It really didn't strike me [being a gay cop] until after I got the job. Then I sort of wondered what it was going to be like.

Tony Leonard

We're thrilled that the strike is settled ... but our group is committed to being educational advocates for our children.

Suzanne Matarese

I feel like we sold ourselves a wonderful future. This is just the beginning of a new page in and around the western edge of the panhandle. I think we will get the Joint Strike Fighter.

Richard Thomas

The attorney general's office has been in court every day this week seeking sanctions to help stop the strike.

Darren Dopp

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

Willie Stargell

But you don't strike out until after you get to two strikes. He does best when he's thinking small and not trying to hit a home run.

Jeff Manto

He had good command of his cutter. He was getting strike one with his fastball and then cutting all the lefties in on their hands and just being able to stay on the attack. He did a great job of not messing around and making effective pitches.

Chad Moeller

Right now I'm really feeling comfortable at the plate in the last five or six days. When I feel like that, I don't look for a pitch. I look for something around the strike zone or something that I know I can handle.

Luis Matos

They are telling the players 'We'll fire you and you'll never play soccer again, ... Why else did the players agree to a strike and then two days later change their minds?

Carlos Gonzalez

Because of the strike, I lost four projects worth BD2.4 million.

Shaikh Ahmed

We had played her the first time and she was able to get the ball up into the strike zone that first time. We were fortunate enough to come up with several key hits that led us to the victory.

Don Harvey

Police can't strike. The signs just represent their frustration. It's a visible way to let people know that they are being treated unfairly and are working without a contract.

John Hulse

It is only with valid, credible, good intelligence that we are able to anticipate someone who is trying to cause harm to the American people or to strike us in our territory or to, frankly, attack our special interests around the world. Intelligence is a critical part of our national defense.

Dick Durbin

I thought today was one of his best outings. He threw only one breaking ball for a strike. He got one of the best offensive teams out with just a fastball. He gives us the best chance to win.

Jake Kiser

My focus will be to put the ball in play, not strike out and move runners. I've always prided myself on being a good production guy. On defense I'll get after it. I'll throw some exciting plays in there.

Craig Stansberry

There is a body of thought that says if you wanted to strike fear into the hearts of Americans, you would strike a small town.

Dwayne Davis

He has a gift for putting the barrel of the bat on the ball and he has a passion for doing it. You look at him starting his third year in the big leagues and you can sense the maturity he's found over the last two years. He's a lot calmer and he's playing a lot more in the strike zone.

Duane Espy

We always seek to strike the right balance between keeping our games as affordable as possible and generating the resources necessary to remain competitive with other NFL teams.

Ron Colangelo

His life is changed forever because of this strike.

Christopher Mcgrath

We had a couple of guys come up with ... two-strike hits that were big for us. We talked about it early on: timely hitting is the key thing.

Mike Godfrey

It is important to strike a balance between store openings and profit making.

Sun Luan

I think the UAW would like to go to the convention next week with the strike out there. They will view it as being in their best interest to have the strike still going on.

Gary Lapidus

While we will always respect the right to strike, nonetheless we can say that this strike is misguided.

Alec Erwin

I guess I strike people as very serious, or very intense.

Deidre Hall

We don't want a strike, and we'll do everything possible to avoid one. But the drivers authorized a strike by a 96 percent margin, indicating how serious they are about their key issues, and we're ready to strike if we are forced to.

Dan Scott

Not many people can strike out once in three at-bats and still hit .300.

Tom Spencer

Ford has been able to run essentially unopposed. All through the strike GM's main concern was the new pickup rolling out on time. They're pledging to return to 31 percent of market share. By October, (GM's) sales should be up to more realistic levels.

James Kelleher

The Tigers have built a much stronger military machine in the four years of the cease-fire. If the intensity of the war increases, there is no doubt they have developed a capability to strike in Colombo.

Iqbal Athas

I have received reports that a cyclone is expected to strike over the eastern parts of southern Africa over the next few days, and this may worsen the rainfall and flooding situation in Botswana.

Festus Mogae

We had a teacher in college tell us, if you're gonna open a shoe store, open a shoe store next to another shoe store. Because it brings in more people because of the competition. So we're gonna be right there with Coyote Ugly, Lucky Strike, there's a lot of different diversity up there. I can go bowling on the breaks.

Dave Watts

The minute we forget, some of those people are going to strike again.

Jannie Coverdale

We've hit a ton from game one through game 10. Even today we didn't strike out a lot. We had quality at bats. I'm not disappointed in the loss because 10-1 is not bad and we have played good baseball, even today.

