Famous Quotes & Sayings

We try to get them to understand where the shots are coming from. If the ball is shot on your side of the floor and you're a guard, get to the other side of the rim. Long shots are going to mean long rebounds.

We try to get the ball to him as much as possible. He's a great player. He's been doing it all year.

We try to get Louis the ball most of the time. His teammates have been great about that and he's worked real hard for us.

We just have to keep our focus and stay disciplined. We were disciplined last season, but not as disciplined as we needed to be. We want to do the same things we did today: run, run, run with the ball and play defense for 94 feet.

We just have to hold onto the ball and move it down the field and score. If we can put some points on the board, we're going to be alright.

G. H. Hardy

We just have to get our timing down right and get the chemistry going. It carried over from the fall, that if we run our routes exactly the way he thinks we're going to run them, then he'll put the ball right there.

We just have to get movement and start running the ball again. Be able to run the ball and just get physical with them.

We just have to get back to the basics. We're going to practice our passing, controlling the ball, collecting the ball and our communication.

We just have to find a way to take care of the ball better. Everybody's just trying to pressure the daylights out of us. We knew we'd turn the ball over because they're so good, but we didn't think we'd turn it over that much.

We just have to execute better. We can't turn the ball over (seven) times. That night, our minds were not ready to play.

We just have to do two things - stop turning the ball over and stop giving them offensive rebounds. Once we do that, I think we'll be on a roll.

We just have to be smart and make smart decisions. We just need to take care of the ball and execute. We've worked all week on what to counter.

We just have to be patient and wait for the best shot to open up. We've got plenty of guys that can score. If we pass the ball a lot and are patient, a good shot will be there.

We just haven't shot the ball well or handled it well. At the high school level, that's usually a recipe for disaster.

We're pretty fortunate at this point. We've made very few mistakes. We're not a wide-open, spread-out offense. We're trying to control the ball with high-percentage plays and move the ball down the field.

John Wright

We're pretty familiar with it, so it's not like a new thing. But playing in here on 100 yards is new, especially with the vision. It's more like grass with the ball in that it rolls slower and stops easier, but it's not as much as grass. So it's kind of in the middle.

We touched the ball a lot. We won't get stuff blocks (where the ball goes directly to the floor) but we can slow it down so we can play it in the back row.

We took the No. 1 team in the county right to the edge. I think we're playing our best ball right now and that we sent a message tonight to the rest of the county: Meade is no pushover.

Chris Doyle

We took the game to them, we just didn't score. There are days when the ball doesn't go in and this was one of those days.

We took the ball to the hole; we just didn't make the shots. We didn't play good defense in the fourth quarter. And if we make half of the free throws we missed, we only lose by one.

We took the ball out of our own hands in the third quarter and that is what hurt us.

Chuck D.

We took the ball down the field and tried to flex our muscles, and we (couldn't).

Dick Vermeil

We took the ball away and won the football game. If we don't take it away, we don't win the game.

We took over the game. Physically, I think we wore them down a little bit. We were the fresher team and we were moving the ball better than they were and got more chances.

We took care of the ball and controlled the glass.

We took a real major step today (toward) being able to host the playoffs. We've still got four ball games to go, but we have a little more of a safety net to work with now.

We took a lot better care of the ball in the second half. And obviously our pressure (helped). I had no idea that was going to cause them that much trouble." ()

We took a fair bit of stick after the first two games and, to be honest, we were very critical of ourselves too because those performances simply weren't good enough. We were a lot better today but having said that, there were quite a few things I didn't like, such as dropping nine balls into the Galway goalkeeper's hands.

We took a big step forward today to invest in our future. Our local and small businesses will reap millions of dollars. Major League Baseball did not get an open checkbook. I said from the beginning I would support the ballpark but not at any cost.

We told them at the half that we had to move the ball more. We were taking Marietta one-on-one and we needed to pass the ball more.

We talked before the game and said we wanted to get the ball to Liz. No one can guard her. And we knew once we got the ball to her, everything else would open up.

We talked all week long about ball movement and rebounding. That's what we talked about all week, and they responded.

Tiger Woods

We're on smooth greens again. Even though they're a little bit grainy, you'd much rather see the ball roll than bounce.