Cup Quotations | Page 3

I was shocked but I think the lads, regardless of what happens, always stick together. I don't feel there will be a problem with the manager. Even if there was, the players are always together and striving for the same goals, which is to bring the World Cup home. I don't think it will have any negative effect; hopefully it'll have a positive one.

I was shocked. But I don't think morale will suffer. The lads always stick together. I don't think there will be a problem with the manager and, even if there was, the players are striving for the same goal ­ to bring the World Cup home. I don't think it will have a negative effect. It will have a positive one.

I would be a little uncomfortable if they asked me ahead of Greg. He put a lot into the Presidents Cup and he's done a lot for international golf.

If we don't do well in the World Cup or, heaven forbid, we don't qualify, I wonder if the public will turn off.

If we're brutally honest, this is the game we look forward to most, ... a little more spice following our meeting in the World Cup semifinal.

If we had pulled it off it would have been the all-time Cup upset. The last thing I said to them before the game was to ruffle a few feathers and let Chelsea know they have been in a game. I think it was their intentions to keep those lads rested for Wednesday. The fact that they brought them on indicated how well we had done.

If we go to Hong Kong, it then gets too tight to do the quarantine, have a break and be back in Melbourne for the Australian Cup and on to Dubai.

I got hurt after the fight and couldn't go back out there. It started to sink (in) for me. We put a lot of work in every day, and it's just frustrating to think that we're not going to be competing for a Stanley Cup ... that's why we play.

If they don't, we will officially ask action because we want justice ... and that the cup is awarded to AC Milan if certain facts are proven.

If this cycle is going to continue, and it looks like the 2007 World Cup is going to be played under it, we'll have to adapt to it.

If things weren't bad enough already, the World Cup is likely to add to the trading woes. Plasma screens are being rolled out across the estate, but this process will not be complete ahead of June. A further deterioration in like-for-like sales should therefore be anticipated.

If this is the Cup race, that's the last lap and that's what going on, it's going to be a different outcome, I can tell you that.

If we clear this up cleanly, then preparations for the World Cup won't be damaged. Every place where there are people and money is involved, there can be corruption.

I didn't get the chance to play against Andy in Davis Cup when they beat us, ... In a way, this was a revenge.

I didn't get a chance to play in the NHL. This is my Stanley Cup -- the Olympics.

I don't even know what the odds are for one kid or one team to make it here. Obviously, being from Canada this is their Stanley Cup - they made it. It's hard enough to get here and it's hard enough to advance.

I'd like to go Cup racing and Busch racing full time, but I've got to start somewhere and get my feet wet. The biggest question mark people have for me is, can I drive one of these cars? I'm doing one of each type of venue, hopefully try to do the best I can and maybe open up some doors.

I don't know where we stand with that. Michael has a lot of stuff he is doing, trying to get his program up and going as far as shops and personnel and stuff, but talking about Cup stuff is not a road we've crossed.

I don?t care if I don?t win another match the rest of the year, if I can hold up that Cup at the end of the year.

I don't care if Cuba wins or loses every game. I just want to see them play. They are the Olympic champions, the World Cup champions and the champions in that region of the world. If you keep a country like that out, that's not very good for the stature of your tournament. Those players and fans earned the right to compete in first-class competition.

I could swear I heard a score recently - 16 September, 2003 to be precise - where the home team won 6-0 and where the aggregate score was six-all. I think it was a League Cup match in Wales. Was I dreaming? And if not, is this the biggest two-leg comeback of them all?

I am extremely disappointed, as I have always enjoyed playing Tennis Masters Cup and had a great time in Shanghai in 2002,

I am disappointed to be leaving Tampa Bay, obviously. We won a Cup together and I really enjoyed my time here. But now I want an opportunity to play in the NHL because I know I can prove myself and be an effective player every day.

I am disappointed for him. Maybe the writing was on the wall when Peter Richards was getting in ahead of him in the Churchill Cup this summer.

