Famous Quotes & Sayings

We were playing some of the best big schools in Michigan, and except for a few errors, we really played OK. When you make an error against a good team, they make you pay for it. We learned some good lessons.

We were playing most of our games against teams east of the Mississippi River. We needed to go our own way and play Western teams. We were the new kid on the block as far as the service academies were concerned. We needed to gain our own identity.

London Fletcher

We were playing it kind of like a seven-man front. We still wanted to protect against the deep pass. We've been very successful stopping the run in seven-man fronts. They were just able to find that crease. . . . They did a good job of blocking and getting us in defenses where our secondary guy was having to be the cutback player. We'll adjust.

We were playing good defense, we're just struggling offensively putting the ball in the basket. This happened last year against Kansas on Senior Night, and we just knew we were going to catch fire, and Britt just got us going.

We were playing against national talent up there and that really beat up our starters. We're still trying to get our legs back underneath us.

Rubin Carter

We were playing against a great football team, a team I knew was very athletic on both sides of the ball. But I didn't know how athletic.

We were playing against a good team. We have respect for them. We have to play as well as we can and for as many minutes as we can. We took a lead and had to battle for it. It was a good playoff game.

We were playing against a good team, and we didn't make the plays. You have to handle the pressure, and we didn't do that.

We were pitched to death. It's the best game that's been pitched against us all year.

We were out of synch. Everything that we had to do (Tuesday) was always an uphill battle. (The Lady Bulldogs) were just plugging away and we could never a flow. We could never get things rolling against them.

We were our own worst enemy. It was a difficult hill to climb out of against a real solid team. Our turnovers were the difference in the game.

We were like a rookie teacher with a bunch of nervous kids on a field trip last year. We were sort of overwhelmed by the experience. We've learned from that and know how to prepare better. We need to keep our level of play up where it's been and we'll give ourselves a chance against a very good Glenwood City team.

We were like a roller coaster today. We played fantastic against Lincoln, the best we've played all season, but we started out flat against Ida.

Greg Abbott

What's wrong about all this is that in an effort to protect against illegal copying, it was Sony BMG that engaged in illegal conduct.

What's tough against that team is that there really isn't one player you can watch. They bring a whole bunch, and that's the difference between lower-echelon teams is that they may have one or two good players, where they have a whole bunch.

What's the point of having the rules and regulations if this is going to happen? I'm not saying that Wellens made that much difference, because we played so badly they could have had Mickey Mouse at full-back and still beaten us. But this week we could announce 20 reserves for our Challenge Cup tie against Bradford, then say just before the match that we'd flown all our first team to Lourdes and they'd made an amazing recovery. They need to sort it out.

What's the caring thing to do? What's the compassionate thing to do? They can't help that they are against the backdrop of a failed immigration policy.

Mark Twain

When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to mama

When a handful of tech giants are gatekeepers to the world's data, it's no surprise that the debate about balancing progress against privacy is framed as 'pro-data and, therefore, innovation' versus 'stuck in the Dark Ages'.

Harry S Truman

When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

We lost momentum when we missed the field goal. They came back, and scored and we never got back into it. It was all about momentum. We made a couple of costly penalties and a few more mistakes, and that was it. You can't do that against a good football team like this.

We lost by nine the first time against them, five the second, so I think we're knocking on the door. We just have to contain their big guns and hope nobody else goes off.

Benjamin Netanyahu

We lost by a very few votes. There is a very large camp that went against the flow, against the wind, against the pressure, against the leadership and against the temptations,

We lost a lot of talent. Shoot, two of our most talented guys played against us. But the guys we have filling those spots are ready to answer the bell.

Felix Magath

We lost against Hamburg in the first half of the season and did not become worse because of it. Instead, we left the others behind and if that happens again, I can live with this defeat.

We look to continue to build up to be a team in playoff contention. We have a tough schedule, but we have experience against some good teams over the past couple seasons.

We missed too many easy shots. Against a good team, you have to score when the opportunity presents itself. We missed three uncontested three-footers in the second half.

Phil Garner

We missed some pitches that we should have hit, and we expanded the (strike) zone sometimes when we probably shouldn't have. But the bottom line is they did a pretty good job of pitching against us.

We missed enough (free throws) that they were always on the edge (of coming back). We can't do that against Huntington.

We have to feel good about this win, but we have a back-to-back against Charlotte (tonight). We have to come out focused and ready to play.

Teemu Selanne

We have to do a little better job to shut him down. I don't think we've done a good job against him. We have to make sure he doesn't get so much room.

We have to do a good job of mixing it up. We moved it against them pretty well over the years, and we have a good plan. I think we can move the football. We've got a young team and they've responded well. Our kids have worked hard and gotten better. Before it's over and done with, we could have a pretty good team.

We have to dig some balls against teams that can bring heat. We can't just rely on our block to stuff every ball, we have to come up with some digs.