Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mechanically, something's out of whack. The ball keeps running on me. My location is horrible right now.

Me and Tejada were looking at the umpire the whole time, wondering what kind of call he was going to make. We were wondering if the ball was out or (Erstad) got it in his glove. One umpire called an out, so obviously Tejada went back to first base. Then the other umpire said the ball was out. But by the time he made the call, I had already passed Tejada.

Me and Scott need to take the ball and we need to take over games, not chucking the ball off the wall like we did tonight. We have to play with more energy. If not, we won't be playing long in the tournament.

Maurice Ager

Me and Paul (Davis) and Shannon (Brown) have to play at another whole different level to where we can make up for the youngsters. (Tennessee Tech) got a lot of second-chance points (in the first half). We turned the ball over too much and they got a lot of easy baskets.

McNutt threw the ball well. He missed his spot a few times but I thought he battled and did a nice job.

My kids knew what we were up against. We beat a very good ball club.

My kids just stepped it up and finally shot the ball well. The biggest thing is that they just played hard.

My keeper really came through for us today. He kept us in the ball game.

Darrell Jackson

My jaw hurts a little bit. It was a good hit. All I had to do was concentrate on making sure I held the ball and not drop it so nobody could talk about it.

Gil Meche

My last few starts I just haven't felt real strong on the mound, ... When I wind up in a hitter's count I find I can't power the ball past someone.

Sarah Shahi

My favorite workouts are the ones that don't feel like I'm working out! So, dance is a big one. Another is any kind of isolated moves, like ballet moves. Anything that works the glutes and legs - sign me up! And I like to blast the music. I have to get lost in the music. That helps.

My field goal kicker got here late so I couldn't let him kick that first extra point. I thought that was going to cost us the ball game.

Ronnie Brewer

My fever went down a little bit. My stomach is not hurting as bad. I was knocking some shots down today so that helps my confidence. I haven't been shooting the ball particularly well, so any player who hasn't been shooting well when you knock some shots in practice, that's a good sign.

My focus will be to put the ball in play, not strike out and move runners. I've always prided myself on being a good production guy. On defense I'll get after it. I'll throw some exciting plays in there.

My first thought was to get the ball inside to Jessica (Davenport, who led the Buckeyes with 17 points and 14 rebounds). But Purdue wasn't going for my fakes, so I started to shoot and they started to fall.

My first thought was to get the ball inside to Jessica.

My games yesterday and today were not even comparable. I hit the ball good today and putted great yesterday. I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.

My game is gap to gap, and the ball is just going out. That's all I can say.

My first pinch-hit home run anywhere, I can't believe it. I was waiting for middle (of the plate). I saw the ball come middle.

Nate McMillan

No defense at all. There was no commitment at the defensive end of the floor. Whether it was rebounding the ball, containing the ball or defending the perimeter, we just stopped playing. We quit.

One of the things we have to be able to do in this offense is to have some shots and be able to hit those shots. We have to be good at pass protection and max protection, so we can get the ball downfield.

One server got three in a row. She was missing in game two, which was to our benefit. It makes it a whole lot easier when they give the ball back.

Brendan Haywood

One play doesn't win a ball game. Some guys said it helped us out a lot. I'm not sure. It was just one play. It was something I felt needed to be done. I thought the team as a whole, we all knew we had to be better and bring a more physical presence.

One pitch was low, and it would have been a 3-1 count. Instead, it was a strike. This guy is throwing 98 mph and changing speeds on him. And he battled and smoked that ball off the right-field wall.

One start shouldn't make someone feel differently about the way they go about their business. I felt I threw the ball pretty good. It was one of those things where it's out of my control.

Robert Kelly

One of our points of emphasis was to go out to a quick start. That's definitely what we did tonight. We scored early and we shot the ball well, very well.

One of our goals was to keep them off the glass. Early in the game, they were getting some second chances and our key was to put a body on them, get the rebound, and get the ball down the court.

Mike Riley

One of our goals is to get the ball to Mike. We'll look at what Boise State does, and we'll try and find ways to do that regardless. And then utilize the rest of our people, too. And that will help Mike get open.

One of our goals is to get it inside. We have some shooters, but it?s tough when you can?t get anything inside. We were able to get the ball inside and take some of the pressure off the outside shooters.

One of our biggest strengths have been defense and I expect it to stay the same this year. We have a team that have been together for a long time. We can rely on our defense to hold even the best teams to low goal totals, but we need to score more, we need to get forward more and get the ball in the net.

One ball moves this way, one ball moves that way.

One ball going either way is the difference in the game, but you can't beat yourself up like that. One pass, one turnover and that would have been us celebrating.

Marcus Vick

One fumble slipped out of my hands. The other fumbles was my ball security and me being reckless out there.