Famous Quotes & Sayings

Fred Hassan

We remain determined to become a high-performance competitor for the long term -- and over the past several quarters we have made steady progress toward that goal.

We respect everyone week in and week out and we know Arizona State is another fierce competitor in the Pac-10 and they have things to prove. We're just doing our best to be prepared for them.

Webster is always a fierce competitor and they're playing at home.

We faced one of the best pitchers in the country today, a tremendous competitor and a class act, and he was magnificent. It was a great college baseball game. We made it interesting in the ninth, but we were just too far in the hole at that point.

We feel that we're in a good position, that this will make us a stronger airline, ... We'll be able to clean up our financial status with regard to balance sheets and aircraft that are too expensive to fly, and emerge as a stronger, more viable competitor on the East Coast, where most of our flights are operating.

Carlos Slim

Competition makes you better, always, always makes you better, even if the competitor wins.

With this merger, AT&T is going to be the biggest phone company and the biggest wireless company. That means they're also going to be the biggest competitor to the cable companies.

We're really firm in our desire to keep the National the tremendous value it's always been a full season will cost a competitor well under $40,000. With a cash season-end prize fund, a driver's net expenditure can be even less than that.

David Poile

We know what kind of a person and competitor he is. He will do everything in his power to get back on the ice.

We know what a tough competitor Linda is and we have seen what Libby can do at the world championships.

When he had to be good, he was good. He got better as the game went on. He's a great competitor - that's his No. 1 trait.

New York has become a serious competitor for feature films and even television production. We need to be concerned.

Arron Afflalo

I was running around celebrating with the rest of my team. But I saw him laying there in tears a little bit. I just felt for him. He's a great player. There's really no reason for him - outside the fact that he's a competitor and wanted to win - that he has to cry. He's a great player and he's going to have a great (NBA) career. He should definitely keep his head up.

Bob Sapp

I would rather have one I have to gear down than one I have to gear up, ... Ryan is a competitor without a doubt. I think he understands it's his senior year and what we have at stake. He understands the situation. That doesn't mean you can't be competitive and can't get after it, but there's a time to stop and a time to go.

Ron Zook

I wish he wasn't out for the season, but it doesn't bother me that he'll miss our game. He's such a great competitor and such a good person. You hate to see anything like that happen to such a great kid.

There are times when we have to do certain things to help him defensively but the flip side of that is he's done so much for our team that we need him on the floor, ... We live with the defensive deficiencies that may come about because of his lack of size. He more than makes up for that with a big, big heart and being a competitor the way he is.

John Negroponte

Globalization is causing a shift of momentum and energy to greater Asia, where China has steadily expanding reach and may become a peer competitor to the United States at some point.

He tried it, and his eyes lit up almost immediately. That's the thing about Chad. You see him out on the course, and he has that very mild, laid-back look, but that's not him at all. To be able to change grips like he did, to be willing to do whatever it takes to have more variety in his swing, that's an example of what kind of competitor he is. He's a tough Texan; that's all there is to it.

He's beaten the ultimate competitor -- he's beaten cancer. Now I'm sure nothing or no one can intimidate him -- he's living large.

He has a feel for our personnel. He can kind of give his teammates some pointers, and us having him here, our coaches and players have a feel for him. He looks really good, really exceptional. He looks like a guy that's trying to get back to Super Bowl form. We all know that he's a competitor and a hard worker so he's gonna come in here and try to put together a good showing.

He has just been outstanding. When he takes the hill we expect to win every game we play. He's a competitor and a guy who just hates to lose.

He had his ups and downs, but he always handled it extremely well and with class. You could see how much of a competitor that he was. It's good to see him finally getting his due. He's one of the best quarterbacks in this league, if you ask me.

He has a really quiet demeanor. But he's so talented. He has that fierce competitor inside. When he lets it out, he's one of the best players in this league.

John Foxe

He is as tough a competitor as you can find at any position. He does well home or away.

Sylvester Croom

He is an intense competitor and he has a knack for making plays, even turning his mistakes into positives. I think he'll get even better as time goes on.

He is a true competitor who wants to win and leaves everything on the court both offensively and defensively. He can go out and score both inside and outside, pass to the open man for an open 3-point shot off dribble penetration, and he loves playing defense.

He is a tremendous competitor and has a tremendous work ethic. When he graduated, he was someone I wanted on my staff. I've taught him some things and he's taught me some things and we work well together.

He has the skills, the intelligence, the leadership ability. You put all those things together and you've got a pretty good basketball player. He's such a competitor and he's going to get better and better.

Jeff Johnson

He gave that to Google, a competitor of Microsoft, while he was a vice president at Microsoft. He should not be giving business advice to Microsoft's competitors.

Dave Wannstedt

He came out of the game okay. He's beat up, we know that. His shoulder has been bothering him for the last couple weeks. He's fighting through it like the tough guy that he is and the competitor that he is.

Douglas Ivester

What do you do when your competitor is drowning? Get a live hose - and stick it in his mouth.

E. B. White

We've faced one competitor after another over the years. We've been doing this for 10 years. We do it very well.

I am excited about the spring season. We have a chance to do something we've never done before, be a strong competitor in Florida.