Hurdle Quotations

The big hurdle is going out and raising the revenue. There's no doubt about that; it's an uphill battle.

If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.

When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

I stuck out like a sore thumb when I came on, just by the fact that I looked so different. I think that adjustment for the audience was a hurdle for me.

When you're young and starting out, the big hurdle is to relax enough in rehearsal so that you don't feel intimidated. The more work you've done, the more you can experiment in rehearsal and not have to worry about getting the sack.

It's a challenge between me and the hurdle, and the hurdle has always won.

The decision to put American lives at risk is a decision that has a very high hurdle to pass.

We've already seen some big disappointments in both Limited and Ann Taylor. Up front, retailers are also facing their most difficult hurdle of the year in the form of a 6.1 percent gain racked up in September last year.

With the merger action in North Carolina, we have cleared the last hurdle in the regulatory approval process. With all requisite approvals in hand, we intend to close on April 1, less than 11 months from our merger announcement.

With the injury he had, the biggest hurdle is everything. It's an injury to his core, which controls everything: getting out of bed, getting in and out of the car, getting up and down, hitting, fielding, throwing.

I love challenges and hurdles because they are opportunities.

I don't really see the hurdles. I sense them like a memory.

We've seen expectations cut and cut and cut. When you lower the bar enough, eventually it becomes easy enough to hurdle over.

The procedural hurdle that emerged yesterday has been overcome and we are proceeding apace.

Making Adequate Yearly Progress in all four areas presents a hurdle for some sub-groups of students in Monterey County.

She's really flourishing. She's a young horse and has passed hurdle after hurdle. This is going to be a big challenge, even though it will be her backyard.

She's had a few little niggles. But she needs a run now. I don't expect her to beat Hardy Eustace and Macs Joy but as long as she shows us she's well, I'll be happy. If she did run a big race then we'd consider the Champion Hurdle, but at the moment the World Hurdle is the plan.

She is typically a long program skater. I think she got over a big hurdle mentally in the short program, and she's going to be very ready.

Of course, there's one more hurdle to jump. We still have to have an audience. Will they come? We don't know, but we're going to give it a good try.

Of course, there's one more hurdle to jump,

More than half the states now require passage of a test before awarding a high school diploma. Proponents claimed this additional hurdle would 'raise the bar' for educational quality. But SAT and ACT scores show that college readiness skills, as measured by these indicators, have not improved significantly.

Memphis made the necessary plays in the second half. We now have to get over the hurdle and learn to win games like this.

Obviously, I feel better than I have. It's a huge hurdle for me and I feel really good. By no means does it change anything that I stated earlier. I'm just taking it one day at a time.

Personally, it's exciting. Every hurdle is another step closer to a full recovery.

If we clear that hurdle we can make some noise.

I don't even want to comment. I'm commenting more on coaching than I should, until I get a chance to meet with Mr. Wilson. We wanted to cross this hurdle before we talk about that.

Cassini will probably execute a flawless mission around the Earth if it can make the last hurdle through 8,000 pieces of 'space junk' surrounding the Earth,

I felt good. This is part of my rehab. It's a huge hurdle for me.

I feel ..not bad. Obviously, I feel better than I have (felt before) to be out there. This is part of my therapy, my rehab. It?s another hurdle -- a huge hurdle for me. I feel really good which is the most important thing.

Getting 20 percent penetration we think is achievable, and that would be the first hurdle we are looking to achieve.

He takes hundreds of recent law graduates at their most vulnerable, dependent state and guides them, soothes them, suffers with them, flatters them, advises them, exhorts them, humors them and holds their hands over the last hurdle before they enter the practice of law.

He'll get prepared for surgery at some point in the next few weeks and then he'll be out for the season. This is just another hurdle we'll have to overcome as a football team.

There is a high hurdle for Macy's to clear.

We talked about the basic needs of man. It was a wonderful experience. There is no way you could do that now, ... Now there is one hurdle after another.

We've finished second in the conference two years in a row, but to get over the hurdle you've got to be able to put runs on the board. We've played a lot of low-scoring ballgames and we didn't score early in a ballgame ... so we kept coming back late.

Here is the basic rule for winning success. Let's mark it in the mind and remember it. The rule is: Success depends on the support of other people. The only hurdle between you and what you want to be in is the support of other people.

We managed to pass the first hurdle by reaching the playoffs.

