Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Buehrle

I think we have at least two guys on this staff that can win 20 games this year with the team we have, the offense. Like I've said before, it does take a lot of luck. There's a lot that has to happen. But I think it's not just two that can win 20 games on this staff. There might be three or more that can do it.

I think we played well, played hard. I think they took us out of our game by ejecting Zack.

James Augustine

I think we played harder. That's why we were able to get back into it. But we had more game to play. We had to keep playing.

Jim Johnson

I think we played a pretty good game tonight. Not necessarily the first quarter and not necessarily at the very end.

David DeJesus

I think we picked the right guys up, a lot of veteran guys who have been around the game a lot and with playoff experience. I feel we're going to learn a lot as young players from them.

I think we have to view the rest of the games like the playoffs, with that same intensity.

I thought Rodney Carney stepped up really big when he had to. The 3 he hit towards the end of the first half, and the 3 when it was a two-point game late in the second half, hurt us.

I thought our posts (Pickett and Lauren Cox) did what they needed to do. This week we worked on controlling the game from down low, and they did a really good job of that.

Steve Alford

I thought our leadership was tremendous. At the start of the game it was very good, and at the start of the second half it was very good. It's a great way to start a tournament.

I thought our guys played a great first period. You get a big lead and you play hard and sometimes it's hard to hold on to a big lead. But it will be a good character-building game for us.

Frank Beamer

I thought our guys hung in there. It wasn't always pretty, but they hung in there and played hard. We all can learn from this game and be better.

I thought our game plan to stop Phillips worked until we got tired. Then we lost our focus.

Bob Hill

I think we would have won the game if we'd just had one of them. I was proud of our effort. I was proud of the execution, which was so much better. We moved the ball. We only had 12 turnovers. We had 22 assists. ... . There were some good things in the second half. They were just too big for us.

Sidney Crosby

I think we were rested, it was just one of those nights where it seemed that everyone couldn't get their game going. When that happens, it's tough to win.

I think we're to the point of the season that we're prepared for it. You really get used to it, and when you get in the game you don't really think about it.

Kenny Smith

I think we're there; I think we're ready to go. The kids played hard, and these first games are tough, so we'll just get ready for the next one.

I think we're supposed to win the rest of the games we play in. We're going to come out and play hard and try and get a win at Marquette.

I think we're playing pretty well. We've still got some things to work on defensively, but we're about midway through the games we've got now. We should be good.

I think we're playing pretty well. I will always say that we could play better, but I don't think we're playing poorly. I would like to see us smooth out our game a little more.

I think we were a little rusty, and I think it showed. Before that game, we hadn't played in 14 days. That's a long time to go without basketball, but it's good to get a non-conference game in there to get your legs under you again.

I think we've played enough games and enough quality opponents to be ready. This is what it's all about. One of our goals has been to win region.

I think we've been able to use our talent to the point where it's going to help us. We don't want to get a big head. We just want to go game by game with it.

I think we thought we had the game in hand and maybe got a little complacent. To be honest we just didn't mark that well and they capitalized on those situations. Hopefully it was a big lesson.

Waisale Serevi

I think we tended to slow down whenever we scored. That's something we learned from this tournament and something we'll have to work on before (the Commonwealth Games in) Melbourne.

I think we stressed a lot that this was a big game for them to try and move up in the standings. And in all honesty, I keep thinking that we don't have it locked, and no matter what you always want to play well. I think that for 30 minutes of tonight's game we played well.

Rashean Mathis

I think we showed we're one of the toughest teams in the league. This is huge. This is a statement game around the league about us.

I think we showed we can play with Brewster. This was the game we wanted, and we went after it and played hard.

Vanderlei Luxemburgo

I think we should have won the game before halftime,

Willie Randolph

I think we should be 10 games over really.

Ozzie Guillen

I think that game set everything up for the playoffs.

I think a lot of it was us. We didn't have a very good game. Southeast has been in more pressure games than our players.

I think a lot of it was the up and down, and my game is not really suited for that.

I think a lot of it, a lot of his frustrations, were with the way the game went and that kind of put him over the top at that point.