Gut Quotations | Page 3

It's going to be very difficult for the Marlins to bring their fan base back. It's just a unique situation from the standpoint of there aren't too many times that a team wins two championships in such a short period of time (seven years) and yet they gut their roster and threaten to move.

It's good for our players, too. I think it's important to be able to give back to some of these kid that are less privileged. I think it's a gut check for them to realize how fortunate they are and what they have and be able to bond and get to meet some of the kids in San Diego who aren't quite so lucky.

It's going to be a gut check to see what we're made of.

Does he know in his gut that the existence of looting, chaos and disease in a great American city, or cities, is a terrible blow that may have deep implications?

Then she voted to gut the Treasurer's oversight bill.

That's the first time I've ever done that in my life. It was probably just a gut feeling. You can't be afraid to lose. I never thought we weren't going to complete that pass.

That's one thing we had a question about coming in - how we'd do in a close game. We had never been in that situation before. But, knowing the guys I have - we have seven seniors - I had a good gut feeling about it.

Everybody really needs to have a gut check that starts with themselves. You've really got to believe. It's easy to say something, but you've really got to believe what you are saying. If you don't believe it, you shouldn't be out there. Everybody has to pick it up.

It's an entitlement program for landowners that want to gut the Endangered Species Act,

It's hard to define. A lot of work gets accepted on the gut level.

It's creepy. People realize in their gut that if we require implanted chips, we've become the kind of society where people can be tracked by their government.

I've got to tell you my gut hurts on this one. It hurts. I've got cramps. So we need to take this one very, very seriously.

It was a gut instinct. It had this incredible comfortable feel.

It was a gut feeling. I thought it was showy. I didn't think it was appropriate to show to a jury.

It was a gut check. I thought, 'Let's assume the market comes back and we actually survive this. What will the fruits of survival be?

It was a gut check coming in after the first and being down two.

It's very much a gut feel, subject to change on a daily or hourly basis.

It validates what a lot of people know ... their own gut feelings. Teachers are researchers on the ground.

They came back on us and showed what kind of character they had. I think what we did in the overtime showed a lot of character and grit for our guys. We had to gut it out.

They have to get it in their gut that we're going to win, not just compete.

It was gut wrenching. To come into our house as a 2-1 team and to lose to Diego the way we did, I mean, they beat us in all phases. They had us against the ropes all day and they left here with the KO.

It was gut wrenching, ... To come into our house as a 2-1 team and to lose to Diego the way we did, I mean, they beat us in all phases. They had us against the ropes all day and they left here with the KO.

It was just a gut check for us. I'm really happy we pulled it out because for a second, I was really scared myself.

On a really big budget movie you do chemistry reads, and you sort of hedge your bets a little bit more and make sure that these people get along. But on the low budget side of things, I have to trust my gut that when I cast these people, the various elements are going to play together.

Not only does this bill gut the Endangered Species Act, but it creates a government giveaway program to greedy developers.

The nature of judging is special from other decision making, ... They have to suppress their gut instincts and rule from precedents, the rule of law.

After the tough loss to UC Santa Barbara, I expect our team to respond fiercely. We had a little gut check playing a ranked team that was beatable.

As a coach it was my responsibility to give her whatever opportunity was out there. You have to go with your gut feeling. I knew when she had 58 points that there was something special going on.

The last thing we would want to do is to take Gilman and gut it and turn it into a sterile space. Hodson is a great building, but we don't want another Hodson.

The investment in rare coins has captured the public's imagination. People feel in their gut that it's a bad idea. That's devastating for a governor who's never been flashy but had the Taft reputation for integrity and good judgment.

I'm not saying you're lackadaisical at home, but if that road team comes out and hits you in the mouth almost from the first play, that's a gut check right there.

I'm encouraged by all the church groups you see and the young people who spent their holiday helping muck out or gut and rebuild houses. The paper said two New Jersey colleges were coming in for spring break.

I never expected that would run 14 seconds off the clock. My gut at the time favored the percentages of going to the hole.

In most hurricanes, you're talking about wind damage, lost roofs -- that kind of thing. Flooding is much more insidious. Structures are still standing, but there are devastating effects. With the dirty water, it may never be possible to repair it. You'll have to rebuild, or at least gut it.

In keeping with his design to gut our country of national treasures, the chairman has put the home of America's foremost park-maker ... on the list of national parks to be cut, ... He is trying to sell the park-maker's park.

I knew in my gut this was the bad one.

