Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jennie Finch

I was just battling the at-bat before. I wasn't being patient or selective. I was a little too aggressive.

Battling heat, the long preseason, continuing to lift weights, I think the kids are ready. I think mentally, we're ready.

Larry Brown

I look out there and Channing was battling like crazy with 14 rebounds. His effort was great. You hope kids benefit in situations like that.

I felt pretty good about leaving Scott in the final inning. He was really battling hard out there. Scott's going to give you everything he's got.

I felt like I had a cannon on my shoulder. But I had no control of it at all. It's just tough to have it happen, especially when I'm battling for a job.

I thought both teams battled hard for the entire 95 minutes. Saint Mary's is a good team that is battling for results and whenever Santa Clara and Saint Mary's play in anything, you know it is going to be a very competitive contest.

I think you're battling common enemies that a lot of other communities are. It's occurring in a lot of Midwest communities.

Kurt Warner

I think you gain something with your teammates when you do, when they see you battling through stuff. I don't know if they look down on you when you don't, but I know there's an increased respect when you do.

He's a great post-up player. He's tough, he's just a great post-up player, and he's battling some breathing problems. He's got asthma; if he could go all the time it would be a lot better for us. He couldn't play as much as we wanted him tonight, and that hurt us.

He's definitely the toughest kid on the team, and, you know, he won't let you know about it. He's not moping around, he's not complaining or whining about any type of injury. He's injured all the time pretty much and he's really been toughing it out. All of last year, we find out now that he was battling through all this stuff.

I don't think we lost, we just kind of ran out of time tonight. A couple more possessions and I think we could have had a chance. We were battling until the end of the game.

Jon Cooper

Give Texas credit for battling back. Our players are confident. They know when they're rolling that we're pretty good. The thing to remember is that you don't win a series in one game. This will be a marathon, not a sprint.

Give Ripley credit for battling and Woodward hit four huge threes in the first half.

I give our gals credit as they kept battling right to the final buzzer. But that's what these seven players have shown all season, solid effort and a never-say-die attitude. This is a nice bunch of young ladies. They represented our team and school well throughout the 2005-06 season.

I got behind. Batters are more comfortable when you get behind them because they know you have to come in with strikes. It was an outing that didn't go well, period, regardless if I was battling for a spot or not.

He's been battling something the past few days. He will not play. We will see how he feels Thursday.

Jeff Saturday

He's done a good job battling through things when he has to. He's there each and every week.

Huntsman has really been battling his swing. But we've been looking for someone to be in the outfield regularly and he's kept a good mental frame and been a good leader in the clubhouse.

I would have liked to win, but then there is only so much you can do for it, and this time it was Fernando. I'm certainly not complaining about finishing second. There are several good teams, all of which are capable of battling for the title, and it's great to be one of them.

He was the hero of the day. We were battling Montrose for second or third place, and Jake passed two Montrose kids in the last 50 meters to make a huge swing in the points totals. Last year he was our 7th runner or top JV running, so he's really stepped up and filled the gap.

He will be battling it out for a first team place with either Gavin or Stuart.

We've been very lucky, but some of that is kids fighting hard and battling and being in the right place at the right time. We emphasize defense and rebounding, and that was the difference in the game.

Deron Williams

We've been trying to get there (.500). We've been battling every night to get there. We look around our league and teams are losing, it's the perfect time to make a run before the All-Star break.

When I came up last year, we were battling them for a playoff spot just like we are now. Any time we play each other it's a big series and every game is right down to the last pitch, for the most part.

Me and Wayne were battling for the ball. He was juggling it. I kept trying to fight, fight. I was falling, because I jumped before he did. Coach always says play to the whistle, and that's what I did.

One thing you haven't seen from us - we're not quitting. We're hanging in there and battling back.

Obviously, it hurts a lot. He's battling to get past that. It's going to be tough the first couple of practices to get used to having a hurt finger. He's not going to give up. He's always playing hard. Whether that thing is falling off, he'll still play, even if he has to tape it on.

Obviously, mine's not. But our organization is... . If you look at the No. 5 Busch and the No. 25 Vickers and how well they've been running. And the No. 48 is up there battling for the championship.

Johnny Knoxville

I'm not out running around all the time. I'm not partying constantly and constantly battling myself. I'm with someone, and we are very, very happy.

Shoot, hopefully these two miracles in one week, and then today, battling back, will springboard us into just playing good team ball.

Ryan Miller

Most people look at him and don't think much of his size, but he's actually a very strong kid. When he's in there battling he's great on his feet and he's good with his stick. He's coming up with pucks most people don't believe he can get. He's making things happen.

Leading on the field, doing the dirty work, battling when you are tired and showing the guys the right mentality -- I bring that on the field.

We're excited to be at home. We had a super opening weekend, and we want to carry that momentum into this weekend. All three teams coming in are very good programs and will be battling for top honors in their conferences.