Slam Quotes

The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks.

Halloween will be a slam-dunk for merchants despite the weakening consumer spending trends.

Oh, my God, I don't think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.

Everyone is fighting like crazy because it's the last Grand Slam. When you play the Grand Slams, you just have to give everything you have.

Id rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first round of a slam. That doesnt sound too good.

A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor.

And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as strong.

Friends tell the truth to one another. Friends don't slam the door to correction or reflection when it is offered with affection.

I don't care when people use the term 'one-Slam wonder' with me.

One little secret of the guys who have won one slam, is that we don't want other guys to win one because its like a bit of a special fraternity.

If we fixed a hangnail the way our government fixes the economy, we'd slam a car door on it.

I'm going to build my own slam.

I got hooked up with the NBA Nation and the next thing I knew I was judging the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown. They needed somebody who can travel on the weekends and go up to eight different cities.

I hope everyone will feel good about supporting a worthy cause that helps educate people and saves lives while wearing a cool looking shirt that aims to SLAM Diabetes!

I was just starting out, trying to become a screenwriter, and I became the Austin slam champion three times. For a nerdy, kind of a socially awkward guy, that did wonders for my self esteem.

Twenty days ago my physio asked me if I was if I never think that I can win a Grand Slam or be in final of Grand Slam, and I said no.

When you’ve worked hard and done well and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you.

I am not going to let anyone into America who is not vetted, who we do not have confidence in. But I am not going to slam the door on women and children.

Most true musicians don't do it for the money, they do it because they love it. When I did slam poetry, it was a great way for me to express myself, I loved it.

Denmark is charging a fat food tax on cheese, meat, and oil. Here, we call that the Denny's Grand Slam breakfast.

Parker's grand slam is the same as going 4 for 4, even though he went 1 for 4.

I don't want to slam the cute and fun movies out there, but it gets old.

If you try to hit a grand slam, you’re going to strike out.

I am miracle ingredient Z-247. I'm immense. I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman.

I don’t want to slam somebody else’s religion. I mean as a Catholic, we’re basically cannibals: We eat Jesus every Sunday, you know? So who am I to say your religion is creepy?

To keep up appearances, I stomp my room and slam the door.

Age is nothing, can still win the Grand Slam, pretty happy about my age, more experience.

You can't ever stop thinking something quick enough. Something that hurts always gets the knife in too fast for you to slam a lid on it and shove it away.

It can happen like that. It can build slowly. It can come like a gentle rainfall, or it can slam into you like a tsunami. You are my tsunami, love.

I get very cranky when interrupted. I snap at people, sigh dramatically and slam my door shut.

I didn't even realize it was a grand slam (number thirty-one) because I was mentally preparing myself for Andy Benes because he struck me out the first time.

He didn't slam the door, didn't rage, didn't weep, he simply left.

You substitute certain things from your own personal life to get you to that mental place and that emotional state. At that time [Brian Robbins] went for the home run, the grand slam [in "Hardball"].

He's going for the home run, I'm going for the grand slam. If he gets a lot of strikeouts, I'm getting a shutout. I just have that positivity, that mentality that I can conquer whatever he gives out.

I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.

It's frustrating sometimes for actors because you slam it out and you have a great time, you think it's funny, and then for whatever reason the movie doesn't come together.

I click my teeth together every time I want to take a mental picture of something, like, "Wow, what a beautiful sunset!" Slam your teeth together.

We saw a hole in the Chicago poetry scene that slam couldn't fill. I think a lot more can be done with the form than just competition.

As long as I can run fast, track will always be an option. But right now I'm focused on football because the NFL is knocking on my door and I'm not going to slam it in its face.

I’m three legs toward completing the career Grand Slam at 25. So, I’m feeling pretty good right now.

In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.

The first spoken word poem I ever wrote was when I was 14 and I wrote it because I was accidentally signed up for a teen poetry slam. Because I loved poetry I said that I'd try it out.

I don't slam doors in people's faces, and I'm not a bigot.

If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam.

Once upon a time, there were only three or four dominant women. Now, there are 10 to 15 who can vie for a Grand Slam.

To have the opportunity to complete the slam at the Open at St Andrews, the home of golf, is something I will never ever forget.

I've never launched any initiative or campaign that people thought was a slam dunk.

It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too. (after winning the Grand Slam Cup.

We never slam the door on flattery, we nudge it shut like a man rejecting his mistress: if she nudges back, we're delighted – and if she breaks it down, we rejoice.

This world will slam doors in your face at every opportunity. Be willing to employ a foot when necessary.