Notch Quotations

I didn't go into the NASA program to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else. I went in there because I was a military officer, and that was the next notch in my profession.

If we could do high-speed rail in California just half a notch above what they've done on the Shanghai line in China, and if we had a straight path from L.A. to San Francisco, as well as the milk run, at least that would be progress.

When we get to the district, our kids tend to crank it up a notch and get the job done. Our goal is to win at least two matches at state and place.

We knew we were in for a tough one. You always know that when you play the Bulls at Loftus they're going to kick it up a notch and try to physically intimidate you.

We have nine out of 13 left in the winners' bracket so I guess that's respectable. But it's just the beginning. Overall, we're doing OK. There's still a long ways to go. We'll need to pick it up a notch (today). Wrestle a little more physical.

This was a solid win for us today. We need to turn it up a notch in the second half of the season and, hopefully, we can carry some momentum into Monday.

We're about to jump back into the (Southeastern Conference) and the level of competition is going to go up a notch and all we're trying to do is get these guys playing at their best.

We have had some tough matches this year, but (the sectional tournament) is what it's all about. That's what everyone is pointing toward and trying to step up a notch with that in mind.

We were certainly trying to protect the football and not make a huge mistake. That played into it. Obviously, they made defensive adjustments. Everybody does as the game goes along. They certainly turned it up a notch late in the game and we never really responded too well.

We need to pick it up a little bit. One of our biggest strengths is that we come to play every day. We really need to notch it up and play better.

Second half, you know, they have an outstanding offense and they had the ball, they made plays, they drove the ball and they stepped it up a notch defensively.

(Sell and Hennessy) make moves you don't see in high school girls hockey. They're a notch above everyone else.

Shes energetic, bright, and experienced. She really has a handle on what it takes to be a top notch administrator, and I am positive she will do great things at both Blackbird and Shay. And besides, ... she has four young children that will go through this district, and that means four more heads we get to count in our budget.

Morehead is probably the best offensive team we've seen so far, bar none. They're eight or nine deep, they can all shoot it from three, their center can step out from 17 feet, so it was the right time to turn it up a notch defensively.

New Jersey has developed over the last decade when it comes to D-I talent and is still on the rise. It is a notch below Pennsylvania, but getting closer. For any east coast team north of Georgia, New Jersey is a must on the recruiting trail.

I was pleased with the adjustment we made at halftime. I was also pleased with our ability to compete on the basketball floor in the second half. That was something we had to do. We had to step it up a notch at halftime. ... It was exciting to see that kind of explosive offensive performance in that short amount of time in the second half.

I don't have the relationship that I thought I did with my fans. Maybe I did early on when I had a couple thousand fans, but it's not like us anymore. It's the idea of Notch and the 'Minecraft' community.

BC jumped their game up a notch or two. In every other game we played them, I believe we controlled a lot of the game. We didn't control any of this game. We were a step behind.

Chris had all those expectations in high school, so I think he's been through that more than some players have. It will be up a notch here, but he appears to be the kind of guy to uphold those expectations.

I'm a lot more focused now. When a guy beats Tiger (Woods), it's another notch in his belt. And it's the same way if someone beats a U.S. Open champion.

I hated special teams in junior college, but up here, I actually like it. I learned to step it up a notch on defense and special teams. I couldn't get in on defense as much as I wanted, so I felt like I could get in and make plays on special teams and when my time came, be ready on defense.

If I'm Hillary, I'm sitting here and saying, 'Here's somebody in the South who seems to have another notch in his belt. I've gotta figure out a way to trump that,'

I felt my game had gone up a notch today even though it was only seven games.

If, in fact, Christen is not playing this week, then everybody is going to have to step it up a notch and I know they'll do that. Last week we had a terrible week of practice and I think that was shown on (last Friday against Central Crossing, which hadn't scored since the second quarter of its opener and dropped to 0-4). Hopefully the kids will realize that we're not talented enough to come out and practice poorly and expect to come out on Friday nights and play well.

If the guy ahead of me is hitting with two outs, I'm really hoping he finds a way to get on base because I want to hit in those situations. I approach it the same way, maybe mentally lock it in a notch higher, but those are the at-bats I really want to cash in on.

He was a little throttled up from laying over on the field and I had his mouth gagged over going into the first turn. Once I headed up the backside I just kind of let him out a notch and tried to just get him to find his stride and get comfortable.

We talked about turning it up a notch with Zeb being out. I told the guys that Zeb would love to be out there with them, and they had to play hard for him.

We took it to them a little bit. We turned it up a notch defensively.

We talked as a team the other night, mostly about having to step up. What's done is done and we are going to have try harder to move past it and everyone on the team is going to have step up a notch and get things rolling in the SEC. Our goal is still to win the SEC and compete for a national championship if everyone steps up and stays positive.

He's a full notch behind Vijay. He's not even on the same rung. There's no major that rattles you like the U.S. Open. Last year's Open probably took a month to get over that. It's not like the Masters, where the conditions are generally the same. At the Open, they're probably already rattled going in.

