Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hayden Lane has played some good games for us. We are not giving up on him. We need better production, particularly from the right tackle.

Having a lot of veteran players will be a big help to us. We get a quick look at Section 2 teams with three straight games right at the start, but that's good for us to play teams that are so strong.

He's a great kid, and he works hard. He kept us in so many games that could have been so much worse this year. The last two nights, it's been great to see him having success. I couldn't be happier for the guy.

Buddy Bell

He's a guy that'll help us win some games.

He's a kid you can win a lot of games with.

He's a significant part of why we do not lose a lot of games like that.

He's just had a tremendous season. Not only did he put up good stats and was a great player, but he has helped this team win so many big games. He's really played well in all the big games for us.

Chris Quinn

He's been through a lot of big-time games here. The minute he took that shot, I knew it was going in. He's one of those players that no matter what type of shot he takes, you think it's going in.

Don Mattingly

He's a tough little kid, there's a lot to like. These games down the stretch are hard to win.

He should have won 12 games for us last season.

He's got 50-something varsity games under his belt. He's seen a lot of quality varsity pitching.

He's getting such great talent, people will be mad next year if they don't win big, if they're not in the BCS, if they are not title contenders with all the talent they are getting. People don't like sitting around and waiting. They are going to be on his butt if he loses three games next year.

I don't remember the last time in Pirate hockey history that we had back-to-back 10-goal games.

Jeromy Burnitz

I don't remember many games like the last two games when I played here. Runs aren't being scored here.

Gary Sheffield

I don't think it's that serious. If I feel good tomorrow and I feel like I'm not going to jeopardize missing games or hurt the team, I'll play. Otherwise, I'll sit down.

Flip Saunders

Fortunately for me I've had some older guys where we do the same thing. We did that for two years with Ervin Johnson. He didn't play the first 45 games but he started in the last 25 and started in the playoffs. Sam Mitchell was the same way. You have to understand the guys that have a lot of wear on their tires and know how much tread you have left. You want to try to utilize it in a very productive manner.

I get enough workouts outside of the games. It's more than the games right here in spring training. You can't take for granted what happens during the day. Hopefully, you get enough games. The last two or three games I've come in just catching. There are other guys that need to get work in. I know what my role is.

Olli Jokinen

If we were in the playoffs, I'd probably be taking some games (off) now to be ready. But I'm used to playing 82 games, so I just want to get through it.

Norv Turner

He's been at the games and watching from upstairs.

Flip Saunders

He's been a solid player in all 29 games we've played.

Olli Jokinen

He's been a hard-working guy, just a great person in the locker room. He's been so supportive for (Roberto Luongo) and for all the guys. Not many guys can do that, sit 20 games in a row and get a chance.

Shelden Williams

Hopefully, we can win out the rest of the league games and end with a special ACC season.

Ryan Hollins

The Pac-10 is wide open. If we lose two games on this trip, we'll go from first to sixth in a hurry. We can't let that happen.

There aren't a lot of games for women today, but this is one where women will really have a good time.

We looked like the team that was winning games rather than the team that lost. We played hard and played together from the opening tip-off.

We look at the (area games) as our season. How you do from here on out is key.

We lost three games before you could blink.

DeShawn Stevenson

We lost these kinds of games last season. If you're looking ahead, you sleep on teams.

We lost some key games last year that we shouldn't have. We got off to a great start and then our hitting kind of fizzled out. We should be similar to last year, but with more experience.

Dean McAmmond

We lost our last one. That was tonight. Now we'll work on winning our next one. If we worry about all the other games we lost, we're just hurting ourselves.

I used to play video games all the time, but now I don't because I don't have an attention span.

Huge. This is a relief. This is excitement. It's just a culmination of 72 games that this team has just grown and matured so much. What a nice reward we got tonight.

James Howe

Humor is the most precious gift I can give to my reader, a reminder that the world is not such a terribly serious place. There is more than video games and drugs and nuclear threats; there is laughter, and there is hope.