Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Calhoun

Regardless of our successes, failures, whatever it may be, it seems like Providence always plays us close. I think it's 3-3 over the last six games. Our national championship team (2004), they showed up at 12 o'clock at the (Hartford) Civic Center and beat us pretty good.

(Reese) came out here and beat all the good kids. What a tournament both of them had.

Rebounding. That's one word to sum up tonight. The first half they beat us down the court and they beat the heck out of us on the boards. We hustled, but they hustled hard to every rebound.

Regrettably, beating has become a typical method of dealing with subordinates in the military.

Rick Carlisle

Our point guard position was really tremendous, especially in the second half. That's the kind of production we need at all our positions. Let's face it, we're the kind of team right now where we're playing eight guys (Friday). We need six out of eight (players) playing at a high level to beat a team like Sacramento.

Our players know that somebody, figuratively speaking, is going to beat those odds. It could be any one of them.

Ron Gardenhire

Our outfield's been beaten up pretty bad, and Jacque's the one guy that needs to step up. And he's been doing that.

Paul Tracy is a great driver and a tough competitor. You know when you have beat him in a race, you have beaten one of the best drivers in the world.

Chris Simon

Our number-one focus is winning one game. We know they're a good team and they beat us last time. They've improved a lot and are a good team with a lot of speed.

Our medal predictions rested with our beat writers. Best in the World.

Our main goal (going into the MLL season) was to beat Linden. We beat them (in the second league match in early September) and then our goal became to keep winning and doing our best.

Our loss to San Miguel was a wake-up call for us. If we want to be contenders, we have to beat teams at their best. And the guys really wanted to be contenders.

Our losses have been coming at the end of games. That shows the youth of this team. We got beat by a better team today. Even with me hurting, my teammates stayed in the game. It came down to a couple possessions at the end where we needed stops, and we didn't get them.

Mats Sundin

Our only focus from now on is to turn this thing around. We have to get back to playing the way we did. The way we're playing right now, it hasn't even been two weeks. Before that we were playing really good hockey and we could beat any team in the league. We have to climb back to that, and it's going to take all of us in the dressing room. We can't look at the standings right now.

Our No. 6 player could beat our No. 1 player on any given day, whoever it is. It's a nice problem to have. It says a lot for the girls and how hard they've worked.

Our mindset is that we want to be in the top four so points are most critical. But it's Michigan and we love to beat them. We're in third place but the seventh-place team is only two points away.

Henry Garza

Our music isn't black or white or brown. It comes from the heart, which beats red.

Bill Cowher

Options are cool. I think we should play it safe and just beat the Lions. But we can't take them lightly. Well, we can, and we probably will, but we'll disguise it well. Like Harrington said earlier, Detroit is riding a one-game winning streak, and their kicking game is on fire. We know Detroit will give us their best shot, so we better bring our C game at worst.

People left utensils on tables, food plates. They just left and beat it out of there.

People need to understand that, by the end of the year, Gulf Coast was better than Trinity Valley. That speaks volumes about our region. We've already played and beaten some of the best teams in the country.

People have said we don't play a hard schedule. But (Friday night) we beat one of the better teams around. It was a matter of pride for us.

Hines Ward

People may put them down, but they're the champions. Until someone dethrones them, they're still the team to beat in the NFL.

People involved in the day-to-day, they often miss turning points. They get beaten down after so many years. Or they're burned out. They may have stock options but don't believe they're going to be valuable.

Our defense was great. We were together on every play. If a man beats us, we knew a teammate could help us out, and that's the way we want to play all year round.

Sure, we had a few girls sick, but that's not why we lost. North Side just beat us because they're a very, very good team. They control the boards and made our girls look tentative the entire night.

Sure, (the Padres) are going to be the underdog. But they have a good enough club to beat somebody, simply because in a best-of-five that No. 1 pitcher is going to pitch two games for you. That's very, very important. That's why one guy in the first series could make a big, big difference.

Joey Jordison

Steve comes out of left field, he's one of a kind, ... Rob (guitar) contributed greatly to a black metal tone of the song with his guitar parts over the blast beat sections, and Matt with his picking style. Each guy had their own staple on how their parts of the song should go, all of which helped with the overall feel of the song.

Steve beat fundamentals into me with a stick. That's been his trademark since he started, and I've got the original bruises.

Jacques Lemaire

Stephane is working hard, but he tries to beat people by himself and gets himself out of position because he's so excited. You have to be in control.

Stadium beat us with the 3 last time. They had three guys who hurt us last time, and we took them out of the game.

Darren Fletcher

Spurs have a lot of young players and a lot of quality, and they are progressing in the right way under (manager) Martin Jol and we're going to have to be on the top of our game to beat them.

Becky Hammon

Spoon hitting that shot in 1999 was a great memory that we all share. We were all there. We've won a lot of Eastern Conference Championships together. The trip to the Finals used to run through New York, and we want to get that back. Last year, we beat in the first round and Bethany Donaphin's shot was a great moment. There have been a lot of great memories. But none of that really matters. What matters is the playoffs this year and going far, so we've been there.

Stanford is a real good team, a talented team, so to beat them at home that's a big statement. That tells you how well our team played. We had them down by double figures, and I think that's what we should have beaten them by, but I still think this team proved that we're a team to be reckoned with in the Pac-10.