Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kobe Bryant

We played hard tonight. Even the last two games that we lost on the road, we played hard. We just did not come through down the stretch of the game. Tonight was no different. We are a physical team and we got after them a little bit. All around, it was a good victory.

We played hard in the first two games but by the third we were lost mentally.

Mats Sundin

We played good for a long stretch. We have to get back to the things we were doing. If we can do that, we can get back to winning some games again.

We have tough region games a tough schedule.

Our achievements in the Turin Games are a big encouragement. We will strengthen the disciplines we are traditionally strong at and try to make breakthroughs in the weak ones.

Marty Brennaman

Right now, Steve and I are scheduled to take off 10 games each. I really don't want to take off any more than that. I couldn't stand it. I'd go crazy.

Chris Quinn

Road games are very important to us. We've got to be a together group; we've got to be a tougher group.

Jim Edmonds

Roger pitched a Roger game. They got two great pitching performances and we haven't been able to score. But if we win tomorrow, we're even. There's a lot of games left to play.

Play Up' is more than the games on Fridays and Saturdays. It's not in opposition to what we're out there promoting, and what 'Play Up' means. 'Play Up' means the investment our schools have made into getting better.

Playing three games in three days, it's tough to have any legs in overtime.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Dana Altman

We're disappointed we're not in the NCAA tournament, knowing that one or two games was the difference. That really makes you disappointed. But our program will never be at the point where we can look our noses down at the NIT.

We think that the two should be put together. We will work toward that. But, let them put the games on now.

We think (Orton) can win games for us, ... not just manage games for us.

This will undoubtedly be one of the strongest swim teams we have ever had at the Commonwealth Games and we have had some great teams in the past.

There have been games this season when we've played 12 people. We've never had that luxury.

We are very much in the mix and we have got good games to come.

We are still two games out of a playoff spot.

We are still looking for someone to step up as the No. 2 pitcher. You're not going to win many high school games giving up the number of hits that we did today. Everything in this game hinges on pitching, and we didn't have it.

We did a nice job working together up front. Defensively, we're pretty solid and we're getting better reading offenses and picking things up as the games go along.

Bo Ryan

We did a much better job today than other games getting in position and getting people off their feet. That's how you get to the line, and then play with the lead.

We didn't panic. There have been times in the past where we've panicked, and those are the games we don't want to revisit.

We didn't make shots. We can stay in games and play really hard, but if you don't make shots, what can you do?

We went through a lot of great games last year, but really, I can't remember as much tension and pressure as this game (had) for us. This was right up there with the victories we've had.