Famous Quotes & Sayings

We didn't play very smart but defense stepped up in the second half. They moved the ball on us but we never gave up the big score.

We didn't play too well. Our big thing is we didn't field the ball real well today. We gave them extra outs and we left some on and didn't get the big hits.

We didn't play perfect ball, but we played good ball. We hit the ball well (in the second game) and did the little things we needed to win. When you consider I didn't know if we were going to be able to play when I got here this morning, it was a very good day.

We didn't play our best game today, but we did hit the ball well. This team hits well, is fast and plays smart.

We didn't play our best ball tonight. But at this point in the season we will take the win. We got ourselves into foul trouble and didn't take care of the ball.

We didn't play our best again, but we did some things well on offense, got some ball reversals. Our defense was pretty good; but we were still a little sloppy and we have to work on that.

We are having trouble stringing our hits together, we are not putting the ball in play enough, even though we are improving each time out.

Tommy Bowden

We are having a hard time running the ball on offense so that's where it starts is up front defensively.

Scott Thompson

We are happy with it (the new ballot designation). We have no problem with it. The designation is just fine.

Phil Garner

We got on the field and got some work done, a lot of ground balls and fly balls. We got those skills taken care of today. We missed our fundamentals but we'll still be able to double up (today) and get back on track.

We didn't do a very good job of denying the ball to Conklin. He's a pretty skilled player. He's a scrappy player. He likes to get out and mix it up.

We didn't do anything different. The overall defense was good today. We pushed the ball and got easy baskets.

We didn't do anything different (on defense). We continue to try to work and enhance our pass rush. I think we've improved there. We got on top of some balls that got away from Drew and we made some plays on them.

We didn't do any of the little things well tonight. Every loose ball was theirs.

We didn't do a good job of taking care of the ball late in the game. The girls need to stay focused.

We didn't do a good job handling their defensive pressure, and that was witnessed by very suspect footwork and poor passing on our part. We blew a lot of good opportunities to get the ball inside.

Billy Donovan

We didn't do a good enough job of defending them in the first half. They were beating us off the dribble and creating opportunities to knock down the threes. In the second half, we did such a better job of keeping the ball out of the paint (for Kentucky).

Maurice Ager

We didn't do a good enough job getting the ball into Paul in the post. That hurt us. We never really got into anything offensively.

We didn't do a good enough job getting the ball into his hands. But I think you have to give Juanita credit for its defense.

Yuvraj Singh

When I was a kid, I used to try and hit every ball out of the ground. After playing one-day cricket and Test cricket, I never thought I'd get a chance to play like that again, ever. Twenty20 has given me the opportunity of playing like a kid again. I can just feel free and go out there and hit.

Bits and pieces flung into the universe, sticking in the sky like cotton balls on a jet black velcro surface.

Ann Hood

As an adult, I took ballet classes three times a week, and I believed it gave me better posture, a stronger body, and made me more graceful.

We're like sharks in the water when they smell blood. When they started turning the ball over, that's what we feed off of. When they turned it over, everybody raised their energy level up and started attacking.

Adrian Peterson

We're not going to be able to run the ball on every team. We're not going to be able to do that, ... We've got to establish a passing game, and I feel like once we do that, then this team might be unstoppable.

We set a priority on trying to get ball possession and more control into our game. In the past, we have hit the long ball quite often. Now we are trying to settle it down. And it showed a little bit today.

We served aggressively enough that sometimes, it was hard for them to get her the ball. We knew that we were not stronger than her, but we were maybe quicker, so we wanted to get the ball up and down fast - because she's a very good blocker, too - so we went with the first tempo. Sometimes, it's a very good idea to go right at their strength.

We still have not gotten there shooting the ball yet.

We still have a lot of things to do to come together to get to where we want to be. We need to move the ball better on offense. We try to do too much on our own sometimes, and we are holding the ball too long and giving the defense a chance.

We still had some opportunities, but I thought that there were a couple times when we cut it close and we had some good looks at it, but the ball just didn't roll in. We got close to the mountain, but we couldn't get on top of it.

We still had a chance in both games (in the last inning) to get out of it with double plays when we got ground balls and just didn't come through.

We still didn't run the ball the way I would like to see us run it. And I hate to go back to the inexperience thing but that's part of it.

This would be a pilot project. Once we start the ball rolling, there's grant money out there.

This World Series isn't about crowning a champion. I think the kids will remember this as a life experience, ... Not everyone that plays baseball gets the chance to play in a big-league ballpark, but these kids get a feel for what it's like to play in Wrigley Field, what it's like to hit a ball off the Green Monster, how it feels to play at Camden Yards.