Custom said, 'Get up.' Society said, 'Get up.' Politics said, 'Get up.' The bus driver said, 'Get up.' But you gave her the power to stay seated. She heard your voice.


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The smaller markets are on a much more even playing field, ... There's keen excitement for the seaso...
ALAN ADAMS
Maybe a casual fan will take his kid to see [Pittsburgh Penguins No. 1 draft pick] Sidney Crosby. Wi...
ALAN ADAMS
Hockey is our national theater, our water cooler talk.
ALAN ADAMS
In Toronto, the Maple Leaf emblem is as strong as the New York Yankees,
ALAN ADAMS
You don't see that in Canada,
ALAN ADAMS
You aren't going to leave me alone are you?
EDIE ADAMS
All the dreamers in all the world are dizzy in the noodle.
EDIE ADAMS
I love getting after that quarterback! That's my deal: sacking the quarterback.
GAINES ADAMS
It really doesn't matter to me whether it's defensive end or linebacker. I just want to play...
GAINES ADAMS
I feel like by me putting on a couple more pounds will help my game tremendously. Putting on 10-15 p...
GAINES ADAMS
Julius Peppers is a beast, man. I don't know how many pounds he outweighs me by... I still try t...
GAINES ADAMS
Every day I went to work at Tampa, I gave it my all.
GAINES ADAMS
First of all, I want to thank the Buccaneers for giving me the opportunity and for picking me in the...
GAINES ADAMS
I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.
GAINES ADAMS
Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get s...
GAINES ADAMS
Greg White got a boxer because I said I was getting one. I was talking about getting a boxer since b...
GAINES ADAMS
I want to be a great player. I don't want to play for the money. I don't want to play for fa...
GAINES ADAMS
You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.
GAINES ADAMS
I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
GAINES ADAMS
It's funny, as a little kid, you look up to those guys who you play as in 'Madden,' and ...
GAINES ADAMS
Coach Morris wasn't too hard on me, not at all. Being drafted where I was at, there were high ex...
GAINES ADAMS
In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there...
GERRY ADAMS
You always want to start fast because it gives you a great opportunity, ... Most importantly in Nove...
SAM ADAMS
We have a lot of great players but unless you come together as a team that doesn't matter. We've com...
SAM ADAMS
"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all haz...
SAM ADAMS
He was the best schematics coach in the NIFL, ... As far as I'm concerned he can coach with the best...
SAM ADAMS
Arthur is free to use that word censorship if he wants. We are in the business of selling paintings ...
SAM ADAMS
If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are redu...
SAM ADAMS
"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all haz...
SAM ADAMS
We busted. We all know there's going to be changes ... lots of changes.
SAM ADAMS
He still looks the same to me as he did as a rookie.
SAM ADAMS
I feel the organization did what they felt was best. Playing in Buffalo was one of the greatest expe...
SAM ADAMS
Great necessities call forth great leaders. -Abigail Adams.
ABIGAIL ADAMS
We've heard they've had signs up about Cuero for the last three weeks, ... We're excited about playi...
JOEY ADAMS
We've heard they've had signs up about Cuero for the last three weeks. We're excited about playing t...
JOEY ADAMS
Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late -- and strike oil.'
JOEY ADAMS
If you break 100, watch your golf. If you break 80, watch your business.
JOEY ADAMS
A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.
JOEY ADAMS
Most people play a fair game of golf - If you watch them.
JOEY ADAMS
People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it.
JOEY ADAMS
A bikini is like a barbed-wire fence. It protects the property without obstructing the view.
JOEY ADAMS
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions
JOEY ADAMS