Greg Chandler

We have an approach. We're not expanding the strike zone. We're looking for our pitch in our zone. We're putting the ball in play and hitting it hard. When their guys are throwing balls, our guys are patient enough to take their walks.

Mickey Brantley

He had a pretty angle to all his pitches, although his command within the strike zone wasn't very good.

Guy Hansen

The greatest risk is if the situation at Delphi doesn't work itself out. An organized or wildcat strike would have a great impact on General Motors and make those potholes out there much wider and deeper.

Donald Grimes

I was mad at the pitch before being called a strike, I was mad I swung at that, and then he hung me one, ... So, madness, madness, happiness, all in the matter of a minute. Stupid.

Larry Walker

There's an advantage to belonging to an international. One obvious thing (affecting union members) is the lack of a strike and defense fund.

David Mccall

There's no question that it's not your run of the mill case. But remember that a judge had already told (union members) 'it's an illegal strike and to go back to work.' They didn't do that.

Christopher Mcgrath

Given the current miserable economic situation and with over four million unemployed, a strike is the last thing Germany needs.

Dieter Hundt

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.

Alexander Herzen

They couldn't throw a strike.

Stephen Burris

A strike is always the last option and we made it clear to management that we can still negotiate.

Mfanafuthi Sithebe

When you have the opportunity, you strike.

Rod Laver

Not recognizing a single charge brought against me, and having no other way to protest against my actually unlimited confinement, I declare a hunger strike until the (Swiss) Federal Office of Justice decides on my extradition or release.

Yevgeny Adamov

I think the new rules are sure to be a heavy strike to the already shrinking soccer market. Soccer fans will fear being easily punished for celebratory actions and there will be a further decline in the number of fans who go to stadiums to support the local teams after this incident.

Xu Feng

That is why we will end the hunger strike, but it should not be forgotten that it was a warning to those who do not abide by law and justice.

Adnan Agca

The strike was illegal. It was intentional to cause chaos and havoc throughout the city, and if you look at my brother, that's what they did.

James Long

We have decided to strictly enforce the general strike. The strike appeared to be relaxed over the last two days, but that will change from today. Life will be brought to a standstill.

Subash Nemwang

Hopefully these arrests strike a deterrent blow, making these groups realize that the F.B.I. will come after them no matter how long it takes.

Gary Perlstein

The modest success of the strike should prompt everyone to work for more collaboration between the country's political and social forces.

Roberto Maroni

To have a good enemy, choose a friend; he knows where to strike.

Diane De Pointiers

We want to strike a responsible balance between taking care of customers in our communities and a fluid situation in those areas.

Sharon Weber

We had one make a direct strike, in 1821. We believe, by all records, it was a Category 3, with 112 mph sustained winds. It looks like it came ashore in Cape May, essentially following the current path of the Garden State Parkway. It devastated the state and Philadelphia.

Dave Robinson

We have decided to call off our hunger strike today as the Prime Minister has promised to meet four of the six demands.

Nityanand Jayaraman

It was more of getting a rhythm and getting strike one. Getting strike one on a hitter makes it easier. I was pounding the fastball in there, keeping it down on the inner half and the outer half.

John Koronka

That's how baseball is. You could be throwing 20 innings in a row without anybody scoring. You could strike everybody out. But there's going to be a stretch of the season where you have your bad time. Right now I feel like I've been going through that.

Francisco Rodriguez

Customarily, if the ball is in the dirt, say if we block a ball for strike three, they usually say, 'No catch, no catch, no catch.' And I didn't hear any of that. That's why I was headed back to the dugout.

Josh Paul

It's Strike 101. It's expected. We're still hanging tough out here.

Cliff Carrier

The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.

Willie Tyler

We have long maintained that the parties are very likely to come up with a deal that avoids a long, debilitating strike at Delphi, which could lead to a Chapter 11 filing by GM.

Jonathan Steinmetz

It was a fastball because I wasn't going to walk in a run there. I was going to throw him a strike and make him hit the ball. I thought it was a good pitch. I would have never guessed the ball was going to go out of the park.

Brian Lawrence

Otherwise, I think there will be a big, huge strike. The people are understanding. The people are aware of what's going on. It will be huge.

Juan Romero

Once the storm goes through, we put in a call for volunteers to go into the strike zone stores to help out because people who have damage want to stay with their loved ones.

Brandon Harrison

The first inning, I tried to figure out where the strike zone was, where he was calling balls and where he wasn't, where I could work around. The first and second inning, really, was to figure out where the hitters were standing and where to throw them out.

