Finals Quotations | Page 6

The resolution approved today presents the Iraqi regime with a test - a final test.

Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.

Twenty days ago my physio asked me if I was if I never think that I can win a Grand Slam or be in final of Grand Slam, and I said no.

The final and conclusive evidence against evolution is the fact that the Bible denies it.

Peace comes from the absence of fear, from a consciousness of trust, from a deep, underlying faith in the absolute goodness and mercy, the final integrity of the universe in which we live, and of every cause to which we give our thought, our time and our attention.

True poetry is truer than science, because it is synthetic, and seizes at once what the combination of all the sciences is able, at most, to attain as a final result.

Anything beyond this week is just a bonus. You have to get to the finals before you can think about winning them. This week has been very stressful and the girls are just anxious to go out and compete. We just have to take things one meet at a time, and go out and give our best effort.

After his finals run, and I realized I would not be going to the Olympics, I collected myself, and then walked across the finish area to shake his hand. It was probably the hardest thing I've ever done, shaking his hand, but at the same time I know he would have done the same for me. It was a really hard because I could feel how sad he was for me, even in his happiest moment. We were both crying. He said, 'I wanted us both to go...' 'Me too...' is all I could get out.

After not advancing anybody to the sectionals last year, having three flights advance to the sectional finals was quite an improvement.

Are they tired of what? What have we done? It's a hundred days to the Finals right now. This is what the NBA season is about. It's not about having three days off between a game or anything like that. This is the nuts and bolts of the NBA season. Your body doesn't feel as good, you fight a little fatigue, you have some injuries and nobody cares about injuries.

The call up is a great opportunity for Pat, hopefully he can do well and force himself into the World Cup finals this summer.

The game is going to be a shoot out. Us being in the finals shows that all the hard work the girls have done is about to pay off in the end. We have not played our best game. I hope we're saving the best for last.

The first time we talked was right before my (state) finals match. He came up and said, 'Take 'em out'... and he slapped my hands during grand march.

The Iraqi footballers have overcome testing times to win a qualifying berth for next year's Asian Cup finals in China and their coach has shown a lot of courage to continue on the job,

Somewhere deep down we know that in the final analysis, we do decide things and that even our decisions to let someone else decide are really our decisions, however pusillanimous.

The car ran real well at Columbus (Ohio) and Topeka (Kansas), ... We were No. 2 qualifier at Topeka and went to the finals there. We just haven't been as competitive since we hurt the motor at Chicago.

The car ran real well at Columbus (Ohio) and Topeka (Kansas). We were No. 2 qualifier at Topeka and went to the finals there. We just haven't been as competitive since we hurt the motor at Chicago.

I have no desire for wealth or possessions, and so I have nothing. I do not experience the initial suffering of having to accumulate possessions, the intermediate suffering of having to guard and keep up possessions, nor the final suffering of loosing the possessions.

This is my first time in the finals and it might not happen next year so I've got to give it all I got.

In human affairs every solution serves only to sharpen the problem, to show us more clearly what we are up against. There are no final solutions.

Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something we already have. It is a search for a final and irrefutable demonstration that our absolute truth is indeed the one and only truth. The proselytizing fanatic strengthens his own faith by converting others.

These guys made a commitment that they wanted to get here, and once they got here they wanted to win a championship. They believed that's done on the defensive end of the floor. In the semis and the finals they showed that.

The characters are so flat and the dialogue so dull you expect it to be one of those movies whose existence is justified by a big final twist. But it's three days after the screening, and still no twist. Maybe it's coming in the mail?

The good news is that The Hangover Part III isn't a rerun like the second episode. The bad news is everything else. For all the promise of mayhem and WTF moments, the final episode hits you with all the force of a warm can of O'Doul's.

Those who govern must see how the people react to administration. Ultimately, the people are the final arbiters.

You could get the money, you can get the power, but keep your eyes on the final hour.

The best thing that ever happened to me was losing last year in the Finals. I had to change.

Just wanted to inspire my teammates. Obviously, I didn't do enough.

They jumped on us. They were the aggressor. They had us on our heels from the beginning.

The best option for me to do was not to move. I tried, and any little nudge or step, it the cramping would get worse. It was the whole left leg ... nearly the whole left side. ... I drank a lot of fluids at halftime. I even changed my uniform.

You lose in the Finals, they're all disappointing. Doesn't matter if I'm playing in Miami, Cleveland or on Mars. You lose the Finals, it's disappointing.

The same way you slow me down. You can't.

Well, of course you question it, especially when you get to this point. I always look at it would I rather not make the playoffs or lose in The Finals? I don't know. I don't know. I've missed the playoffs twice. I lost in The Finals four times. I'm almost starting to be like I'd rather not even make the playoffs than to lose in The Finals. It would hurt a lot easier if I just didn't make the playoffs and I didn't have a shot at it.

All I've been doing recently is trying to figure it out with my teachers and get caught up and get ahead. Whatever I can do to make sure I'm not taking the finals without having any sort of knowledge of what they're on. I'm doing a lot of teacher meetings right now.

