Backup Quotes

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(Christian on landing his first acting role) Christian: It was six months after I got out here. I knew no one. I came out with nothing but my truck and some clothes, when I was 21. The second audition I got was for ``Fame L.A.`` and the character was supposed to be a comedian. I said, ``I`m not really that funny, but here`s what I can do, I can sing. And I can. I`ve sung backup for my cousin, Brandon Hart, who`s a country singer in Nashville. So they made the character a singer.

- Christian Kane

I remember back in the 70s during my really assertive days someone took me to dinner with Lola Falana. And she was talking about her backup dancers; she kept calling them her "boy dancers" so my guard was already up. Then she said "I also like John. He`s a real purse nelly". I said "Excuse me? What did you just say". I was ready to go to battle. "You know," she says in her thick accent. "Purse Nelly! Pursnelly!" Then I realized she was saying he had a good personality.

- Lily Tomlin

(Hearing about Elvis Presley had Elvis reportedly told one of his backup singers that he thought no one would ever remember him): That`s incredible. Elvis swims in our minds, and in the emotions all through time.

- David Lynch

Always have a backup plan.

- Mila Kunis

The songwriters decided to give Link a cool, upbeat, Elvis-style number, and it`s the perfect time for it in the movie. `Ladies Choice` establishes the connection between Tracy and Link. And it`s the kind of number you need in a sixties musical: the rock `n` roll band at the record hop, with bright colors and backup dancers.

- Zac Efron

It`d be nice to get a couple warmup throws, but I went out there cold-turkey. And that`s what a backup needs to do - be ready at any time. On this team, with Brett Favre in charge, that doesn`t happen much, but if I am the No. 2 guy, I`ll definitely be ready.

- Aaron Rodgers

I want the team to be better, ... So it is kind of unfair to be selfish and not try and help my teammates out. I am very competitive, though, and I do want that backup job and I`m playing as hard as I can to get that. I`m not going to not talk to somebody, especially Tim who I`ve known now since our rookie year together. We came out the same year, so we met at the (scouting) combine.

- Jesse Palmer

Leadership doesn`t come from age. He`s a young leader. He`s not just any other backup quarterback coming into the game. We know what he`s capable of.

- Tony Gonzalez

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

- Chantal Kreviazuk

I like to game plan against a defense, not a person. I look at a backup just like I do a starter. We`re going to take the same amount of shots we would if their starters were in there.

- Daunte Culpepper

We have talented guys, and my job really is to get those people the football. As a backup, you just want to go in and not have any hiccups when the starter is out of the game. Just move the ball and have things work. It`s like being an offensive lineman in some ways -- you don`t want to be noticed. That`s fine with me. I don`t need a lot of attention, don`t want it.

- Tim Hasselbeck

My advice to anyone contemplating acting as a profession is to be independently wealthy or have another vocation as a backup. Melanie and Antonio are well set, but most actors make a pittance.

- Tippi Hedren

Different filmmakers do it different ways. My way was to make something for cheap. It`s a good deal for people to give me $3 million for a movie. So they don`t have a lot of requirements. If I was looking for $30 million, then they need more requirements. They need movie stars, and they need backup for their money. The drawback is, when they spend small amounts of money, the studios don`t tend to release the movie very wide since they don't have that much at stake. Which is O.K. because the films can fend for themselves and be seen by word of mouth.

- Gus Van Sant

It was a tough time. Eddie was the starter, I was the backup. Fortunately, Mike traded me to Buffalo and it was good luck for me. Finally, I proved to myself I could be a starting goalie.

- Dominik Hasek

It`s smart of them to bring in someone who they feel is a better backup plan, even though I feel like Kyle`s a pretty good player, too.

- Rex Grossman

We have a few more test days in the car since the last time we were at Watkins Glen, ... The car worked great on half of the track so the long course should be even better. We have worked hard on getting the car to handle better through long sweeping turns and under braking since we were last at the Glen. I hope that we can backup our first win there from July

- Paul Edwards

It looked like a pretty good situation, ... I don`t know if I`m going to be a backup. I don`t know if I`m going to be backing up a backup. I don`t know if I`m going to be a starter.

- Jim Moore

An HOV enforcement right in the middle of the HOV lanes is just asking for a backup. Enforcement is good, but the way they enforced it this morning, I`m not sure the benefits outweighed the costs.

