Famous Quotes & Sayings

There were more players in the state this year, more Division I talent and more qualifiers. Yes, we did emphasize it a little more.

It was quite a surprise. They are ecstatic. The girls were screaming, laughing and crying. There were 53 teams in our division and it took a lot of hard work to win.

He's the kind of kid you like to see become successful since he is just a wonderful kid. He has had to learn how to be a Division I football player, and I think he will be a fine one.

George has made great strides in his time at DMACC. He is a good kid who will be a good division 1 player at Tennessee-Martin.

Terry Stotts

Everybody knew that our division was going to be tough.

Kris Draper

So you realize that our division just got that much tougher with the upgrades that all these teams made. They've turned themselves into some great hockey clubs.

Richard Engel

The Syrians are better suited to sort out their internal divisions than anyone else.

It would be neat if we're all here together, 15 years from now, talking about winning 29 consecutive division titles.

These soldiers from the First Infantry Division first went to Macedonia to participate in a United Nations mission called UNPREDP, the U.N. Preventative Deployment, which was protecting Macedonia.

The senior male division is a very strong division.

Jeremiah Trotter

These next three weeks are going to tell the tale of this team. It's imperative that we go down there to Washington and get this win. We lost our first game in the division to the Cowboys, so this is a must-win. A must, must-win.

John Watson

A three-game lead doesn't mean anything because you're playing for the playoffs, a state championship. Whether you win your division by one or 12, it doesn't make any difference. It's what are you doing at the end of the year to get ready for the state playoffs.

This team is a lot better than the Division I-A teams we've played in the past. This is a football team that ... could be a BCS-bound type team.

Nikolai Khabibulin

This was a pretty big game for us because it was a division opponent. You want to win those games, but it didn't happen tonight. We've got to play better the next game.

This was a big division win for us. Brandy pitched very well.

Ken Hitchcock

We want to finish strong and get first place in the division before the break. That's something we've worked very hard for and we very much want.

The Way is not a religion: Christianity is the end of religion. 'Religion' means here the division between sacred and secular concerns, other-worldliness, man's reaching toward God in a way which projects his own thoughts.

When you play a Division I team you want to play them when you're good.

Marty Schottenheimer

We're playing a division opponent, a team we split with a year ago. I understand those that might say, 'Well, you know, play Philip,' and all, but that's not the way the National Football League, in my view, is set up. Our goal is to get our 10th victory.

We sought out what we thought were the toughest teams in Division 2. I think the total experience since they've been playing together has prepared them well.

Ron Gardenhire

We tried to tell people in the off-season that this division had gotten better and would be very tough.

John Gibbons

There's no secret. When you're in the division with these guys, you've got to slug it out. When you go head-to-head with them, very rarely is there going to be low-scoring games. ... It's tough to shut them down, to hold them to three runs or less. You've got to score with them.

Barry Alvarez

There's no doubt the profession has changed. At the top of Division I they are going to pay you well and expect you to produce. But none of us should complain. We know the rules going in.

Dave Tippett

There's no excuse to give away games like that, especially division games.

There's only 105 teams in Division I still playing. We're fortunate to be one of them, and we really want to end the year on a positive note.

I've been getting it for so long. When I was a freshman in high school they said I wasn't good enough to play varsity, and I ended up starting. Then they said I would not be able to play Division I, and I keep proving people wrong. If anything, it just gives me motivation to go out and prove them wrong.

We were playing the first-place team in our division and they were undefeated,

We were overmatched tonight as far as size and strength goes. (COS) has six (future NCAA) Division I players.

We were last in the division when we were supposed to be a good team, on paper, and we won it when no one really expected us to be at the top, ... It shows how important it is for the guys to come together and be ready to play right away.

We will never tolerate any splits or divisions in society,

I'm glad we got this win today. It's an MVL win and it's a division I win, so it was very sweet today.

I'm glad people aren't picking us to win this division or make the playoffs. That just means we're going to surprise people. I'm OK with that.

Ned Yost

I'm not going to sit here and say we're going to fight for the wild-card next year. As good as St. Louis is, that's something we want. We want to fight for the division championship.