Finishes Quotations

You know what they call the fellow who finishes last in his medical school graduating class? They call him 'Doctor.'

Yeah, right. I mean, he criticises everybody in the media, then the first thing he does when he finishes is he goes to work for the media. Thompson, too. Hypocritical.

I've been told, and I think I recognize it, that there's a cinematic quality to my writing, with a sense of image and place and scene - and, some would say, my tendency to finish my books the way Hollywood finishes its films.

With the intensity of the first three NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, fans have been treated to exciting finishes each race. Fans can expect nothing less than the same for the John Deere 200.

We knew this would happen. When a team finishes as champion something similar always occurs. Opponents work out how you play, they mark you very closely and hardly let us move,

We're seeing a real resurgence in the use of wallpaper. For a while it was so out of style that many smaller manufacturers went out of business. The paint and faux finishes just dominated home design; that is no longer the case.

We've won some heat races and had some decent finishes but we haven't been able to get the luck to win a feature,

When the horse made his exciting finishes and was running on late very strong, we thought the horse might have some potential.

Second is not bad, but going out with a one-shot lead, you always want to win as there has been a few second place finishes lately, so I would like to change them into a win.

She's going to have a place to play in Europe, many, many times over, if she wants to once she finishes her degree here.

She finishes in traffic better than anyone. She can alter her shot, but still gives herself a high percentage shot.

She just finishes well. She gets there so quick. When she takes off she goes to the goal and you're not going to catch her. Then she takes on the goalkeeper and finishes, just finding the keeper and putting the ball in the net.

Mr. Rove will continue to cooperate fully with the special counsel's efforts to complete the investigation. We are confident that when the special counsel finishes his work, he will conclude that Mr. Rove has done nothing wrong.

No, I'm not frustrated, ... I'm very determined. I'm driving hard, and I'm determined. I'm not in much of a Mr. Nice Guy mood. I just want to get the wins and the finishes knocked for my team, my sponsors and my partners and get it right. It's getting ridiculous right now.

I have concerns about all of them, I would say, because we're in the middle of March and the season finishes for them at the beginning of May.

I believe we have a very strong line-up. The eight players have produced some terrific golf over the past 12 months which is clearly reflected by their finishes on the Japan and Asian tours.

I am really happy. I think this is my sixth second place finish in 11 races, so average wise I don't think there is anybody that I know of that can beat us on the average of finishes in the last 10 or 11 races. So we are pretty proud of what this team has been able to accomplish here. It's been an awesome day. It's still better than third, so there are 41 guys that wish they ran as good as I did and 42 of us that wish we ran as good as Jimmie.

Chris is an amazing player. We won 13 games this year, but without Chris we would have been lucky to win more than four or five. It all kind of starts and finishes with him.

I have always enjoyed racing at Chicagoland, ... Yes, it is a basic 1.5-mile oval, but it seems to have a different personality. It is wider than most of the other tracks and the grip level is good everywhere. So you see a lot more drivers using the high groove. I think that is why there have been so many close finishes there. I think there will be another close one this year. I just want to have the front of my car cross the line first this time.

I hate to totally gild the lily, but in fact our second-place finishes are stronger than any we've had since New Hampshire, ... We're starting to come back.

Fresno State is one of the top teams we're looking at. I think our last conversation with them was pretty positive, but I wouldn't say it's done until ESPN finishes talking with them. We need ESPN to cooperate and pay them some money.

If Andrew's the guy that finishes it, Andrew's the guy that finishes it.

For me, there's a new generation of linens with finishes that don't wrinkle as much, that seem much more organic, much more natural.

If it plays out the way you think, it probably will be one of the most exciting Masters finishes ever.

He who begins many things finishes but few

He is in control of the championship in my mind and I hate to admit that, ... If I go out and do all that I can and lead the race and lead the most laps, then it's just in his hands from there as to where he finishes and what happens.

He finishes very well. He's a goal scorer and he certainly did that. That's a great shot by a great player.

He's aggressive. He finishes his checks and it's going to be important for us to be physical against (the Rangers).

He's doing everything he needs to do and he's just fulfilling his end. It's just a wait-and-see attitude with us to see if he finishes out and does what we ask him to do. If he does, then we can sit down and talk about it and, hopefully, have the type of outcome everybody's looking for.

