Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jamie Dixon

It was a wild place. It was really rocking. We had to win that game or we wouldn't have won the conference championship.

It was as tough as it looks, ... It's a tough conference and I'd put Park right in there with anyone. They have a nice squad and it looks like they're going to be like that for at least a few more years.

It will be an extraordinary moment in the first confidential conference when a legendary figure like William Rehnquist is replaced at the head of the table by someone so junior. But John Roberts is one of the few people who would be up to that challenge.

Rich Rodriguez

It's a conference game. That's why this is so big.

E. O. Wilson

It's a dream. This year has been especially hard. We were always the underdogs. Since conference play started this year, we've been in first place. We had a target on our backs. It's harder to play with a target on your back.

It's a fairly young franchise. And it really hasn't had much postseason success prior to this year. Everybody was talking about it. That seemed to be the big news. The ('83) team reached the conference championship. I was 7, 8 years old then.

I told our guys, we're going to see them again. You want to win as many games in the conference as you can, so you can host playoff games at the end of the year.

It means nothing. It's just something the conference does and we very rarely end up where the conference predicts we will.

Tom Izzo

It might be the toughest six-game start in any conference anywhere.

It's very rare that you see a guy at No. 5 or No. 6 (singles) being named conference Player of the Week, so it's a nice surprise. I'm very proud of Jesper.

Its virtually inconceivable that the outcome of that conference would be positive to conservation,

It's time for us to get rolling. We have been up and down and it's time for us to step up. A lot of people in our conference have played some of the tougher teams. It's starting for us. The next two weeks will show me what we have.

I want the University of Pittsburgh to experience those things that Connecticut has experienced with conference championships and NCAA titles. We will be a winning program.

It was a disappointing loss. I know this team will be ready for the NCAA Tournament, which is something we have worked for all year. Duke played a good match today and they deserved to win. The conference is so strong from top to bottom, and it was a grueling event.

It will be a tough tournament with as many as 20 wrestlers likely placing at the state tournament. We have a tough tournament team but have battled injuries. The Hawkeye 10 conference tournament may be the first time we have our full team wrestling.

It will take some time to get people in the right events, but we should be competitive in the conference and region. We should also have several individuals place at the state meet.

They are legitimate favorites in their conference and in the league. Having said that, we've played them well over the years whether it's been at their place or here. We're looking forward to that test.

Bronco Mendenhall

They know we have a lot of improvement to make. Our goals are eight weeks down the road at the end of conference play. I've been happy with our practices,

It's another conference win. It wasn't a pretty finish, but we finished.

Craig Newmark

It's a pretty important conference regarding Internet trends, because people are talking a lot about what's really happening. Not just the technology, but what it means for our culture in general.

It's going to be an unbelievable series. I wish it was seven games, because that's how good it's going to be. It feels like a Kelly Cup Finals series. It's going to be interesting because the winner is probably going to go and win the (American) Conference Finals.

It's going to be interesting. All of the teams are trying to generate some positive momentum going into conference play. It's a tournament that's pretty much in question. There's not a clear-cut favorite. It's wide open. It ought to be a fun couple of games.

It's good to be in a tournament like this. You don't have that much pressure because there's not something like a conference title on the line. That's good.

It's good to maybe get out of conference and test the waters later in the season. But this game's not any more important or less important than a conference game. We've just got to play.

It's good to get our first conference win. A lot of people saw some time, and that will help us down the road.

It shows our fans we have what it takes to win and it shows the conference we're still in it to win it. There's no dying in our team.

It's been a weird year from the get go. I'm just so thankful to play at home. I'm really glad conference is here.

It's been a tough opening stretch in the conference. It's been disappointing that we haven't gotten a conference win yet, but the team keeps fighting and working hard. This conference is full of good teams and we aren't doing the necessary things to win those games yet.

It's been a real satisfying season for us. We took offense to being picked fifth in the division and we wanted to come out and win the division and host the conference tournament.

It's been a long time. Any time Post plays Tech, it's a big game. This is a great way for us to start conference play.

It's great to get three conference wins on the road. We have now put ourselves in position going into next weekend to be playing for at least a share of the Mountain West championship.

Its great to get the conference win. You can never have too many of those, plus it gives us a little extra momentum heading into next week.

It's great (to get that first win) going into conference play, ... And it's great going into a bye week, with the kids refreshed and knowing that the techniques they are working on in practice are paying off.