Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anson Dorrance

This reminded me of the games we used to play in the '70s and '80s up here with everyone standing around the field. We are going to big stadiums, but they lack intimacy, and I liked to be able to come back to this type of atmosphere.

We said at halftime that this game wasn't over, that they had a quarterback who could pass them back into it. After the runback, it was our game.

We're young, but their knowledge of the game is pretty good. They're smart. They understand the game.

We're to the point that every game is a one-game season to us. I don't personally feel like Woodland is going to lose any more games. They may, but that's our way of thinking. We stumble just one time and we're tied and twice they win it outright. We have to stay sharp and get prepared to win every game.

Willie Anderson

We're told that we're playing the whole game and be ready to go in for a dogfight.

Jake Plummer

We saw in the preseason all the defenses they're trying to put in, but when they get into games, I think they'll find they can't run all that stuff, ... It's just like our offense. We didn't show everything. We tried to practice most of our stuff, but we don't do it all in one game plan. There's only 60 to 70 plays. So we don't know what to expect. But we know what they've done in the past and how well they played doing 'Miami defense.'

We just have a ton of talent. But they took us out of our game at times in the first half and in the second.

We just happened to make the last play. If the game lasts another minute, (Missouri State) wins. That's just how this game was.

We knew the forecast. We knew once the game was stopped, it wouldn't resume.

We knew that we didn't have Walter. But I didn't think that was something that was detrimental to us because I thought it might be one of those games where maybe somebody might play inspired and pick up some of those points that we were missing.

We knew that it was going to be a penalty-fest. It's a good game for us to learn what we can get away with and what you can't get away with.

We knew right down to the specifics of each player. Pretty much they stayed to their game plan, thank goodness, for us.

Rashad McCants

We knew (Richardson) would have a good game. But even 25 points in the second half wasn't enough tonight.

We knew it was now our game to win.

We knew it was gonna be a tough game for us. They made it tough for us. We're gonna be all right, I think, with a little time and a little experience.

We knew it was going to be tough. Our game plan was to play defense, but I'm happy. We were even on errors, but we just couldn't get the hits.

We knew it was going to be a tough game no matter who was in their lineup. They played well. But we stuck to the game plan and persevered at the end.

Gary Williams

We knew it was going to be a tough game, even when we got up 18 in the second half. For us to hang on like that and win, that was big.

We knew it was going to be a game of runs. We told our guys we were going to make ours, and when we did, we couldn't lose our heads. And when they made theirs we had to answer.

Daniel Alfredsson

We kind of game them two of the three goals in the first period with mistakes we made. It's hard to play on the road that way.

We kept the game plan simple. We told them to come out and play like this was an elimination game because we have one on Tuesday.

We kept ourselves in the game. We made the game entertaining.

Marc Savard

We keep working hard like we did tonight, stick with the game for 60 minutes and we are going to be successful. We are staying positive and offensively there are no limits to this team.

We keep telling the kids that this is a 32-minute game. We've been putting 16 minutes together, you know, we play well for a half. We just let the game get away in the second half.

We keep saying every game is crucial. We've lost some games at home. Losing at home is not an option now.

We keep repeating ourselves, we don't change, and we do the same things every week but in a game formthis way they're getting their drills.

Colin White

We keep going out and thinking the games are going to be easy.

We just weren't finishing. But we wanted to stick with our game plan. There was plenty of time left.

We just weren't able to win enough games on the road to get to the 20-win mark to move ourselves up in the (OVC) standings where we hoped to be. On the other hand we did some very positive things, and I think our young people at times played in a manner that is really encouraging as it relates to the future.

We thought this one was it. But we can't respond late in games and it's really frustrating.

We thought the game was over when it really wasn't. With seven minutes to go, you still got to play ball.

We thought it would do them good to have match practice before the tough series, especially as they are unlikely to play in the warm-up game in Lahore.

We thought it was going to be a 1-0 game or (go to) overtime.