Match Quotes

Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they are, the more money flows into their mutual fund. Then, it is more difficult for them to beat the market averages or even to match their own past performance.

A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat.

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

The toughest workout can never match the pain of being out of work.

If you lived the doubles, as I did, which was very stressful, you are sitting down in a chair experiencing a match without being able to hold a racquet in your hands.

Well, the memories were obviously - every match is important, every point counts, especially the last sort of 18, 20 years when the matches have been so tight.

There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.

That match was late evening and I had the experience of the electricity of the Centre Court because it was packed, a full house for the whole match. It had been a great year for me, first time there and I had the full taste of Wimbledon.

Roddick can challenge him as well if he serves big consistently for the entire match. If he does that, then he is tough to break even for a guy like Federer.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

I felt tight from the beginning of the match to the end. I couldn't relax.

To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt.

The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

You in Lebanon, your power is no match to Israel. Israel, militarily, is more powerful than you and maybe it is more powerful than all the Arab countries, or most of them.

The most scared I'd ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Zealand, in front of one hundred thousand people. I had a panic attack the night before because people have been booed off and never worked again... just singing one song, the national anthem.

Honor is like a match, you can only use it once.

It made a big difference to my match stamina. I couldn't imagine I would have been so energetic during the match - it really gave me a welcomed extra boost!

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.

Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?

I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.

From one match to the next, I kept on winning.

I am happy to have played a match and break the rhythm of daily training.

When we got knocked out against Porto in the Champions League, I only slept two hours that night. I was not a nice person to be with after that match. I was struggling to get the result out of my system.

She's a big-hearted girl with hips to match.

The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.

I like to match what I wear to my book jacket - it's a little bit cheesy, but it's my thing.

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.

No other acoustic instrument can match the piano's expressive range, and no electric instrument can match its mystery.

The previous year it had taken England all their time to beat the full German team in an international and I had taken with me the programme from that match.

In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that.