Ability Quotes - page 22

I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach. (Don Shula)
Hey, I'm just looking for an excuse to retire so I can play summer league baseball, go coach my nephews, play pickup basketball. I've always had that ability to move on to the next thing. View quote
Doug Flutie
I think Iran is a very dangerous country - very dangerous to Israel, to the Middle East, and also to the United States. They export terrorism. And they also have the ability to manufacture rockets and missiles. View quote
Dutch Ruppersberger
I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found knowledge and the ability to excel. View quote
Daniel Kahikina Akaka
I have to say that one of the most important things Scientology has given me is the ability to keep my integrity together. I understand how people can get into unethical situations, and Scientology has always helped me keep my head clear and be in present time. View quote
Danny Masterson
The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else. View quote
Danny McBride
The Williams sisters, they have this power. They have this ability to come back from nowhere. View quote
Elena Vesnina
The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types of mind. View quote
Ellsworth Huntington
The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes. View quote
Emerson Fittipaldi
I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people. View quote
Eberhard Weber
My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds. (Ernest Istook)
By creating useful job descriptions and making clear what qualifications should be expected, the Department aims to help improve schools' ability to recruit the right people. View quote
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
The totality of a record is usually beyond ones ability to imagine when you start working on it, but the component parts are, usually, fairly clear one way or another. View quote
Fred Frith
I think the ability to focus is a thread that runs through so-called successful people. And that's something that can be developed. It can be self-taught. View quote
Fred L. Turner
Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things. View quote
Fergus Henderson
My vocal ability is very limited, but I'm fortunate in that I can write the songs around my vocal limitations. View quote
Glenn Tipton
Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness. View quote
Graeme Le Saux
So my game is solid. So that obviously makes me feel confident, that like anybody else in this field, you name them, I feel like I've got the ability to win the golf tournament just as much as they have, and that's the way I'm going to take it. View quote
Greg Norman
Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. View quote
George E. Allen, Sr.
I love the ability to work with very good managers, and to provide the right incentives for them, and truly become a partner with that management, and make that management take a long view. View quote
Henry Kravis
The marketplace can handle this. The laws are there. The courts have shown a consistent ability to find a balance between copyright owners and copyright users. (Hilary Rosen)
Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home States, such as Katrina. View quote
Ike Skelton
I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself. View quote
Ike Turner
I have the ability to create and be in touch with God. I can't change bread and wine into body and blood, but I can take the scum or the slime of the earth and make it into a man or woman. View quote
J. F. Powers
Making people laugh is a really fabulous thing because it means you're getting deep inside somebody, into their psyche, and their ability to look at themselves. View quote
Jane Lynch