Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Bowden

We just haven't gotten control of a doggone ballgame early enough to get him the work that I'd like to give him,

Bobby Bowden

We've come out trying to run the ball. The second ballgame (against I-AA the Citadel), we came out throwing because we thought we were superior and we could do what we wanted to. Now, when you're playing Syracuse and you're playing Miami and you're playing Boston College, you better do what's best. I felt like sooner or later, we're going to have to come out throwing the darn ball, and that's what our offensive staff wanted to do.

Bobby Bowden

We've come out trying to run the ball, ... The second ballgame (against I-AA the Citadel), we came out throwing because we thought we were superior and we could do what we wanted to. Now, when you're playing Syracuse and you're playing Miami and you're playing Boston College, you better do what's best. I felt like sooner or later, we're going to have to come out throwing the darn ball, and that's what our offensive staff wanted to do.

Phil Garner

We had a chance to win the ballgame when we had the top of our lineup up, but couldn't, ... We had every chance to win but failed to put the ball in play. Jason Lane was the only one to hit the ball hard.

We were having a tough time scoring. Early we didn't have a good ballgame (but) we finally started controlling the ball.

To lose by 12 on their court isn't that bad. We didn't get blown out and we weren't even supposed to be in the ballgame and we were.

Kirk Ferentz

We had two choices after the ballgame in Chicago. We could dwell on what happened the previous game or previous games, or we could look forward to what was in front of us and try to make something of that opportunity. That's what our guys chose to do.

We get another great opportunity to win that ballgame with my at-bat, and it's just unforgivable to not put a ball in play. You don't even need to get a hit. A lazy fly to the outfield wins that ballgame.

We had too many penalties. Most of them were effort plays. They weren't smart, but they were effort. With a rivalry like this, both teams played hard. It was a competitive ballgame from an effort standpoint.

We haven't been pressured like that in a long time and we just didn't execute like we wanted to. We better learn from this or we won't win another ballgame this season.

Right now it's Jimmie Russell. He was outstanding when he came into the ballgame . . . He put them in scramble situations and caused problems for them. That's how we were able to get something going.

Joe Torre

One thing I'll say here. I'm not going to waste my time talking about negative things. We won a ballgame 9-8. I'm not here to start beating on people, especially the people that, if we expect to win, are going to get us there.

Nobody likes to lose, but when we compete like we competed, you have to feel good about it. It was a physical ballgame and I wasn't pleased with that.

We need to keep doing this at the very least, ... At least you're keeping yourself in the ballgame this way. You have to do this as long as you see you're in a decline.

Gene Watson

Our kids kept us in the ballgame and we probably could've been closer if we had made some easy baskets in close. I told the kids they played hard, they played their guts out, and took a good team and made them play hard.

We've finished second in the conference two years in a row, but to get over the hurdle you've got to be able to put runs on the board. We've played a lot of low-scoring ballgames and we didn't score early in a ballgame ... so we kept coming back late.

We threw a quick pass, a fade route, and they called holding on our center. Our center didn't even have a chance to hold (because the play was so quick). It's a different ballgame (without the penalty).

Ara Parseghian

There are more good football teams today, I think, than there has ever been. It's much more significant today, and not to diminish past accomplishments, but the very fact that it's a different ballgame today, it's much more difficult to go undefeated and go on to win the national championship.

Ara Parseghian

There are more good football teams today, I think, than there has ever been. I think it's much more significant today, and not to diminish past accomplishments, but the very fact that it's a different ballgame today, it's much more difficult to go undefeated and go on to win the national championship.

Dick Vermeil

We knew we were going to have some problems with pass protection. We knew that coming in. But, obviously, we didn't get it solved during the ballgame and Trent got hit too many times. We had a hard time getting the ball downfield because he couldn't hold onto the ball long enough.

We're still in the first or second innings of the ballgame of replacing Greenspan. But it's not like the game hasn't begun.

The last couple of years he's done that. He hit one in the Alma tournament last year that won the ballgame for us, and he's hit a couple of clutch shots this year. So, I think he feels like he's the one who can do it, and so far he has.

The last ballgame is not who we are. We need to come out early in this ballgame and execute and play really well, to show San Jose, hey, you've got a ballgame on your hands.

The irony is while we're driving more productivity and revenue by switching to broadband POS systems, we need to be far more careful about Internet vulnerabilities. It's a whole new ballgame building an IP network for hundreds of stores that needs to function even if a broadband connection is lost, and has to protect private customer and business information, not to mention facilitate the business of managing the entire network.

I just was too focused on trying to win the ballgame myself. It's a team sport, and that's how we're going to win, as a team.

I let them know that this is a totally different ballgame because the stakes are much, much higher. There are seniors on both teams who don't want their seasons to end, so they are going to play with a lot of heart.

I love it. They're hitting on all cylinders. We have a buy on the stock, and we feel the stock's worth in the mid-50s. It's a whole new ballgame in the steel industry, and the titanium industry.

Gary Patterson

Oklahoma lost a lot from last year but still has a lot. Neither team knows what it has until the ballgame is over.

It was a great ballgame from an excitement standpoint.

It was a good ballgame that kept going back and forth. Our pressure wasn't consistent, but I was proud of the kids.

Brian O'Connor

When you lose a tough ballgame like we did on Wednesday, it is important that your senior leadership and your captains step up, and Mike Ballard did that today. He got us started back on the right track.

They're in a little better shape right now of running the ballgame better. We're working very hard at it, but we're not quite there yet.

Jack McKeon

If you have any chance to win a ballgame you can't let him beat you.