Famous Quotes & Sayings

Craig Stadler

Having never won up here, last year was special,

Jon Daniels

He's 24 years old, a power pitcher. We look at him as a starter. He has a plus fastball, and had some success in the major leagues last year.

Dick Vermeil

He runs with an attitude. He's running to punish the tacklers. He's better right now than last year by far.

Her legacy will not be her last game.

Here's to a sweetheart, a bottle, and a friend. The first beautiful, the second full, the last ever faithful.

Going into this year, we could have more trouble. At least going into last year, we had below-the-surface water. If we don't get that water, we could be setting up for a worse drought.

Sonny Vaccaro

Going into these last two years, it was Greg and Derrick. I mean he was right there.

He's a so-called Canadian. It's no different than Mike Weir last year.

Historically, we haven't done well at this tournament. Last year we were fourth, and to get fourth, you have to lose twice. Second is better.

He's going to have to (be a leader). We lost our No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 players off last year's team. Everyone needs to play to their capabilities.

He's a total turnaround from (junior varsity) last year. He's around the plate and makes them swing the bat. That's all you can ask.

Mike Scioscia

He's a special pitcher. If you look at what he's accomplished from the middle of last year till now, I don't think there's a pitcher who can match what he's done.

He's better this year than he was last year.

He's going about all of this real well. It's like when I lost my grandfather last season. You put it in the back of your mind, and it kind of motivates you. You play for them.

He's done it the last three years so he's well-versed in the travel.

There aren't too many people who get to play the No. 1 and No. 2 in the country; you have to take advantage. Last year we didn't.

Jack Johnson

We met last year at Hawaii, and at some point we'll do something together -- a show or some music.

Steve Alford

We met at 5:30 (Sunday afternoon). And at 5:40 we no longer talked about the last game.

We looked at the popularity of Roots in the last Olympics and thought this was something to get into.

Chris Mullin

We looked at all (the trade scenarios) over not just today, the last several months, and nothing got done. There's things going on all the time that you talk about. And they come and go, and you move on.

We lost outdoor by a point last year, but scored more points than we were supposed to. The team performed very, very well. It just wasn't enough.

We made some mistakes to let this thing get to where it was, but last time I looked, we had more points on the scoreboard. We were playing a top-15 team in the country, and that's no small achievement. It wasn't a work of art, but we won.

Aaron Brooks

I actually feel more comfortable this year than last year. We've played Pac-10-caliber teams this year, and I don't think we did that last year.

He wasn't with us last year. As a senior, he's the quarterback of our team. He has a lot of goals, but is unselfish. Just look at his assists.

He was one of the last ones I would have thought would get into that.

He was still refusing treatment at 10 p.m. last night.

He was screaming at me last year to play them.

Steve Spurrier

(He) was running around like he did last year (before the injury). He couldn't run like that in practice last season.

Larry Brown

He was really missed last year in Detroit.

He was really just not into it last year. He was used to being the centerpiece of the team.

He was missed tremendously last year. He's a special player.

Jamal Lewis

I got done what I needed to get done. I was able to get in there with my fullback and get everything down, really take some hits. I haven't done that since last season.

I go back for a checkup on Monday and to get the last of the staples out. I'm so ready for them to be gone.