Roy Quotations

I grew up in Alice, Texas, a small oil town with one theater that only showed Roy Rogers movies. So when I got the role, I had never even seen a Bond film and had only had a vague notion about the idea of a Bond girl.

I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself.

One of my favorite expressions ever uttered by a player is Roy Campanella's line about how, in order to be a major-league player, you have to have a lot of little boy in you.

Roy Acuff was a big hero for me, and I was so sad when he passed. It's hard as you get older to lose your friends and family.

In 83 I thought we were going to go all the way. We had Roy Smalley, and Steve King, and good players.

I came to Los Angeles only after filming 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' when I was cast in the independent movie 'Delirium.' Director Lee Roy Kunz was looking everywhere for a Russian actress. He saw my photos, and only then he learned where I starred before! Eventually, I spent several months in the U.S., and we made the film quickly.

I grew up as a Roy Rogers fan, of course.

I loved Roy Acuff with all my heart, and I never dreamed I'd be able to meet him or see him onstage, or especially become good friends with him. For all this to happen, it's hard to explain what a dream this is when you love something as much as I love traditional country music.

The only music we ever listened to out in the piney woods was Roy Acuff and the Grand Ole Opry. That was the only night of the week I was allowed to lay in the middle of the bed with Mama and Daddy, just long enough to hear Roy Acuff sing; then I had to go back to bed.

As much as I loved Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Junior Gilliam, and Don Newcombe, I loved watching Willie Mays play more than all of them combined, even if he played for the 'bad guys!'

Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy this thing would have died.

We were grooving, at that point, in the same direction, but remember, Roy Hamilton and myself were going into a path and a direction that had no programming.

The first song that made me interested in music was 'Oh, Pretty Woman' by Roy Orbison. It was the guitar intro, that riff, that I really liked and made me listen in a different way.

In my vocal, I think you can hear something of my earlier times when I'd sing in subway halls for the echo and perform doo-wop on street corners. But I had a lot of influences, too - singers like Sam Cooke, Brook Benton and Roy Hamilton.

I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined quite a number of my pictures, which he stopped doing later. He used to punch a hole through a negative. Some of them were incredibly valuable. He didn't understand at the time.

When I was nine, I was singing western swing: Roy Rogers and Patsy Cline. It got me noticed because no one my age was doing it, but it made me feel inferior because none of my friends could relate to it.

When I was in Congress, I worked with Joe Kennedy to rename the Justice Department for Bobby, and when I retired, Teddy Kennedy sent me this Roy Lichtenstein print of his brother, inscribed: 'Bobby would have been proud of you.'

When we drafted Jeff Francoeur, (scouting director) Roy Clark said, 'This guy's going to be a star,'

Throughout recorded history, brave men have been called on to stand take a stand--sometimes for country, sometimes for family, sometimes for the Lord above. Roy Moore is such a man.

We're still going with the starters we had last week. But Manning is making a move. He definitely will get a lot of playing time because we need to see Roy out there on the field and see how he performs under the lights.

We've got David Carr and Michael Vick at quarterback. We've got Marvin Harrison and Roy Williams at receiver. ... Hey, A.J., who's our running backs?

We have to go out and win with what we have. We know Roy and Andy are 1-2 around here, and that's the way it was before Roger got here. We need people to step up and perform, but we're not worried. Roy and Andy are a pretty good pair of pitchers.

We've seen Roy four or five times this year. They've seen Mulder four times. It's not really going to be stuff, it's going to be command; you know, do you locate your pitches?

The fact of the matter is, that when you get to the status that Roy is in, and you are considered to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and you've won the heavyweight title -- you've reached the ultimate goal, so what else do you do?

We met the players for the first time and for a brief moment two hours before the show. They kept us separate the whole time. We only got to spend an hour with the players. Before we got on set, the show gave us their jerseys. Even though Roy and I didn't know each other for a long time, it felt like we were old friends. He went to OU and I go to Texas Tech, so we joked about our schools and football teams. He joked saying Texas Tech cheated during their game against OU. I joked back saying it was pure skill.