We make sure they work hard because the competition at state is a lot tougher. If we want to get over that hurdle we need to play with heart.

He was real good early, and then his command wavered some there in the fourth and fifth inning. The next hurdle that he needs to overcome is to maintain the consistency of his delivery throughout the course of his start. He's making strides.

I wouldn't pinpoint any tournament that I lost because of my condition, ... But it's an extra hurdle I have to jump every day.

I think it all comes down to whether he'll get an opportunity with the right team. That's the biggest hurdle for him, getting with the right team.

It can get a bit nerve-racking for a 17- or 18-year-old kid. So with here that was probably the biggest hurdle to get over. You come across Lake Michigan and it seems like you're in California. But I think she was comfortable here from the beginning.

I think the biggest hurdle is making the girls believe they belong in that top group.

I think Asjha was the X-factor in getting us over the hurdle tonight.

I think that what we continue to learn is that the hurdle rate of the FDA has gotten higher,

I think Mack is in Mack's head, ... I think he has a hurdle he has to overcome.

Justice doesn't want this deal to happen, but they also don't want to say categorically 'no,' ... They're going to offer what they think is a reasonable but high hurdle for allowing this deal to go through.

It is definitely a hurdle that I've crossed now. This is without a doubt the biggest day of my career. Hopefully now I'll pull a Jason Gore and win three in a row.

The accounting problems in the U.S. seem to have crossed a significant hurdle on Wednesday, and the external pressures on the Japanese market in general have probably peaked.

That will be the big question can our work force get back? It will be a big hurdle getting people back into their homes.

That will be the big question ù can our work force get back? It will be a big hurdle getting people back into their homes.

I would acknowledge at this point in time Perry is still the front-runner. The big hurdle he's got coming up is the special session. That could make him or break him.

We can say is LSU an option, yeah, but is it an option with them? That's the next hurdle. We haven't crossed that hurdle yet.

We can say is LSU an option, yeah, but is it an option with them? ... That's the next hurdle. We haven't crossed that hurdle yet.

We have some very good streaks. But we don't have the self-confidence to get ourselves past when things start to go bad. When they start to go bad, they seem to go worse. Right now, that's a big hurdle for us, to stop flows from occurring.

We didn't really follow through with it last year because we couldn't raise enough money. There was plenty of interest in the trip, but we knew the major hurdle would be raising money.

We are leaning towards the Champion Hurdle now and I would say she is 90 per cent certain to run in that race. The ground has eased and Ruby Walsh is keen to ride her. She is very well and deserves a crack at it.

We are leaning towards the Champion Hurdle now and I would say she is 90% certain to run in that race.

You should not bring more items and hurdles to the obstacle course.

I was sixteen and equipped with the appropriate genitalia, so I cleared that hurdle nicely.

Your fears are not walls, but hurdles.

We should know by noon (on Friday). This was a big hurdle to get over this, to not get any appeals.

The real key is to get over the hurdle where victims didn't want to report to the bureau what had happened. The bureau now wants to approach the companies before they're victims, so it's not a cold contact. They get to know you and trust you.

We don't want this credit counseling requirement to be yet another hurdle that consumers who really need bankruptcy relief have to jump over to get it,

We thought at a time when you're introducing a new technology, it is probably wise to do so in a way that encourages public trust rather than public distrust. For-profit sites face the same hurdle as any other site on the Internet: What is the motive behind the people providing the information? That begs the next question: What do they do with the information I give them? What's their agenda?

We had a big lift from everyone. Today was a big hurdle for us and our best performance of the year.

This will lower the cost of capital and the investment hurdle rate, make SA more attractive for foreign direct investment, and support foreign portfolio investment in (local) equities.

We've guaranteed ourselves at least a tie for the conference championship. We crossed that big hurdle tonight.

We'll have to wait a couple of weeks for the swelling to go down and get prepared for surgery in the next few weeks. It's discouraging to us based on everything that has transpired to this point in the season. This is just another hurdle we have to overcome as a football team.

The other hurdle that has to be overcome is whether they can maintain their current momentum. The third thing is whether they can innovate.

There is so much balance to our conference. We just have to take everybody's best shot each week. We beat a great Southwest team. We cleared a big hurdle and we just have to make sure we don't hit the next hurdle.

We've got a hurdle here that wasn't anticipated, but we've got nine months to try to fix it.

