Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Gibbons

We're on a tough little stretch right now, no question. But we always seem to bounce back, that's the character of the ball club. In this business you take your lumps sometimes, it's just how you handle it that separates you.

We're off and running and they're having a fit. We're having a ball with it.

We're obviously putting the ball in play really well.

Luis Figo

We're now more aggressive. We're a team which wants the ball constantly and when we have it, we head quickly for the penalty area,

We're playing team ball. Playing with a great deal of heart. Playing together. Moving the ball well.

We're playing so much more together and communicating to each other better, ... They trust if they kick the ball to a certain spot, a teammate is going to be there.

When he was 4, he found this little old trampoline in our back yard. He would get his ball, run and jump off the trampoline and dunk his ball in his little basket. Pretty soon he was playing basketball all the time. He'd play by himself and he'd play in the pouring rain. Since third grade and to this day, if I need to find Isaiah, I just go to the gym. He's always there, practicing.

When he was 2 years old, we used to pitch to him in the kitchen. But he was hitting the ball too hard. He got too strong, so we had to take him out to the backyard.

When he takes off (to catch a fly ball), he doesn't really track the ball well. A couple of times he can be a couple of billboards off. But it's not a problem with him working on it. He really needs to make a commitment to do it on a daily basis to help himself.

When he squares up and releases the ball when he wants to, I'm extremely confident it's going in. He has tremendous mechanics. The only time when his shooting percentage goes down is when he doesn't take a good shot or when someone's on him. The most important thing is when he's taking the ball to the basket. When he does that, he's a dangerous player.

When he's open, he just needs to let the ball go. He was thinking too much.

When he's making his pitches, nobody's getting a good, good swing and they're not hitting the ball on the barrel, ... I mean, he's beating them in, he's throwing his cutters and curveballs, and throwing the first pitch for strikes. It's awesome.

When he shoots the ball well, the team plays well. And when he struggles, sometimes we struggle. When he goes out there and hits a big shot, not only does it boost his confidence, but it boosts the teams' confidence as well.

When he shoots the ball like that, yes. I think that he's confident, and we're confident in him.

Craig Smith

When he's determined to run the ball hard, he can be a physical presence.

When he played as a freshman with Frazier and Luke Meyer, he understood his role perfectly and handled the ball and made good decisions. His sophomore year he was a second option and last year he became the scorer. This year ... he's got a D-1 physique right now. He's probably the most complete player we've seen so far. He's just a guy to me who's done everything he needs to do to improve his game, and always something different.

Harry Redknapp

When he picked the ball up, I'd be a liar if I said I thought he would score. I thought he was going to head it!

Tayshaun Prince

We're not going to treat this as a special game or anything. The thing we have to do is deny him the ball and make him catch it farther out in spot he don't like to catch it at. We're going to be prepared.

We've been watching the box scores, and she's about half their offense. When they get the ball inside, she's hard to defend.

We've got to understand when we do get a turnover, you've got to either make something happen or hold onto the ball until you can make something happen.

We've got to tackle better. We've got to get first downs. We can't give the ball to them on the 50-yard line or the 30-yard line.

Pat Riley

We've got to stop the penetration, that's key. We've got to keep our bodies in front of the ball better.

We've got to step up and find a way to put the ball in play. We need to put the ball on the ground and pressure defenses. We've got to have guys step forward and we will. I believe that.

We've got to stay strong mentally. If your guys don't see a ball all game, it is tough to stay focused. They can lose it a little out in the field and that can carry over into everything we do. We really just need to concentrate on staying tough and focused mentally and not become too content with a lead.

We've got to shoot the ball better. We're a better shooting team than we're showing right now. We're being impatient.

Bill Cowher

We've got to run the ball better, there's no question about that.

We've got to put the ball in play. We got to fight those off.

Jeremy Bonderman

We've got to pitch well to keep the team in the game, and lately we've been doing that. I've had a tendency to give up runs early in the game, but if I can get away from that, I'm usually all right. They're a good hitting team, so you've just got to keep the ball down.

We've got to pick our spots. I would love to get out and run every single play. But my job as a point guard, I have to make sure we get a great shot every time down. If that takes away from us running or pushing the ball a couple times down, I'll do that.

Gus Frerotte

We've got to mix it up and continue to do what we're doing. We would get a little running game going, but then we would have to throw it because we would get a holding call. When you play from behind, too, that's also the way it some times has to be. You throw the ball a lot more.

Jon Gruden

We've got to minimize turnovers. We turn the ball over in sometimes tragic, horrific situations.

We've got to make him put the ball on the floor.

We've got to locate their shooters. They're going to get the ball up and down and we've got to find their shooters.