Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're very guarded about who we are. We know we haven't beaten teams of notoriety and that we caught a brand-new Carolina team on the road so I'm a little hesitant to anoint this team at this point. But we're happy with our holdover players. We're growing and building and that's what we want to do.

We're very fortunate to beat Randy twice this year, ... Nobody probably expects us to do that and we were able to do that.

We're very excited to get a chance in the Elite Eight. All we want is a chance to beat Jones County.

Corey Brewer

We're very excited. Especially after the way they beat us at their place. So now they have to come into the O-Dome, and we've got to get our revenge. It's payback. You've got to win. It's a must win.

Damon Jones

We're very confident. We feel like if we do the necessary things for as close to 48 minutes as possible, we can beat anybody.

Richard Petty

A rivalry doesn't happen in one or two races or in one year. It happens over a period of time to really get a rivalry going. We race together three or four races and get to beating on each other, that's not a rivalry, that's just a happening. You do that four or fives years, that's a rivalry.

The kids had a real good day. It cost me a pizza dinner but it was worth it to beat Summerville.

The kids felt like the burden was lifted after not beating them for two or three years.

The last few games we've been getting beat 40-20 on the glass. You can't win games when you do that.

The last couple of years we've been getting beat by our division rivals. If we want to get a winning season, we at least have to split the season series with these guys.

The last couple of weeks, they've knocked off West Coast and they beat the Western Bulldogs at full-strength. Carlton are going OK.

The last couple of weeks, they have been amazing. To go on the road and beat the No. 3 and the No. 1 teams in the conference, that's something.

The last couple days in practice we've looked like we looked when we were ranked No. 8 in the country, 11th in the country. If we can keep this up and beat Michigan and Purdue, we can get to the tournament and make some noise ... That's our whole goal.

The knock on Ohio State and coach Cooper is that we couldn't win the big game. But I think we showed that would could by beating the No. 5 team, and doing it in their stadium. It might be bragging, but I think we have the best offensive line and the best defense in the country.

The interceptions couldn't have come at a better time. It seemed like Sullivan got beat up as the game went on and it's not often you can beat up a Sullivan team.

Michael Kinsley

The Internet beat TV and print to this story, and ultimately forced it on them, for one simple reason: lower standards.

Their times were fabulous. The only team the guys didn't beat was Grand Junction, which is a 5A school.

Their quarterback will also run. He'll roll out like he going to pass, but it is a designed run. He can hurt you with his running. He'll throw just enough to keep you honest. But I don't think they are going to try and beat us by throwing the football.

Steve Sampson

Their decision to go after Landon early in the game resulted in two yellow cards. This is a guy who takes a lot of beating when he plays for the Galaxy. I think quality players have to be protected - and tonight, he was protected. That made the difference in the game.

Their height and they way they shot ... they're just a good team. Their press hurt us and I didn't think it would, and we panicked a bit. Those things happen. That wasn't our best game, but I don't know if our best would have beaten that team.

The Islamic world took a real beating because of what the clerics did in northern Nigeria, ... Islamic countries should be praised for doing so much to bring the spread of polio back under control.

Their weak-side help had a lot to do with that. We'd beat the first defender, but the secondary defense was outstanding.

Their two scores were just older kids making a play. Their seniors beat our freshmen.

The fact that we're playing at home doesn't really give us that much confidence because they went on the road twice and beat two great teams. They're a six seed, but they're not playing like a six seed. They beat a three and a one seed, so they're playing like a great team.

The feeling in this thing is that when we play our game and we are on top of our game we can beat anybody. And that's a good feeling to have.

The field has taken a beating in the last week or more. The way we've been getting the weather, there have been enough breaks in between. The big thing is keeping the infield level. It's taken some work but the outfield is not necessarily in prime playing condition.

The fear of a stall is that it makes the storm surge much larger, because it sits there and pushes water up on the coast for a long time. It beats people with winds for a long time, and the destruction can be a lot worse just because it's hammering for a long period of time.

The consensus going into the quarter was that earnings were going to (rise) somewhere north of 10 percent and they have handily beat expectations.

I'm not sure if it was the drive or just the fact that we had beaten them handily both times we played but I thought the girls came out real flat. I wasn't real happy with the way our starters played.

I'm not saying he can't beat a lot of guys. But I'm worried about Tommy in 10 years, ... As his friend I'm advising him not to fight. As commissioner I will not overrule his return if a doctor says he's fit to box.

I'm not really sure our guys were focused that much on Edwardsville beating us earlier. I think they were actually more motivated to repeat as champions.

I'm not saying we are going to go to Buffalo and beat up on them. But we have to go out there and put a good drive together to start the game and just build from there.

Ben Howland

I'm glad we got that win. That's a tough, hard-nosed team that came in determined to beat us on our home court. We were fortunate to come away with a victory.