I am completely focused on accepting the things I can not change, and I can not change the weather and player injuries. But when we have the luxury and privilege of having a combined men?s and women?s tournament for the first time, and we have a Connecticut native who is on his way back up after some struggles, who brings a group of fans who give this stadium an almost-Davis Cup feel, I feel lucky. I feel grateful.

I am delighted by AAA's decision to expand its auto racing sponsorship through their partnership with Roush Racing for the 2006-2008 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race seasons.

I am bitter and absolutely disgusted with the attitude we have shown. This result has done a lot of damage to our promotion hopes. We now have 12 cup finals to the end of the season.

I am honored to continue as captain of the US Fed Cup team and look forward to leading a team-oriented group of the best players in our country.

I believe we will carry on with good results after this sensational triumph. It is now up to us to break with a tradition that Davis Cup winners almost regularly lose in the first round the following season.

I believe we're strong enough to make the final. Winning the Cup is certainly a goal with a ticket to Europe at stake.

I beat the defending champion from last year and I think that today the conditions were tough for both of us, ... It was our first match on clay so the tennis was not that pretty. But I'm pretty happy with the win because I remember the Davis Cup from last year when it was two sets all and I lost 6-0 in the fifth set, so this one was payback time.

I am taking each race one at a time but it is clear that my goal is to win the overall World Cup title.

I am very excited and honored to be named to Team Canada. Any time you have the opportunity to represent your country, it is a thrill, and I'm looking forward to being a part of Team Canada at the World Cup of Hockey.

I am very excited about the opportunity to defend the United States' title during a tournament as prestigious as the World Cup of Hockey, which features the best players our sport has to offer. I look forward to working with USA Hockey to assemble another potential championship team.

I am thrilled by this hotel. We have a training pitch five minutes from the hotel and it is not too far for our World Cup matches.

Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I don't want to be the McDonald's of music. I don't want to not turn anyone off. If you were everybody's cup of tea, you'd probably be boring.

But the game is still played on the ice. Having been in the same shoes as Tampa once before (winning a Cup in Dallas in 1999), you don't want to disrespect somebody who has won a championship. And they earned it and deserved it. They're the ones with the knowledge right now. We're all searching for that.

Bryan told me that I'll be a key player in his team, and I'm looking forward to having a great season and bringing the Stanley Cup to Anaheim,

But absolutely no risk will be taken that could lead to further injury because we still have the World Cup coming up later this year.

I'm a huge NASCAR fan, ... I loved performing at the NASCAR awards banquet last year and I can't wait to sing the national anthem in November at the championship race in Homestead. It's a real honor to partner with NASCAR in promoting the cup challenge.

I'm a huge NASCAR fan, ... I loved performing at the NASCAR awards banquet last year and I can't wait to sing the national anthem in November at the championship race in Homestead. It's a real honor to partner with NASCAR in promoting the cup challenge.

I live to score goals and when I don't, I get frustrated. But the manager was right to take me off. I was tired after a bad week personally. I was upset about Senegal not qualifying for the World Cup and had done a lot of travelling.

I have a few household accidents, maybe drop a cup or two or smash a plate, but nothing like this has ever happened to me before.

I have a real affinity with Ireland and Dublin and the Irish, and I'm your greatest fan whenever there's a World Cup or European Championships on.

I have a very strict regimen of showing up at my desk at a certain hour with my cup of green tea. It is very quiet. I don't like having a lot of atmosphere around.

I have informed all the players not picked that they are still in with a chance for the World Cup. The Confederations Cup is an important milestone, but afterwards there will still be much to do for the World Cup.

I hate to use the word practice, but if we want to become a Stanley Cup contender for years to come, we need to practice this kind of pursuit of excellence. Winning division titles, winning conferences, winning Stanley Cups. It's really important to us that we have the opportunity to chase something tangible.

