Knocks Quotes

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 learn the most from life's hardest knocks. - Conway Twitty

You don't want to win like that. If he knocks that first putt in, we would have had one heck of a time that final four holes, and I wanted to see that happen. As much as I wanted to win this tournament, I was sorry to see that happen. - Phil Mickelson

You don't prove yourself until the playoffs. Detroit and Miami are the two best teams in the conference, and until someone knocks them off, they're still the two best teams in the conference. - Richard Jefferson

'Wow, I thought you were supposed to be this mean fighter that goes out there and knocks people out all the time.' Well, in the ring, yes, but outside the ring I'm a person and I go out there and try other things also. - Brian Villoria

When you're feeling the way he's feeling, it's like you have two knocks when you show up at the ballpark. And then he gets three or four. The second half, he's been unreal. Great defense, getting on base, driving in runs. He's been huge. - Marco Scutaro

When temptation knocks, imagination usually answers. - Dan Bennett

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool. - Chinua Achebe

When opportunity knocks, open the door. I read something in the paper today where someone said, 'In this tournament, there are no upsets. There are just good teams, playing hard and playing well.' I would like to think that's true because the college game has changed dramatically over the years. Quite frankly, there is a lot of parity in the country now. - Jim Larranaga