Though there had been moments of beauty in it, Mariam knew that life for most part has been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it.

In the course of a life devoted less to living than to reading, I have verified many times that literary intentions and theories are nothing more than stimuli and that the final work usually ignores or even contradicts them.

The assurance that we have no means of answering [final] questions is no valid excuse for callousness towards them. The more deeply should we feel, down to the roots of our being, their pressure and their sting. Whose hunger has ever been [sated] with the knowledge that he could not eat?

Chelsea are up there with best teams in the world,and let's hope United can join us in quarter-finals.

There is no possible negotiation with these killers. Our aim is to win over terrorism. Only by being firm we can stop terrorism. We must be firm fighting the terrorists and opposing the final aims they want to achieve.

Only in books the flat and final happens, Only in dreams we meet and interlock....

We must shed the illusion that we can deliberately "create the future of mankind." This is the final conclusion of the forty years which I have now devoted to the study of these problems

Bare-faced covetousness was the moving spirit of civilization from its first dawn to the present day; wealth, and again wealth, and for the third time wealth; wealth, not of society, but of the puny individual, was its only and final aim.

The truth of the thoughts that are here set forth seems to me unassailable and definitive. I therefore believe myself to have found, on all essential points, the final solution of the problems. And if I am not mistaken in this belief, then the second thing in which the value of this work consists is that it shows how little is achieved when these problems are solved.

There's only one critic whose opinion I really value, in the final analysis: Johnny Carson. I have never needed any entourage standing around bolstering my ego. I'm secure. I know exactly who and what I am. I don't need to be told. I make no apologies for being the way I am.

A conference tournament is always fun. You have all the teams there at one time. And the good thing this year is that all the teams get along good. We will enjoy the atmosphere. Our first goal is to win Saturday and clinch the second seed. We want to at least get to the finals of the conference tournament. We've been there the last two years.

It's time to prepare for finals but this is good review too. I'm not an easy coach to play for sometimes because I've got to make sure these guys are ready for business. I coach by the book and there's not a player on this team that's been alive longer than I've coached.

For him to suffer his third serious knee injury on the eve of the finals after all he's been through, and all he's done to get back playing this year is cruel.

It's not like we haven't been here before. It's just impressive the way the guys dominated throughout those finals matches.

It's not ideal to have three five-setters going into a final, ... but I felt pretty decent out there in the fifth set. I stepped it up when I needed to. It's not ideal but it's a great problem to have. I'd sign up for the chance to be in the finals anytime. And I might just surprise you. Mentally, just being out there will take care of that. Physically, I'll be able to make someone earn it.

It smells like finals - that's what it smells like.

It's a grind. With finals just around the corner and the World Series right after that, we have to make sure that we are able to sustain the grind.

It's nice to be leading the World Cup and you're always happy to be among those fighting for it. It's a big goal but the finals are still two months away.

It's like going to the finals in basketball or to the Super Bowl. You still have to win it. Yeah, it's great to get there, but that's not the ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is to be the last team under the pile.

It's like going to the (NBA) Finals in basketball or to the Super Bowl,

There was plenty of skill displayed and a number of the finals were decided by tie breakers.

They (Magnolia) were the only team to beat us last year and it was in the finals of our own tournament. The girls kind of took that to heart and came out tonight with something to prove.

A lot of times, when you get into the finals you get hesitant and that's what he did. He didn't wrestle as wide open as he did during the year. With the ability he has on his feet he needs to open up.

There were some powerhouse teams (at Delaware). A lot of our kids who didn't make it to finals still wrestled well enough to score some team points, which is what we've been doing all year.

It's finals now, so if you put 12 months on to that, basically next year's a waste of time. It's only recovering and getting back to this part of the season, so it'll be pretty tough for him to come back from here.

It wasn't the wrist at all, it was the rust. This tournament will always be special to me because I made my first finals here. I wished I would have played a little better.

It wasn't until the middle of December that things started to turn for him. In hindsight, I should have sat him a couple of games. He wanted to play, like all players do. We had that full week during finals where we were able to sit him and I think that helped.

It's a bigger field this year. I just hope we can get some people to finals to score.

It's a tough track meet. The preliminaries and finals are all in the same day. There's a lot of running and jumping going on. It's a great meet to be at early in the season. Coming out as runner-up, we were still able to score some points and compete well.

It was emotional, an unbelievable feeling and I am enjoying this moment. I have a 100% record in finals of Grand Slams and these are the ones which really count.

To have three in the finals and win three state titles is unbelievable. We tripled the number of state championships in the history of our school.

To have two kids make the finals is a great way for the individual season to come to an end.

We have to continue the way we've been playing in the regular season and the section finals (a 75-50 win over Grand Rapids). We really got up and down the floor, and our guards focused on locking our man down (on defense).

We expected to have five in the finals and five champs.

