Cup Quotations | Page 4

He improved to win the John Smith's Cup and he's improved again since. It's a long way from handicaps to Group races.

He is a bloke who can win a World Cup for Australia - he is that good.

He fought his heart out like he always does. This is Davis Cup and crazy things happen. This was crazy.

He does look a Melbourne Cup horse - a Flemington horse. But I don't know about him taking her on in the Cox Plate.

He made us believe that the Stanley Cup was our destiny.

He came into his own last year as a second baseman. He had a problem with his rotator cup because the amount of plays and the amount of throws that he makes.

We expect to sell out all of our seats and we expect the stadium to be full for every game -- possibly excepting Carling (League) Cup games.

There is no guarantee that Stevie is done this year. We just want to win the Stanley Cup. But if there is one thing that could motivate us more, it would be the opportunity to give Steve one more Cup before he goes out.

We're pleased to have them with us. It shows their commitment to Illinois tennis because they are giving up this opportunity to play Davis Cup to help us take another step toward another regular season conference championship.

What I like in L.A. is that it's a lot more brutal. In England it's, 'Have a cup of tea, have a chat,' and you still don't get the part. In L.A. you go in, do your bit, and if they don't like you, you're straight out again. In a sense, that's more honest.

We take it in stride. It's Toronto. All the fans want to win. They haven't had a Cup in years and we want to win too.

We support the general concept of a World Cup but like everything else with Twenty20, there are more questions than answers and we'd like a bit more time to look at everything.

We are extremely pleased that the greater Hartford region will be part of the FedEx Cup schedule with St. Paul Travelers as title sponsor. This event has a long history with the Tour and has always had outstanding support from the community.

To drink a cup of tea and put two sugars in and open a door and answer a telephone becomes incredibly time-consuming, ... Every scene for me is about, where am I going to park the cane? When I pick this up, where am I going to put the cane? That's a physical constraint.

To come through these situations is very important because Davis Cup can make or break guys' careers in a lot of ways.

What we were able to do is compare the binding site of both the viral RNA and the cells' cap binding protein on a factor that is common to both mechanisms in eIF3. The binding cap is one of the complexes required by the cell, but not required by the virus. For translations, this cup binding protein has to interact with the eIF3.

Having said that, I think that in any Davis Cup tie you look to where your most likely points will come from and where your tougher opposition will be. It's a bit like being a football manager. I have to look to where our best chances are and pick my team around it.

Having worked every Breeders' Cup in some capacity on television or radio, I am delighted that SIRIUS satellite radio has boldly moved forward with this complete Breeders' Cup Day broadcast, ... I am honored that, once again, I can be of service as the radio voice of the greatest day in racing...

Having played less, he's fresher and can be at his best throughout the second half of the season. He will enter the World Cup in fantastic form.

Having our own Chase would be a way for us to get more attention. And it's a way to take away attention from the Cup guys racing in our series.

He's a great player. He scores goals in the league, in cup competitions and also in the Champions League,

Hermann is very strong. He's a great skier. He won two medals in the Olympics and has won the World Cup title several times so it's too early to forget about him.

Here's to holly and ivy hanging up, And to something wet in every cup

Going to the World Cup is an objective and in order to do that I need to play matches.

He said, 'You might as well get a cup and go sit on the sidewalk.' Instead, my name is on the sidewalk.

He's a very important player especially with the experience he's got from a lot of past championships. He was supposed to quit after the World Cup but it's great to have him as part of the group.

He's a very gritty player ? perfect for match play. I hope he's on our Ryder Cup team because he certainly knows how to play match play and play under pressure.

His passing is his backup. They definitely use the run to set up stuff ... We have to stay in the same space and keep him in that pocket. We want a nice cup around him and squeeze it in on him and not let him feel comfortable in there, not let him check that option of sprinting out and running on us.

He's a veteran quarterback who's been in this situation before. He had some down times in Calgary, but he's a Grey Cup quarterback.

Hopefully the off-field stuff will help to bring the World Cup home.

When they play for their country, they put something more. And Davis Cup is different from playing in tournaments. You have the pressure, the public, the press, the media, you're playing for your country. It's very interesting. I played and I know what it feels like. You can play good or you can play bad.

We must have a manager before the World Cup starts. If we wait until after, that's too late.

We lost the World Cup but I won another cup: my life.

We lost some guys from last year, but I think they did a good job of keeping this team intact, and we think we've got another good shot at a Cup here. With Colorado, it's always going to a special game for both teams. There's been such a great history of great hockey between us.

We lost our last two games in Turin against Inter, in the league last season and in the Italian Super Cup this summer, that's why the game on Sunday is so important to us. I think Inter are our main rivals for the Scudetto.

How we're going to manage the players through all this is something we're going to have to talk about. We have to make sure that our key guys like Freddie are fit and raring to go for the Australia and World Cup legs.

I acted like it was the most normal day. And that took so much energy out of me. I got my cup of coffee, read my e-mails. I let all the news come to me.

