Bryant Gumbel quote: "I have been a sports fan my whole life. To be able to talk about sports in an intelligent, journalistic fashion and to do things of a serious nature is a dream job."

it took bravery to get into the ring and risk his pretty face, it took real guts to step out of the ...
BRYANT GUMBEL

Early Show.
BRYANT GUMBEL

While I am naturally disappointed that the show didn't fare better in the ratings, I am pleased with...
BRYANT GUMBEL

After that, it will consume me.
BRYANT GUMBEL

[If you feel a little tingle here, it means you're susceptible to candor, that richest gift of any c...
BRYANT GUMBEL

CBS' morning efforts, ... represent the longest legacy of failure that exists in this business, and ...
BRYANT GUMBEL

I never had a problem with Bryant. He's a perfectionist, and that's to his credit. When he did inter...
BRYANT GUMBEL

It's not that I dislike many people. It's just that I don't like many people.
BRYANT GUMBEL

Katie is now a permanent fixture here.
BRYANT GUMBEL

I've never been exactly a shrinking violet when it comes to being critical of leagues or people in s...
BRYANT GUMBEL

Try not to laugh when someone says these are the world's greatest athletes, despite a paucity of bla...
BRYANT GUMBEL

I don't want to wait until something happens to see who my friends are.
BRYANT GUMBEL

You'll never see me working five days a week again.
BRYANT GUMBEL

I'm still going to do television. I'm just not going to do morning television. I would like ...
BRYANT GUMBEL

I feel responsibility for a lot of things that I manage to touch.
BRYANT GUMBEL

There is a lot to life, and a lot more than just television to life.
BRYANT GUMBEL

My mom sees her sons as baby boys. Well, I stopped being her baby boy a long time ago.
BRYANT GUMBEL

If I'm in a room with 100 people, will I be able to find one person I'd like to have dinner ...
BRYANT GUMBEL

We are essentially in the business of telling stories. We would like to think that most of our stori...
BRYANT GUMBEL

Your emotions are exposed when you play golf: humility, pride, anger, it all comes out with each swi...
BRYANT GUMBEL

It's not that I dislike many people. It's just that I don't like many people.
BRYANT GUMBEL

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
PAUL BRYANT

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you....
KOBE BRYANT

I'm more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10...
KOBE BRYANT

I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.
KOBE BRYANT

It's different from being 21 and you think there's endless amount of opportunities. At 33, t...
KOBE BRYANT

Christmas morning, I'm going to open presents with my kids. I'm going to take pictures of th...
KOBE BRYANT

I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.
KOBE BRYANT

I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.
KOBE BRYANT

People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.
KOBE BRYANT

Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style.
KOBE BRYANT

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.
KOBE BRYANT

I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.
KOBE BRYANT

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really w...
KOBE BRYANT

I'm chasing perfection.
KOBE BRYANT

I'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that......
KOBE BRYANT

Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
KOBE BRYANT

The freest societies are in a constant state of revolution.
BRYANT MCGILL

Progress is not about hating or destroying America, it is about loving and building the world, which...
BRYANT MCGILL

Let us now yearn for the possibility of building a happiness in every heart. Let us now build inward...
BRYANT MCGILL

We must take the money out of politics, and end psychopathic, self-destructive government and corpor...
BRYANT MCGILL

Let each of us lead a revolution of support in the lives of others.
BRYANT MCGILL

Instead of narrowing our allegiances to only include our favored nation, let us sing an anthem to th...
BRYANT MCGILL

We must rebuild organic communities, where people can come together and have analogue conversations ...
BRYANT MCGILL

Let us revolt against the nightmare, and work together for a kinder world.
BRYANT MCGILL

We can change the world one thought at a time, one child at a time, one family at a time, one commun...
BRYANT MCGILL

We must reprogram ourselves to understand that cooperation is a higher principle than competition.
BRYANT MCGILL