Her maturity has really stepped up a notch or two, so has her leadership. She works diligently and she is very accurate. She hits the ball long and can always get on (with) her second shot.

Going cash-only is going to create an environment where less transactions can be done, and lower volumes of goods can be moved. It's one more notch in the collapsing of the economy.

He's a very good passer and played hard. And he turned his game up a notch the last five or six games.

His players responded for him. And that's the sign of a guy that's done a great job for a program. And he can kind of look at that, because his players turned it up a notch for him.

You have to find different ways to win games and that's what we were able to do. We didn't have some of the prettiest goals in the world, but they were goals. We wanted to find out if we have the caliber of team that can take it up a notch when we have to and we did.

I thought we played well the first two periods. But when the other team took it up a notch in the third, we did not respond with smart hockey, plain and simple.

I think the biggest pressure comes from myself, I have very high expectations, ... I always feel like when I come to a tournament I want to be ready to play and that's one of the reasons I don't play as many events. I want my game to be top notch and I want every chance to win.

I think we just caught them on a flat night. When you play a team like that, you've got to recognize it, and you've got to kick concentration up just a notch and kick your energy level up a notch and win the game early.

I think there are fish there. With the conditions and what boats got out, I think fishing is a notch better than it has been up there for the last couple of years.

Our goal is to continue to provide top notch services to the public.

Our goal is to have top- notch performers with top- notch music, not here-today- gone-tomorrow musicians. How long can we take the repetition of what's popular right now? What makes great music possible is the songs.

Pius always runs great in big meets. We really kicked it up a notch this year because we knew the challenge we would get from Pius, Boyertown and some of the other teams. I'm happy with the results.

Oregon and Washington State are the most physical, hardest-fought games every year. You always have to pick it up a notch when you go play at Oregon.

That early goal (in the second period) really took us another notch down in terms of anxiety that we had. We started to skate more freely and do the things were capable of. That was a big step.

It doesn't matter what I think. It was a good lesson for ourselves -- for what we'll have to fight against the favored team. It showed us reality. It showed us that we'll only get what we give ourselves. It was good because we know we have to play a notch higher.

I think they're all really active (on defense). They have big, physical guys inside, and then their linebackers are always really physical. They fly around the ball, and they're always swarming. They play a real aggressive style of defense. Their entire defense brings an attitude that's just a notch above a lot of other teams in the NFL.

I think they're all really active (on defense), ... They have big, physical guys inside, and then their linebackers are always really physical. They fly around the ball, and they're always swarming. They play a real aggressive style of defense. Their entire defense brings an attitude that's just a notch above a lot of other teams in the NFL.

We jumped out on a 16-0 run, but I thought it was our ability to defend, too. We turned it up a notch defensively in the second half.

We were never able to get that full momentum back and actually get ahead. They were able to get up on us and every time we tied it up they were able to turn it up a notch and we didn't match it.

We have to take these two road wins, and take it up a notch from here.

We have to step it up that extra notch and play hard.

We have all been beaten up in our careers, because horror is viewed as a low-rent genre, just a notch or two above pornography. And while it's true that we traffic in dark areas of violence and horror in our profession, because we get everything out on the screen and don't carry it around with us, we really are mostly nice guys.

We have a good group of offensive players and talented guys, so it's just a matter of us getting on the right track. Hitting is contagious. Anyone will tell you that, so it's just a matter of everyone getting on the same page, and then we should be able to turn it up a notch at that point.

We've got something to prove every time we hit the field and there's going to be even more to prove now since we came down here a month ago and lost. We didn't do our job for that game, any aspect of it. Now we've got to turn it up a notch at practice and get ready.

We can split him out four or five yards in certain situations and may do that more this week to take advantage of his skills. Our other tight ends are good, but Jacob is a notch above anyone else. As a receiver, he can stretch the field and get open.

We came out sluggish in the first quarter. But after that, we took it up a notch and once we started running them, they seemed to lose their legs.

Triton is a solid partner in the ATM industry. We knew they would come back stronger than ever. This speaks volumes for the top- notch products produced by a top-notch team. We look forward to a long and successful relationship with Triton.

We need to step it up another notch before Wednesday. It seems like we've been sitting around on our heels the past few weeks playing not to get hurt. When you do that, you wind up playing not to win, and we have to clean that up before our first playoff game.

We have a few guys who can chuck it a little bit and I think our experience is a plus, but I think our defense has to raise it up a notch and be more consistent.

When I first went to work... I had over me an impetuous, hustling man. It was necessary for me to be up to the top notch to give satisfaction. I worked faster than I otherwise would have done, and to him I attribute the impetus that I acquired.

The only down side is it seems like you've been practicing forever, when it really hasn't been. It just feels that way. This week, they're paying attention to what you're talking about. Everything picks up a notch because you're going into the home stretch and finally playing a game.

This sport is awesome. It's crazy because you can do a run and think you absolutely killed it, did the best run of your life, and then you do the same run against somebody and you'll completely step it up a notch that you never knew you had because there's someone racing right beside you. All of a sudden you can ride faster and stronger than you ever knew you could.

We?re excited to go back. Our goal all year was to make it back and do better than last year. We have to step it up another notch and I feel like we can do that.

