Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was a war. But I thought we played with a lot composure at the end. With about six minutes left, we looked a little rattled, but I told the guys, 'You've been there before.' We've been through games like this a lot this year.

It was a mixed performance, we were unsettled in the first half by the injuries but had regained our composure by the end of the match.

It was impressive that their team had all the momentum and we kept our composure and executed our offense pretty well. Boyd did a great job at the point handling the pressure.

Jack Warner

I told Rickey that if he gets out quick then he'll (Porter) start pressing. Rickey, however, kept his composure and finished strong.

It's fantastic he could maintain his composure and fight like that.

Ryan Robertson

It was going to have to be somebody who stepped us for us to win this game, and Maxwell kept his composure well. He stepped up and that was a big factor.

I told Barret the good thing was that he held his composure and that we didn't have to get him out of the second inning. He really didn't pitch bad.

It seemed like Lacey lost some of her composure (in the first half). And she regained her composure in the second half.

It shows me what kind of nerves he has. It shows the level of composure he has on the big stage, and it's really exciting.

Ben Gordon

It's home for me, so I'm always able to dig deep down and muster up some extra energy and come play in the Garden. We just kept our composure tonight and guys made big plays, everybody. It wasn't just one person tonight, and that's what got us the win.

That little girl is a warrior, ... She is -- for her to give the description that she did, to have the composure that she had throughout this entire thing.

Mike Matheny

That's why you keep veteran pitchers around. Those guys don't get too worked up. They're ready for any situation. He comes in, and the first is a great pitch and he gets out of the inning. Then he gets us rolling, and after our big inning he keeps his composure and gets a shutdown inning. He did that a lot last year. He's ageless.

That's just composure because we're not used to winning. We're not used to having that type of lead. We got a little nervous and it showed.

I'm just extremely proud of our toughness and composure all night long. I can't say enough about Niles and the type of game they played. It was two evenly matched teams that competed hard. I'm just thankful that we found a way to pull it out.

Our composure offensively was not good from that standpoint. When he got it in there, he scored. We missed him and settled for some shots instead of getting him some touches in there. That hurt us a little bit.

The most important things was the free throw line, no question. The other thing was, down the stretch, I saw us lose our composure much more than I would have thought at this point of the season.

Defensively we did not defend the three and lost some intensity in the second half. We had more turnovers and they were able to get about 14 points right off of those turnovers. Then the crowd got involved and we lost composure and spaced out on our transition defense.

At least we had the composure to win in the end.

They put a lot of pressure on her. She's frequently the target of the opposition because they know that everything goes through her, but she's a great ball-handler and she keeps her composure and runs the show for us.

Mike Thibault

It's a great win, when you go on the road and win your first playoff game and play pretty well like we did. That was as good a first half as you could play to open a playoff series and then we lost our composure in the second half and got it back and I just thought we played terrific.

There were flashbacks. But we kept our composure this time. We relied on our defense, stuck with it and held them off.

You're not going to keep a team like that down. They'll make runs, but we just have to withstand it. Mudge hit three bombers to get them back, but we maintained our composure and that was important for us.

This is a senior-laden team and I think that makes a difference. The kids kept their composure and played smart at the end.

This is a really, really big win. I'm proud of how our kids kept their composure on the road.

He's got a lot more composure this year than he has in the past,

Hopefully our younger guys have turned the corner and will be able to handle this. It's only one week. We've got to keep our composure and let it go. You let this one linger too long and then we're not ready for Dallas. Then we're right back to the same old spot we've been in. We're better, but we've got to keep improving. We're not there yet.

The composure he showed, it wasn't really a huge surprise, but it was a surprise because we had never seen him in that situation. What he showed definitely impressed us.

The idea was to keep the composure and not let those things get us down.

You work so hard to get to this point and then shoot yourself in the foot like that, it's inexcusable. It really is. Guys were losing their composure out there and that obviously can't happen. I guess if there's any light on it, it happened in Game 1. That's going to be a quick lesson for us.

Jim Thompson

The girls maintained their composure and that made the difference. I was very proud of Kyler and Wood as they led the way with scores of 41 and 42. We had help from Courtney Hinen and Ellen Hazelet with scores of 48 and 49.

The girls kept their composure and we put some defensive pressure on them at half-court.

The girls didn't quit, and that's the key. I'm proud of them for keeping their composure the last four minutes. This is the postseason. Teams are going to come in and give us everything they have, and we have to respond to it. And for the most part tonight, we did that.

The key will be our composure and execution. We'll be one of the better ball-handling teams (Mukwonago) will face all year.