I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would'...
BEAR BRYANT

I've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they ...
BEAR BRYANT

I hope to get out before they start football next year.
BEAR BRYANT

If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where ...
BEAR BRYANT

I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think...
BEAR BRYANT

It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just...
BEAR BRYANT

I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see a...
BEAR BRYANT

If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out.
BEAR BRYANT

I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doe...
BEAR BRYANT

Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the ...
BEAR BRYANT

The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
BEAR BRYANT

Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other peo...
BEAR BRYANT

I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you th...
BEAR BRYANT

I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and ...
BEAR BRYANT

Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit,...
BEAR BRYANT

I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
BEAR BRYANT

No matter how many plans you make or how much in control you are, life is always winging it.
CARROLL BRYANT

Truth crushed to earth shall rise again: Th' eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded...
BEAR BRYANT

It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playi...
KOBE BRYANT

It's disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of yo...
KOBE BRYANT

We create in people through our actions and example. In this way people around us become reflections...
BRYANT MCGILL

I'd rather have a pedophile in office rather than a democrat any day of the week and twice on Sunday...
CARROLL BRYANT

Mine, is a wicked world of pure fascinastion.
CARROLL BRYANT

I don't like to give up on people when they need someone not to give up on them.
CARROLL BRYANT

Every state's emblematic propaganda is worshiped by the consumer-citizen as a super-logo, a brand Ju...
BRYANT MCGILL

The problem with a lot people is, they are more concerned about their image than they are about thei...
CARROLL BRYANT

Reach deep within, and reconnect with the essence of your being.
BRYANT MCGILL

Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend t...
BRYANT MCGILL

The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.
JEAN BRYANT

In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
BEAR BRYANT

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
BRYANT MCGILL

Change happens very slow and very sudden.
DOROTHY BRYANT

The only thing I'm afraid of is bees. I don't like bees. I'm allergic to them.
KOBE BRYANT

I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprai...
KOBE BRYANT

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility,...
KOBE BRYANT

In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hocke...
KOBE BRYANT

There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
PAUL BRYANT

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.
KOBE BRYANT

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. T...
PAUL BRYANT

If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.
KOBE BRYANT

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the brave...
KOBE BRYANT

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.
PAUL BRYANT

Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still ...
KOBE BRYANT

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they wan...
KOBE BRYANT

Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff...
KOBE BRYANT

Mama called, and when Mama calls, you just have to come running.
BEAR BRYANT

Don't give up at halftime. Concentrate on winning the second half.
BEAR BRYANT

I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and, all I like to do is go home and be alone, an...
BEAR BRYANT

In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to It.
BEAR BRYANT

You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
BEAR BRYANT

When you can't score from the 1, you don't deserve to win.
BEAR BRYANT

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes real go...
BEAR BRYANT

Bear Bryant's Three Rules for coaching: 1) Surround yourself with people who can't live without foot...
BEAR BRYANT

it's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog
BEAR BRYANT

Not that they can't do it, but with every company you have to have priorities.
BILL BRYANT

Our aspiration is to be the largest, most dynamic, vibrant mobile community offering to consumers. O...
BILL BRYANT

Last night we were driving about 2 (a.m.). There was fire to the north, fire to the west and fire to...
BILL BRYANT

I'm glad I had the opportunity to help. I hope we use it and take care of the gift God gave us.
BILL BRYANT

Any primate, including babies, there's a possibility that they could inhale or push a foreign body u...
BILL BRYANT

We've treated him but we can't get it cleared up 100 percent.
BILL BRYANT

We were arguing over the color of the frosting and we don't even have a cake.
BILL BRYANT

We have no moisture, we have no grass, the hay is burnt up. What do you do? I'm numb.
BILL BRYANT

Every shortcut has a price usually greater than the reward.
BRYANT MCGILL

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we...
KOBE BRYANT

It's everything to me. My life is nothing without this place. I just love Jesus!
ANGELA BRYANT

I love her. I always have and I always will. ... I'll see her again. I will.
ANGELA BRYANT

He will pay, he will pay for hurting those children out there and my daughter. He will pay. He deser...
ANGELA BRYANT