We stepped it up a notch in terms of attitude and commitment to sport. Hopefully that will show this weekend.

What I think you should do is bring it down a notch on the dynamic scale. Remember the balance in the music.

We've worked on being aggressive in every phase of the game. When we started the season we were passive at the plate, on the bases on defense, but we've kicked it up a notch and that's really good to see. It thought we played a very good game tonight.

When our work ethic is up a notch we ought to be rewarded but I don't think it was up to their caliber. They worked very hard, they were very efficient and they hit everything that moved. We made every effort to match that intensity but we fell a little bit short.

We thought it was must-win. (Keene) has to win two games to go beyond us now. This win could move us four spots in the standings. Getting closer to that .500 notch is big. We?re doing what we need to do.

We have a different sense of confidence going into this year. We know we're going to get everybody's best, very similar to our basketball team. We go from the hunter to the hunted. That's something we have to understand and be able to take it a notch higher.

This year, I was very pleased. The humor wasn't too debased. I'm encouraged that the humor in the ads is going up a notch instead of down, as it had been.

We talked about getting better ball movement and we adjusted to what they were doing with their trapping. We made a few shots and defensively, we picked it up a notch in the second half.

The prior reviews had a certain sense of cover-ups than an honest full-fledged review. It's essentially to raise it a notch from a standard review to a now criminal review. When you have people taking testimony under oath, it makes it harder to cover things.

We continue to try to move our event up a notch each time and I am excited about the enhanced program we're offering this year.

We're disappointed in where we stand. I don't think we're too disappointed in how we played. We definitely want to kick it up a notch now.

There has always been business continuity planning. We are taking it up a notch this year.

Brandon has matured physically and his technique. He is a top notch receiver.

At that point in time it was just about stepping up, doing the little things, making free throws, giving them one shot at the basket and making them earn every shot they got. The kids really showed tonight that they have a lot of heart. To be down seven and go back up seven, that's a 14-point turnaround. For the kids to turn it up a notch and believe they can do it, they just had a belief in one another.

Earlier in the season Patrick Henry beat us. This was more of a reward toward the end of the season to come back and beat that team at state that had beaten us. It put us one more notch higher.

There's just an energy level that gets kicked up a notch when Pedro pitches.

I seem to notice every five years or so I get a notch slower.

The storms really pushed our boundaries. We had to work a little farther east than normal. Our staff managed, and I really think we got a top notch class this year.

These newly injured service members were in prime physical condition prior to suffering their injuries and are counting on the system to assist them in re-achieving that physical conditioning through the provision of top- notch physical and occupational therapy and the availability of the full range of prosthetic equipment and devices.

I've been around some good baseball people, but he's so good in all phases of the game. You're not going to find a better worker, you're not going to find a guy who cares as much. Sometimes he probably cares too much, but he's just top notch all the way around.

Our dream and goal is to have a facility where top notch research can be done on our bench, not outside.

Offense has been getting praise throughout the spring. We had to turn it up a notch and come ready to play today and shut down the offense. We were kind of motivated.

Cody has such a tremendous work ethic. She was awesome her first three years but this year she's turned it up another notch and that says a lot about her. She's the most consistent pitcher I've ever worked with.

You're supposed to get better. When other teams turn it up a notch or two levels, we turn it down a notch or two. Teams make it hard for us to get it to our best player (Yao Ming). We don't make it hard to get it to some of their best players.

You run out of things to say about Pedro. As he goes, the rest of the team goes. Our energy level picks up a notch when he pitches.

This fleet in Key West will be a little stronger than we've seen so far. We're ready to turn it up a notch and see how we can do.

They were found in a crevasse. I think the peak was 7,000 feet. The plane hit at 6,500 feet and fell into a granite notch so one could see it.

They (St. Joseph) obviously stepped it up a notch after halftime. They do such a good job of finding the open man when they're into it. In fact, they're so good that they can take bad shots and make them. And, when they miss, they just go to the glass.

They seem to play their best games against us. If we took our average games, we would probably beat them, but they always seem to step it up a notch and really play well.

Amber has really turned into a leader for us this season. She has really taken it up a notch this year. They really push each other, and both are really clean gymnasts. It's hard for the judges to take anything away from them.

They're here because they don't have that attitude. They believe they can get wins in this tournament, they understand that each win is a notch up and they understand it in the right way. We've also been successful by being proud of who we are. There's no chip on our shoulders.

There's a lot of top notch artist. A lot of stuff you won't see anywhere else.

It was exciting for the players to put on full pads. Full pads allow the coaches to better evaluate the players. The players seem to step it up a notch when the full contact starts.

It was real sloppy in the first half, lots of mistakes. It's a big victory. We'll take the 'W.' We've got to pick it up another notch because next week we start Conference Indiana play.

It requires user interaction of some sort, which takes it down a notch from MS05-051, but it is still a serious vulnerability.

It's all going to be a notch up for him.

I told the kids after the game that we're 1-0 and that's the only record that matters. And hopefully we can put some more numbers on that left side, because when you get notch in the right side of the column, your season is over.