It's awesome. It's the first time we brought home the most medals. It is the best feeling in the world. I wanted to be in the finals so it's disappointing, but I put that in the past.

It was a total team effort. Everyone had everyone's back and that is what it takes to win a national title. It's nice to get off No. 7 because the title is not a given. Rutgers didn't even make it to the finals after winning last year. That shows how hard it is to just make the finals. With the parity, it is getting tougher and tougher.

It was really tough watching him lose in the finals again. I get more nervous for Nick's matches than mine. I'm pretty upset now, but he wrestled a good match. Hopefully, they will meet for a rematch in the state finals.

It was a tough run to get there. We had a double overtime game in the sectional finals and two quality opponents in the districts.

It was a rough season for us. We had some key injuries that slowed us down, but we're not making excuses. We reached the finals of the Pre-Holiday Tournament this year. That just shows what we're capable of when we're healthy and playing together.

We just know that if we made it to the Finals against a team like Detroit or Miami, teams that rebound very well, it's definitely a key for us to rebound better if we're going to have a chance to win.

We knew if we got to the finals enough times, we'd eventually crack it loose. I thought we played one of our best matches of the year, maybe of our career. We went out there and just went for it and just let everything go. Didn't worry about winning or losing, stayed in the moment and it happened, which feels pretty good.

We finished second last year (at the Big West tournament), and we've made it to the finals five years in a row. We've been working pretty hard since Jan. 15. We're running them hard, and we're eager to get started.

This was playoffs personified. This felt like the Eastern Conference Finals last year (with Miami).

It's been a tremendous rivalry. The matches have been tactical matches which is more like a chess match. If they end up in the finals of the Big 12, I think it's going to be a great match. If they end up in the finals of the national tournament I think it's going to be another great match.

It's going to be an unbelievable series. I wish it was seven games, because that's how good it's going to be. It feels like a Kelly Cup Finals series. It's going to be interesting because the winner is probably going to go and win the (American) Conference Finals.

There it is. Tonight we showed better patience that we've shown and the kids feel good about it. Getting in the district finals on our floor, we're excited about that.

This is the third year that Lo-Ma has made it to the finals in the last four years.

This is where I finally got my title and played two finals here. I like going to the restaurants here. It's a nice relaxing tournament.

This is where I'm from. This is my roots. My friend, my family are all here, and for me to be able to get back for an Eastern Conference finals ... it's a dream come true for me.

This is where we needed to have a good round, a round where we have not stepped up in the past. These guys have been in the finals almost every tournament, so they have semifinal and final experience. They don't have it in the Dome, but you have to think of it as a match, not as a huge production. That's what I'm going to tell them ---- one match at a time.

They have some unbelievable offensive players. They make very few errors and hit hard. But just making the finals was way beyond our expectations. By far it was the most consistent we've played all year and we played on a high level all day. It was good to see that.

They're extremely excited. Their goal is to make the state finals and win.

I am of course disappointed, but maybe I need a little practice in the finals of these big tournaments. This was my first Tier I final, and she was just too good for me today. She really played her best tennis, and I have to give her credit for playing a great tournament. I have been working very hard on my fitness and my game, and I hope to get another chance soon. I am very happy with my week and hope to continue my form next week in Zurich.

I am on top of the world. If I took third, I wouldn't be any more excited. It doesn't matter to me from eighth to third. The finals would be something else.

I definitely think it's possible. We were all holding back in qualifying and I think in the finals there's going to be a lot more intensity.

I don't want to wake up from this. No matter how good a team you have, you just can't think that you'll continue to go to the finals every week. I'm as surprised as anybody.

I feel I've lost ground. I got to 22, I'd been to the finals of the Olympics, the Commonwealths, Worlds and Europeans and you think, 'This is it, 23, time to do it.' I'm now 24 and time moves on.

I am very honored to be here and represent the U.S. and just to get the experience. I took my finals last week. They were supposed to be this week, but my teachers let me take them early.

I'd rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first round of a slam. That doesn't sound too good.

Who in the world has not yearned for a loved one, has never said, If only he or she could come back just once, just one more time...? Despite the fact that it can never happen, never ever. Surely this is the saddest thing about our mortal world, and its sadness will go on shrouding human life like a blanket of fog until its final extinction.

So we live; a spirit that broods and hovers over the continual death of time, the lost meaning, the unrecaptured moment, the unremembered face, until the final chop that ends all our moments and plunges that spirit back into the void from which it came.

If you expect to see the final results of your work, you simply have not asked a big enough question.

Such abstraction which refuses to accept the given universe of facts as the final context of validation, such "transcending" analysis of the facts in the light of their arrested and denied possibilities, pertains to the very structure of social theory.

Spurts don't count. The final score makes no mention of a splendid start if the finish proves that you were an also ran.

In order to join vigorously in the moral work of the world I must believe that somehow the best I can accomplish will endure, will leave its trace on things, will aid the final consummation.

Regarding the fundamental investigations of mathematics, there is no final ending ... no first beginning.