Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Howland

I think our intensity tonight, our defensive intensity, was really good. That's the best defensive intensity we've had all year. Our bench was incredible.

I think our depth has been big for us down the stretch here lately. Our bench has really been helping us a lot.

I just think if you know your name is going to be in the lineup, it gives you some kind of sense of confidence. When you come to the park waiting for the lineup card to go up, then you've got to prepare yourself to play, that's one of the reasons why bench players don't quite put up the stats that regulars do.

I just felt like we have in the last seven games, now eight, that our bench had a lot to do with (our winning). We can run kids in and out out there.

Ron Wilson

I questioned one call, 'Why aren't you guys calling the right stuff?' It was good enough for a bench penalty. We haven't had a bench penalty all year. We can't control what the referee decides to call. We're not fouling people and we're (still) getting calls. That's not our team's fault, it's that simple. That's the freaky thing of it.

I'm so proud of our team. It was a total team effort. The bench players came in and played strong and played with the game plan. It was awesome.

If Kathy had a council with stronger councillors on it she may have been able to do a better job of it, ... Kathy's got the interests of our community at heart, she just needs more bench strength.

If I wrestle in college it will be as a heavyweight and I'll have to bulk up a whole lot more. In a way, it sucks, but it wouldn't bother me. I'll be able to chow down instead of cutting weight constantly. I've weighed as much as 250 pounds and that's when I maxed out on the bench press at 485 pounds. So I guess being at heavyweight would be all right.

I haven't been worried about starting. Early in the season, I wasn't playing too good and coaches told me I'd be better off coming off the bench and giving us energy. I just had to say 'yes, sir' and do what I could to help the team.

I had three starters on my bench for half of the first quarter and all of the second. But the bench played tough in the second quarter.

Fabio Capello

I never judge referees in these cases. I will say that the first foul was debatable and from the bench I thought he had nothing to do with the second incident.

John Brady

I never looked at this as a benchmark for our program or a benchmark for me as a coach or a benchmark for our players.

The clubhouse lost some of its siding. On the soccer field, we had damage to the scoreboard and both of the benches were broken.

Tom Renney

The entire bench understands that these people really care and enjoy a good effort.

Al Leiter

The guys on his team are going to know that the manager at the end of the bench has done a lot of homework on the opposing team and should translate into many wins,

The guys off the bench really gave us the effort we have been looking for.

The guy, obviously, has stayed focused, no matter what was going on. For him to come off the bench and let that thing go right at the buzzer shows me that he's intent on helping our team win, he's focused on his job and he's hungry to get us where we need to go.

The greatest thing of all is that he's got super kids on the bench that they can bring in and they can do the exact same thing.

The industrial production number is the benchmark -- other surveys, while they're good, pale in comparison to the strength this indicator has.

The difference in this game was depth, we were able to sub some people in and out and wear them down a little bit. The fact that we're getting some decent contributions off the bench and people are able to hold down a spot for five or six minutes to give people some rest is a good thing for us.

John Gibbons

A homer a day keeps the bench away.

Brian Elliott

You want to do so much for the team, but you just can't. You're just sitting in the stands. You can't even be on the bench helping the guys out. It's just tough to watch, but I know the guys are eager to get another chance this weekend. I'm confident that when I'm watching on TV, they'll be playing at the top of their game.

Jarome Iginla

All night he just looked so solid in there making tough saves look so easy. There were a few right on the crease where from the bench they looked like they were going in, but then he sticks out his leg and makes the save and those are huge boosts.

Scott Wilson

The girls on the bench work just as hard as the starters do.

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Chan Gailey

The early church, when they started, they were together. They had unity. They had oneness. And they ended up impacting the world, ... One morning I read that and I said, 'That's just like the game of football.' It's not necessarily that the church had the richest people or the brightest people, but they had unity and they had oneness. A football team, you don't necessarily have to have the biggest and the fastest, guys who can jump the highest and bench press the most, but if you've got unity and oneness, you have a chance to be a champion.

This is a good benchmark for our guys. This is only the seventh time we have met and we aren't going to throw the whole thing at them. We are looking for guys to make some strides now.

Mark Gottfried

Alonzo gave us great energy, a great lift off the bench and hit some big shots. Sometimes on senior nights, it's somebody else who emerges, and tonight it was Alonzo.

Justin Verlander

All I can remember is sitting on the bench in a cold rain. All year long. Every day, it was raining. It just didn't work out.

You'd have to. If he did come back in two weeks we know he'd be fit. The way football is now we're going to have someone on the bench that can cover a few areas.

You could see it going down the stretch. They were pretty winded. Of course, that's why the bench is important. Depth is an important part of this game.

You clean up the mess or you are sitting on the bench tonight.

Gerry Fleming

You can't win hockey games that way. Chances are you're using the same personnel to kill penalties that you have on the power play so it cuts your bench short. It takes away any kind of momentum that you have.