He was great. He goes for it and the way he finishes his checks really energizes us. It's so important to have that.

Jack played well all summer long. He is capable of shooting well. He finishes so many tournaments well. That goes back to being a winner.

John had another outstanding year. This is his third year in a row that he was conference champion. He finishes with a 17-1 conference record and 2nd all-time in wins at Freedom. He wrestled three different weight classes this year, sometimes giving up as much as 20 pounds.

I think it could be possible but in the end it's a sport. I don't promise you podium finishes or victories this year but we'll make our mark and put everything in place to close the gap to the top teams.

It could be the first time that only one of the teams finishes in the top 10 in a long time. There's always been two of them and most of the time all three (in the top 10).

I think we'll be in good shape for Dover. Matt really likes racing there and although our finishes haven't been consistent due to some crashes we've been involved in over the past couple of years, we generally do run well there. Car number 39 has been good to us this season, especially lately, and we're bringing it to Dover. It should be a good weekend.

I went into a church and simply said, 'Goodbye.' It is the terrible unfairness of life. How could God allow cancer, poverty, the sheer unfairness of so many lives? That is the question which finishes it for me.

Last weekend we had a solid run going, but the bolt on the sway bar broke while we were running in the top 10. Hopefully this weekend we can start to put some good finishes together before the end of the season. It has been discouraging, but I believe in this team's abilities and we will get after it again this weekend.

I suppose I should have my say about the terrorist attacks. I don't suppose it'll be a popular view, but they need to be put into some sort of perspective. They were horrible tragedy, but also what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin every day for three years during World War II - and Germany did the same thing to England. But most Americans don't think about that. They think everything starts and finishes with America. It is the first time this has ever happened to America, so you would expect them to overreact a bit.

I suppose I should have my say about the terrorist attacks (9/11). I don't suppose it'll be a popular point of view, but they need to be put into some sort of perspective. They were a horrible tragedy, but also what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin every day for three years during WW2 - and Germany did the same thing to England. But most Americans don't think about that. They think everything starts and finishes with America.

Overall the coaching staff was pleased with the team performances, the girls are learning to race at a very high level. We had outstanding finishes in all the races tonight, and our spread time was outstanding.

Right off the bat, we send all the castaways on an 11-mile trek through the jungle. It starts one minute into show and finishes the next day. People are getting sick and everything. You'll see.

Remember that the horse that finishes a neck ahead wins the race.

Steve got caught up in the numbers game, and that happens in this league. I hear he is a physical presence who finishes off his checks, and that's what we need.

Mary Kate is a tremendous talent on the golf course. I knew that she was someone we could start to build a program around when we started recruiting her. She has the ability to play her way into an individual invitation to the NCAA Championships by the time she finishes her career.

It doesn't have a bitter or dry finish, ... It finishes quick enough that you want to follow it immediately with another swallow.

I think it works perfectly. He finishes off the games. He's the big reason we won today.

We need a bunch of these kinds of finishes in a row to work our way up in the points where I feel we belong. Today was definitely a step in the right direction.

That's tough, even when she's hitting it well. The momentum factor isn't there. That's going to be an issue until she finishes school. It's tough to play 12 tournaments a year and really get your game firing on all cylinders.

My best finishes this year have been rain delays. I'm just hoping that Mother Nature is a real ornery (woman) tonight.

Whoever finishes third should thank their lucky stars that Mike was not running, because he would have finished fourth if Mike was in the race.

Whoever finishes first will be called the Ironman.

We have a good shot. Getting a title is a hopeful goal. Top-10 finishes shouldn't be a worry. A big thing is getting two or three, and the kids have shown they can do it.

We have a lot of our core runners back, so that was very helpful. We're a lot deeper than we have been as far as second-place finishes and third-place finishes.

We're working with a slightly new system and the girls are still getting used to it. We're not the best finishers in the world to begin with, so the different runs are throwing off the quality finishes we do have in us. At least we're getting the shots, and early in the season, as long as we're getting them, eventually they'll start falling for us. The shot differential, we're not too much worried about that. We're OK right now.

