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Being able to get people the ball, from 94 feet, 50 feet, 10 feet, I think that helps. It's hard to get certain players the ball in certain situations. I think that's an unsung talent. Hopefully I can be successful on the next level with it.

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.

Normally, we like to get a year ahead on recruiting and evaluating talent. But even in the time we had, we were very thorough in looking at each player academically and character wise, along with his athletic abilities.

Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion, complete your work cooperatively and joyfully, assume responsibility for problems, practice virtue without first demanding it of others, understand the highest truths yet retain an ordinary manner That would be true clarity, true simplicity, true mastery.

The only thing I have control over, ... is to try to get our football team to play as well as it can play, and have them realize they are playing against a team which has talent, coaching and tradition. And we are on the road before 110,000 people. Unless you're stupid, you've got to understand that.

He has the size, the accuracy and the throwing action. He's a spectacular talent, but he doesn't look like anybody. So that tends to make us all nervous.

Experts noted an increased incidence of cataracts that may or may not interfere with vision. The problems occurred at doses lower than generally though to be a problem. We need to know what the natural history of these is. Are they going to get worse or stabilize ... That has big implications for lots of people besides Chernobyl, for example, radiologists and interventional cardiologists who are getting their eyes exposed at work today.

By next year, Spurrier calculates that about half his team will be his players, and he believes he can bring in the talent necessary to be successful in the SEC. His recruiting coordinator is former Florida State quarterback Rick Stockstill. And he's wonderful, ... The best I've been around.

I think they've shown confidence in me, and they see the talent level is there, the ability is there, and he's starting to show spurts of it in every game. Sooner or later there's going to be a breakout game that really gets this thing rolling.

Precisely because of Hubble's extraordinary contributions in the past and promised contributions in the future, I... believe it is important that the decision to cancel the planned servicing mission to Hubble be reviewed by an independent panel of experts and all options for safely carrying it out be examined.

The biggest thing is that we competed and got a lot of mileage out of our talent. No way I'm bad-mouthing our talent, but I tell you what, our guys played very, very hard in certain basketball games.

We like to come to America because people here are very hospitable. Those of us that have talent can come here to get opportunities they would not otherwise have in India.

With guys of that talent, there is just no way they are going to struggle for that long. It was just his time to get out of it.

He is and always will be an example for everyone who loves sport, for his commitment, honesty and talent.

I think it says a lot about him being unselfish and seeing the talent in Steven himself.

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

Paul's greatest talent is the ability to find a way to win period. It's not about stats with Paul. He does what he has to do to win, and that's a hard guy to find. That's why he's so special.

We're pleased to have acquired him. The reason we targeted him on the first day of free agency was because we thought he was a good young talent.

There are many ingredients that are needed to implement, to realize the 2010 target, including building the skills and know-how of experts in developing countries so they can fully take part in achieving our mutual goals.

I love Rivas. I like the way he plays the game. I think he's got a lot of talent. He's probably misunderstood maybe it's the language.

The Perrier is about helping to discover new talent, ... In years to come, this generation of young comedians who are stepping into the spotlight will be setting the heather alight.

What people don't understand is, last year we had two great players, but you need more talent. You can never have enough talent.

Talent is more visible now across various functional silos, so your boss may know where the opportunities for advancement are -- not just in his or her area but in others areas as well.

And if you've got the guy with the demeanor and the talent, I think it's the move to make. The tough thing is finding that guy with the demeanor and the talent. Just one without the other isn't going to get it done.

They're struggling now, but when you think of Bosh, Villanueva and Joey Graham, it's not a bad future for them, ... I remember the experts on draft day ripping Villanueva. They should all line up now and apologize.

He has talent. He can do some things. He has a lot of tools and is more patient at the plate. In Spring Training, his swing was out of control.

The message I sent to them at halftime was that we were getting by on our talent, not on our execution and that has to improve, ... We were not organized on and our press offense wasn't good so those are things we worked on in practice Wednesday. We have to be sharper.

Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new power as a benefactor.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

He has a ton of talent. He has always put up numbers in the minor leagues. And he's a great cook - great Mexican food.

I know I will face numerous issues at the United Nations. With only a very short time to prepare, I am hardly an expert in all of the areas that will be in my portfolio.

The upset formula is basically this. Everybody knows on any given night, the saying goes, that anybody can beat anybody. That's not actually true, because if there's a huge discrepancy in talent, if the game is played on the stronger team's home court with a lot of other factors in their favor, then the odds of the underdog winning are minimal. ... In this game, obviously, Connecticut has so much talent at so many different positions on the floor, we're going to have to really analyze what we do so that our players know, this is our focus, this is our strength.

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

In my early days I was a contract player at Universal and I had a wonderful mentor named Monique James, who was head of talent there, and she used to drag me on sets to do parts.

My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life.

The time has come to move this tournament to a new level, ... By putting the formidable expertise, commitment, assets and knowledge of the NCAA behind this tournament, what we've done is to take a New York icon and given it a chance to be something even better.

Experts should be on tap but never on top.

With the talent that they have, if they can become more consistent with what they do then they have a chance to get back on track to what they once were. Both performed well in the past, and I anticipate that will be what they'll do this coming year.

As the president of Kosovo, I am more concerned about the current situation with the employment standing at around 70 % of the population, which is young, with great potential, speaking many foreign languages and having wide expertise.

If we had a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Bill Walton or Yao Ming, you'd have to make sure he gets the ball. You really have to know your team and your talent. It's kind of unconventional. But we felt the only way we can succeed is to shoot threes.

What's extraordinary about all of these artists is the talent and diversity they bring as performers and musical stylists, ... This is destined to be an incredible night of entertainment.

In film, the possibilities are greater. You can go beyond the fourth wall. You can go to these incredible locations and you're put into circumstances that are physically sensuous. It sometimes requires much more of a physical talent.

Imagination is not a talent of some people but is the health of everyone.

I did a butterfly show in Berlin, and we had a guy who's an expert on butterflies who bred them all and who looks after them all in the space.

With CA, we can reach more organizations than ever before with our innovative technology, expert people and best practices. And, by accelerating our development and integrating our technology with CA's solutions, we will be able to deliver a scope of management products unmatched by anyone else.

What a comeback for Michelle For her to win this race after her injury is a testament to her work ethic and her talent.

We're proud of the job our schools have done in keeping pace with technology and preparing students for success in a technology-dominated world. This contest reflects our high school students' achievements, and recognizes the talents they have developed.

She's a new talent, I think, for women's basketball. She is the future. Whoever has Sylvia is going to win a lot of games no matter who else is around. LSU happens to have great talent besides her.

We were very impressed with his athletic ability, his footwork, his arm strength, his delivery, his body language, huddle presence, all those things. We're certainly not misled by his statistics. We paid a lot more attention to what he was able to do on the practice field. He's quite a talent. We're very impressed.

We worked together in Perth on a TV show called Sweat. When I met Heath there was something extremely charismatic about him. Obviously he had talent, and I convinced him to move out of Perth and come to Sydney - the Hollywood of Australia, if you like. So I just convinced him to do that and looked after him when he arrived. We got a flat in Bondi.