Every night when I close my eyes, I ask God to watch over her, keep her safe.
ANGELA BRYANT

He said that the man that they had been questioning admitted what he had done and he took my daughte...
ANGELA BRYANT

She's 9 years old, she's innocent. Nobody should have just come in and taken her like that, but it h...
ANGELA BRYANT

After seeing that example on the Web site, we each still had some questions about the appearance of ...
ANGELA BRYANT

One of my rules is never to look sideways at what other people are doing but instead, do what I feel...
ANNIE BRYANT

If homosexuality was the normal way, God would have made Adam and Bruce
ANITA BRYANT

If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep wi...
ANITA BRYANT

Steroids, they're not just for breakfast anymore.
ANITA BRYANT

I believe that more than ever before there are evil forces round about us,
ANITA BRYANT

As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must re...
ANITA BRYANT

lower than what we consider optimal.
ANDY BRYANT

In a normal seasonal environment, we would expect higher revenue, ... Our expectations have been tem...
ANDY BRYANT

We are well way to meeting our 2001 target of $7.5 billion in capital spending having deployed just ...
ANDY BRYANT

We're going to be right on the edge all the way through tomorrow morning as far as getting snow down...
ANDY BRYANT

April and May might start to warm some, but it could still be plenty wet. It rains here, but that's ...
ANDY BRYANT

Despite a weak economy, order patterns held until the end of the quarter, and demand was better than...
ANDY BRYANT

The fourth-quarter results were in line with our December outlook and reflect the pervasive impact o...
ANDY BRYANT

No. The rainiest spot was at Laurel Peak, which is in the Cascades east of Salem. They reported 40 i...
ANDY BRYANT

The microprocessor and flash businesses are on track, while the networking silicon market is slower ...
ANDY BRYANT

It appears that the Intel architecture business will return to seasonal patterns showing more streng...
ANDY BRYANT

The people who truly know me know what I'm like. There have been people who try to say things th...
KOBE BRYANT

We must plant trees, grow gardens instead of lawns, ride bicycles when we can and support responsibl...
BRYANT MCGILL

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring abilit...
BRYANT MCGILL

Within you is the power of unlimited creation.
BRYANT MCGILL

Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.
BRYANT MCGILL

I was very pleased with what went on, ... I hit the ball extremely well. I made a couple of fairly d...
BART BRYANT

It was an exciting round for me, most encouraging round that I played this year, because I finally w...
BART BRYANT

It is what it is, unfortunately. It has highlighted the importance of long-term maintenance, and it ...
BART BRYANT

It was an exciting round for me, the most encouraging all year. Because I made some birdies, which I...
BART BRYANT

Tiger always lets you know he's around,
BART BRYANT

I felt like I was supposed to make that putt. Two years ago, I don't think I would have believed I w...
BART BRYANT

There is no question he played a huge role in getting me going as a pro,
BART BRYANT

To scare Tiger a little, I think I'm going to have to put two or three of those up together.
BART BRYANT

I feared choking my guts out a lot. All week long.
BART BRYANT

It was kind of every golfer's dream. You make a putt to win a tournament and walk off to shake the h...
BART BRYANT

Use a condom. The world doesn't need another you.
CARROLL BRYANT

Changing your mind can move you into another dimension. Passages materialize exposing a hidden world...
BRYANT MCGILL

Say what you have to say in the fewest possible words.
ARTHUR BRYANT

All ultimately intermarried to produce a race of many strains, which may account for the paradox tha...
ARTHUR BRYANT

Rightly conceived, time is the friend of all who are in any way in adversity, for its mazy road wind...
ARTHUR BRYANT

The value set by her people on the freedom and sanctity of the individual, on justice and fair play,...
ARTHUR BRYANT

Even in November 1938, after five years of anti-Semitic legislation and persecution, they still owne...
ARTHUR BRYANT

And so while the great ones depart to their dinner, the secretary stays, growing thinner and thinner...
ARTHUR BRYANT

