Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bo Ryan

There are so many good guards in the conference that if you don't have one like Devin, you'll get buried. He's finding out that he's a natural for the point position.

I was like, come on do it for New Jersey. I saw her kick and knew she was going to keep it going. I was thinking that would be incredible, having two Shore Conference girls winning Penn Relays titles.

William Bratton

I was just at a conference of police chiefs. It was all everybody was talking about.

Foster had two legitimate Conference USA offers from Tulsa and Memphis, but he stuck with us.

From my wrestlers, my goal for them is to meet or exceed their seeds in their brackets. This is a tough conference meet, and we will need every point we can get.

Just making the conference tournament is huge for us. The MIAA has a lot of pride, history and tradition in its programs.

John and I spoke about it a few times. In fact, we spoke about it in the conference room in Trump Tower. John then went around and addressed it with the family.

I think it gives the northern extent of this conference hope that maybe someday they can host the tournament, too, since we don't use a neutral site like the men do.

It can't be taken for granted. No other Louisiana school has gone to it. Only six Southeastern Conference schools have made it.

Jim Thompson

It always feels good to win a conference match away from home. The girls played well on a golf course that we had not played well on before.

Gale Norton

I look forward to visiting a national park and not holding a press conference in there. I look forward to being able to contemplate the wilderness without having reporters and their notebooks following me.

I have a great group of kids. This hurts us for conference contention, but we can still go out there and work for other achievements.

Stephane Dion

I have a responsibility for this conference that is key for the planet. Period,

Scott Maddox

I thought we responded well to our first conference loss. We knew a fast start was important and the guys did exactly what we needed by jumping them early.

It is about time I do something other than win conference championship rings. I want to win the big one.

It is a conference game and it is important. If we go where we say we want to go, we have to win.

It hit us at a hard time. We only have eight conference games so it took a lot out of our season. We weren't the same.

Drew Pearson

I think with the lack of success in the last two years, it's very important for us to win a regular-season game, ... The conference we're in is very difficult.

I think the door is wide open this year. It's going to be a race to the finish, because there are so many teams that can win the conference this year, as opposed to the past, where you could identify the favorite.

I think the conference was a great success.

I think the conference race is already done. I think Wichita State is going to win the race. I think what everybody else is trying to do is to get the highest seed they can get for the tournament, or finish as the runner-up.

Going from two wins (overall) to seven is progress. But if there's any program in the country that needed early success in conference play, it would be us. We didn't get those but we just have to continue on.

Golf is a funny game; anything can happen. Our conference is strong and well-balanced. There are no guarantees.

Michael White

He said I might be tied for the Big West Conference record for injuries.

H-K is too quick for us right now. They're going to be one of the strongest teams in the conference by the end of the season.

He's going to be tough. He always is. He's been pitching in the conference as long as I have. He can be overpowering at times. I know right now the game is going to be close. I look at it as one of the tougher games I'm going to have throughout the season.

Jamie Dixon

I don't think we've ever had a conference this deep. You look at our situation. We're a team that is 15th in RPI and the sixth seed. You're going to have some teams that in a normal situation would be getting a bye but in this conference they are going to be playing Wednesday night.

I don't think we've been down by that much (17 points) to a Southern Conference opponent this year. For us to be able to pull through it should make us that much stronger.

I don't think we understood what it took. We haven't been in that situation - since I have been here - in a game situation like that, where you are playing to go to Nationals and in a conference tournament championship. We haven't been in a game of that importance. So it was very good for us to be put in that situation.

I don't think we should get penalized for losing an overtime game to (the conference champions). I think that game puts in perspective how far this team has come this season.

Charles Davis

I don't think we're hitting as good as we were earlier in the season but it's a conference win and that's good.

I don't think it's a secret. Our familiarity with the conference and our past wins have made us feel more confident and we're more focused on getting the job done now. If you can't get excited for conference games, you just can't get excited at all.

I don't think people (Purdue) will be unbeaten. I just think there are too many good teams and too many teams doing good things. I can't say when that will occur or I can't say how that will occur but I just think that the league is too good. ... It's a stronger conference this year, especially in the middle portion of it.