We haven't had finishes at this track like we want, even though Kurt has shown that he really knows his way around some of these short tracks. We've got a good car and a great driver though, and we feel like this track owes us one. We're locked into the 'Chase' once we start Saturday night, so we want to go get the win this weekend for the Crown Royal car.

We'll know where we are by the end of this trip and then we'll still have to go home and finish strong. A lot can happen, but the way the schedule sets up, regardless of how this trip finishes up, we still have a lot of baseball to play.

We are real happy for him. We wanted to do something, but we are of the character that we were in a team competition and it's team first. He will get his recognition at the end of the season when he finishes well in the 100s.

We played well in overtime, but couldn't get the score with Pacelli attacking the ball. His (Andrew Gross) two finishes were absolutely great.

This season has gone great, other than two races, ... I got in an accident with Bourdais in Mexico, which put me out of the race, and then I was leading in Toronto and ran out of gas. We had those two races where we had bad luck and Bourdais hasn't had any bad luck at all this season. We just need to try and continue to get top-three finishes at every race and do what we can to catch Bourdais.

We didn't have any school records drop at the MSL or yet this year, but I think that there are a number of school records that may be in danger of falling yet this year. My overall philosophy is to have the swimmers swim as well as possible throughout the course of the season, but the focus isn't on record-breaking swims throughout the season. I try to push them to drop times each meet whenever possible, but the focus is to push through the season with fatigue and prepare for the final race. ... I think we should see some great finishes to the season.

We start from eighth place in the constructors' championship, any improvement is satisfying and we have to make as big a step as we can. I don't promise you podium finishes for this year or even victories but we will make our mark and put everything in place to close the gap to the top teams and get there.

What I remember most is Danielle really took it to the hole. Her best move is going hard to the basket and she can definitely get there with her first step. She gets it and goes. She finishes well.

When John finishes his current suspension, if he is serious about becoming a referee, it might give him a greater appreciation of the difficulties that go with the job.

We had a bit more hiring this time around during the holiday, meaning things were pretty good in the economy. So the seasonal reduction is a little more than normal. A lot of the holiday hiring ends in January and it pretty much finishes up in February.

We had 34 podium finishes in Salt Lake City and 75 top-eight finishes. We expect this team to do very well. We're not going to predict how many medals we might win in these games.

What she did would be the equivalent of someone from here on the track and field team, or the swim team, competing in the Olympic trials. She was hard on herself afterwards since she usually finishes at the top, but the reality is that those were the only thirty or so skiers in the country that could beat her.

Two second-place finishes in this field showed that he's for real. Glenn really proved himself today.

First and foremost, this kid is tough. He has blocked kicks. He has covered kicks. He has made tackles. He returns balls. He is reckless. He is a north-south runner and he finishes that way all the time. He breaks tackles. He fields the ball well and takes chances.

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Both the men and women had some great races today. With all the men finishing in the top ten along with solid finishes from the women's team, we have put ourselves in a great position at this point. It's halftime right now and we are right where we want to be.

There is nothing in this letter that gives Senator Boxer any comfort that a catastrophic earthquake in California would be handled any better than Katrina. We just hope and pray that the earthquakes will wait until DHS finishes all their bureaucracy.

There is not a lot of cooperation between members of the Maine team, ... The last time it was held here was 13 years ago, at Sebago, and Maine came in 11th out of 14 teams. Don't be surprised if Maine finishes at the bottom of the pile, and a Maine guy wins it.

We got a little sloppy in the middle of the round ... but we had some strong finishes by a couple of players.

We fully expect him to be back at some point when the NCAA finishes their job. Everything has been documented and processed on our side, and we'll wait for the NCAA to finalize their decision.

What can we expect from this latest crop of indie directors who have been sucked into the franchise factory? I'm especially curious about 'Star Wars,' which will feature an all-indie crew after J. J. Abrams finishes with 'Episode VII.'

We expect the dollar to remain strong in early 2006. (But) once the U.S. Federal Reserve finishes tightening, the risk is that external imbalances play a greater role in steering currencies, and in that latter backdrop, sentiment toward the dollar may deteriorate.

Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he starts

Everything you write makes you better. But if you really need a tip, here's one: a good story begins in opposition to its ending. That means you work out how it finishes first, and then begin the story as far away from that point - in terms of character development - as you can.

