Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've known for the last couple months that the road to the (American) Conference Finals goes through Gwinnett. And now we have our chance. It should be a great series.

Mike Brady

We're where we want to be. We've played a tough schedule. We won our conference and if we want to win state, we have to go through Carmel. If we play with intensity for 80 minutes, and I mean a full 80 minutes, we can play with them.

We're waiting to see what happens in the conference committee.

Usually the conference meet comes down to how you qualify for the finals in the running events. For the most part, we did pretty well. There was one event where I thought we should've qualified and didn't. But for the most part, the kids I expected to be in the top eight, they were.

Bob Thomason

You listen to that all year. Digger Phelps said he saw the Missouri Valley Conference and said it was 'sorry.' He said that all year.

Where we're standing currently in the conference doesn't mean anything. It's too early to throw in the towel -- it's one weekend of many weekends that's left to play.

We were able to get things done. It is not just me. We won county, sectional and conference titles. That has been the most satisfying part of it all.

We were able to execute some things that we have been working on. Hopefully, the strong play will continue as we head into our second conference game this weekend.

We can really make up some ground and put ourselves in a good position. All conference games are big games. It doesn't matter who you play. You've got to play well so you can win.

Rick Barnes

We realize we're in the middle of a conference race. We're not going to take anything for granted.

We played more like we did earlier in conference play. We did a good job of executing on offense. We moved guys around and got them in. It was good to see.

We put a lot of emphasis on the conference meet. To me it's the most important meet.

We hope to be part of the Nutmeg Conference next year. It will make us a little more competitive.

We have to refocus on the conference race. We have a good opportunity to finish strong.

We're definitely looking at Georgia and not the SEC Tournament. We would like to get to 10 wins in the conference and be in double figures.

We're definitely looking at Georgia and not the SEC Tournament. We'd like to get to 10 wins in the conference and be in double figures.

We're a little banged up right now with some injuries to key runners. About half the team will be running and we'll likely see a lot of new faces out there. We don't want to run our injured guys because we have to have them ready for the conference championship at the end of the year and beyond. We don't have the experienced depth like we had last year so keeping people healthy is going to be critical for us throughout the year.

We emphasize that to be a good team, you have to have good senior leadership to go far in the conference and in the tournament. We've had that so far and that will likely be important for us in the next few weeks for us to be successful.

Paul DePodesta

We'd still be having this discussion (on the conference call) sometime this month.

We really wanted to have the 1 seed. Had we won Wednesday and we're playing for the conference championship; that lends a little more weight to (tonight).

We have some questions to answer. We're fairly young this year and we'll make mistakes early. The conference gets better each year as schools continue to upgrade in recruiting and facilities.

I think if there is a message to relay today, it is too early to say what will happen. Every conference still has important games to be played.

Bill Snyder

I think he's learning what this conference is all about. What I like is his mental toughness. He did a pretty nice job today.

That was huge, a sophomore on the mound. You go on the road for the first conference game, and he comes up big for us.

That was a very impressive win for Blackhawk last week. They've gotten better and better each game. Blackhawk is so well coached, there's no way there would be a letdown. In the conference we play in you have to be ready each week.

That win was very critical for us. We obviously want to be in it till the end in the conference race. You have to get some wins. That's not easy, especially in this conference, but that's why it's an honor to play in the Big Ten.

That will be a good test or us a big conference game at home.

That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad.

That was not a senior play. But the guys didn't lose their composure. I just wish we were healthy. We're the only team in the conference who hasn't been healthy from start to finish.

That was only four seconds off the conference record. These guys really were hungry to not only win a conference championship but to get to state.

Should we have two teams from this conference get into the playoffs? Yes, I think so.

Tim Hunt

I am extremely sorry for the remarks made during the recent Women in Science lunch at the world conference of science journalists in Seoul, Korea.

We'd like to win these two games, but the conference games on Saturday and Sunday are more important for us.