If I had to pinpoint a race for me, it would be the Dubai World Cup with Cigar. Not only was it a victory for me, but I was representing the United States. It was as close to being an Olympian as I could probably ever be.

I felt like a race horse in a world without racetracks or a champion college footballer suddenly confronted by Wall Street and a business suit, his days of glory shrunk to a little gold cup on his mantel with a date engraved on it like a date on a tombstone.

I felt like Tin Cup for a second -- kept hitting and hitting and hitting.

If I putt well, I normally score very well. Solheim Cup brings the best out in my putting.

I feel glad it all came to an end. I never intended to hit anyone. The day I threw the cup I forgot about the laws of physics. I hope that no one ever throws anything at The Palace again.

If Chicago was a Stanley Cup playoff team, I might not be here. I want to show I can play. I'm just glad I'm here. I'm trying to prove I'm a good player.

I feel like we can carry success on to the Cup Series. It's going to be a big task, but I feel like it's something we can handle and overcome within the next few years.

I feel more prepared. Last year, you know, I didn't - we played Davis Cup in December, so by the time this came around it felt pretty quick to me. I definitely feel like I did more due diligence this year, was a little more ready to go and had a little bit more time to prepare on my terms.

I can't recall this situation in any year. Romantics like the mystique of the FA Cup because it gives the giant killers a chance.

I can't hear what Jeremy says because my ears are blocked with my 2 Stanley Cup rings.

Getting to the Stanley Cup Finals twice with the Bruins was quite a highlight. But on the other hand, it was also disappointing to get that far and not win the championship.

Getting the America's Cup back is one of the biggest issues facing New Zealand sport and industry.

Getting involved in a business plan competition such The Governor's Cup is a way for these future entrepreneurs to get positive exposure within the business community. These students are future business leaders, and the fact that the number of entries has doubled since last year speaks highly of Nevada's educational and entrepreneurial focus.

Free State played well in the Standard Bank Cup and peaked then, but we haven't peaked yet.

Frederic has been in pain for a month but he has played very good games with Toulouse in the Heineken Cup and the French championship and we are confident he will be at his best.

Frankly I think the ongoing participation in the Olympics, that decision will have a lot to do with what we do with World Cup or not. But again, it's early to say. We're committed to Vancouver in 2010 and if we're not committed beyond that (to the Olympics) I could easily see a World Cup.

For some strange reason we got on together. Maybe it was because I liked talking about football all the time. We'd sit down on the settee, have a cup of tea and chat about the game. He seemed to enjoy my company and vice-versa. You know, I've met football legends and legends of the entertainment business and they've sometimes been quite disappointing in terms of personality. But Big Jock walked in the room and you knew straight away you were in the presence of somebody special.

For some strange reason the cup competition does not bring the same pressure that the league does at this moment in time, so therefore the players relax a little bit, play a bit more off the cuff and don't over-think.

Funds raised by the Tin Cup Tea allow for important programming and operational improvements that otherwise could not happen, ... These cultural institutions play an important role in preserving Nevada's heritage.

I don't remember anyone making such an impact on a tournament since Pele in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden,

If a rider appeals against a suspension in, say, a Cox Plate, the right to ride on Derby Day at Flemington a week later and in the Melbourne Cup will be at the discretion of the Appeals Board.

If and when we qualify, we would go into the World Cup as one of the teams that can win it.

I don't think we played that well, but we showed a lot of character considering the number of injuries we had. We stuck to our game plan in a very tactical game but we did well to come and beat the Currie Cup champion on their home ground.

I don't want any injuries. But if we want to give the players a fair chance to feel South American football we should meet these teams and not go into the World Cup playing only European teams.

I expect him to go to the World Cup as the number two. Oliver gives the impression that he took the decision well.

If a Captain makes the right or wrong pairings, he has a heck of a lot of impact on the outcome. I haven't played on a Ryder Cup Team when the Captain didn't have an impact.