Corey Macdonald

Yes, we have started the strike. More than 90 % of the total employees of Mumbai [airport] are participating in the strike.

Nitin Jadhav

The strike has been called to protest the illegal arrest of political leaders and for announcing curfews and prohibiting parties to stage peaceful protest in the valley by the state.

Pradeep Nepal

The strike is the first by Iberia's pilot's since it was privatized and the company says the present row could lead to it losing $100m, canceling aircraft orders and cutting jobs.

Al Goodman

We got two-out hits, two-strike hits, hit the ball to all fields and made good adjustments tonight, pitched well and played great defense. That might have been our best game of the year.

Jack Leggett

It's not one strike and you're out. You deal with each situation individually.

Ritchie Mckay

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John Ashbery

Sporting events, perhaps more than any other venue, would appear to be a prime target for a terrorist strike. And one terrorist strike in a stadium could change everything - be it a bomb, be it any type of attack.

Michael Mccann

Part of fencing is psychological, using your mind, patience and waiting for the right moment to strike.

Dr. Michelle Prettyman

We believe that the terrorists will strike again. So does every responsible expert that we have talked to.

Thomas H. Kean

We are currently engaged in collective bargaining with several of our unions, and we do not foresee a union calling for a strike.

Lisa Farbstein

There's a black could hanging over the entire project. Everyone continues this process with the huge risk now attached that a judge could strike the whole thing down.

Robert Freedman

It looks like this has some traction. Candidates are like sharks: When they smell blood, they will strike. And the sharks are definitely in the water now.

Silas Lee

They're trying to find ways to strike that balance so that it makes sense for them as a business, while also appeasing the authorities.

Steve Kleynhans

I just hoped to go in there and give us a chance to win. I didn't expect to go five scoreless. I just went right after the hitters and tried to get strike one. Our defense did one heck of a job tonight.

Kameron Loe

When the strike began, the contract was terminated.

Doug Steenland

We didn't swing at as many balls in the dirt. We were more disciplined today. It's tough to get a good swing on a ball out of the strike zone.

Trey Hillman

We're trying to strike a fine balance between protecting the seals while allowing beach-goers to access the beach.

Chris Yates

It's very important to have young players in the side, as they can bring something new to the table. You need to strike a balance between new talent and old heads.

Sergio Ramos

Our pitchers have been doing a pretty good job. We're not asking them to go out there and strike everyone out. We have a pretty tough defense behind them.

Ann Munzenmaier

[When major disasters strike,] the typical things that happen is that you reduce employment, production, income and spending in the areas that are affected, principally because everybody's holed up in their shelter or in a basement waiting for it to pass, ... Obviously money is not made or spending is not done as it normally would be.

Alan Levenson

They were trying to get him (Mitchell) to chase pitches outside the strike zone.

Travis Barbary

The strike could impact some individual [franchises] more significantly, without a doubt. That's why I hope if this is extended, the president does the prudent and wise thing and intervenes.

Jim Amos

My perception is Northwest would really like to have those [AMFA] employees back because of their skills, ... to try to force enough people to go back to work to break the strike.

John Remington

The kids did surprisingly well with the travel difficulties. They were very professional, they prepared very well and they kept that focus from practice and were able to strike the ball real well.

Amy Jensen

Ashley is going to be a fantastic hitter. She has great plate discipline and a great knowledge of the strike zone. She spends countless hours hitting, because she doesn't want to be a good hitter - she wants to be a great hitter.

Thad Dickey

The peremptory strike is the great equalizer.

Robert Hirschhorn

There's a reason why it's illegal for public employees to strike in New York. It doesn't just negatively impact our economy. It threatens the health and safety of every single New Yorker.

George Pataki

We don't have pitchers to strike out 10, so we have to rely on our defense. They picked us up today.

Doug Hawkins

Clearly Northwest Airlines would prefer a strike over an agreement, and it looks like they're probably going to get their wish.

Steve Macfarlane

So a good homework assignment for everybody, take a screwdriver, unscrew your screws to your strike plate, if they're less than three inches, replace them. It's a very simple fix.

Anita Shell

He's a guy that knows the strike zone well. We'll be giving him more opportunities.

Bobby Pierce

Mandy has done a good job of being near the strike zone. She was throwing good enough pitches to get them to chase. Now, the detriment to us is when we have good opportunities to get outs, we hang a ball and they get a get a base hit and score two. That happened a couple of times tonight.

Donovan Nelson

There would be an impact on all the Delta launches, because if there is a strike, all launch operations will freeze.

