Famous Quotes & Sayings

We got a little bit away from ourselves, taking perimeter shots when we should have been attacking the basket. That's when Roosevelt got the lead.

We kind of started the game playing on our heels, playing not to lose. But we bounced back from that and started attacking again. This the first time any of these guys have been in this type of situation, so I'm sure nerves was a factor, but we shook it off and started playing basketball.

Mary Young

We wanted to concentrate on passing and felt that we can do what we want if we pass the ball well ... We're still having trouble in a couple rotations, and we weren't attacking the ball.

We wanted to take care of the ball, be patient in the offensive set. We knew they were going to come at us and trap Amir. Amir did a great job getting the ball to the open guy. We made shots. We were attacking their pressure.

Steve Sampson

We've had troubles all season long and the lack of concentration towards the end of the game. Tonight we didn't show that, we played with a lot more intelligence. Dallas brought everything it could, sliding balls in from every single part of the attacking half of the field. Cobi Jones and Landon Donovan -- their experience led to the victory at the end. The guys played with a lot more concentration and a lot more wisdom than we have at previous matches.

We also had players like Lindsay Lewis who scored five goals and had five caused turnovers, and Danica Strutt. We had eight people with a point in the attacking end. That's really what we look for, and we had a great time of it today.

Robert Bourassa

The opposition parties, by attacking my relations with the federal government, in the last seven years, have not hesitated to score points.

Frank Robinson

It was unbelievable the way he pitched. His record should have been better. It took some growing up on the mound, understanding the situation, the pitches and the sequences of attacking the hitter. He is kind of strong-willed. We had to kind of fight through that wall of his to see it our way.

The second game was a lot better. We got a lot better at our offense, attacking the ball and letting it come to our plate.

I see no reason to be attacking students in general. We need to look at those who are causing problems and get them to stop causing problems.

We've been talking the last couple of days about attacking, and we've been running a lot of execution (drills) in practice. Tonight, we had a good balance of attacking and taking the right shot.

We tried to run a spread offense and our guys interpreted it as more of we didn't want to shoot, which wasn't the case. We had that last timeout and we told the kids to do what they do. They started attacking and our seniors stepped up and it worked out.

We tried to get away first, but he captured the car, and he tore the mirror off, and then went through the back window and came inside and was attacking Melvin. And he beat, he was beating the chimpanzee, to get him out of the car away from us. When he did that, it bit part of his hand off.

We just turned the ball over way too much. We got guys on this team that can dribble the ball up the floor, but we were thinking too much. We weren't attacking their press. They come at you from all angles.

We weren't executing the things that I thought we needed to execute. We weren't attacking as well as we needed to. Other times we've started that way, then grown into it. Tonight we didn't.

We missed a lot of easy shots and gave (St. John) a lot of unforced turnovers. I thought we did a better job of attacking (offensively) and got back on defense a lot better.

We have to do a better job of rebounding. We didn't get match them in attacking the glass early and that really hurt.

We went from our attacking formation, like 3-4-3 back to a 3-5-2 just to guard that lead. Clovis put us under pressure but it was good for us to work through that because we're trying to prepare ourselves with different formations so we can be prepared for different situations.

We won, but it wasn't pretty. We missed some easy shots and made some bad turnovers early on. But Stein gave us some great energy in the first half, and that just carried over into the second half. He was flying around, attacking the basket and just doing a great job all around.

We felt we were attacking the basket well in the first half and we took what they gave us. It just wouldn't fall. Either team could have had a comfortable lead but the shots wouldn't fall.

The team is looking really good, ... They're really balanced and attacking well.

Shalrie Joseph

The three of us have a great understanding and know what we are all doing. Clint is more of an attacking mid, Danny plays more stationary, organizing everything, and me, I can be all over the place and win balls.

The thing that's separating him from years past is his attacking the basket. He's putting the ball on the floor and really looking to get to the basket.

I've always been a defensively-minded coach and we aren't going to get any better than we are right now. So now the focus is on scoring runs. As I told the girls, today was a good day for us because we played well. We're attacking each team with the idea that we can win at least one.

GE gets lumped into that, given their complexity and size. Everyone's attacking steady growth and getting suspicious.

I'm pleased ? I thought we played really well in the offensive zone. The one thing I'm really pleased with is that we went for the net after we shot. We had good follow-up. We've been working on that ? attacking the net after a shot to pick up the garbage goal.

I'm just really pleased. We did not shoot the ball well tonight at all. Our girls kept on attacking and making good decisions. We had just four turnovers for the game. That compensated for our lack of shooting tonight.

Cassandra Clare

You’re attacking that one like a wolverine.

O. Henry

It's ironic that we played one of our best attacking games for a long time, and we end up losing the match.

David is capable of playing a number of positions in the midfield and has good attacking qualities. He possesses solid pace, strength and creativity.

Donovan was the one who started attacking their zone.

Cheryl Cole

Then we're tentative on offense. We're not attacking as much. We're kind of standing looking for somebody else to do it. So when we got to that point, we just couldn't really get over that hump and break into their lead.

Eventually, with so many doing it, it will (lose its punch). It goes in cycles. I'm pretty sure teams will start getting better attacking the 3-4.