I eye 'Modern Love' warily between that second and third cup of coffee on Sunday mornings, calculating how much of a push I need to get through the day's unhurriedly earnest saga of heartbreak and recovery.

I don't think it is a case of us playing for our season, but there is no denying we are playing for a quarter-final place in an important cup competition.

I don't think it's enough to make an appreciable impact on the day-to-day purses. But it's still newfound money. And I think you have to look upon it as a starting place. It's becoming terribly difficult to get sponsors (for racing). Even the Breeders' Cup has a certain amount of trouble. So to me, it's a good starting point and we're happy about it.

For us to win would rank as one of the great FA Cup upsets of all time.

For us right now the focus is definitely going to be on results. If we can come out and definitely put together a good performance and do all the things we need to do then you gain a little psychological effect with the fact that you are going into the Open Cup Final on Wednesday. But, we go a game at a time right now since it is the end of the season. We just need to focus on taking another step forward with our team and making ourselves better and get prepared for the final push in the playoffs.

For the Presidents Cup team for the International side, it's a huge loss. You know he's either going to win or he's going to halve pretty much all his matches. It really makes the International team a little bit weaker, but on the other side, we all hope for a fast recovery.

For those unable to get tickets for a World Cup game it offers the chance to soak up the atmosphere.

Glen has done a tremendous job for us over the past three seasons and to re-sign him was an easy decision. We feel that Glen has put the Wranglers on the map and that he is the coach that can bring a Kelly Cup Championship to Las Vegas.

If you are going to win the FA Cup then you must first beat good teams to reach the final.

If we run again this year, we will run in the Breeders' Cup Classic. We had intentions of either giving him time off or run in the Classic. We will look at the pace scenario before deciding on the classic. We'll see how Lava Man does and whether or not he goes on to the Breeders' Cup. If Lava Man does not go, we will probably go to the Classic.

If we run again this year, it will be in the Breeders' Cup Classic, without a doubt.

If the transfer cannot be finalized in time I have agreed to go to Newcastle United, but only on a one-year loan. I need to be playing regularly in a World Cup year.

If the super-sub is not going to apply at the World Cup in 2007, then there doesn't seem any point in carrying on using it for four or five matches.

If we make the UEFA Cup final (on May 13) there's a good chance I will be fit for that.

If the game with Ecuador goes well, then the match with Germany will not be such a load. They are a strong team, one that at times has been stronger than us and beaten us. I hope that during this World Cup we've done everything to change that.

He understands. For him, three weeks ago he was happy to start in the World Cup races.

I always thought my Olympic bronze medal was the highlight of my career, ... But this is even better. I had some terrible times at the beginning of my Davis Cup career, but through the years I've learned how to deal with the pressure match after match.

He won the Cup here. Once you do that, your place in history has to be guaranteed.

He went very nice. This is the best he's gone in a long time. The way he worked today, the Breeders' Cup Sprint would probably be highly likely for him if he continues the way he's going. He's a quick horse. He's fast.

He went out for a three-week break after the (Ipswich) Cup and has been back in work at the Gold Coast with Kelly Doughty,

He had two weeks in the spelling paddock after the Wellington Cup and looks very bright.

He has never won beyond 2100m and there are some good Melbourne horses nominated for the Hobart Cup so I think he has enough with 58kg for his first go in the reverse direction.

He has improved since he has been here and when he goes to the African Nations Cup in January, it is a big loss to us, but we don't complain and we get on with it.

He has demonstrated this in Wasps' recent Heineken Cup and Zurich Premiership matches, and merits his return on his current form.

He is focused on playing in the World Cup and will have plenty of opportunity to return to form and full match fitness over the domestic season,

He is fighting for his position, he's always wanted to be at the World Cup at home and become champion. The one who plays the first match doesn't necessarily have to be in goal in the final.

He is capable of playing top-level tennis and he showed that today. Isn't that what Davis Cup is all about? You guys are so happy, we are a little bit disappointed. Chris Guccione is the new hero.