Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think we've improved a lot since we played Polson last. We know we can beat them but we'll have to execute well.

I think we've grown more as a team in this series than we have all season which is saying a lot. We've had a lot of ups and downs this series but all 23 guys pulled together and got the job done. I'm happy and excited for them and now we have to beat another strong team.

I think we've been competitive with teams in our league. We haven't beaten any of them, but we have been close. We like to think we're a free throw, a turnover or a shot away, and this provides a new opportunity for everybody.

I think we've beaten some strong teams and won some very good games. We've also lost some we should've won. I think it has been shown that we're young and inexperienced.

I think we thought we had the game won in the fourth quarter. We got up by six and then we let it slip away and go to overtime. They beat us on a last-second shot last time, but this time, the kids did a good job of contesting all those shots.

I think we stated our case to being No. 1, ... by beating them so handily.

Jim Calhoun

I think we showed up like a team that had glanced at our record and saw we had beaten Syracuse handily both times. My point is that in a tournament, no one really cares what seed you are or whether you beat someone before. It's the 40 minutes you're playing today that's important.

I think that both teams are pretty even keeled, but they have gotten the better of us the first two times out. You don't usually get three chances to beat a team, so hopefully we can use this third opportunity as an opportunity to upset them.

I think Canisius presents a lot of problems because they're terrific, defensively. If they're making shots, they're an extremely dangerous team because they've proven they can beat anybody.

I think business, government and unions have to work together, and the common enemies to the global economy. We're being beaten by the global economy, and we've got to unite together to win.

I think a lot of people were looking for Nortel to make a big deal in the optical space, where they've been making a lot of acquisitions, ... They went a little bit off the beaten track to go into the Web hosting space.

I think Bainbridge is a very good and solid team, well-coached. I think that we'll have to play well to beat them.

P. J. O'Rourke

You're not a baby boomer if you don't have a visceral recollection of a Kennedy and a King assassination, a Beatles breakup, a U.S. defeat in Vietnam, and a Watergate.

Brenton Thwaites

It's weird when auditioning for roles, because a lot of my mates go out for the same roles. You don't want to know that you're beating someone to the role.

Bob Beamon

I had to get beat to understand how to win.

Andrew Vachss

Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody.

Ann Voskamp

Comparison is a thug that robs your joy. But it's even more than that - Comparison makes you a thug who beats down somebody - or your soul.

Deborah Moggach

Nothing beats weaving through the rush-hour traffic or whizzing past the eternal gridlock that is the Strand.

Ariana Grande

I grew up writing songs in my room on GarageBand, and I would make the beats just out of layering my vocals over and over again. Very Imogen Heap-inspired.

Nothing beats a private visit to Number Ten or Chequers to take the wind out of rebellious sails.

We're not going to beat the big boys in the Tour of California, but at least we can nip at their ankles.

Mike Krzyzewski

We're not going to beat a really good team with J.J. going 5 for 21.

There are other teams that get beat by 35 and 40, and they still get into the tournament, so it's really not up to me. It's up to the committee.

The only down point was that we didn't get to beat T-Town to go to state. But beggars couldn't be choosers.

We still have to beat North Iredell in our last NPC game, but in the second half it felt like we were playing for a championship.

We had some key players that were out. They got them back and they have made a difference. They are beating teams that they had trouble beating earlier this year.

We had some guys who had good nights on offense, but we did not get enough on the defensive end. Whenever we did get close in the second half, it seemed like (SIUE) would hit a 3-pointer because we went the wrong way on a screen. You can't beat a ranked team on the road doing that.

We beat them three times. That's really hard to do.

We beat them relatively easy last year, but they will be a tougher test next week at home. If we play well and smart, we can win.

We beat them pretty handily earlier this year (39-13), but we did that three years ago, too, and they beat us that year. We never take them lightly. Monroe believes that under the right circumstances, they can get us.

We beat them pretty good the first two times, but this is the one that counts.

We beat them in overtime last time (Dec. 17), so we knew this was going to be a tough game. We fought as hard as we could, and in the end, it came out on our side.

We beat them in every category. The game is over if they don't get to the free-throw line 41 times.