Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Cox

Players love him. He's great on the bench and in the clubhouse. He's just a special person.

Recreational marijuana use is a fact of life nowadays. It doesn't stop Supreme Court justices from getting on the bench and doesn't stop presidents from getting elected, so why should it stop someone from getting hired by the FBI?

Recently, the foul trouble has been working for us. It?s given our bench a reason to step up and perform. They met the challenge tonight, but we just ran into a game opponent.

Pat Dennis' team don't quit and they don't give up. My heart was in my mouth in the first half, when we got in some early foul trouble. Thank goodness our bench was as resilient as it was.

With three games in 24 hours, we didn't have a whole lot left. But a number of girls came off the bench and helped out today.

Lindsey Hunter

Wouldn't it be unique for me, Grant and Allan (Houston) to finish our careers here, wouldn't that be fun? Three old guys coming off the bench trying to win titles, that would be fun.

Jim Martin

We're not great with sending flowers. We wanted to do something to remember her by. She really enjoyed Lincoln's Tomb. We talked with Nan, and she suggested this seat, an L-shaped bench with flower containers near a spot where people tend to stand and take pictures - quiet, shady - a nice place for a bench.

You know, he's been playing like that for us all year. People say 'Why doesn't he start?' It's so nice to grab him off the bench and bring him on the floor. He does things for us and he's comfortable with that role.

When I first started, I never thought I could ever bench 500 pounds. Then, when I got that, I never dreamed I could do 600. And 700? I couldn't even fathom the possibility of doing that.

We needed something dramatic. Maybe you have a different perspective when you're seeing it from the bench. It's kind of interesting how you can see things a whole lot easier from the bench than from when you're on the floor.

We have kids that are willing to sacrifice to win games. Everyone practices hard and then some have to sit the bench in games. ..That?s just our tradition and the kids bought into it.

We have kids on the bench that are capable of coming in and doing good things.

You know it's going to be very cold on the bench tonight.

We get our reps in, then the guys who come off the bench more scrimmage a little bit more than we do. It's good as long as we're there mentally for the practice days.

We get it back to 3-2, and all of a sudden they come right back off that goal and score again. It took any momentum from the goal that got us back in it. Then it snowballs to 5-2, 6-2, and our bench sagged dramatically at that point.

We had too many of our starters sitting on the bench sitting in foul trouble. We were pleased we came out with a win, and it was an overall good effort by the kids. They played hard.

We had to make adjustments. We had some kids who maybe expected to come off the bench starting and contributing a lot more.

Ben Wallace

We got off to a slow start, but for the most part, we were able to pick it up and take control of the game. The bench did a great job of keeping the wheels turning and giving us a lot of energy.

We have a lot of depth on the team, and I think people on the bench can really pull through at times. It may be difficult, but we're relied upon to get the job done.

Clint Hurdle

We have always been big on guys on the bench being versatile.

Barry Gibb

We could have been sleeping on park benches now but fortunately everything turned out well, much better than we had ever hoped.

We can't have Jamie sitting on the bench for very long. Jamie's got to find a way to keep herself on the floor.

We have the ?Keep Main Street Blooming? project, and we honor downtown businesses, and we have donated two benches and matching garbage cans ... make it a better, happier, more fun place to be.

We've got the deepest bench in the state. Even with a few of our key players hurt, we've still got seven or eight guys deep. We work the 3/4-court man (defense) the whole time and by the end of the game they were worn out.

We've got some quality kids off the bench and that's going to help us down the stretch. We're also starting to define some roles, which is good.

We're working pretty hard in practice. When out bench gets in, they do pretty well. We're blending well. The chemistry is there.

We're really right where we were at most of the year. The difference being, when trouble comes, and it will, we don't have a bench to go to if the trouble lurks in the post. We don't have a big guy to go to.

We're really proud of our kids' efforts tonight. Kids came off the bench and helped us - we had a really good night.

Those guys came in off the bench and did a great job. In the last six and a half minutes of the third quarter, they held Johnson to six points and scored 18. That kind of depth and energy coming off the bench makes us a more difficult team to play against.

Dan Haren

With all the guys on the bench, we feel comfortable having them in the game. There's always someone on the bench who should be playing. That's a nice problem to have.

We rebounded well after a sluggish first half. Our bench gave us a good spark.

Tom Izzo

We don't have a great bench ? I told you that in September. And we don't have a great scoring bench. But there's a lot of teams that don't have great benches.

We don't fight and we're all really nice to each other. Everyone hugs you after a win, whether they sat on the bench or played the whole game.