Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've undergone a lot. But I think there was more adversity going on outside our group than there was inside. We just kept on moving forward with our jobs.

Ricky Williams

When we face adversity, we don't crumble. That's what we should be excited about. Wins come when you deal with adversity well.

Mike Sherman

What happens when adversity strikes? And it will, and we'll have to work through those issues. It won't always be the good times in the preseason when everyone's patting you on the back.

Robyn Regehr

We've been playing close games all year, and it's something we enjoy. You have to be collectively very strong to succeed as a team. We've been through a lot of adversity with injuries and tough road trips, but we just seem to keep going.

We need to get all our kids healthy. Then we'll be set and ready to make our run (in league play). We faced a bit of adversity this weekend and that is good for building our character. I was proud of our effort and the kids.

We need to see how adversity is dealt with as a team. I hope they have the resolve to roll up their sleeves and get it done.

We were emotionally up-and-down during the preseason. We started out 4-1 and felt really good, but then we ran into some adversity by losing four in a row. The girls started questioning themselves, and a lot of the freshmen thought they were going to be part of a successful team when they signed on.

Jack Chapman

We were down two points at the half and if you want to call it battling adversity, call it that because that's what we were able to do. Our defense was fantastic.

Every time we've had adversity, we've responded. That's one of the unique things about this team. When you have the unselfishness that they have, you're willing to step it up.

The kids have overcome a huge batch of adversity the last two weeks. I thought they played very hard tonight. A couple plays made a big difference in the football game.

There's very few people or groups that don't have to endure some type of adversity before they grow from it. I think most every season has got that element. Last year our team responded really well.

Mike Sherman

The thing is the guys battled. They didn't stop. I think the team as a group are fairly resilient, fairly together. I don't see them cracking in spite of any of the adversity we face.

Clint Hurdle

Nothing provides an opportunity for growth more than adversity. They can handle it one of two ways: they can deal with it, become better from it, work through it. They can feel sorry for themselves and make a bad situation worse. So, it's all part of growing up and I expect them to handle it very professionally.

Notice the painful lashes upon your shoulders, done so solely by the crop attached to your belt.

Tino Martinez

Not just personally, either. More because of what the team went through. The injuries, the adversity ... we went through so much to get here, and to kind of put it all together at the end of the year is pretty satisfying for everyone in this room.

Any time we've had something happen, we've really woken up. Any adversity and the guys have really stepped up.

Ben Jonson

In his adversity I ever prayed, that God would give him strength; for greatness he could not want.

Ben Howland

In competitive athletics, you have to deal with the next set of circumstances. There's always adversity; we have had a lot more than our fair share. But you just have to fight through it. That's just the way it is.

E. B. White

I know the benefits of being up in the press box. You see an awful lot more and it's not as chaotic. But the emotion of the game, it's real and you get to look eyeball to eyeball with your players and you get to share the emotion of the game. You get to communicate when there's adversity and you help them through it. I had a blast today.

I know that we're better than what we showed. We faced a lot of adversity and we were able to come back. Unfortunately, we didn't show ourselves too well in this series.

John Tortorella

I knew there was going to be a ton of adversity and a lot of ups and downs, and that's what's happened. We've gone through some now for 41 games. Now we have to learn to fight through it and just try to find a way to get points. We are not in a situation where, and I'm trying to stress to the guys, don't look at the standings or projections or this, that or the other thing. We're taking it a game at a time and I think that really has to be our concentration. One game at a time and try to find a way to get points each and every game.

I knew we wouldn't see any more adversity than (Thursday) night. I knew if we could keep our composure in that game, then we would be ready for anything that Statesville could throw at us.

I'm real proud of these guys. They wrestled hard through a lot of adversity. I've had as much fun with this team as much as any team I've ever had. I'm perfectly at peace with how the season ended. I just hope next year we get it all together again.

I'm proud of them. With all the adversity they had to overcome, that was a tremendous, tremendous win.

I'm proud of the kids for staying together through adversity, because they did. They believed in each other, and they believed in the coaches. I think that's what pulled us through tonight.

Mark Richt

I'm proud of our guys. You always wonder how your team is going to react to some adversity. We were losing at the half, but the guys did a great job of doing what they had to do to win. Some people may not think it's a beautiful victory, but it is to me.

I'm proud of my guys. In every great game, like this one, you have to overcome adversity. These guys responded after halftime and did it with fundamentals. This was a big win for us.

Pat Summitt

I'm really proud of what this team has accomplished this year. They have faced tremendous adversity and come through it. They have great character and have been a great group to coach.

Gregg Troy

I'm really proud of these girls. With all of the adversity we've had to fight through this season and during this meet, they were outstanding.

I learned that you always have to believe in yourself, ... I'm sure there are going to be many more times in my career when I'm going to have to deal with adversity again.

I hope this is a sign that we are finally coming together. Tonight we really showed some resiliency and escaped a little adversity and our defense played great.

No matter what adversity is thrown at us, we find a way to get through it. We're battle tested, and we're warriors. We proved that.

It was a good start for the year. We overcame injuries and other adversity and challenged for the final.