Famous Quotes & Sayings

Phil Parkinson

We've been waiting three years to pull out a good draw and Everton or Chelsea will be fantastic. Off the pitch it means about a million pounds for us. On the pitch it's a great opportunity for my young players to test themselves against Premiership opposition.

We've been waiting for another chance at Troy after what happened last year. But Troy is a beast. They don't give you second-chance points, and they'll trap you even on a defensive rebound. We're going to have our hands full against them.

We've been very consistent. No team has shot over 40 percent against us in conference play. We were right on our average here in the first half, and then they shellacked that in the second half.

We've been trying to get as much pressure as we can, but quarterbacks are trying to hold the ball no more than two seconds against us.

We've been traveling like crazy. It's been really hard for our guys. I'm not making excuses for them. Their legs are gone; their minds are a little quirky, and it's hard for them because of their youth and lack of experience to make adjustments game in and game out. But there were some veteran-type responses (Wednesday against South Dakota State).

We've been through a tough situation with these road games against very good teams, but here we are, tied up coming into the final week, ... It should be an exciting last week for the fans and I know our players are looking forward to it.

Jean Kelly

We're probably going to be seeing a lot of this. That's an oil-producing area, so we really have no idea what we're up against at this point.

We're pretty positive and upbeat right now. We believe we played our best half of football last week against Arthur Hill.

We're preparing for trial in this matter with Mr. Greenberg. Today's settlement with AIG and the suit against Mr. Greenberg both orbit around the same set of facts, but they're separate issues now.

We're preparing for our game. We need to stick to our principles, which is just play smart, play hard and play together. I think that is what you saw when we played Milwaukee last weekend. We really put that game together and we have been able to do that this year. If you get into the conference and you are thinking too much about the other opponents, I think it will hurt you and go against you.

We're prepared mentally, physically and emotionally. I felt like we lost a little bit of our sharpness coming off that open week. That's not an excuse, I just didn't feel like we had the focus that we had the game before against Johnson. I'm glad to have that behind us.

Andrew Johns

We trained then and I don't think we put a ball down during ball work. A lot of the guys have played before and we've played against each other so much we know how each other plays, so it's not going to be an issue,

We took the series, unfortunately we didn't get the sweep, ... You have to move on. We have a big series against Cleveland. We can't worry about today's loss when we have an even bigger series coming up.

We took the second quarter off. It's like we took a vacation. We played an excellent first quarter and an equally as bad second quarter. Overall I'm proud of the way we played against a school from a bigger (Southeastern) conference.

We took that approach against the Jets. They were a team that was a field goal away from going to the AFC championship game. We felt real good about ourselves that week.

We took some beatings against the state-caliber teams. But we kept competing and that was a big plus.

Michel Therrien

We took some bad penalties. This is something that we told our team, not to take bad penalties, and we took some bad penalties. Against a team like that, for sure it's going to cost and again (Monday) it cost.

We took in no goals against a strong team and scored twice. That's very positive.

We took control early, but we maintained control against a very good team. and that's what excites me.

We took a lot of penalties this weekend which hurt us because it broke up the flow of the game. Against St. Lawrence, we definitely need to limit the number of penalties we take. When we've played 5-on-5 hockey against them, we've been very successful.

Brian Roberts

We told you from the outset we would be disciplined and we wouldn't bid against ourselves, ... Consummating a transaction would have required us to give up substantially more Comcast shares than we originally proposed. That didn't make good financial sense, particularly given these results.

Patrick Murphy

We told (the team) before the game that this was why they came to Alabama to play in front of a record crowd and a great stadium against a good opponent.

We talked a lot about it. Wharton ended our streak of 62 games against Hillsborough teams, but they were not ending this streak.

We're in the playoffs, but we're not looking ahead. We'll have to play well on Friday night against Harrison Central. They will be ready to play. they have a good team.

We're in the hunt, there's no question. We have a very big game against Waterloo on Thursday, and we still have two with Cedar Rapids and two with Des Moines. The thing is, we are in striking distance.

We're only really playing 16-17 kids and for us to play on a muggy night against a good football team ... we work as hard as anybody.

We're one of the smallest teams in the country. And going against a taller team poses quite a challenge.

We're now in a situation where a lot of the big corporate purchasing groups are playing one HMO off against another, ... As a result, the average price increase for the HMO industry was actually down slightly for 1996.

We're pleasantly surprised. Not because we didn't think we were good enough, but because we've had some people come through for us. We've done the job against two teams that were a lot bigger than we were.

We're playing teams that are known for being good football teams. It prepares us for the MAC. When we go somewhere and play in the MAC, we're better prepared because we're going against quality opponents.

We're playing so well right now, the wins will happen. Our top players can go up against any player in the league, and we also have two young freshman who are just playing phenomenal and coming into their own.

We're playing some of the best teams in the country, and the experience we're getting is huge. Playing against this level of competition will only make us better. No one likes to lose, but every day I'm seeing improvements in many of our players as well as a strong work ethic.

Andrew White

We're playing solid, but we're definitely capable of shooting a better score. We all haven't really clicked on that same day. Once we do that, I think we're capable of competing against anyone we come up against. It's just a matter of us getting in a groove.