He was in great form and walked home sound but then when we got him back to his box we found he was slightly lame on his off-hind so it has knocked the Breeders' Cup on the head, sadly.

He was hanging his head, his coat wouldn't turn - it was almost like he was depressed, ... Richard decided he was craving attention, so he moved him to a paddock near their house. His wife and daughter started feeding and playing with him every day. The horse perked right up, and when Richard went to training him, he was better than ever. After his second five-eighths, Richard told me, 'This horse has another Breeders' Cup in him.'

This was a great display on an away carpet against strong opposition and suggests we are back on the rails in time for the approaching Scottish Cup campaign.

We are going to run the full (NASCAR Craftsman) Truck Series. We are going to run six Busch races and probably six or seven ARCA races. At this time, it's the best way for our program. Our ultimate goal is to get Erin Crocker to be competitive at the Nextel Cup level. We are just looking at changing our steps a little bit, and we feel that the plan now is a little better plan than we originally came up with.

Kitchen sink will consume less and ... restaurants that are paying higher prices for coffee might not top off your cup anymore. They might not offer you that second cup so freely and that's probably the only area where you'll see the slippage.

Keep your food to a half cup serving.

I think it?s a great feeling. It?s an honor to go to a successful team, a team that wants to win. There?s not much more you can ask for as a hockey player then to go to a team that aspires for the Stanley Cup each and every year. It?s a great opportunity for me.

I think it is impossible for any Spaniard to imagine a World Cup without Spain. The reality is that we are not leading the group but there's no use looking back on what might have been. If things don't go our way we should still be in the playoffs but I'm convinced we've still got a chance of finishing in first place. Let's see what happens.

I think it could happen at the African Cup of Nations - you never know!

I think in the history of the World Cup it's very unusual for the president or the head of state to attend all the matches, even of his own team. I don't think anything should be read into that whatsoever.

Italy, with all the players they've got in the French Championship and the Heineken Cup are a good quality outfit. I don't think you will see anyone smash them and I think you are going to see a big scalp for them before too much longer.

I think it's a real good excuse. A Saturday night with a Winston Cup race doesn't effect us (at the I-55).

I think it's fair that Lippi makes his decision closer to the World Cup and not now.

It certainly wasn't confrontational, we went for a cup of coffee and discussed general things about the playing side.

It is a important tour for us as we will be playing at World Cup venues. It is an opportunity for players to experience the conditions.

It is a great honor for me to continue as captain of the U.S. Fed Cup team. I am committed to working with our country's top players to field the best team possible and with one singular purpose winning the Fed Cup in 2006.

I think the great thing about the Ryder Cup is that the players are really playing for their countries and not playing for money. I think that is the important essence of the Ryder Cup.

I think you've got to look at teams like Carolina and the New York Rangers . A year ago nobody expected them to be where are today and all of a sudden they're Stanley Cup contenders, especially Carolina.

I think you can't overreact from one game, the Norway game, and ignore the Canada game. You judge players over time, not over a game. As he continues to move forward we'll have a better feel for the direction he's headed. Obviously, he's getting better. From my perspective, I need to see if he's developing into a guy who should be a player on the World Cup roster and can help us win a game.

I think when you're the highest-paid player, pressure is a part of the game. It's part of the business and I don't think that's anything new to him. I think it was maybe easier in Pittsburgh to deflect some of it because of previous accomplishments like the scoring titles and the Stanley Cup rings. Here he hasn't done that yet.

I think with Lopez playing in his first Davis Cup tie, it's a bit tough for him to come out and expect him to play under a lot of pressure,

I think the FA must have a new manager before the World Cup starts because if they wait until after it's too late.

I think the Carling Cup is a big moment for us.

I think the Breeders' Cup might have been his best race. He was taken out of his game, and many young horses when they're taken out of their game, that's it. I thought that was the mark of a pretty good horse.

I think the biggest thing is gaining the respect from all the guys who are already there. And the Cup cars are a lot different from what they've been driving. That's challenging. Longer races. When to race and not to race. All stuff you have to learn, and it takes a while to learn it. It worked out for us pretty well. A lot of the drivers can make that transition. But you just never know.

I was asked if the next World Cup was going to be my last and I said possibly it could be, but I hope it isn't,

I think we know the manager really well now, we've worked with him for a long time. We know he's desperate to win this World Cup and I don't think the relationship with the players has been affected by what's happened recently.

I think we knew that we were the underdogs, and I think that was a great position in which to be coming into a final game, and the guys were up for the challenge from the word 'Go!'. Even from the day before the match, we knew that if we played good cricket, we would come out with the Cup at the end of the day.

I think anyone who follows the U.S. team knows we're just getting better and better. Obviously the World Cup will tell. That will be the stage where the world decides where we are.

It has been a huge effort by everybody. And to have earned the points we needed against a Chelsea team who are great champions is even more satisfying. A Uefa Cup place will help us in the recruitment of new players next season and I don't expect any of our current squad to want to leave now.