This was a big hurdle that we cleared to be able to move forward to the general election,

We gave in on the salary cap, the biggest issue. It seems to me that once we've done that, once we've agreed on the philosophy, we should be able to work out other things. Never in ( Gary Bettman 's) tenure as commissioner, as far as I know, was arbitration or free agency as big an issue as the salary cap. But now, it seems like we got the biggest hurdle out of the way and it only made it harder.

When you lose this game, there's nothing worse. There's nothing worse because this is the game that gets you to the place where all good things can happen. This is the hardest hurdle to get over, because you need 12 more months then to get back here and you didn't put yourself in a position to win the national championship.

Throwing now is basically the only hurdle we have to get over now, which really isn't much of a problem at all.

We are still negotiating with the shipping lines, especially those listed overseas. The hurdle in reaching a deal is because these lines feel their profit will decline,

Bonds will probably stay strong. Further gains in the yen are a risk factor that can push down bond yields. It will be a big hurdle for the central bank's plan to start cutting the amount of money in the financial system.

Assuming the budget is within our reach, the only hurdle is getting the site under control,

Culturally, it's a hurdle people have to feel comfortable with. Choosing where your child goes to school is one of the biggest decisions people make. People should not feel guilty about whatever choice they make.

FDA allowance to export the cartridges made at our San Diego plant was the final regulatory hurdle we needed to overcome in order to start treating patients in our pivotal clinical trial in China. Personnel are now being trained and cartridges manufactured so we can begin patient treatment early in 2006.

Every time they put up a hurdle and we cross over it, they put up another hurdle.

There was a confident assessment of prospects for FY06, and there has been heavy investment in the future pipeline of books, but given the hurdle of Harry Potter sales in the prior year, growth is likely to be modest.

It would make an enormous difference. It's a much higher hurdle to cross if everyone knows who you are talking to -- especially if there is a big vote in Congress the next day.

They always say the biggest hurdle is making sure that injury is battle-tested, putting yourself in a position where you are going to strain it. I've really pushed myself this week. If something fluky happens tomorrow, that's the way it is. I've been pushing and pushing and pushing to see how far I can push this injury to make sure it's good.

The small field should not make a difference to him and it was a small enough field when he won it last year. He's a class horse as you would expect for a Champion hurdle winner." ()

The shuttle hurdle relay at the Drake Relays could be a lot of fun. We've got a couple of other guys who would like to be a part of that. We had three guys in the finals (at the Adidas Classic), but the hurdles in the conference is really, really strong, so (Sumrall) has got to get better if he wants to place at conference and I know that's what he wants to do.

Sometimes there is a bit of hurdle in getting men into a spa, but once they go, they're usually hooked.

Putting together $10 million to $15 million worth of campaign funds without a huge push from Washington is a hurdle almost too high to jump. I would not want to be the guy who the state or federal party says, 'Congratulations! You're going to be the next Republican senator from Florida.

After we will be able to hurdle this issue, we are going to the final peace agreement.

The move has overcome the last technical hurdle preventing overseas institutions from making strategic investments in mainland-listed companies. It has provided a channel for foreign investors to sell down shares in the markets after a lockup period.

Any major change to convention regulations requires a three-fourths vote. Japan has a quarter block over the minority on most issues. That creates an uphill hurdle when it comes to increasing or decreasing protection for whales.

This is an opportunity for these individuals to present themselves and give themselves a distinctive identity with the public, something I don't think either of them has accomplished yet. Right now I think the campaign is that each candidate still has that hurdle and whoever can kind of get over that hurdle could well turn the election in their direction.

This is part of my rehab. It's another hurdle and it's a huge hurdle for me. But by no means does it change anything I've stated earlier. I just keep trying to take it one day at a time and progress. I wasn't any the worse for wear from the little bit of contact I had, which is good.

The U.S. team has always been welcoming to me. Now I've put that last hurdle behind us, and we can go to the Olympics.

This clears away the last legal hurdle for us to proceed.

This appears to be, in our opinion, a gigantic hurdle for a company with limited personnel, resources, internal knowledge of carrier, RIM, and government infrastructure, and no expertise in logistics on a wide scale.

This is a big hurdle for us to clear this weekend.

At a macro level, it's balancing the needs of consumers, advertisers and content owners. And if you talk to any one of those three customer sets in isolation, often times you won't delight the other two. So the hurdle we faced with Hulu Plus was, how can we thread this needle in a way that delights all three customer sets?