Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mary Jones

It's part of our social studies curriculum. We have done this the past eight years.

Jim Boeheim

It's our offense. We made too many turnovers and we missed too many lay-ups. I just told the players we're not going to win any games if we miss eight lay-ups and we turn it over that many times.

It's tough when you jump in after everybody else has played seven or eight games. He's gotten into the flow and really helped.

Daryl has grown into the role and we feel the time is right for his promotion. Over the past eight to 12 weeks it has become obvious that he is the right man to take us forward.

Antonin Scalia

Does it stop being a quota because it is somewhere between eight and 12 percent, but it is a quota if it is 10 percent? ... Once you use that term 'critical mass,' you're in quota land.

The new rules are now eight games old and we'll have a look at another four games on the weekend, of which we participate in one of them, and we'll judge it at the end of the year.

You train and train and train for one match. You only have four two-minute rounds ? that's eight minutes ? to show what you've got.

The number six request was for Las Vegas and number eight was Grand Canyon.

Even with everything that occurred in the first half, we were only down eight. Last year we were up eight at the half, so we said this would be the perfect turnaround.

It was really great to have people to look up to. The team we had when I was in eighth or ninth grade was so good. I really looked up to them.

Amy Wright

It was really a team effort. We had a great season. It's the first winning season in a while. We lose eight seniors and we lose a lot of talent and a lot of leadership.

It was a very tight game. It was just 1-0 going into the sixth and they tied it up. They got a little sloppy in the eighth inning and we stretched it out a little.

It was a tale of two halves. I thought the last eight to 10 minutes we just didn't match up with them physically. We rely so much on speed and quickness and I thought they did a great job making it a physical ballgame. That's what won it for them because we physically couldn't match up.

It was incredible. Before the kickoff, we had a moment of silence and then played seven or eight games. There were so many people there to show their support.

It says so much to have eight (freshmen) making an immediate impact. This is a special group.

Dan McCarney

It's a big win for all of us at Iowa State. Sixth in eight years (against Iowa). I think we have a program that is here to stay for a long time.

It's a big weekend. If we could take three out of four that would be great. We have eight of nine starters back and I think our pitching staff is improved over last year.

It's actually very flattering that people remember you still from a programme that you finished eight years ago. It's very nice indeed.

It is unheard of for us. But in eight of those matches, we have been very competitive.

Chris Landry

It's a good position because, even though you might think there's great value in the top six or eight players, there are some really good players who fall down to No. 16.

It's just one of those things. Maybe we need to just get out there and relax and not worry about whether it's the first inning or the eighth inning.

It's kind of been that way all year. We played eight kids all year, and we expected all of them to do their jobs.

Landon Donovan

It seems like we gave up a goal every time we were late in a game here at home. Realistically though, the half should be 45 minutes. Six, seven, or eight minutes were taken away from us, so it was fair.

Kevin Towers

It's a tremendous program. I've been here for 11 years and we've seen some of the youngsters who have come through the program and graduated college. It's very successful. It's kind of neat to see kids at this age, in the eighth grade, ready to embark into their high school years and be able to feel that the Padres have had something to do with it, which can lead to very long and successful careers.

It's a tough tournament. We're just gonna have to play hard and compete. I'm not so sure there's much of a gap, when it's all over, between the first place team and the eighth place team.

It was by no means what we expected, but it was a good learning experience. It should motivate them to work harder next year. We have eight juniors and our JV team was 15-5.

It was so one-way, I think it was eight (fouls) to none at one point. (Johnson's) a very physical, big guy. He knows how to get to the line. I'm not going to dis him.

Al Leiter

It's been good for me. Full circle. Eighteen years ago, I was able to pitch my first game here.

It's been the two- or three-minute stretches. They'll run off eight or 10 points in a row and we don't respond. You have to match their level of intensity.

I told (Craig) before the semifinal that I needed eight rebounds from him and he ended up with three. I told him it would be OK if he got the eight tonight, and I know he had more than that. He was big on the boards.

It often took seven or eight tries. It wasn't long before I felt like a pin cushion.

Sean Casey

It's great to be back, it really is. For the last eight years, this has been pretty much my home. We still have our house (in the suburbs).

Allen Iverson

It's big for us because we know the other teams are right around us for the playoffs. (But) we are not approaching games like that. We are just trying to win the game. We don't feel like we need to settle for the eighth or seventh seed, we feel like we can get as high as we want to.