Famous Quotes & Sayings

Caron Butler

Our main thing was to go .500 or better (on the road trip). Now that we've got three wins, why stop now? Let's make up for some of the losses earlier in the season.

John Brady

Our league took a hit from people early because we had so many players graduate and so many players leave early (for the NBA), but this was a league with a lot of young talent and with some outstanding coaches. Our league improved as the year went along, and with two teams in the Final Four, I think we've proven ourselves to be a lot better league than people thought we'd be.

Our much improved earnings resulted largely from the strength of refining margins during the quarter,

People have been worried for the last several quarters that earnings were going to slow down. If in fact they don't slow down and if it looks as if there's no resumption of inflation ... it'll be interesting to see how people respond to that.

It is frustrating from a coaches' point of view and there is a reason they are losing. You give signs out there and they say they don't see them. No one is going to give us a game, they are going to have to earn it.

Jason Spezza

Last night everything we touched went in the net, and tonight it was tougher to put them in, but you can't make any excuses, we took too many penalties, we weren't skating as much and they took the play to us early on.

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Sidney Crosby

I was disappointed because I knew it was close, that I was in the mix. I have to realize it's up to me to earn another chance, though you don't know what's four years down the road. I still love getting up and going to the rink. I'm living my dream. I'm not taking anything for granted.

Jason Segel

I was a huge Muppet fan growing up. I want to bring it back to the early '80s Muppet movies, when the scripts could have been performed by humans.

I was as proud of these guys as I was any team I've coached. We got down early and they battled back.

I thought we didn't come out with a lot of energy early in the game and I thought we were just standing around waiting for each other to get rebounds. I was a little disappointed with our effort early, especially on the boards. But we finally got five guys in there that got after it a little bit.

I thought we got out and ran the floor early and kinda wore them down.

I thought we got down early but we had a great second quarter and got back in the game.

I thought we gave them a touch too much respect early in the first half and sat back. I was really proud of how the girls didn't give up in the second half.

Nate McMillan

I thought we looked a little fatigued early in the first half. I thought we scrapped and fought to keep ourselves in the game, but early, they were just quicker to the ball.

I thought we had to go out there early and make them respect us. I thought we did a great job of that.

I thought the offense would just go out there and do its thing, ... Earlier in the game we were trying to force plays. Toward the end of the game we were just going with the flow.

I thought the kids did a great job of showing poise. Snyder is a great team, they got us down early and I thought we responded very well to that.

Mike Babcock

I thought the goalie was really good early when the rest of us weren't.

Mike Babcock

I thought the goalie was real good early when the rest of us weren't. He'll be real humble here tonight and he'll say the players played real well in front of him and all that stuff. If you set a record ... you should be proud of yourself. At least for a few minutes until we start yelling at him tomorrow.

I thought they made big shots all game long .... Not just the early flurry, but just the continuation of making shots.

I thought they had a good shot at landing Collier, and he'll end up being a good back for Pitt. Overall, Syracuse did a good job of finding guys early on and finding the right guys.

Marcus Giles

I thought that all year we didn't want to peak too early. I think that's been our problem in the past, that we've peaked too early and then relaxed.

I think we earned some respect by getting a sixth seed. And if we didn't, we'll go out and try to earn some more.

I think we earned it. We grinded it out and we earned it.

I think we earned a 2-seed. We put together a nice win streak to end the season and improved.

Daniel Gibson

I think we're an extremely hungry team, knowing we just lost and knowing that nothing is going to be given to us. We have to go out there and take everything and earn it all.

I think we probably surprised them by passing as much as we did early in the game. But for us to be successful, we're going to have to run, too.

I think we're going to be up and down early because we're going to start so many young players. We may start three freshmen.

I think we'll see gas prices rise earlier than usual and faster.

Al Smith

I think we'll be OK. We'll be respectable. I'm hoping we can make the tournament. That hasn't been done around here in a while, since back in the early '90s I believe.

I think we let up a little down the stretch in the first half. After an exchange early in the second half, we seemed to put it back together quickly.

I think we have to get through the earnings until we see a sustained advance.