Lee Ann Womack is from near where I grew up in East Texas, so I've always looked up to her. I sang a lot of Dolly Parton as a kid and a lot of traditional western swing, like Patsy Cline and Roy Rogers.

Sharon Stone said on many occasions that, before Roy, she was stuck in B-movies - Roy helped her make the transformation,

Silliness, pure silliness. There was Roy Rogers' Sons of the Pioneers, there was the Sons of the San Joaquin. It was in that spirit, and tongue-in-cheek, but we've had it for all these years and it's served us well, I think.

(Monday) Roy Williams called, and we talked for 35-40 minutes, maybe longer. He told me, 'I lost the Final Four five times before winning it.' He helped.

Now, we sit back and watch Roy do his thing.

I would have pursued Roy Williams all out because he's a great coach. But knowing his love for Kansas, I think the only way we had a shot is because he was a North Carolina grad.

I don't know enough about Roy's numbers to be disappointed. I don't watch enough Lions games. I think Roy will be an All-Pro. If he stays healthy, he'll be an All-Pro before he's through.

I don't do bust ups with the players, despite what journalists say, and I certainly don't do them with the players, ... I have a very good relationship with all the players, a very good professional relationship with Roy as with the rest of them.

Get out of the cities and go down to the little coffee shop instead of the country club - and people are overwhelmingly in favor of Roy Moore. And a lot of them are Democrats.

Give all the credit to Roy Young. His girls jumped on us early, and they were very well prepared defensively for us.

He isn't going to hit me with the left hand anyway, so he won't have much use for that, ... whatever Roy Jones shows up, I am planning on destroying.

He came through big. He had one tough inning, but our guys came through for him. Once in a while, you have to have a little help. Roy kept the game at bay early on. We had a tough sixth inning, and then we responded.

Whatever Roy Jones brings, it won't be enough. I've trained hard. I'm a better fighter.

There is nobody like him. When you watch Roy play, from a coaching standpoint, he's everything you want a player to be. He has composure and seems to want the ball in tough situations.

We've given them a date and it would be nice if it could happen. Everyone at the club, particularly the supporters, would like to pay tribute to Roy after everything he's done for us.

He's a senior, he either does it this year or he doesn't. He has some great leadership skills, and I'm glad he's out here. What's going to make Roy better is there's a young man out here pushing him, and that's Terrance.

He's a second-time 20-game winner and you don't hear much about it. Roy himself is not a self-promoter. He's very laid-back. He's very comfortable being in the back room. You have great personalities like the Rocket (Roger Clemens) and (Andy) Pettitte, who have done some wonderful things, so I think (the attention) naturally gravitates in their direction. But Roy has done a fine job for us and he's going to go down as one of the great pitchers in this decade.

He's a second-time, 20-game winner and you don't hear much about it. If it happened with somebody else, it would be all over the place, but Roy is not a self-promoter.

When they see images of guys like Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Ernie Banks and Roy Campanella, whom they recognize as household major-league stars, and realize they came out of the Negro Leagues, all of a sudden that mindset changes.

He is proud of his roots. We talked together a lot about his misadventure in the 2002 World Cup, ... Roy is an incredible player.

Guys made shots tonight. It didn't have to be a 'Brandon Roy makes shots down the stretch' night, and that's fine with me.

I think it all depends on how good this fight is. I don't know how to rank it. If this turns out to be a dramatic fight and Roy wins, people will look back at all three (in a fond way). But he has to win in a theatrical way. That would make it a great trilogy, maybe.

It appears Roy Moore is campaigning on an agenda that echoes the same positions Gov. Riley has already taken. Most of the issues Roy Moore outlined (Monday) were detailed in Gov. Riley's Plan for Change back in 2002, and Gov. Riley has worked ever since then to implement them.

