Famous Quotes & Sayings

We knew that Xavier is the best team in the conference or supposedly the best team in the conference. So to beat them on their home floor, it should be huge momentum for this season to try to get something going.

Matt Johnson

We knew Spaulding was a real good team. We knew that for somebody to win the state championship they would have to beat them.

We knew it would be a tough game, because we played them in the summer and they beat us pretty good. We wanted to play well. We just need to keep working hard pretty much now.

Mario Ancic

We knew it was going to be a tough match. I'm really satisfied to have beaten Ivan who is certainly with Roger Federer one of the best players in the world at the moment.

We kind of gave away a move we did beating them two weeks ago. He beat us once, then we beat them, and he had that one move that he was able to counter, and he did it.

Chad Allen

We kind-of circled this week, because we had never beaten Arapahoe and never beaten Ranch,

Kirk Hinrich

We kind of beat ourselves. We didn't get key rebounds and we turned it over a bunch of times in the second half. A team like Detroit makes you pay for that. I think we're all disappointed. We wanted to win this game and felt like we should have won it. We just have to continue to play this way and hopefully, be playing in the postseason.

Zach Thomas

We killed ourselves on defense, man. Let them beat you; don't let yourselves beat you.

We need to do the same things we have been doing. It will take the same effort to beat Rushville.

Paul Brooks

We thought they'd play us man on the last possession. We set up a play for a man defense and they didn't play it. It was like a chess match and (Scott) beat me.

Tyler Hansbrough

We thought that if we could beat Arizona, we could pretty much beat anybody. I was really pumped up.

W. S. Gilbert

We thought our defensive ends could beat their tackles. We thought they were a little slow, and our ends can run. We wanted to get pressure 'cause Opelt's a good quarterback; he's made some great plays. We just kept everything in front of us, and our defense really rose. They had some key stops. It was a great team effort. I'm really proud of these kids.

We think we've got a pretty good team. Until you beat a team like that, and recognition comes, you don't really get the recognition.

We're out to gain a little bit of respect. To beat a team from a good conference like this (the Greater Metro) helps. It's a nice confidence builder for us.

Jeff Richards

We're not playing for the Valley (title) anymore. It seems like that's going to be wrapped up by Midland. We're playing for districts. We're playing to beat Midland in the districts, and we're playing for the end of the season right now.

We're not out of it by any means, but we don't have total control now like we would have if we had beaten Mount Vernon. For all practical purposes, if we lose another, it's over. We've got to take care of business and hope the chips fall in our favor now.

We're not looking past Amarillo, but we feel like after beating North Crowley we're the better team going in. Man, these kids are confident.

Steve Spurrier

We're not in the upper echelon by any means. We've got to scrape and claw for any victories we can get. I think our guys know we've got to play well. We don't have to play perfectly, but we need to play well to beat these guys.

Why foul with 0.5 seconds left? It was dumb. We should have beat them. We had enough confidence to beat them.

Why do we go with our hand outstretched, and they always beat us on our hands by various conditions? Didn't we know that it would be so when we were closing down Chernobyl?

Brian Green

Why didn't I fall for all the vices of young stardom? My dad would have beaten the s--- out of me if I had gone the drug route. I'm not kidding. Plus, I never really felt the need for it. I mean, I'll go out and party. But I've also had the good sense not to even drink too much. I've also seen my friends get into trouble. I will walk up to a friend and say you're drinking way too much.

Why couldn't we beat those numbers? I dunno.

We've definitely talked about playing O'Gorman again, especially since they beat us in districts. We're looking forward to getting another shot at them.

Rudyard Kipling

You have heard the beat of the off-shore wind, / And the thresh of the deep-sea rain; / You have heard the song - how long? how long? / Pull out on the trail again!

You have great results there. They beat and raised guidance, so things look very, very strong.

Thomas Doll

You have to come out with draws like this sometime -- a year ago we probably would have been beaten by three or four goals.

Tommy Amaker

You have to be disciplined, you have to be tough, and sometimes you have to be a little lucky and hope sometimes he's going to miss a couple of those shots. We've seen him before where he's made a lot of those shots and beaten a lot of people by himself. Fortunately for us, we had that performance on our side tonight.

Too naive ... We keep beating ourselves. We know soccer doesn't end until the referee blows the whistle and we've just got to keep working and not make so many mistakes. . . . It's a slap in the face to wake us up and realize there are people out there that want to beat us badly. We missed a good opportunity tonight.

When I saw the bracket, I thought the top half looked a lot tougher than the bottom. But you have to beat the best to be the best.

Baron Batch

Those (Abilene) guys are great players. They beat us this year. They know how to play and that's the biggest thing, knowing how to win and what to do to win. This is a really good recruiting class.

Thomas is the team to beat right now. They're playing solid baseball, putting runs up and getting solid pitching.

Thomas is the team to beat in the league. They are playing solid baseball, putting runs on the board and getting solid pitching.

This year we have a different kind of chemistry. As long as we work together as a team, then yes, we can beat any team on the court if we bring it.