Tina Lange

Celtic have played a one-two and we've been caught. We're playing a sweeper. It was a great strike by the lad but we shouldn't be caught like that.

Jimmy Calderwood

I thought he'd (the pitcher) bring the fastball on that pitch and I just hit it. The pitch missed right into the (strike) zone and it felt good off the bat. This is the first time I have ever done that. It definitely feels good.

Pat O'keefe

Northwest experienced mechanical issues prior to the strike and we continue to experience them today. So this isn't new.

Jennifer Bagdade

[Northwest] may be able to handle a strike by one group, but there's no way it can handle a strike by two groups at the same time.

Bob Krabbe

It's always a great feeling. We've been close a couple of times, and in 1994 were robbed by the strike. But you never give up.

Tim Raines

Mexico is trying to restrain the growth of spending and bring the public debt ratio down, and how they have tried to strike that balance has not compromised the objective of bringing the debt ratio down.

Anoop Singh

I caught the ball. It was strike three. He was out?. It's not my fault. I take no responsibility for that whatsoever.

Josh Paul

A strike simply was not something we wanted to do. I mean, the cost to our members, to the community, to kids was just — it would have had to really be a huge disparity between the district's offer and ours for us to consider it. The differences were not that great and in the end, with the help of the mediator, we split the difference.

Rich Kronberg

I expect to serve strike notice within the next few days.

Greg Ennis

He was throwing every pitch for a strike, and he threw it at the right spot.

Adam Everett

We want SAA, but we need to make sure our workers are protected and the strike is legal.

Randall Howard

In addition, the intercontinental ballistic missile force is aging and it's not clear that the nuclear mission is a big priority anymore for the Defense Department or Air Force. They want to acquire new fighters and deep-strike forces that can be used in conventional, not nuclear conflicts.

Steve Kosiak

It's an insult to be just a great cover guy. I really think Deion Sanders set defensive-back play back. All he would do is cover people and not strike anybody.

Duane Akina

There is no precedent for this, but there is no question who put this situation in motion. If they did not have their illegal strike, there is no question that this would not have happened.

Christopher Mcgrath

There could not have been a more decisive outcome of this ballot or a more decisive vote in favor a strike.

Frank Bsirske

He looks very strong, very fast. We're optimistic he can have a big year. We don't tailor our offense to one person. We try to strike at different areas. Is (Hood) going to get the ball? Yes. But so are three or four other people.

Dave Kelly

For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are the anvil, bear-When you are the hammer, strike.

Edwin Markham

Then the strike came along in 2001.

Charles E. Wood

I came out, threw the first fastball down for a strike and stayed with it. I was just happy to do it for the team and glad we got a W before going to Oakland.

John Koronka

There is a possibility of the killings being related to the ongoing security guard strike.

Eugene Opperman

It's still too early for an impact on New York City. If the strike is two days, it's really no big deal. If it goes on for two weeks, then it becomes a big deal.

Evan Rourke

We're not after a strike, but if the employers don't move, then we will have no other choice.

Erich Klemm

We still don't know whether it will be a march, a strike, or a fast.

Enrique Morones

Their plan is to strike on or before February 14 to show they are still a force to reckon with, to say that even if our people are in jail, we can strike.

Emmanuel Velasco

Our last set of negotiations with this board resulted in a strike that lasted six weeks but this time it's anyone's guess how long it could be.

Emily Noble

We are still hoping to reach a consensual agreement, however we do not believe the unions have the right to strike while the company is in bankruptcy.

Elizabeth Costello

I don't carry over. Like if I drop a ball in the outfield, I won't carry it over to the plate. Or if I strike out, I won't carry it into the outfield.

Elijah Dukes

I was concentrating on getting ahead of the hitters to make it make it easier on myself by throwing the first-pitch strike, and a quality first pitch.

Elizardo Ramirez

By and large to do it [circumcision] as a routine practice for everyone doesn't strike me as sound practice from a health point of view.

Edward Laumann

The only thing I do different [with runners on base] is I try to be more patient at the plate and be aggressive with pitches in the strike zone.

Edwin Encarnacion

We generally see exposure of less than 10 percent of earnings if a strike lasted an entire quarter, which we believe is highly unlikely.

Ed Wolfe

Pilots might strike, take spontaneous job actions or just quit. The pilots are so angry, and that's such a flashpoint issue that the management doesn't seem to understand.

Ed Thiel

I can see light at the end of the tunnel as far as getting up there again. For me, the key is to get everything straightened out mechanically. I believe in my stuff, but I've got work to do to get right, and be able to command the strike zone.

Zach Day