I knew he was here tonight. I tapped him in the gut when I was walking over to the starting blocks.

I knew Randy was going to go all week. It was just a gut feeling. I've known him since he came out of high school, and I know what kind of player he is, ... You want guys who lay it on the line like that in your locker room.

I knew what he wanted to do, and he showed me the plans, but when he brought me to the building and showed me around, I didn't see how it was possible. I didn't think there was enough room but he said, 'We're going to gut all these offices.' I figured even if he tore everything out it wouldn't be very big, so I'm just amazed at how spacious all these rooms are.

I'm just looking at the gut feeling I have. I'll ask my parents how they are feeling and what kind of vibe they got. It's just going to come down to where I am the most comfortable.

I have no prospective buyers, just a gut feeling that it could possibly have a future.

I have never seen a response to a Supreme Court decision this dramatic. It is a gut issue, not a partisan issue at all. Whether you are a Massachusetts Democrat or a Republican in South Dakota, you are concerned about your home.

I had my match then let it go. You get out there and start thinking you are better than what you are. It's a real gut check.

I need to get as many at-bats as I can get the next few games. The knee feels better than it has, and it's time to gut it out.

If you gut the habitat, you're really gutting the act, ... This is a critical part of any recovery. Habitat is absolutely essential to any species.

I just listened to my gut instinct and it told me that J.J. was our best runner from the tailback position. I had a hard time calling the plays the last few weeks, but what J.J. did today really opened everything up.

I just had a gut feeling that South Carolina was the place for me.

I honestly think the judge is wrong in terms of how he has applied the law, but I haven't had a chance to read the cases (he cited). My gut feeling is he's wrong when he says if the other side puts on live people, I need to put on live people, too. If he's right, then I goofed; and if he's not right, then he goofed.

I pray to God we don't see those numbers. My gut is ... we don't. But we just don't know.

If you want to build the condos, that's fine, but to get rid of a cultural asset makes no sense. Don't destroy these buildings indirectly by leaving only the facades. It's a hypocrisy to say you want to preserve the history to then gut the buildings.

I guess that's how teams that win 22 games do it. You just find a way to gut it out and win.

I had a gut instinct, ... We thought we were clearly doing the right thing, and it was time and we needed a new generation of leaders.

I had a gut feeling that it was right thing to do at that point.

I just have to keep reminding myself that that the game is officially over. That was a real gut check. Things did not look for good for a while.

I just have this gut feeling we're going to see something like that again. I'll be very, very surprised 25 years from now if you're not bringing up this U.S. Open.

I just felt on a whim that this would be a situation when he would get in there and give us an opportunity to win. It was just a gut feeling of a coach.

Before districts, I told them, 'This is the last chance, and we're going to gut it out.' And they were all in agreement.

By relying on the statistical information rather than a gut feeling, you allow the data to lead you to be in the right place at the right time. To remain as emotionally free from the hurly burley of the here and now is one of the only ways to succeed.

If I had to boil it down, I'd say, it's probably bad news, but it's probably not as bad as one's initial gut reaction might indicate.

I don't think there's any question that coach Weis is going to turn things around. It's just a gut feeling I've had for the last three or four months. I think he'll be able to do a lot with the program with the new facilities, this recruiting class and the next one. I don't think there's any reason why the program can't be headed into a direction of greatness. I have extremely high expectations.

I don't think he needed the rabbits. You just don't want to gut him chasing a horse today with $4 million on the line six weeks from now.

He's got an incredible feel for people, players, the game. He's got great instincts and a great gut for when to do it.

I'd love to do films, but I'd feel bad in my gut if I did anything just for the money. I want to wait for something I'm really passionate about, even if I don't work for a year.

I believe in my gut that he will move on.

This is a huge gut check for this team, ... Tonight's game was an ugly win, but we still have to play them on Monday and they will be looking for payback.

This is a gut punch for them for sure. Those guys are always pushing us around. We always feel like the little punk in the school yard so it's nice to kind of step on 'em a little bit. It doesn't happen very often.

Akins and Corey Hoffman did a real good job up the middle and a few times we brought John Barker up the gut and he's a handful when we get him going. (Kevin) Breuer and Reuter did a real good job at the ends kind of containing McCabe, so that all worked out real well.

And many times that did take place, but what I've said in the past, and my gut feeling, is that it was started to calcify in a sense.

The clerk working at the jewelry store had a gut feeling that something wasn't right. Our detectives were able to contact New York authorities.