- Chris Atkins

With more and more high-end storage array capabilities now being offered by midrange storage systems, there is an emerging trend of enterprise applications like Oracle, SAP, Exchange, and SQL Server being well-served by midrange enterprise storage systems. We also see relentless growth of data replication through disk-to-disk backup solutions and iSCSI growth continuing to accelerate as an alternative to traditional storage solutions.

- Chris Bennett

We`re just getting a ton of reps. Sometimes if you get caught without a backup you just keep going and going and going. He`s really telling us if we can fight through that and play hard and still play fast, when we get in the game when it`s slower paced we should do great in the fourth quarter, because that`s when a lot of games in the Pac-10 are won.

- Scott White

We will still fight on November 5th. Everyone had been telling me all along to have a backup plan because Calzaghe was going to fallout. I had too much respect and trust for Frank Warren and Joe Calzaghe to do that but those days are over.

- Jeff Lacy

Look, if you`re going to have millions of vehicles going on the highways, am I going to predict no traffic jam in next three days? Obviously not. There will be a bunch of vehicles moving, and all it takes is one stalled or wrecked vehicle to create a backup.

- Anete de Souza Canto

Enterprises are becoming increasingly dependent on business applications, and even the shortest of outages may have a severe financial impact. Therefore it is imperative that enterprises deploy well-managed data protection solutions that include CDP technologies -- as CDP will dramatically change the way data is protected, decreasing the recovery time and the amount of data lost. It will also change the way in which the replication market is structured, creating replication and backup in a single product.

- Angela Hernandez

Damon Allen is obviously the starting quarterback, but I`m coming in with the mind-set that I want to be a starter. I`m going to come and compete for a job, and if it`s as a backup that`s where it is ... I`m excited to have (Damon) there. It`s going to be a big boost for me.

- Angela Thompson

We always used to say if something happens early in the season, the backup quarterback is best prepared because he`s had all of training camp. Now what we say is the next best thing for it to happen, if it has to happen, is during the bye. Because it gives you your second chance to get him back in the rhythm.

- Ann Beattie

It`s not a threat, if that`s the word, ... All people need to know is that our backup quarterback, Luke McCown, is only in his second year in the NFL and second year in the system. Rattay has been in this system before and coach wants a guy who`s been around the block.

- Anthony Calvano

Once we get the primary engine in the backup (car), we should be fast. I am not really sure why the (primary) car did what it did. I was down low and the car was sticking, and then all of a sudden it was headed to the wall.

- Art Doten

Not bad at all considering everything we went through. I had what I had and had to make the best of it. We`re trying a lot of new stuff and we didn`t get much time in the backup car in practice. The Army car wasn`t comfortable enough and we didn`t have any time to work on it.

- Art Doten

It`s not the ideal situation when you can`t use the best stuff you bring to the track. We just never found a comfort zone with the backup Army Chevrolet.

- Art Doten

Everyone was able to flush and shower and there was no backup.

- Arun Daniel

If your backup ticket is a full-fare ticket, then it`s totally refundable, ... If it`s an advance-purchase ticket, you`ll only be able to apply it toward future tickets on that particular airline (if the strike doesn`t materialize, or if a walkout quickly ends).

- Barb Gibson

If your backup ticket is a full-fare ticket, then it`s totally refundable. If it`s an advance-purchase ticket, you`ll only be able to apply it toward future tickets on that particular airline (if the strike doesn`t materialize, or if a walkout quickly ends).

- Barb Gibson

With the quarterback situation like it is right now, we don`t know what it`s going to be from a backup standpoint, ... Then we scored on the first drive and were moving the ball and the one bad play. So we said, `You know what? Everything`s moving pretty good. Why take any chances?` I understand where coach is coming from.

- Barney Roling

With the quarterback situation like it is right now, we don`t know what it`s going to be from a backup standpoint. Then we scored on the first drive and were moving the ball and the one bad play. So we said, `You know what? Everything`s moving pretty good. Why take any chances?` I understand where coach is coming from.

- Barney Roling

It hurt us, because he`s the guy that gets the majority of the reps. But that`s part of football. Your backups have to be able to step in and do the job. (Sophomore backup) Kenduall (Thorbs) did a good job. But that wasn`t the deciding factor tonight.

- Barry Asmus