Famous Quotes & Sayings

Playing this year is the only game that matters. If the past counted, we'd play only one game and you'd never play it again.

Playing these games helps you some with recruiting and with seeing the level you need to play at to make the NCAA tournament. But you really need to play one or two - not six or seven games like we have this year.

Ichiro Suzuki

Physically, I'm fine. All I have to do is start playing games and get my timing back, those kinds of things. Physically, it's no problem at all. Mentally, we all have to pull ourselves together as a team. We're now playing with 'Japan' on our chests and we need to concentrate more.

Physically and mentally I feel fine. I had no problems before the game or during the game.

Buddy Bell

It doesn't really matter what kind of game it is. They're all just trying to impress all of us at this point.

It doesn't feel too good right now. It was a tough game and the kids know what they didn't do. We had a lot of missed opportunities.

Alex Rodriguez

It doesn't mean anything unless you come in and play well tomorrow. It's obviously better to have a one-game lead than a tie, but we still have to come out here and play an important game tomorrow night.

It doesn't mean anything. I want to win the whole conference. That's our goal. We've got three games to do that, and that's what we're trying to do. We'll just keep going one game at a time.

It doesn't matter who we play. You have to play them all to get there. San Jose, when they play at Spartan Stadium, that's a completely different game so they may be a little more difficult.

Jaromir Jagr

It doesn't matter. We have to get ready for the next game whether I play or not.

Evgeni Plushenko

I tell you the truth, this is my dream. That (2002) was not my Olympic Games. This Olympic Games is mine, that's for sure.

I still feel like I can play the game ? and play safety.

I think if you look at us on paper, we probably will not win as many games as last year.

I think if we can win a game like this, we should be in the NCAA Tournament. That should take us over the hump.

Scott Campbell

I think I'm ready. It's going to take a game or two, but once it's there we should be on a roll. I just need to keep the team going. As a quarterback, you've got to be a leader.

DeSean Jackson

I think I'm a playmaker and the last three games weren't my time to make plays.

I think he's playing word games with us.

I think he's had an up and down season. Some games he's really going after people and then there are some games when he's kind of faded.

Sandy Alomar

I think he's grateful he wasn't injured more seriously. We've talked about it, and I think he's just comfortable now, playing the game and not trying to please everyone.

Brad Shaw

I think he's got to, at some point, learn how to play long segments of games and learn how to win when you don't feel 100 percent. In the playoffs, if you want to win one or two rounds, you have to go 10, 15 games in a row and find ways to win when everything isn't just right.

To win games in the Big Ten, you have to have quality offensive linemen. These linemen are an upgrade of what they've done in the past. From the returns, it's looking like they hit their target.

To win a play off game in a first year program is spectacular.

Kristine Lilly

To win and play so well in my 300th game makes me feel even better.

To win a game like that on a play like that, there's no better feeling. It was a perfect play.

Toward the end of the game it was down to six points, we were getting stops but we weren't getting anything.

Toward the end of the game I could tell the difference. The game got more intense. It went down to the wire and we didn't get it. It will be different this time.

Towards the end of the game, it was a six-point game and we were making stops and getting nothing.

Brandon Jacobs

This one was for the Duke. This game was totally for Mr. Mara. Mr. Mara was the heart of this team. We just went out and had to give this one to him.

This one didn't mean anything. Just us surviving. Tomorrow's game is for all the marbles.

This one could put us near the top, and it could also lead us to the bottom, because right now, you never know what's going to happen (in the conference) on any night. And also, when it comes down to getting into the Big Dance, we could look back at this game and have a real quality win over a good team.

This next game is the most important for us for a number of reasons. We have lost three in a row. This is an important home game, and we are only three games out of first place.

Craig Jones

We should have scored a run in the first inning. We had a runner on third with one out and couldn't get him home. Then we gave them a run on a wild pitch. We should have won the game 6-4.

Kyle Whittingham

We should have put the game away long before that.