Criminals may be dumb, but they're not stupid. They know on the petty thefts that if they get arrested early in a police officer's shift, there's a really good chance they'll be back on the street before that police officer finishes his shift that day,

Empire Square production finishes in about a month's time, so at the moment, right now, I'm just completely full on Empire Square. There's no time to do anything else. But there's a few things on the back burner, including another Blur album before too long.

Ellison's come on as of late. Bourque's a goal-scorer. He finishes his checks and plays hard, but when he has an opportunity, he'll bury it.

The word 'carer' makes me think of someone with a nylon overall and a long list of 'clients' to wash before she finishes her shift. A companion was something unique. A kind of live-in friend.

I've spoken to Dwight about coming over and I think he's quite keen on it. His season in Australia finishes in February and he will need a team to stay in shape for the World Cup. It's the biggest tournament in the world so there's no way he won't be in top condition for it. To be that, he needs games, so I think it would be perfect for him to come here.

The team has not really had the finishes we are looking for in these last few races together. Each week we have had competitive cars. This weekend, the car was so good that we feel like it could have taken us to victory lane.

The special counsel has advised Mr. Rove that he has made no decision about whether or not to bring charges. We are confident that when the special counsel finishes his work, he will conclude that Mr. Rove has done nothing wrong.

Powell finishes his answer, admitting much of the information he had been given about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was-

People talk about his improvement, but he was good when he got there. He has a high basketball I.Q. I don't think there's a better guy in the country that finishes around the hoop. He's extremely valuable to (Utah State's) offense.

People don't need to get wrapped up in symbolism. There's still an agreement that she will return once the district attorney finishes his work.

Age is a factor. I just feel like I can save a shot or two on the course if everything is going OK and you're into the round. It seems like I've had really good finishes here and my length has been a key to that. But I still have to go out and hit the ball. It doesn't help me if I'm playing it from the shrubs.

The most impressive thing about our team right now is that we understand our schemes. We've been in it two years now, and the younger guys have grown up in our systems, and they understand what we're doing from a technique standpoint on offense, defense and in the kicking game. One big emphasis of the spring was that we really wanted to pay attention to details and do the little things right. We continued to work on being physically and mentally tough and on being a team that finishes plays and plays physical football. I think you saw that out there today.

Subtle nuances, fine finishes and overall quality are most important.

Anybody in our league would have died to have him out of high school. He does all the little things. I don't think anybody really tried to see what his offensive talents are. He can shoot from 15 feet, he rebounds and finishes around the basket. I'd be surprised if he wasn't a double-double player for us.

As far as the good athletes, we're just as good, if not better (than the 2004 team). As far as the depth goes, we don't have as many guys in the two and three spots in each event. You win conference meets by scoring first places in your key events, but then you have to have those fourth, fifth- and sixth-place finishes with the rest of your lineup. That's where we've got to get to. We've got a great team right now.

Ashley is a power forward who finishes well around the basket. Ashley plays the game with determination and heart. She brings speed and quickness to the interior of our lineup.

All around, we had a great team effort this weekend. We showed so much heart throughout the meet and I am so proud of our kids. Our strong finishes are a real testament to our kids' work ethic and their drive to improve.

You Write Better Than You Play. He's a man who finishes his outfits -- and who can wear purple.

This is one of the few times in recent seasons where how Michigan State and Michigan do against each other impacts how each of us finishes in the league. Before, it didn't impact the ability to be home for the first round of the playoffs.

Although he's 41 years old and approaching the twilight of his career, Barry Bonds is still the most dominant offensive player in the game today. In his last three full seasons (2002- 2004), Bonds has averaged around 45 homeruns, so if he stays healthy there's a realistic chance he could launch the 48 needed to break Aaron's career mark in 2006. Even if he finishes the season just short of the most sacred record in baseball, Bonds has indicated his health will dictate whether he returns for a 22nd big league season in 2007.

They have a good power play, they are a physical team that finishes checks and they have the talent to score goals. They are one of the top teams in contention to win the Calder Cup and we're in the game with them. We're close.

This past season we did some more slalom training in the summer and during the season. He always finishes his runs in training. But when it comes to race day it just doesn't happen.