The type of guy Keyshawn is and the type of guy I am, Dallas wasn't big enough for both of us. So so...
ANTONIO BRYANT

I didn't want him to think I was nagging him.
ANTONIO BRYANT

I didnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢t want him to think I was nagging him,
ANTONIO BRYANT

Just facing him eye to eye the last two days, I can tell he's going to do whatever it takes to make ...
ANTONIO BRYANT

I haven't met him yet, but I'd like to be on every angle on the field so hopefully if I'm there and ...
ANTONIO BRYANT

I can relate to a guy like Trent. He's a grinder. When we talk, it never ends on a negative note. We...
ANTONIO BRYANT

A lot of people don't pay attention to a tropical depression at first,
ANTONIO BRYANT

A million dollars in pennies is still a million dollars.
ANTONIO BRYANT

We noticed that, too, as a team. You can become predictable. Teams kind of picked up on it. When we ...
ANTONIO BRYANT

We want to feed off what we did at the end last week. It's all about making those plays. If we can e...
ANTONIO BRYANT

The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and...
BRYANT MCGILL

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score...
KOBE BRYANT

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain i...
BEAR BRYANT

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the ar...
KOBE BRYANT

Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts.
KOBE BRYANT

The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before,...
KOBE BRYANT

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, hand...
KOBE BRYANT

I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. No matter what the injury - unless it's completely deb...
KOBE BRYANT

We don't really have money to pay staff anymore. That's the big problem.
BRYANT HILTON

Our financial footing just fell out from under us.
BRYANT HILTON

We always encourage patients to consult with their doctors to determine the best approach to treatin...
BRYANT HASKINS

We filed a complaint against P&G because we believe their TV commercial is false and misleading and ...
BRYANT HASKINS

If you would try to implement RFID on every product everywhere you sold it, it could be very expensi...
BRYANT HASKINS

We honestly have not looked at this from an anti-importation perspective.
BRYANT HASKINS

The refineries are making the money. Most refineries also are in the crude business, so they make mo...
BRYANT GIMLIN

DOE is right-on with its estimate. But we will see a lot of spikes outside of the forecasted range i...
BRYANT GIMLIN

It is typical that in January we will see a rise (in prices), this year it looks particularly volati...
BRYANT GIMLIN

Since Christmas, there has been a 14 cent increase locally in crude oil prices. At this point it loo...
BRYANT GIMLIN

Given the crude price hikes, pump prices should top $3 a gallon in the next week or so.
BRYANT GIMLIN

He is a real energetic player. I just tried to be there when he caught the ball so he wouldn't get a...
BRYANT DILLON

We got back to the basics after that. We've had a month to get ready. This will be a big test for us...
BRYANT DILLON

We just got back to basics. It's been about a month since the bad loss against Florida State and we ...
BRYANT DILLON

We have some good new players. They are really talented, very athletic. I'm really excited to play w...
BRYANT DILLON

Coach gave me an assignment, I just tried to be there when he catches the ball to make it a little h...
BRYANT DILLON

We took some bad shots that led to transition points. Those were the points of the game that were mo...
BRYANT DILLON

We just took some bad shots and they got some transition points. Those were the parts of the game th...
BRYANT DILLON

They're just a lot deeper. They can sub in more and things like that. We've got a little bit of inex...
BRYANT DILLON

Some were falling in the first half, but in the second half, we couldn't get anything to fall for th...
BRYANT DILLON

It's been a long year, but I'm kind of proud of everybody that is still here and playing, and still ...
BRYANT DILLON

We're struggling to get back to where we were years ago. It's a cycle.
BRYANT YOUNG

He stepped up to the plate and did what he had to do without overdoing it and using it as a platform...
BRYANT YOUNG

He has really sets the tone for this organization and you can see that. He's done a great job, thus ...
BRYANT YOUNG

You'd have to say all of them, but Barry Sanders was special. I remember the one highlight film agai...
BRYANT YOUNG

I have been a sports fan my whole life. To be able to talk about sports in an intelligent, journalistic fashion and to do things of a serious nature is a dream job.

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