Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jerry Greenfield

It?s good all around. It?s great working with an organization like Goodwill. On a day like today, there?s free ice cream and you can?t beat that.

It's gonna take us a weak to lick our wounds and heal if possible, but we'll be ready. Nobody is gonna play us harder or beat us up more than what we've already experienced.

It's good to play another team we haven't seen yet. Lawrence has a lot of talent. To be No. 1, you have to beat the best teams.

It's good to have nerves. You don't want to come into the game overconfident. We have to be nervous of the fact that they can beat us. We just have to play hard and smart and make sure they don't.

It's good to have bragging rights when I come home. I said earlier that we'd beat Wake Forest this year and we did, and it's another good win for us on the road.

Jason Allen

It's going to be a challenge to repeat. Everybody is going to have to play their role. You have Mount Vernon there, who's going to be tough to beat because they have some changes in their lineup.

It's going to be a battle. We certainly have the potential to beat them, but on any given night. I think the kids are confident now and I think they'll be ready to play. I don't think they'll be intimidated.

It's going to be a battle. New Mexico is very good and athletic. I think it will be a great game. If we can beat them it will be a big edge for us because we would be up two games on them in the conference. Hopefully we can get four to five thousand fans here.

It's going to be a grudge match. We beat them by one earlier this year, so they'll be looking for payback. And, of course, we'd like to win our own tournament for these seniors.

It's going to be a great game. We beat them on their home court so I know they're going to come here and compete real hard and try to get us back for that. We're ready.

It's going to be a good series. We still have to pitch and execute. They've got the best offensive team in the league by far. But we've shown we can beat them.

It's going to be a dogfight. We remember that they beat us on our home court last year (65-63). This is the only time we get to play them.

It's frustrating to lose a match like that. We beat them in just about every position. But to give up 12 points on forfeits is just too much to come back from. I'm pleased with our effort, but I'm just frustrated with the outcome.

It's easy to relax when you jump out to a 13-1 lead. After that, they pretty much beat us the rest of the first half. We kind of relaxed a little bit after getting a big lead. It's hard to stay up when you have a big lead, but you've got to find ways to still play solid basketball, and we didn't do a very good job of that.

It's funny and it makes for good listening, especially beating up on your boss. Listeners love it.

It should have been easy. We beat them, but we didn't play nearly as well as we should have.

It's home ice. But we still have to go out there and play and win the game. If we go out there and work hard, they can't beat us.

It's hard to get a read on that race. I think if I was one of the guys in the back of the pack -- even if I got beat 40 lengths -- if I liked my horse and he was doing good, I wouldn't let it discourage me.

It's hard to win when you strike out 12 times. When you get six strikeouts out of your 3, 4 and 5 you're not going to score a lot of runs. It's hard to beat out a strikeout. It's dependent on the catcher missing the ball. They were hitting lasers and we were hitting air.

Ray Allen

It's hard to really judge (the Spurs) because I don't think we gave them much of a challenge. They played their game and beat us. And that's all there was to it.

It's been a few years since we've played Alabama. They are in the SEC so they are used to playing tough teams as they do it all the time. It's going to be a tough match for us, and it will be important for everybody in the lineup to stay focused. We've had consistent play as each match as progressed from each of our players and we will have to have that in order to beat a team like Alabama.

It's been a lot of blood, sweat and tears to this point. It's a great, great way to end the season and I've said it before, this is the way these three should go out. They deserve every recognition and everything that's come to them because they've worked hard, been great leaders and we've beaten some very good teams to get to this point.

Matt Kenseth

It's been a while. It was pretty fun to beat (Gordon) off the pole because he's always known for being so good here.

It's a very high-pressure job, and while he's beaten the cancer well and truly now, there's still some ongoing treatments that take some time and I'm sure that was part of John's thinking.

It's beautiful. Make it as hard as possible for us. We're not looking for any easy routes to a championship. We want to go through the best to be the best. (Toronto is) the team to beat, and you know you're ready for a dogfight with them. Beating them (again) could be a big momentum-builder for us.

It's been a difficult stretch for us. We're young, we've been beaten around, and we've played 10 of our first 12 games on the road.

It's been a constant struggle. We started so bad. We were shut out so many times. We got beaten up early. You see this team in the World Series and say, 'How did it happen?' But here we are.

Chuck D.

It's been 29 years that I can think of that we've started a freshman shortstop. And that happened to be Kevin Brown, Jimmy's little brother. (Strickland) played great defense. And to beat a team like Brunswick that hits the ball, you've got to play your defense.

It's been a long time since we've been beaten like this. I wouldn't say we competed with Winterset tonight. Getting hammered at home like this is the disappointing thing.

Rafael Marquez

Its been a long time since we lost, which proves our team can go far. Our goal is to win the tournament. We can beat anyone.

It's been a long time since we beat them. We're looking forward to playing hard and seeing what happens.

Tim Thomas

It's been a long time coming. It's nice to know what the teams that have been beating us in the shootouts feel like.

Brian Martin

It's been nice to have it (the record) for that long, but I tell you he's quite a player. I got to see him play a few times over the last couple years. He's just an unbelievable talent. It's great to see a kid like that beat it.