Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's hard to win games when you're at the line and you don't convert.

Lawrence Frank

It's hard to win games when a team shoots 62 percent from three and you shoot 37 percent overall.

John Smoltz

It's been a grind. I feel like I'm pitching really good and sometimes you give up runs, where you go, 'How in the world did I give up runs?' Then there are games where you think you should give up six (runs) and you don't.

It's been a great rivalry. We've had some great talent and great games over the years, and it's usually a packed house every time we play. I just hope we can keep it close.

It's been a long trip, but it's a lot better winning the last three games.

It's been a while since a team has won it back-to-back. We've got two games to go to do it. We'll give it a shot.

It's been a unique experience. It seems like all our games have been away games.

It's a very positive statement that the team is playing a majority of games in Louisiana. I think that's the right decision. The long term really has not been discussed. The league obviously is going to have to be involved in that.

Ben Gordon

It's a very painful loss. We just weren't able to make the plays we needed to down the stretch. It's just really frustrating. We're losing these games because of one or two possessions.

Michael Mayer

It's been a real good series. They have been tough games every year.

Jay Smith

It's been a long January. We've had a lot of away games and tonight we get to sleep in our own beds, wear our home uniforms and play in our own gym. The only problem is that you don't get a win just for playing at home - nothing is guaranteed when it comes to that.

That's really all you can do right now. We have been in a lot of games and if we just keep working we will be there.

That's something we've been working on in practice end-of-game situations. We've let some games slip away and we've got to get past that. It's the middle of the season now.

That's something for you guys to keep track of, not me. If you didn't tell me that, I wouldn't even know it. I'm just trying to win games every time we step on the field.

Rick Barnes

That's stupidity. ... We're six games in. You've got to think teams are going to get better. That's just people wanting to write something. Our guys never thought that.

Rick Barnes

That's stupidity. We're six games in. That's just something for people to write about. There are plenty of good teams in this conference.

Jeremy Foley

That's still a possibility. Neutral-site games are an issue because of television.

That's one of those games that's great to be in. If you can take something from a loss you can take something from this one.

Nikolai Khabibulin

That's one of the worst things, to be pulled out of two games in a row. I don't want to make any excuses. The last two games I've played pretty bad.

Thad Matta

That's one of the toughest games I've ever been involved in.

That's one of the better games he's had. The kids did a great job. They battled, and I'm proud of them. We could've rolled over, but we didn't.

That's nuts. I honestly didn't know that. Hopefully he keeps not losing games here.

That's nuts. I don't think I've ever played in three games back-to-back-to-back where it's been one point like this. I don't know. It's weird.

That's about three games in a row now that we've been scoring with two outs.

It's nice to be on the other side (of the misfortune). We've been on the other side of games like that. The kids were resilient and we got the breaks.

It's nice to ride high after the first two games of the season, now let's see, after a loss, how these young men respond.

Maurice Cheeks

It's something that we've talked about this season in terms of (Iverson) being a team leader. The past three games he's been phenomenal from taking over the game to his overall leadership.

It's not good for the girls to have to suffer through games like this. It's hard on them and it's hard on me.

It's not going to be good when you have games taken away from your progress.

(Eighteen) games is a long time. I guess it's a whole month's worth. We're playing hard and we've got to keep playing hard to get through it.

Everyone of those games that we've won we could have lost ... we've just had guys make plays. Our guys are doing what it takes right now.

Russell Mark

Everyone else is running around with Commonwealth Games medals. My wife's had two of them.

Adam Burish

Every night, the last three games he's played, the onus has kind of been on the guys up front. We haven't scored enough goals to give him that support, and we also haven't done our part defensively.