Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Chelios

We came into this thing with a lot of confidence, and our confidence should still be high. We've improved defensively every game. By no means are we frustrated. There have been so many upsets, it's anybody's tournament, and we gotta realize that.

John Howe

We came into this thing late. I would have pursued it if I had time.

Jack Anderson

We came into this season with our minds set on getting back to Hershey. We want that second gold trophy.

We came into this season with high hopes. We haven't been able to play up to our potential. Making the tournament is something we're thinking about, but we've got to take it one game at a time and get some wins.

We came into this meet feeling maybe a little more confident than we should have. Now we see how much we need to step up.

We came into this game with a lot of energy. We just couldn't sustain it. This is something new for us.

Alex Rodriguez

We came into this game with a lot of confidence. We felt like could play well and dominate this game. That's the one thing about baseball. You can't predict what's going to happen.

Chauncey Billups

We came into this game really focused on what we needed to do, making some adjustments. That team just fought. They just fought. You have to give them a lot of credit, but come fourth quarter . . . we just had to grind it out.

We came into this game in the hunt and ready to play them. But Engel is a great, great pitcher. She deserves all the credit she gets.

Daniel Kessler

We came into this game focused and 100 percent prepared, and before the game we really had no doubt that we were going to come out on top. We were that confident as a team.

We came into this game expecting to win,

We came into the tournament with a horrible record. It was a winning season, but everybody doubted us. South Carolina is this, South Carolina is that, we're underdogs, we're not going to do nothing in the tournament. Hey we're showing people right now we've got a lot of heart and we're tough.

Evgeni Nabokov

We came into the third period thinking offense, offense, offense. If we're going to think that way we're not going to go too far.

We came into the second half fired up, but when you can't take that first wave it kind of gets to you.

We came into the season with a lot of confidence in our coach and each other. I don't think the players are surprised by our start.

We came into the season knowing we had depth there and tonight we saw what it was with the little pressure that Christian did get.

We came into the locker room and every coach was yelling at us and all four seniors were yelling at us because we want to play at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

We came into the game saying we're still the champions. We're just trying to carry on the tradition.

We came into the day, week, month with the same three worries -- earnings, the economy, and geopolitical concerns. We're still dealing with all the same negatives and the selling is pretty broad.

Michael Redd

We came into practice (Tuesday) very encouraged about the win. We didn't even talk about how we finished the game. We stayed positive.

We came into games feeling like we were supposed to play good. We didn't feel like, 'let's come out and hope we play good today.' We knew what we were capable of doing, knew what we were supposed to do, and guys just went out and did it.

Tim Wakefield

We came in today knowing we needed to win. We didn't want to back into the playoffs by having Cleveland lose and we lose. We came out and played hard.

We came into a must-win game and I felt like I owed it to my team to step up and have a good performance.

We played very well in the first half with a lot of emotion and intensity, but we came out very flat in the second half. We failed to execute all the adjustments we made at halftime.

We played very well defensively and got out of some bases-loaded jams. Our pitchers came through in clutch situations by throwing strikes.

We played very hard and unfortunately came up on the short end of the score. I am very proud of our effort. They out rebounded us and that one factor was the difference in the outcome.

Roy Wood

We happened to be in the studio next door and I think Noel Redding came around and said, 'Do you fancy having a sing on this?' We just went and did it and it was great.

We had won 36 in a row at home, we weren't going to go quietly. But they came down and punched us in the face and took it.

Roger Ebert

We had lots of big fights, ... We were people who came together one day a week to work together and the other six days of the week we were competitors on two daily newspapers and two different television stations. So there was a lot of competition and a lot of disagreement.

We had lost some matches and needed to try something different. We were extremely hopeful and enthusiastic about the way he handled it. He just came to practice and worked really hard, to his credit. That's what a coach wants to see.

We had just about everything people who had lost their home and personal possessions would need. And it all came from the people in Payson; they are the real heroes in all this, not us.

We had good composure and came back and tied the game and had some big plays when we needed.

Gene Watson

We had a lull there in the third quarter where they pushed it out but we came back and fought back and played pretty well the fourth quarter.