Ranking Quotes

[Last year, when Phil Mickelson birdied five of the last seven holes to edge Ernie Els, who had two eagles on the back nine, that was about as good as the Masters gets, thought Byron Nelson . Now, the two-time Masters champion -- in 1937 and 1942 -- said he believed this year's tournament could be as good or even better.] The top players, they're all clicking right now, ... I'd pick one of the top five in the rankings to win it. The thing of it is, at that place, somebody always gets hot, but I don't think it'll be an unknown -- if there are really any of those at Augusta -- who will win this time. - Byron Nelson

[It hit a low point at this year's Wimbledon, where Ginepri lost in the first round for the fourth consecutive Grand Slam tournament sending his ranking plummeting outside the top 100.] Slipping to 103... was a good reality check for me. - Robby Ginepri

[Iowa State spokesman John McCarroll, whose school scored high on community service, said,] It appears this ranking does more closely measure what we are trying to do than some other national rankings. ... manifest throughout a Wellesley education. - Ann Hill

[In a letter to Buyer, the chairman and the ranking Democrat on the House ethics committee said they had] gathered additional information concerning the alleged conduct ... did not forward or otherwise provide officially obtained identifying information on military absentee voters to anyone for political or campaign purposes. - Steve Buyer

[Baker, 19, from Glasgow, who stands at 444 in the world rankings, has taken encouragement from Murray's rise to the top 100.] The goal here is simple: raise your world ranking... For the Scottish boys the whole mood has changed since Andy broke through. Suddenly it doesn't seem impossible. - Jamie Baker

[After Notre Dame jumped 10 spots to No. 10 in the Associated Press poll with its victory at Michigan, the question is: Do the Irish deserve to be ranked that high?] All I know is you just beat the No. 3-ranked team in the country and you're 2-0... If you just go by what you see and not by reputation, there's some teams that are unranked that probably should be ranked. Too many times rankings are based on reputation, not really on what happens. Maybe if you go by what you see, maybe the answer is yes. - Charlie Weis

...They did draw the customers in despite all the false starts. The fact that they ended up so high in the rankings is testimony to the strength of the brand. - Dorothy Lakner

(O'Hair) has rearranged his schedule considerably with his recent success, which raised his world ranking and qualified him for some events that were not on his schedule to start the year. - Tony Piazzi