I think it's a perfect fight for both guys. You have Hopkins, who is a legend in the middleweight division, and the same is true of Roy in the light heavyweight division. He owns the win over Hopkins and it's the right fight for both guys at this time.

I thought we had plenty of runs, we had Roy on the mound and things looked pretty good. Then a few innings later things didn't look so good. It was a game you didn't want to let get away.

I thought Roy started tiring in the sixth, ... but he did the job he had to do. And the bullpen was perfect. Roy has had a couple of rough outings lately, but he was back in the groove tonight.

I thought our defense in the first half was pretty darn good, in the first aspect of it. But, we didn't finish the defense on several occasions. We had situations where we had traps, and I credit Roy and his players because those traps were not sustained.

I think Brandon goes out and just concentrates on how to win the game. Sometimes he may score more, sometimes he may assist more. But what is the defense giving Brandon Roy tonight? I think he's able to take advantage of that.

I think any time you take on an incumbent governor, you have to make the case for change, ... You'd have to give him the edge today, but four years ago, Roy Barnes had the edge.

I saw KISS and AC/DC and I thought they were incredible. I thought the shows were amazing. But once I saw the Cramps in a small room, there was a difference between the experiences. One was like a Siegfried and Roy explosion and one was something that was intense and real.

My older brothers used to take me to the shows to see Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, all of that you know, the Western movies.

Look at the record of his team. Look at his stats. Look at it, and you can't refute it. I don't think anybody needs to beg for Brandon Roy to get accolades. It's right there.

I was very nervous about meeting him. I wondered how the players would be with us but they were all very nice. Roy is extremely friendly and he even offered to give me a $1,000 if we didn't win any money at the game.

I was trying to shift the receivers around, and I asked Roy if he could play the Z (flanker) position for the rest of the game. He said he didn't think his leg was up to that. I had to base things a lot on his decision. I can't feel how much his leg hurts.

I was hardly the hero tonight. Roy was great.

I think Patrick wouldn't say something unless it was true. It was a great confidence boost. Every time Patrick Roy says something you believe him.

I think Roy probably came into Congress with more experience and accomplishments than the average congressman. It helped him hit the ground running in a lot of respects. He was never really a freshman.

I think Roy now understands that his legacy is on the line. He wants redemption, and the only way he can get that is by beating me. For once in his life, he's taking a real risk, and you have to commend him for that. But it's Tarver time. Roy might be as great as everybody says he is. But I plan to show once again that he's not better than me.

I think Rocket and Andy really like being on the big stage. They sort of feed off that a little bit. Roy doesn't shy down from it at all, but his personality is just much more low-key.

I think I will have Roy next season. He loves it at the club and I can't see him leaving. It's just fitness that counts. Fitness, speed, motivation -- if you've got that then fine.

That was when the ball came up and hit Ludovic Roy in the face and went in. If you ask me, we owe them one.

Well, I was hardly the hero tonight. Roy was great - seven innings pitched and one run. He bailed us out quite a few times. Luckily, I was able to get a couple knocks.

Well, I was hardly the hero tonight. Roy was great -- seven innings pitched and one run. He bailed us out quite a few times. Luckily, I was able to get a couple knocks.

Well, I was hardly the hero tonight, ... Roy was great - seven innings pitched and one run. He bailed us out quite a few times. Luckily, I was able to get a couple knocks.

Well, I was hardly the hero tonight, ... Roy was great -- seven innings pitched and one run. He bailed us out quite a few times. Luckily, I was able to get a couple knocks.

We have a good group and we have great chemistry. We understand for our offense to be good everybody has to contribute. If one guy is making all the plays we're not getting it done as a group. And we understand that. One game Roy is going to have a big one. Another game I'm going to have a big one and Charles is going to have a big one. When we break the huddle you never know where that ball's going.

We've made contact to say we're interested. We would love the opportunity to speak to him. If Roy decides he wants to come to London - then bang, we're in for him.

