Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Teixeira

I want to win more than anybody. You put us up against the rest of the world, and I'm going to want to win even more.

I was a little upset for the girls giving up the goal just because basically a girl was allowed to stand there with nobody really trying to play her and gave her a free hit on the net. Even though it came from about 30 yards out as a big high ball, we got a little lazy in the middle and against good teams we can't allow that to happen.

I was a little surprised with how our pitching went in that first game. Chad threw a good game but just had those three homers against him. You take those three pitches away and he pitched pretty well.

Hines Ward

I was a little ready for it but I took my eyes off it to get ready for a block and ended up fumbling it. You can't do plays like that against the Patriots.

I was able to see a tape of them (York)Suburban) playing and I counted them passing the ball 37 times against East Penn on one possession. At that point, I decided we needed to speed them up in our game if we wanted to win.

I will not vote for this, it is against the (constitution).

I will not run against Senator Staples. I've got too much respect for him. If he formally announces, I will formally announce also. I've always respected the decisions he's made.

I will not officiate over a same-sex marriage or civil union. That goes against all of God's teachings.

I will be voting against this. It is superfluous. We've already called on her (Kay) to remain until a change.

Jaromir Jagr

I will be far from the only one who will leave after this match (the third place play off against Russia which the Czechs won 3-0 on Saturday).

LaMont Jordan

I will forever look at it as teams saying we can't run the ball, ... I encourage defenses to play that way. If you play two-deep defense against us with the way we're capable of running the ball ... we are going to run the ball down your throat. I think today was a true test of that.

Kim Clijsters

I will definitely learn something from competing because it's not very often that I get a chance to compete against so many of the world's top players.

Steve Bruce

I went to watch Preston against Sheffield United and people are putting two and two together although, of course, it was an ideal opportunity to see the lad (Nugent).

James Hill

I will have to vote against Ingleside, but I can tell you up front it breaks my heart.

I went to get the puck and they waved icing off at the last second. I saw him coming out of the corner of my eye. I was against the boards so I was going to eat the puck. He came in high. I don't know if he came in with an elbow but he definitely left his feet.

I was just trying to get guys involved and work against their zone. Dion and Ronnie were really knocking down shots, and we wanted to get them the ball.

I was just trying to focus on my game and not think about the fact that I was playing against my sister.

I was just really pleased with how focused we stayed. We certainly created some opportunities and moved the ball well. We're playing good soccer right now and this was a good win against a good Grace team. ... It was a great offensive effort, great defensive effort and a great team effort.

Grady Sizemore

I was just hitting. With two strikes, you just go up there and battle. That's what you do against a guy like Santana -- you battle.

I was kind of surprised because I thought he wanted to be here, because he knows what we're trying to build here, and we've been trying to keep the right people here and get everything going, ... But he's his own man and he makes his own decisions. I wish him the best, just not against us.

I was kind of disappointed with that game. We've played hard over the past few weeks, but we just didn't seem to have that desire against Riverside. We got outscored 17-2 in the second quarter. We had 17 points through three quarters. You're not going to win like that. We didn't get down and guard them. We gave them too much inside.

I think they needed some confidence. We evaluate play-by-play. We know that next week is a big game and we need to improve on some areas to go against the defending champs.

I think they let it fly in the first match and they were down in this one. They were flat and weren't ready to wrestle. They were so elated with that first win that to come back against a quality team ... they had to be ready to go, and they weren't ready to go.

I think they just had some runs on us. You can't give a team like that leads. It is hard to come back against a team like Sycamore.

Playing Roger is a very tough match and realistically we are looking at winning the doubles and the two singles against their No.2,

Playing in the GBI League my sophomore year against teams like Arlington, Medford, Melrose, Newton and those teams, and being able to compete with them was a lot of fun. We played a lot of games in the Boston Garden my junior and senior year, which was also nice. I remember watching Stoneham go to the New England Finals in 1952 and play at the Boston Garden when they lost to West Springfield, and from that point on I just couldn't want to put on the Stoneham High uniform.

(Playing in the district final) was an excellent experience for us. We had nothing to lose going up against the No. 1 seed. I thought coming in that player-for-player we were OK and we were a lot quicker, but our shots didn't fall.

Playing in a conference like ours, you need to always bring your A game. If you don't bring your A game against UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, really anybody, you'll get beat.

Playing Center Grove during the season really taught (the players) a lot of different things. It gave them an idea of how to play their best against a tough Indy team, and it motivated them to play harder to get to where they needed to be.

Playing behind Jason Kidd , or just to go against him every day in practice, you can learn. I'm really excited about it.

Geno Auriemma

Playing at Louisville, at DePaul, at Villanova, at Notre Dame, at Texas, and we're going to go to Rutgers... I think we've had the toughest stretch of anybody else in the league. And for us to play well and to win, that's a huge step for us because I don't think this group really believed last year that we could win on the road against good teams.

Playing against West Milford was just like looking in the mirror. They match up well against us.

Playing against those kind of teams will help prepare us for the Public League season.