I think this is the first time they really got to see him and be fair to him. I don't think they've been fair to him before. He's been unbelievable other times before, but then you get kicked out of the Olympics, you get kicked out of the World Cup - if you don't win anything, you don't get the same publicity and all that. So, just the fact he got to make that big shot in the final on the game-winning goal, that just made everything come true.

I think Tiger would be more enthusiastic about the Ryder Cup (if he skipped the Presidents Cup), and not just Tiger, but all the top players. Biennially, it's fairly easy to get excited about playing.

I think the 2006 World Cup in Germany is probably as far as it will go for me as an England player,

It is impossible for any Spaniard to imagine a World Cup without Spain,

It is no longer a fair system. Fifa generates huge money now, and players are expected to be with their international teams for up to two months; we calculate the World Cup involves 22,000 man-hours. The clubs should be given substantial payment to compensate.

I went into the World Cup always worrying about getting fit for the first game and I haven't got that worry now,

I watched a tape yesterday of Germany against Brazil in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup and they didn't deserve to lose that game. Then there's the Germany we saw tonight. Which Germany is it? I still think it's a strong team.

I want to win the Cup and I want to win the Cup in New York. My first two years, when I won the Cup in Pittsburgh, especially the first year, I was on the third or fourth line, and I wasn't really involved in the game, there was Mario and other veterans who carried the team and they kinda gave the Cup to me.

I want to win another world championship and another globe (world cup title).

I want to those three guys not to be fringe national team players, but national team players as the team prepares for the World Cup in 2010.

I was able to read the winds pretty well, but some of my shots only narrowly missed greens, adding to my frustration. I also missed some short putts, although those putts all seemed to be going into the cup moments after I hit them.

I was able to look at some new players and some old players and make some conclusions on who will make the World Cup team.

I want you to understand instead that World Cup 2007 will be a staging point for us; the opportunity for us to demonstrate that what we believe in, what we are working towards can happen, is happening and will continue to happen long after World Cup is over.

I will not rule him out until the doctors tell me there is no chance. No one wants that to happen. Everyone hopes he can take part in the World Cup at some stage.

I will make a decision before the World Cup. But my personal situation is not important. What is important is winning the league and cup double.

I will play. I have not missed a league game and I can have a weekend off when we play North Walsham in the cup final.

I think the World Cup is the priority now, it doesn't matter about the money. I think whether it be a hundred dollars or a million dollars, I think the big prize is getting to the World Cup and all the rewards will come from that, both financially, and as a personal success.

I think the World Cup is going to be bigger than what a lot of people are anticipating. At this stage in my career, when there is an opportunity, albeit a small one, of being on the team, what a great way to possibly end my career.

It is a worry because Shane just hasn't been able to shake off the problem, but it is still our hope that he will be fit for the Heineken Cup and then for Wales in the Autumn.

I think there's as much violence, in a way, as a scene with two women having a cup of coffee in a Ruth Rendell novel - in terms of emotional violence and the violence you can inflict with language - as there is in the most graphic kind of serial killer/slasher novel you can think of.

I think the records Dan and I are most proud of, because they were the most difficult to achieve, are those from the Open Cup and in qualifying for the PDL playoffs nine times.

I think there are some very good minority drivers out there, but are they ready to race in Cup? I don't think so, ... They can't just grab someone and throw them in a Cup car. This sport is a lot more difficult and complicated than that.

I think so. The Stanley Cup is our goal. That's what we want to win, and nothing else is acceptable for us.

I think England will still qualify for the World Cup and I think they will look back on this defeat as a minor hiccup, a bad memory,

I see it as an opportunity. Because those people who are living in those condos are going to want to go someplace - to be entertained, have a cocktail, have a cup of coffee, read a paper, have breakfast, lunch, whatever. That's what I'm looking forward to.

I remember when she got her first World Cup points, and this year, we couldn't keep up with the champagne.

Our guys battled hard and beat a team that won the Stanley Cup (in 2004). We beat a team where there wasn't a lot on the line for us and handled ourselves quite well.

Our guys are eager to bring the Davis Cup back to the US. I feel our chances to win this year are as good as anyone's, but we are expecting a tough fight from the Romanian team.

Our goal was to qualify for the World Cup and the African Nations Cup. After that, we focused on qualifying for the quarterfinals and then the semi-finals. Now we have qualified for the final and I am very satisfied with the performance.

Our goal was to clinch our spot in the Chase and we've done that. We can kind of go for it all at Richmond and then it's on to the next goal: the Nextel Cup Championship.

Our goals are to expand the Hooters Pro Cup Series into another division in the near future. This race will be a perfect way to showcase our product to Midwestern fans on a grand stage and possibly lay the groundwork for a Midwest division.

Our hope is that the X Prize Cup activities will help bring suborbital tourism operators to the southern New Mexico site for year-round passenger launch operations.

Our growth has always been upward, but there are months when it has been almost infinitesimal. When you think that a cup of coffee is $1.50, you see why it takes a lot to see a difference.