Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ned Yost

Tomo was very crisp today. He was sharp, he was throwing his fastball as hard as he has all year.

Chris Moore

Usually, I like to come in with a straight fastball and take it from there. Sometimes, I'll work in my slider. Everything seemed to be working today, so it was real good.

Clint Hurdle

We want to see his command, we want him to utilize his pitches, ... We also want to see him use his two-seam fastball and sinkerball.

Bruce Sutter

The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.

Sal Fasano

Whenever you don't have fastball command, it's pretty tough to get everything else to work. If anything, it's a good learning experience to know that the fastball is the most important pitch you throw.

Billy Godwin

When he got behind, he seemed to do a really good job of making quality pitches. I think that this was the thing, If he found himself in a little bit of a jam, he was able to not just throw it down the middle but spot his fastball and his changeup.

August Wilson

Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner.

Ron Gardenhire

Poise? I don't think we're talking about poise here. I think we're talking about a 97 mph fastball with a curveball from hell.

Brad Hawpe

On the last at-bat, he threw quite a bit of changeups and a good slider that fell off. On the 3-2 count it was a fastball that got up, and I tried to put the barrel on it and not do too much, and it worked out.

Billy Mayfair

You don't know what you're going to get, but we got a nice day. Monday, it was blowing 30-40 mph here. You get one of those days in the next couple days, and the guys playing here are going to be at a big disadvantage.

Hobart Alter

I took Al Unser out on a Hobie the day before he became the first auto racer to go 200 mph around a closed-circuit track. We were only going about 18 mph, and you should have seen him hanging on for dear life.

J. Taylor

There is no possibility the defendant was traveling 30 mph down that road, ... That takes a tremendous amount of force.

Davy Hite

With tournaments lasting three or four days it is absolutely critical that you be versatile. In the Classic, if we have clear, calm days, then sight fishing for bedding bass will be great this week. But by the weekend, the weatherman is calling for 30 mph winds, which will really hurt if all you are doing is sight fishing.

Justin Dombrowski

With the winds we have today (30-35 mph in Boulder County), you could have fires that could outrace fire trucks trying to chase it. You could have fires that move so fast, you can't get out of the way on time. You could start not just losing a home, but home after home after home.

Jim Samuels

Remember folks stop lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph.

Arlen Kantarian

With the speed and power of Monday's game, and with 150 mph serves and 100 mph backhands, we need an officiating aid.

Dave Barry

Scientists tell us that the fastest animal in the world, with a speed of 120 mph, is a cow dropped out of a helicopter.

Ed Begley, Jr.

I bought my first electric car in 1970. Its top speed was 15 mph and it had just a 15 mile range - it was essentially a golf cart with a windshield wiper and a horn.

Peter Burrows

With no iPod Mini to dilute its impact, Apple's new Nano is poised to become the company's next best seller -- and rivals' biggest headache, ... Steve Jobs's Tiny but Sure Bet.

Bobby Frasor

We're just a composed, poised team on the road. Nothing really gets to us.

Steve Rucchin

We're just not poised enough with the puck. We're not managing the puck well and we're not taking advantage of what they've giving us. Give credit to Carolina. There's a reason they're in first place.

Joe Nieuwendyk

We're battling now. Before we were getting a little nervous as the game went on when it was tight. Now we're playing with a lot more poise with the puck. It's a sign our confidence is getting better.

Tom Ryan

We are poised to grow again, which is part of our long-term strategy. Ultimately, the baby boomer impact will come, and we have quite an array of businesses to capture that impact.

Reggie Herring

We are poised to be a good team defensively. The major questions are safety and depth at linebacker.

Bob Nardelli

We are poised for dramatic growth over the next five years across our business. Our planned acquisition of Hughes Supply is a great example of how we are rapidly replicating in the professional market the same type of transformation that we brought to the home improvement retail market.

David Johnson

We are poised for breaking away from our competitors in the food industry, ... This strategic growth plan is designed to vault our company into the ranks of the world's renowned consumer goods companies, in terms of financial profile and market multiple.

Don Pierson

We are poised for a strong economic recovery. New Orleans is one of the oldest cities in America. Federal and state activities are in place to design, develop, construct, and enhance protection from flooding. We have withstood major storms before, and will appropriately address the infrastructure so that this type of devastation never occurs again.

Brian Billick

We've always talked about the pressure from the outside and contrasting that with Terrell Suggs . If that's a nickel role, you're talking 15-25 snaps. He's capable of doing more, but we have a lot of assets here to balance that out. If we can use him more, we will.

Kelly Leonard

When we were talking to them about the marketing, I said traditional theater marketing never works for us. We need college students, we need young people who wouldn't necessarily go to Denver Center. We get a lot of people at Second City who don't know they're coming to an Actors' Equity theater. A lot of marketing we're doing is promoting Red Scare without the Second City name or the Denver Center name.

Ray Preston

When we were talking to him, he didn't want to commit to how long. So I said, 'Try a year and see how it works out.' Fortunately he's been there since.

Callie Widel

When we were sitting on the bench, we were just so excited. We started talking about which one of these is more special. Obviously this one right now is special, but it just feels so good to have two.

Bill Belichick

When I was out there, I really enjoyed talking to Al,

Bartolo Colon

When I was just a year old, my dad was always talking about Nolan Ryan, ... He is my favorite player of all time, so it is a very special feeling to do it as an Angel.

Heath Schroyer

When I talk to kids about this place, I spend all my time talking about what a great place this is, not all that other stuff, ... There are enough positive things to talk about with this program and this community.

Jim Henderson

We're getting to a place where we're talking and not converting.

John Brady

We're going to the Final Four. That's where it all is. But when I was just talking with Glen walking down the hall, he agreed with me. For some reason, this doesn't seem like the end to me. Maybe there's something more in store for this team.