Contention Quotes

You've got to try to put your best foot forward. Not that Nippert wouldn't have a chance against them, (but) you like to run most of your veterans out there against a team that's in first place and in contention to win the division. - Bob Melvin

You would have to say they would start favorite in just about any doubles match they play and that means they are well in contention, there's no doubt at all about that. - Paul McNamee

You might think it matters to some of the guys who are still in contention. But at the same time, how many guys think that far in advance? - Dusty Baker

You look at the teams picked at the top and they're always the ones people expect to see in contention and on top of the heap. You look at St. Cloud, they've been to the playoffs eight straight years, they're like the Atlanta Braves. Those teams will be at the top until somebody knocks them off. - Chris Goodell

You don't have to take AMD's word for it with respect to the credibility of our contentions... Look at the decision by the Japan Fair Trade Commission, aggressive enforcement actions in Europe and an investigation by the Korea anti-monopoly agency. There's a reason why there is a global focus on Intel's abusive monopolistic behavior. - Tom McCoy

Woods drove the ball poorly and didnt putt well either and he now needs to produce something very special to haul himself back into contention. - Richard Friend

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. - Bible

With our schedule, it'll be hard to predict how we'll do. But I'd be disappointed if we're not back in contention for the playoffs again. - Larry Wolf

With all these new programs, the administration's contention that the deficit will be cut in half in the next five years is a tall tale, derived in large part by omitting very likely or inevitable costs, including costs for proposals the administration itself hopes and intends to support. - Keith Ashdown