Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Gibbs

I think we all realized what was at stake. We had talked about it all week, the big ballgame for us and for them there was a lot at stake. There was a lot riding on it and we didn't play well. I think we take a long hard look at ourselves, and it certainly starts with me.

Bobby Bowden

Our quarterbacks had performed so well the week previous to this game in practice. Then you go in that ballgame and you look like a freshman, you know? So there's no doubt about it, now we've got to get them playing to their ability. ... And, of course, we'll try to blend our running game with it more.

Spending was up, a little weaker than expected... Nevertheless, the trend has been upward and it looks like the consumer is still in the ballgame in terms of supporting economic growth.

For us to be tied at halftime with the way we shot was a blessing. We were in position to win the ballgame and just faltered down the stretch.

Matt Stairs

I think it's gotten past the point of frustration for us. When we make a mistake, it seems to beat us. Tonight it was an infield hit. I thought it was a good ballgame and I thought we played well, but we lost.

John Beck

We have to be upbeat, find the things that we made mistakes on and fix them and go into this ballgame fired up.

When you play the No.1 team in the state, and they probably are the No. 1 team in the state, and you play them like that, it gives you a lot of good feelings. We had a chance to win this ballgame and just came up a little bit short.

Bobby Cox

To make that type of catch, running the way he was, ... that turned the ballgame around.

G. H. Hardy

We've got a lot of seniors. In a tough ballgame like this, you want your most experienced players out there in the fourth quarter.

Margaret Chan

We cannot think of the old days when we were dealing with SARS. It's a totally different ballgame now.

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.

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.

Bobby Ross

Boy, he played hard. That's a very, very complete ballgame for him.

Ron Gardenhire

Disappointing ballgame for us. I really don't know what to say about it, to tell you the truth.

Ron Gardenhire

Disappointing ballgame for us, ... I really don't know what to say about it, to tell you the truth.

Joe Torre

We did a lot of good things tonight. It was just a complete, clean ballgame for us, ... You're curious when you haven't faced a team that has a record like they do, to see how you match up to them. It makes you feel a little better about yourself.

We got some big hits from Dunn and Griffey. Griff's big three-run homer was huge for us at the time of the ballgame ... I like the way we played.

Drew Bledsoe

We feel like we missed out on an opportunity here. We made a lot of mistakes in the ballgame that really hurt us in the end.

Drew Bledsoe

We feel like we missed out on an opportunity here, ... We made a lot of mistakes in the ballgame that really hurt us in the end.

We just wanted to go out today and play a physical ballgame and show the world that we can do that when we need to.

We just wanted to go out and play a physical ballgame and show the world that we can do that when we need to.

Matt Smith

We just tried to keep fighting. We started off slow offensively. Pitching was great, it held us in the ballgame and we finally got it going.

We win a lot of games by running. When we slow the ballgame down, that's when we struggle.

Brenham is very good. They have a big hitter, probably 6-2. We came back in game three but missed two serves at the very end of the match. We were in every single ballgame this tournament. We were tested mentally every time we stepped on the floor." ()

Karl Hobbs

We started to make shots towards the end and we made some key stops. They were right in the ballgame until the four-minute mark.

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.

Jonny Gomes

That's baseball. The two 'L's, leather and lumber, you've got to do them both, and today all nine of us did, ... You can win a ballgame so many different ways.

Frank Robinson

I might be more reasonable with it. There will be a certain time when the things go off. At a certain time, you have to start preparing yourself for the ballgame and think about the people around you.

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.