Famous Quotes & Sayings

In a big game like this, you know the other team is going to make a run.

In a big game like that, you have to make big plays when you have your chances.

John Cooper

I had butterflies, but once the game started, they went away.

Ben Wallace

I guess you could say we usually learn our lessons and not come out the next game and make the same mistakes.

I guess we take pride in big games like that, especially those big televised games. We feel like we should get hyped up for those games.

I had been sliding all year with Shauna, and we had done so well. Then I thought, this was what we had been working so hard for and then ... we got to the Games and I'm not even going to slide. It was a little unnerving.

Joe Torre

I guess it was supposed to come to a Game 7. We'll see what happens.

I guess it's something someone could consider. But your value is much higher if you're in the NBA as opposed to Europe. For an NBA veteran to leave the NBA, it would be hard to come back. It's one thing for a young player trying to hone his game to go to Europe.

I guess that's how teams that win 22 games do it. You just find a way to gut it out and win.

I guess playing them one game is better than none.

It helps to start a game like that on the road.

It helped us learn to play every game like it's our last, like we're in the playoffs.

It helped him to go to the minors. He went down, worked on his game and got his confidence. In his rookie year, he was a little gun-shy. It was all new for him, but now he's comfortable. . . . We have a good chemistry.

Justin Johnson

I think about plays and stuff. I kind of run through the game in my mind.

I think all of our preseason games were great tune-ups for our region. All of our matches have been close. We're starting to get used to this nail-biting at the end of every game.

Ben Allen

I think my inside-outside game is good. I can shoot the three, and I've got post moves that are pretty solid. I think I can step in right away and do that.

I think our guys competed to the very last second of regulation. Without that mindset and intensity we wouldn't have gotten the game into overtime.

I think our guards and the whole team played a smart game and capitalized on what the other team was giving us.

Bob Thomason

I think New Mexico State is a really good team. The way they're playing lately, this is going to be a heck of a game for us.

Herman Edwards

I just think for us right now, 13 games left, he's a good guy to have, a veteran guy who's played a lot,

I just talked to Steve the other day and told him that in order for us to get to the championship, he has to take his game to another level. We feel Steve is a superstar, and stars take their game to another level in the playoffs.

I just stuck with my game plan. Every shot was perfect, I guess.

Mel Stottlemyre

I just spoke to Moose, ... He's been doing his throwing out there, keeping tabs on what's going on. If there's a Game 5, he's the guy I'd want to be on the mound.

I just try to let the game come to me. I try to get my teammates involved first.

Erlana Larkins

I just try to let the game come to me and get my teammates involved. If there's a good shot there, I'm going to take it. If not, then I'm going to pass it back out. I just try and go with the flow.

Spencer Johnson

I just try to go after it every game. Really. I just try to make a goal for every game of how many rebounds and how many offensive rebounds I can get.

Dontrelle Willis

I just tried to throw strikes and stay in a rhythm. That's my game.

Tatiana Golovin

I just tried to play my own game and she started to make unforced errors. That's the way tennis goes.

I just tried to play it like a regular game and play my game. Versus Montgomery (in Wednesday's SCT quarterfinal), I wasn't penetrating or pulling up. I was more timid. This game, I wanted to go after them.

Mickael Pietrus

I just tried to minimize him. I know now he is a great legend. I tried not to get swept up in the game early. I tried to play with my heart and win this ballgame. Everyone played well.

Joe Mauer

I just hope they don't try to throw like it's the seventh game of the World Series and overdo it.

I just hope it's not an ugly game because of all the lack of practice.

I just hope it is going to be as good a game as all the others and the rain doesn't spoil it.