Famous Quotes & Sayings

My understanding is that (Helena) only has one loss. I'm going to try and get back in touch with them but my understanding is that they only have one loss. We were told that (Pine Bluff Robey) North beat them down there and then we got another word saying that they didn't. So, I'll just say that we are in second place right now. But if they slip, we'll just try to get a tie breaker.

Kevin Martin

My uncle Pete and my dad could have beat us on that ice.

Tom Renney

One thing I'm sure, we're not going to beat the New Jersey Devils from the penalty box.

One thing for sure, Youngstown plays real well here. There are not very many teams that are going to consistently beat them here.

Nick was seeded third. He beat the second-ranked kid and in the finals took on the first. He was winning by 13 when he pinned him.

Nick Owens fouled out with 2:44 left in overtime and we thought we were in trouble. It was just one of those games that was big play after big play. This is the same team that beat us by two points two weeks ago in the Hammond Tournament.

Nickname is very well and we're looking forward to running him. He'd have to be the horse that everyone figures they have to beat. If he reproduces either of his last two runs it would take a smart novice to beat him.

Roy H. Williams

Nobody probably thought they could beat Michigan State and North Carolina back-to-back. They played with a great purpose and a great passion. (Coming in) I was scared to death, to be honest with you. In saying all that, I still thought we were going to win the game.

Ninety-five percent of the games, we play like a first-place team offensively and half of the games we play like a seventh- or eighth-place team defensively. ... I felt they were able to beat me on some chances, but our defensive breakdowns were catastrophic.

Herb Brooks

Nine out of ten time we play this team, the would beat us. But not tonight because tonight is our night, tonight we win.

On paper we are supposed to beat them, but you can throw the paper out the window, because all that matters is what we do on Saturday night.

On paper it's unlikely we should beat them, but they haven't won the meet yet.

On paper it looked like it was going to be a pretty tight dual. Merrill beat us up through the middle and that was the key.

George Best

On the pitch, he could beat everybody. Off it, he couldn't beat himself.

Billy Donovan

One of the biggest things to stop is momentum. There are always teams that can get on a roll. Some people say that if you have won 15 games in a row, it's good to take a loss into the (NCAA) tournament. Other people say that if you lose a game, your confidence level is lower, that you are not going into the tournament playing your best. I always say that just because you lose, you can still play well. You can get beat by a better team.

One of the kids suggested it in the locker room (at halftime) and I knew he was right. We were getting beat on penetration and we also knew they didn't have great outside shooters.

J. J. Johnson

One of the shortcomings of coaches, once they get ahead, is in becoming too conservative, ... The talent is such in the NFL that if you get cautious and give teams an extra chance to beat you, they usually will.

Tom Osborne

One of the goals we have set for this year is that we never want to get beat by seven points or less, ... That might sound funny, but if you look at last year's results, we lost three games by seven or less. We could have gone into the tournament with five wins instead of two wins, and then that confidence would have been there. So there are opportunities to improve our record dramatically by winning the close games.

Roy Williams

One of the reasons I didn't want to play Virginia was because of what happened nine days ago. If somebody beats me by 45, I'm going to be so fired up it's going to be unbelievable.

James Packer

One of the rationales is that if you can have a number of divisions then occasionally one of them can miss a beat and the company as a whole can still grow strongly.

Vince Carter

I was going to give it a try. If (it didn't loosen up), I was going to sit down. He beat me to it.

I was going to donate some money, but to actually come down here and help, hands-on -- you can't beat that feeling.

Bronson Arroyo

I was going to be really picky and not let him beat me with a long ball.

I was feeling really good, especially since we haven't had much practicing time. It just gives me a boost of confidence this first (meet) to know that I can beat those girls.

Gary Williams

I was really upset that we didn't finish early, because we had a chance to really jump them early. ... When a team stays close at halftime, they think they can beat you.

I was really proud of the way the girls battled back tonight. Pine Bluff beat Camden in their first game and they were tough to beat but we kept our heads up and got the job done. This was a big, big win for us.

I was really proud of the girls and the effort they gave. Our goal coming into the tournament was to get to the finals and we were able to beat a very good team in the final. This is the type of game that really helps you come March.

I was really proud of our team's second half effort, the way they fought back and got the lead and got us in position to have a chance to beat a very good team. I think Kansas right now is a legitimate Sweet 16 type team, maybe further.

I was surprised to see them here. I was like, 'Man, we beat Kentucky, and the fans come out.' It was great. This is the most people I've seen at Georgia. Last year, it was like a ghost town in here.

Cherie Blair

I was so intent as a young lawyer on beating the men at their own game that I didn't take any real maternity leave with my three younger children. It is only looking back that I realise I wasn't beating the system but reinforcing it.

Mt. Carmel is a good team, so beating them is big for us.

Mount Anthony looked terrific. They had five kids in the top 10 and it's pretty hard to beat that.

Guillermo Coria

Moya is playing at his best and it will be very difficult to beat him. But I am really hungry to win a tournament this year. I know he has been invincible in finals here in Umag but I hope I can be the first one to break this record of his.