When I first moved to L.A., I discovered Roy London. I didn't know anything about the arts, the profession; I had no technique, I knew nothing, I'm fresh from Missouri. I sat in on a few classes, and they just felt a little guru-ish and just didn't feel right to me. Until I met Roy.

When I interviewed profilers in 1984 in the basement of the FBI Academy at Quantico, VA., there were just four of them - Roger Depue, John Douglas, Roy Hazelwood, and Robert Ressler.

We needed somebody to open up the game and Roy did that for us, he was unbelievable today.

We got the timely hits, and played pretty good defense tonight. Allen Roy met his quota on the mound, then Peter Vance did, and then Jason Howell.

We formalized the process of reaching out to them. You could talk to Tom or Tom's people, or Roy or Roy's people. It was all the same.

The Pat Tillman Foundation is thrilled to be participating in this fundraising event. We thank Roy for his dedication to the foundation's efforts to keep Pat's leadership spirit of giving back alive.

When you're running Roy out there, ... you've got to feel pretty good about your chances.

When you watch Roy play, you're watching, really, from a coaching standpoint, everything you want a player to be. He can pull up and make mid-range shots. He can pass the ball. He can rebound. He plays with great composure. He seems to want the ball in tough situations.

Tomorrow I'm going to face Roy Oswalt, and I can't think about the five hits I got today, because he's a really good pitcher.

You don't replace great players like Pele, Maradona, Eusebio or Roy Keane. You just create new players in new teams. That is why the game moves forward.

The reality of it is that he could not live with himself if he didn't attempt to come back and beat this guy. Antonio Tarver has been chasing Roy Jones his entire career. They've had their two fights. It didn't go the way Roy wanted it to the last time, and he wants to turn that around.

We're not in the dumps. It's frustrating Roy will miss a start, exciting A.J. is on the mend.

Without Tom DeLay, a lot of this wouldn't have been possible for Roy. They're good friends. They're good colleagues. Roy has learned a lot.

When you have a record like that against a particular team, there has to be some luck involved as well. Roy is one of the best pitchers in the league. If anyone would have a chance to go undefeated against a particular team, it would be him.

When I went to the movies and heard cowboys like Roy Rogers and Gene Autry yodeling when I came out of the movie I was that guy.

Tonight I had to really dig deep because you saw the best of Roy Jones.

We have a deal. I have Richard's word that Hopkins is in. And Roy told me, 'Let's go.' Everybody reviewed what was on the table and were able to agree to it.

What Roy did tonight, he set a tone right from the get-go,

We tried to make this fight many years ago but the stumbling block was always what Roy wanted to be paid.

We have to deal with Roy first and foremost.

We got some offensive rebounds in the second half and the fact that our half court defense was better ... particularly from Ivory Clark. He made Brandon Roy work for everything he got.

We see a true competitor here with Roy. And the way he went about his business tonight gave us great confidence. He went after them. He challenged them. They are powerful from top to bottom, and Roy didn't back down.

Brandon Roy was terrific. It seemed like he was going to the line every possession.

Brandon Roy is a great player. ... Any time it seemed like I got a body on him, he just bumped me out of the way and little bit, and went right around me.

Brandon Roy had a phenomenal game again. But, to come up short is really disappointing.

Even though Le Roy has lost a lot at the key skill positions they have such depth that they are poised to make another run for the state championship.

Billy, are you surprised Roy Williams was able to turn this program around so quickly?

Beyond a shadow of a doubt, Do you have any excuses tonight Roy Jones? And seven punches later - seven is the number of completion - seven punches later is Roy Jones no more. So you have to look back, it's a powerful, powerful statement. I told Roy Jones when he was the heavyweight champion, You're not even the best fighter in Florida. And I got to prove it. So it's a spiritual thing when you think about it, man. And I'm just so thankful. Going through the transition from amateur to the pros - they can't deny me no more. I refuse to be denied. And I told the world that it will recognize, before it's all over, they will recognize. And now they do.