably every day at short, every day at third, or every day in the outfield. He could be adequate at all those spots.

It had nothing to do with the law or breaking rules. He just had some personal issues he had to deal with. We've never talked about it, and we never will. I'm sure Billy never will either. The bottom line is, we think he's on the right track, and we're pretty confident he'll be available second semester.

I think that was real big. I was bleeding and they wiped me up real quick and stopped the bleeding for about eight seconds and I was able to get my free throws. I went back (for stitches) and Billy just came in and played great basketball. He picked it up where I left off.

I think that you'll find that Billy Connolly is British.

I see Billy Donovan as a fixture at Florida for a long time. It would take something very special for him to leave.

I see a scenario where Bruce would be paid in that ballpark. Tubby has won a national championship. Billy has played in the national championship game, and I think our guy is a guy who can get us there.

Other than that inning, we didn't play too badly. I thought the first six innings were very promising for us. Billy Darryl Grant pitched well again and we got an opportunity to face three Dunbar pitchers who would be among the best in our region.

Rodney King, if you remember, is a man in a supine, fetal position -- not resisting -- who (was hit) 56 times with billy clubs. There are no billy clubs in this video. This is the culmination of a chase where a guy is clearly resisting,

Paul might be the most famous Kentuckian as far as football. I've known Billy for years, so I asked him since he was coming if he would like to see if Paul would like to come. He's a real institution.

Paul might be the most famous Kentuckian as far as football, ... I've known Billy for years, so I asked him since he was coming if he would like to see if Paul would like to come. He's a real institution.

I was very impressed with Billy Napier when he worked on our staff in 2003 and 2004. He will be among the youngest full-time coaches in Division I next year, and I look at that as a strong asset. He was a big reason South Carolina State had a very successful season, especially on the offensive side of the ball. He will also be an asset to us in recruiting.

Man, I was wanting to hug Brother Billy when I saw that ice.

That was one thing that went into the whole recruiting process with Billy Houston and I coming in. He's had great success like a lot of other coaches, and whatever God has planned for Coach Marshall, that's what's going to happen in the end. It's definitely been a hot topic every year after the season.

I wasn't that shocked, I had heard the rumors that something could happen, so it wasn't out of the blue. I think that if Billy were going to trade me, he was going to make a conscious effort to trade me somewhere where my family would be happy. And there isn't another place that I'd rather be traded to than Atlanta.

Without a doubt quarterback is the biggest question. We had maybe the best punter and kicker in the country and maybe the best quarterback in New England (in Flutie) and we lost him, so replacing him is the biggest thing we have to do. We have to find an effective replacement. ... I like this team. We have a good senior class that has played a lot of football, and I've been impressed with how they've stepped in and tried to make up for the loss of Billy Flutie.

You always pull for the underdog, and Billy works extremely hard. He comes in early and gets shots, stays after and gets shots. When game time comes around, it pays off.

We got Brian Tiskay playing with us; he's Billy Idol's drummer, ... We're rehearsing right now so he can learn the songs. He's doing at least seven gigs with us.

We had a man as dashing as Sheridan, as unique and picturesque as the slow-moving, taciturn Grant, as charming as Jackson, as witty as old Billy Sherman, as brave as Paul Jones.

We were significantly apart. Then I made a proposal and we were very close. Billy declined to make another proposal because he felt Kenny wouldn't be happy.

You know what you're going to get when you go see Billy Joel. You know all the songs. It triggers memories.

When I saw Billy with the ball, I just sprinted to our basket. I was hoping to get a quick basket. I just looked at the rim and put it in.

Those losses were good because we hadn't been hardened yet as a team. To lose like that, heartbreaking losses, that stuff hardens you. And it helps you because now you're able to hear what (Donovan) has to say. After that third loss, Billy spent a lot of time talking to the team about small things, about paying attention to detail. We hadn't been doing those things, and it finally caught up to us.

What you try to do is be in a position by 2 p.m. on Sunday so that if you're the chair, the rest of us can quiz you on why Minnesota is in or why not or why Georgetown got picked over Rutgers in a given year so that when Billy Packer is asking you those questions, you've at least had a trial run of answering them.

What we respect about Billy McGee is that he was elected to take care of us and he stepped up and did this.

When Billy gets hot, he can do some damage. He never hits those high, long ones. He hits laser shots.

To be sat with greats like Billy Boston and Eric Ashton and to be mentioned in the same breath as Harold Wagstaff is just absolutely wonderful.

This should have happened a long time ago. I don't see a reason why the premier has left Billy Nel behind because he is also a disaster.

We was worried to death about where we was gonna get ice. Man, I was wanting to hug Brother Billy when I saw that ice. We were glad somebody was there to help us.

Experience. You play it, day in and day out. You've got to do it on your own. It's the same thing Billy Hall went through two years ago. Look where he's at now. There's no quick fix.

Both sides are going to have to have a conciliatory frame of mind and a willingness to meet half way; you cannot dig your feet in. If both sides are stubborn as a Billy goat, nothing's going to be done.

Both players are more than deserving of the honors they received. We are proud of Billy and Wyle for their accomplishments and the dedication they made to this program. They represented themselves, the school and our team with highest class.

Well, he robbed his way from Utah to OklahomaAnd the law just could not seem to track him downAnd it served his legend wellFor the folks, they'd love to tell'Bout when Billy the Kid came to town.

The other guys and myself have agreed that Billy Sherwood will do an excellent job of covering my parts, and the show as a whole will deliver the same Yes experience that our fans have come to expect over the years.