Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're primarily a junior-oriented team, but we feel we can compete at the varsity level.

We think he can come in and be a decent guy to compete for that job. We need to get better in our passing game. We didn't have the most prolific offense, and we think he can definitely help us in that area.

We talked as a team the other night, mostly about having to step up. What's done is done and we are going to have try harder to move past it and everyone on the team is going to have step up a notch and get things rolling in the SEC. Our goal is still to win the SEC and compete for a national championship if everyone steps up and stays positive.

We feel it would be stupid to compete in Melbourne.

Kirk Hinrich

We've gone over all their stuff, and hopefully we'll be able to guard their sets a lot better. But we just need to compete a lot harder.

We've entered an era when very good, competent people aren't getting jobs. One remedy is to stand out, to self-promote. If you do, you're going to get the nod over some co-worker.

We told the kids at halftime that the first thing we wanted to see was for them to compete in this kind of situation. We didn't want to hang our heads. We wanted to go out and play as a team.

Matt Morris

He's going to go out there and compete. I've seen it in playoff situations. I've seen it during the course of the year. My job is to go out there and compete right with him.

He's gifted in so many areas. Once you get him in a field of competition, no matter what it is, he loves to compete and just loves to play. He plays with a passion no matter what he's doing.

Hopefully we'll be able to get a home playoff match to set us up where we can get a couple of wins at home and compete for the state title.

Jeff Banks

When he comes out to the practice field, he knows exactly what to do, and he's ready to compete and get better.

Scott Anderson

We may be younger overall, but have the skills and knowledge to compete with other conference teams.

We lost most of last year's playoff team and will be very young. If some of our younger players step up, then we can compete for a playoff spot.

I thought we made great strides. In the second half, they learned how hard they have to compete to be successful.

I thought the game was lost in the first couple minutes. We did not compete the way we've been competing. We've got to come out of the gate intense.

I think we had more turnovers than shots in the first half. You obviously can't compete with a team like Stratford when you play like that.

Tim Lincecum

I think we're going to compete well with them. We'll just wait and see what happens.

Steve Slaton

I think we'll still be sleepers. I think we can compete for a national championship next year, but I just don't want to say too much now.

I think we have a lot of returning players. So we have our three starting pitchers back from last year and our goal is to win the division and compete well in sectional play.

I think we definitely can compete right away. We do have some strong players and, barring any injuries, I think we have a solid enough group to win a lot of games.

Frank Beamer

I think we've proven over the years we can compete at that level. We know how to be good, it's just a matter of playing with focus.

I think that experience will really help. The nice thing about the Drake Relays is you get to go and compete at the state meet venue halfway through the season so it gives you that incentive to get back there (for state). No other high school sport offers that.

I think it was really important for them to compete after six weeks without a race. To have them go out and race and do as well as they did is encouraging.

I think it's terrific. I'm so happy for him that he's worked so hard to get himself back into a condition to play and compete at this level. That, in and of itself, is a testament to the type of guy that he is. So we're ecstatic that's he's participating.

It gives you confidence because you look back at it and realize you played with them and you kept up with them on the ice. These guys are the best, so it makes you feel good to compete with them.

He will not compete this spring. And that's all I can say about it.

Noam Chomsky

Haitian rice farmers are quite efficient, but they can't compete with U.S. agribusiness that relies on a huge government subsidy, thanks to Ronald Reagan's free market enthusiasms.

Had we played the last six holes a little better, we would have been right there at the top. There is no doubt we gained confidence from this tournament, as well as a knowledge on how to compete for championships, which is equally important. Our focus this entire week was making good decisions on the course, and the girls did a very good job of that, which resulted in positive scores.

He is an outstanding control pitcher with good movement. He will compete for playing time as a freshman.

For us to compete with teams like that we have to play a near-perfect game, and of course we didn't do that.

For very little extra cost, our drivers can compete on a higher level and receive more for their efforts at our speedway.

Kevin Garnett

Giving up is very easy. To continue to work and to continue to compete is one of the most difficult things, especially in a rough environment when you really don't have anything to play for other than dignity.

Kenny Wallace

If those drivers were just with Busch teams, I think everything would be fine. It's their research and development, their constant testing and wind tunnel time; it's hard to compete with those types of teams.