Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Foxe

Crowd noise is definitely a factor, and I think they've had more procedure penalties in that stadium this year than any other stadium. But I can't think it can by any louder than what we've been practicing in.

Tony Dungy

We're disappointed the way this season turned out, disappointed not to play better in front of our home crowd today. But we'll survive.

Phillip Thomas

We didn't have the crowd we usually do on opening day, but I know it was the gas situation,

We are going to have our hands full. It should be an exciting night and we are going to need all the help we can get. Hopefully the crowds will show up and we'll give them a good game.

Richard Jefferson

Bosh posts up, but he likes to shoot jumpers, and we were able to take that away from him. You need to crowd and use your quickness on him.

Robert Mathis

You get the crowd pumping, you get momentum and you feel there's nothing the offense can do to stop you.

This was about the CD. First time, you know. I was a little nervous at first, but once I got up there and saw how the crowd was, it was like I just kind of interacted with them and had some fun.

We give them time to leisurely leave the Strip. When the crowd starts dispersing, we'll start the cleanup there.

We just know what to expect, with the big crowd and what we're doing this entire week.

Mario Chalmers

We just ignored the crowd and played hard. Missouri really helped us out as far as ignoring the crowd.

Barry Alvarez

You have two ranked teams and I think this is the second-biggest stadium in the country. They talk about this maybe being the largest crowd ever at the stadium, national TV again, play for a lot; if that doesn't get your motor running, there's something wrong.

To have the time away from the maddening crowds is very meaningful in a soul-searching sense. It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Marcos Baghdatis

To have the crowd support -- it's incredible.

John Smith

You have to love playing at home. Our crowd keeps getting better and better.

With golf, there's no big crowds or game-winning shots. Golf is all about mental focus and pacing.

E. B. White

This year, our crowds have been very well behaved, ... Fans are excited about the team, instead of just wanting to hang out at the game.

Janet Reno

We had a situation where there were very few people outside the house that morning. We had the situation where, if we did not go, people were sure to find out that we were prepared to go, and the crowd would gather and keep a vigil and make it more difficult for the future,

We wanted to crowd her, which we did. She did get some easy looks at the end. Those are mental breakdowns.

We wanted to stay tight to see how they reacted. We knew if they got a lead, they probably would hold on and get the crowd (of 400 fans) into the game.

We're putting our troopers in with a hostile crowd and my people are going to be there trying to maintain law and order, ... This is amazing. I'm dumbfounded.

To see the crowds we get for our games and how the whole school is involved with the program is very exciting.

We've heard about the type of crowds they get there, and I think it's going to be exciting to play in front of a large crowd with that type of energy. It's great for our league.

We had a great crowd Friday night, but Saturday and Sunday nights were incredible,

Annika Sorenstam

I've never seen anything like it. The last time I saw crowds like this was the U.S. Open on a Sunday,

Terry Hoeppner

I've said that crowds win games and this crowd helped us win this game,

It was weird. I said Friday I'd be surprised if we didn't play well. But we didn't. We had a big crowd tonight and we wanted to play well in front of them. Everything was so fast and out of the ordinary that it turned out wrong.

It was all about our intensity level, ... We tend to come out sluggish in games. I wanted to set the tone and get the crowd into it. We definitely are a second-half team. We have to learn to become a first- and second-half team.

It was a little weird (Wednesday) because we're usually the ones that get the crowd noise. But we welcome the change. That means we're playing at home.

James Blake

I've come over a few times and not had much success, which is frustrating. I like playing indoors. I feel really good here even though it's not the same kind of crowds as I have on my side in the United States.

I've been disappointed in our crowds this year. Sometimes I don't know if our fans understand how special it is what we've already accomplished this year. I don't sense it.

Mark Williams

I've been nervous for two weeks. Of all the championships, I was more nervous for this one ... The expectations of a home crowd and No. 1 ranking were tough.

Sonny Lubick

Thinking back through 45 years (of coaching), I haven't seen one as exciting as that with the crowd (nearly full at 32,713), nothing when they were at the 1- or 2-yard line, four downs to go.

They always have a good crowd here and are received warmly.