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You don't have much choice. You have to focus and keep battling as hard as you can.

There were some good things out there. Unfortunately, when you're battling through what we've been battling, things like that seem to happen to you.

This is huge progress. Before, we'd be battling each other in the trials for one or two spots in the main event. Now, we get 16 guys directly into the main event.

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We did a good job of battling back. It's tough, but we have 14 conference games left, and we're going to keep battling.

Mike Burns

We had problems focusing in this game. Montana did a good job changing defenses and we did a good job battling through that in the first half. In the second half they did essentially the same thing, but they did it with more energy than we did.

We had our opportunities there at the end of the game and you have to give the kids credit for battling back there in the seventh.

Boston is playing pretty hard right now, battling for their lives. Those games aren't easy. They might look easy, but they're tough. It shows our strength that we've been able to keep coming out of those games with two points.

Brandon didn't have his best stuff but just kept battling like he always does and Ryan did a good job closing it out. We're going to win more games on our pitching and I thought we did a good job except for a couple of pitches.

This one was pretty rough. I think it's probably the roughest one I've had. I just have to keep battling away and hopefully find that rhythm that I'm looking for.

Marian Gaborik

We want to finish strong and get some wins. Some guys are battling for jobs and stuff, obviously. You want to end things on a good note for the fans. They've supported us the whole time, so we want to finish the best we can.

You hate to say it, but there's a bit of a breaking in period, during when a guy gets needs a break, to pitch a good game and get good results, and the confidence grows. That's what we're trying to get now, a positive roll. He won a spot in Spring Training, and now he's battling to continue to pitch here. He's facing an 'A' lineup every night, but, as a pitcher, you have to be able to separate that and understand that it's about making pitches.

Pacman Jones

We've got a battling thing going on and that is what great players do. He is getting me better and I am getting him better.

Chris Houston

The same way every time. We've never made it to the second game (of the final). It's always the first game. What beat us was we didn't hit the ball. On defense, you've got to give our guys credit. We played with a lot of heart. There were lots of times they could have scored two or three runs, but we kept battling and battling.

It would be more fun if we were battling for one of the byes or higher seeds. We're fighting for a little pride and an ounce of momentum before the tournament.

It was an outing that wasn't well period, regardless of battling for a spot or not.

Kyle Lohse

I've been out there battling my butt off all year,

I've been battling it out for nine years at this level (to get to 200 wins). But the Steelheads didn't make it any easier for me. This is a tough place to get a win.

Joe Borowski

I've been battling injuries the last two years, and I'm finally coming into camp feeling fantastic, 100 percent, no problems.

Things like that are going to happen. They'd been battling the whole game. They beat me. I made a mistake, and they got me.

Martin Havlat

The whole team played a great game. We were battling much harder. We were much better in the power play. We were skating much better and putting pressure on them.

We weren't going to give her a three, no way . . . . But she hit those others, and you have to give them credit for battling their way back into it.

Taylor Dent

The problem I'm battling with is the consistency. I can serve four aces one game and come out the next game, hit a couple of double faults, not make any first serves and get broken.

We got ourselves in a hole and the game came down to the last at-bat. The girls did a great job of coming back, battling and putting themselves in a position to win the game. We just couldn't get over the hump.

We expect our doctors to work very hard taking care of patients, but they don't have to spend all their time and energy battling insurance companies.

The story of the game was missed chances. It was two tough breaks, especially with the goalie battling his rebounds, but it could have changed the game. But they got the lead and stayed back, so it was hard for us to get into the zone and get our cycle going.

Bryan Robson

The spirit of the lads was terrific. It was a great goal from Martin and Tomasz has been playing terrifically well recently. It was a terrific battling performance.

Some were battling injuries and sickness; it would have been nice to have seen what they could have done.

I'm just proud of my kids, how we kept battling when the game was tight, and we were able to pull away.

The big thing was we were really battling injuries all year.

Dwyane Wade

That is what I am battling right now so I am trying to do everything I can to be ready to go for our next game, so I am battling right now.

It's really nice. I'm sorry Kelly Meek wasn't on the sideline to make it more enjoyable. But a win's a win and we need it. We needed to win here tonight to keep us battling for the league championship and to let people know we can still play with anybody.

Dane has had some injury issues this year, which kept him from competing for a good month. But he kept battling back and ended up doing a great job for us this weekend.