Famous Quotes & Sayings

We try not to think of numbers and rank. We have a team with enough talent that if we wrestle our best, we can beat a team ranked higher than us, like Cornell.

We try not to think about next year that much. We want to focus on this year. But we're definitely putting it in the back of our minds the schools that beat us by double digits or 35 points.

We tried to stay positive, but they had beaten us three times before in the season. There was an intimidation factor there.

John Gray

We tried to force their role players to beat us and their role players shot the lights out.

We tried to disguise our zone, but we didn't communicate very well and he got by me. I tried my hardest, but he just beat me.

We talked about it all week. Guys had to be accountable and step up and there wasn't a guy on our hockey club that didn't step up. I'm excited for the kids because they worked hard for that victory. Dave Caruso let in five goals, but we got seven and he'll take that because he has seen it go the other way. I'm excited for the kids because they worked hard for that victory and we beat a good hockey club.

Dana Altman

We just shot it better than they did. They're a good team, and I feel awfully fortunate to beat them twice.

We just really had to come back and kind of bring everything back and just collect and just kind of reflect on what we could have done better and how we were going to change it. I think that two-week span where we didn't play, we really just concentrated on how we're going to beat any team that we would face in this tournament.

Kristi Toliver

We just proved to the country that we should be the No. 1 team. We proved to everyone - other than the 12 percent that said we could win this game - that we're capable of beating North Carolina and that we're a great team.

Tyson Chandler

We just need to play our game and beat teams that beat up refs.

We just needed to beat the Poles which is what this England may have to do next Wednesday,

We just try to keep them out of the post mainly and beat them on offense with our quickness if we are quicker than them. That's all we can do.

Devin Harris

We just tried to make other guys beat us. We tried to take away a lot of his penetration and his splits on the pick and roll. I think we picked it up a lot.

We just told them they're too good a team to be home in June. We were getting beat by teams we don't feel are better than us. We bounced back tonight.

We just take it one game at a time and try not to look past anybody. It's hard at times, but we just try and stay focused on that one team until we beat them.

Amy Johnson

We just showed some real poise and didn't freak out. I think beating them gives us a lot of confidence and hopefully it leads to some good things.

We just had a defensive lapse and they beat us on it. The University of the Pacific is a great place to play, and our boys gave an incredible effort.

We just got tired and Stanford became Stanford. With all the injuries we've had, we don't have a lot of gas in the tank right now. It makes it hard to beat a Mercedes when you've got a Ford Taurus.

Chris Bosh

We just got steamrolled. I don't think it's a step back because it's not like we played to the best of our abilities. We got beat by 20. We know what we didn't do.

Bobby Knight

We just got our (butt) beat by a much better team, sometimes that happens. We made a lot of mistakes but a lot of them were forced.

We just got beat today. They swung the bats; they hit everything we threw up there. We just didn't pitch very well today, and we didn't hit. It's one game. That's all there is to it. That's the way you have to look at it.

We just got beat on the boards tonight; that was one of our keys. We wanted to hold them to 10 offensive rebounds or less, and they had 28.

We just got beat in game one, we made some mistakes and it cost us. In game two we did better, we did OK. We just didn't execute.

We just got beat in every phase of the game today. They are a much better football team than we are.

We just got beat by a better team. When they go bad, they can always go in to Gray and you have to guard him. Most teams will double him, and that leaves someone else open. That makes them tough to beat.

We just got beat by a better team today. We couldn't overcome a lot of two-run spurts.

We just got beat by a better team.

We just got beat by a better football team. With a great defensive line like that, you get down, 34-7 or 24-7, it's going to be tough.

We just got beat 31-7; it's hard to find any positives. I'm not a guy that finds positives out of a 31-7 game.

We weren't supposed to beat Michigan State, and we beat them. We weren't supposed to beat North Carolina, and we sure weren't supposed to beat Connecticut. So I think we're going to just stick with the script. If folks want to call us a Cinderella, then that's OK.

We weren't sharp on either end. We didn't do anything on offense; we didn't do anything on defense. You put that combination together and you get beat 9-4.

Eddy Curry

We weren't making shots and they weren't making shots, so I couldn't imagine how it was for a fan, ... For us to beat a team that was on top, it was a great win.

Mitchell Davis

We weren't in it to beat the other team by 40 or 50 points. Some of the younger kids hadn't played as much now that district has started, so we wanted to make sure they got in the game to help out.