Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have to be a little more consistent over the next couple weeks. We need to take better care of the ball and get back to rebounding the way we know how. This is the toughest part of the season mentally, but I think we'll be OK.

We have to be able to run the ball on a consistent basis. We open up at Wilkes and you never know what the weather is going to be like this time of year. You can?t count on throwing the ball 40 or 50 times a game. Plus, in this league, you have to be able to manage the football and manage the clock. The way some of these teams are, the best way to beat them is to keep their offense off the field.

Bill Cowher

We have to be able to run the ball more efficiently than we have the last couple weeks. We can't sit there and rely on throwing the football all the time. Not that we don't want to have balance, we do.

We have three-to-four girls that can bench over 100 pounds, so we can hit the ball far. All we need is fence to hit over.

Flip Saunders

We locked down defensively to get the lead. We got to do what we wanted to do offensively. We didn't turn the ball over. We forced turnovers early and turnovers late. We took care of the basketball and didn't give them chances to score out of our offense.

Scott Skiles

Well, you know, I know a lot of times people think it's easy to just get the ball to a guy when the other teams knows exactly where it's going. Sometimes it's not that easy. Our guys are still learning. They're getting better at recognizing a hot hand and getting him the ball, but we're clearly not a finished product. But we had a decent look at a three-pointer with 18 seconds to go. We had our chances.

We looked at 30 turnovers we had in Winchester that killed us. We took care of the ball when we needed to take care of the ball and hit our free throws in the end.

We look at snow temperature and also the moisture content of the snow. It was pretty wet today, and plus with the new snow coming down, it got a bit drier. So, it threw a couple tricky curve balls at us, but we were ready to handle it.

Pat Summitt

We lost the ball game in the first half. I don't have any excuses for this team. I don't know when they're going to show up and play.

We lost steam a little bit. We sort of started doing our own little thing instead of playing team ball. The team ball is what got us back into the game, and then it sort of went away.

We lost some focus in the second game, but overall played a pretty solid match. Our defense covered nearly everything and kept the ball in play for our hitters.

We lost our focus a little and they got some shooters loose, and they made shots to their credit. Then when we have some opportunities to score we didn't shoot the ball well. We don't have enough in the tank when Guillermo doesn't score and Anthony doesn't have some kind of night. It's going to be tough for us.

We mainly pressure the ball and do what do what we have to do. Coach says, 'Keep your hands up (on defense), and the ball will come right to you.' We just look to fast break and throw it up to our guards.

Al Horford

We made up our mind that we had to start going after loose balls and finish out possessions.

We made too many mistakes to a well-coached team. They hit the ball well and put pressure on our defense. Clontz, Attaway and Conley did well swinging at the ball. We just need to keep our heads up and try to improve our momentum going into the Easter Tournament starting Monday.

We made the plays. Every ground ball, we were fortunate enough to have it right at us. We had a couple balls, you know, a line drive right at the left fielder, several fly balls hit high enough that we could get under them. Some balls definitely went our way tonight.

We made them play defense by waiting until the :18 mark on the shot clock unless we could take the ball all the way to the basket. That's what got us back into the game.

We made the move knowing Marcus is an explosive player. We feel like if he gets enough touches, that with his speed and explosive play, he can make big plays for us. That was a lot of it, to get the ball in his hands.

We made their goalkeeper look great in the first half. The pressure was continuous. In the second half we finally found a way to get the ball into the net.

We made the defensive plays at the end, and that's usually what'll win close ball games like this.

Richard Carson

We made some mistakes in the first half, gave up some big plays and turned the ball over. I told the kids, don't quit, don't give up and play hard the second half.

We made some mental mistakes and that opened the door for them. We hit the ball very well. But we had the bases loaded with one out in the fourth and could not score a run.

We made some key plays defensively in the second half. We got our hands on some balls, got some important stops and got a little out of everybody.

We made some big 3-pointers and we win games when we shoot the ball well on the perimeter. We did a much better job boxing out in the second half and we were able to limit Plymouth's second shots. It's time to start taking care of business and we needed a win like this to build some confidence and get us ready to play well down the stretch.

We made some adjustments at halftime that paid off for us. In the first half we were a little impatient and forced some things that weren't there. In the second half we took care of the ball and ran some time off the clock.

We made some 3s and that's what kept us in the game. In spurts we played great and we had some spurts where we turned the ball over and that get us into trouble.

W. S. Gilbert

We made plays. That's the difference from last week; we made plays. And we got the ball into the hands of the kids who can make plays. And we had three huge ones. We had the long pass to Josh, then he had the great catch right before half. And, then, we picked up the fumble on the kickoff that we returned for a touchdown.

Usually, we find it difficult to control our mind. It seems as if our mind is like a balloon in the wind - blown here and there by external circumstances.

John Updike

Some golfers, we are told, enjoy the landscape; but properly, the landscape shrivels and compresses into the grim, surrealistically vivid patch of grass directly under the golfer's eyes as he morosely walks toward where he thinks his ball might be.

Hunter threw very well. He deserved to win that game. He had control of his pitches. His was breaking his curve ball off very well.

Tiger Woods

Hundreds of balls, and you might only make one. That's a shot ... once in a lifetime.

Hutchins and Cole give us some speed in getting the ball to the outside.

Hurry up offense is our best offense. It's what we do best. We just wanted to get the ball down on their side of the field and run down the clock.