Famous Quotes & Sayings

We beat two potential No. 1 seeds, and beat Tennessee on their home floor. That's huge. That was something we definitely focused on. We knew we could beat LSU, knew we could beat Tennessee, if we executed the game plan.

Steve Spurrier

We beat two little guys, lost to two big guys.

We beat three of their six state qualifiers right there.

We beat those same teams, and we blew them out. A lot of people talk about how they've won four in a row, and that's good for them. But we beat those teams, too. I don't think that has anything to do with the playoffs. It's about who starts fast in this game and who makes the plays.

We beat the two teams ranked third and sixth in the country.

We beat the number one team by 20. We played good. If you beat the number one team by 20, you can beat anybody.

Aaron Gray

We beat the No. 2 team in the country that got a No. 1 seed. Our expectations were higher.

We beat the No. 1 team from Kentucky, tied the No. 2 team from Illinois and gave Chaminade their best game of the tournament. I'm happy.

We beat the No. 1 seed (UC-Clermont) to get here to the Final Four, so that's sending a statement out there. The kids played their hearts out. It just wasn't meant to be.

LeBron James

We beat them with our full team before, and they beat us twice. It doesn't make any difference. If we face them in the first round of the playoffs, we'll be ready for them. The playoffs start next Saturday or Sunday. I'll be ready.

We beat them twice in the regular season, but that doesn't matter now. We are all friends, but it goes away when you are on the court.

Pedro Martinez

What can I say--just tip my hat and call the Yankees my daddy. I can't find a way to beat them at this point.

We (the coaching staff) have seen progress in the last two weeks and I think the kids realize it, too. Obviously you want to win every time you got out to play. Everybody wants to win. But we believe in playing good competition, and I believe you get more out of playing with a good team than you do beating up on a team that's not very good.

We tend to beat ourselves. We tend to get a little hesitant and I just can't figure out why.

We spend most of our time on defense. It started from day one. ... We're always going to be physical. We have to be because in order to beat a team, you have to rebound, and to rebound you have to be physical.

Tim McDonald

We expected to win tonight and it didn't happen. We were beaten by a better football team.

We expected to beat Ohio State. It's tough for us because we still lost the game and it's not like Ohio State's that much better than us.

We expected to beat Arkansas. I don't think this is too big of an upset.

We expected a close game tonight. Spanish Fork came in on a high after coming so close to beating Mountain View and beating Lone Peak in overtime. They needed this game.

We certainly have our work cut out. But we have a team that capable of beating anyone.

We could do with beating Sunderland and getting Manchester United away.

J. Taylor

We could do with Austria being a good team and us just about beating them, and then they can go and draw in Germany. That would be perfect for us if we can then beat Poland.

Chris Chelios

This is the team that beat the Czechs. All the teams are good. We're disappointed with the outcome, but not the outlook.

This match was worth more than a defeat. You need a bit of luck to beat Real and we didn't have it tonight.

This match drives the point home that when things aren't going your way you just have to work. We feel encouraged that hard work over the past month is giving us opportunities to beat top-ranked teams. Now we just have to close the deal.

This man - what's his name? - the number 10, the small one who doesn't play in the Real Madrid first team - said that if Poland beat Azerbaijan 8-0, England should score at least eight and he'd score five of them.

This is the pinnacle of a coach and team's career. We're going to the state championship. I just want to say what a great team Fayetteville Christian is. They're well coached, and we're fortunate to beat them.

This is the one game on the schedule we have to win. You can lose every other game, but you better beat Tech.

This lets us know that we're never out of any game. As long as we play intense defense and we keep the aggressiveness up, we can beat anyone.

This is where is counts. If we are not ready to play, then Nevada (3-8) can beat us.

This is what we were expecting. George Washington is a respectable team, but we knew we wanted to beat them by a large margin. I'm glad we had easier competition after coming back from California the previous weekend.

This is the most I've ever got beaten in my life. So this is a new experience for me also.

Dave Tippett

This is the worst our defense has played all season, hands down. Giving up six goals a night just isn't going to cut it. We just kept on getting beaten and making mistakes, then the penalties we took ended up in our net.