Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Corso

I think it's good. I love that kind of adversity, you know? Adversity and distractions only make us tougher.

Flip Saunders

I think the one thing that people underestimate is that when there's adversity and they become challenged they rise up to the occasion. They love those types of situations. That's why this team is built for the playoffs.

John Tortorella

We talked about this as an organization before we started the season. We felt there were going to be some bumps and quite a bit of adversity coming through, and we've seen it. But it's a learning experience. We are going to have to learn to deal with it. We are going to have to have a better second half, and I believe we will.

Bryan Shelton

We've got to respond. Championship teams are defined not so much on how they win, but how they deal with adversity and losses. This will be a good test for this team after we were beat up at Baylor on Thursday.

Samuel Smiles

The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.

Samuel Richardson

The unhappy never want enemies.

Wayne Graham

Everybody can have a bad game, and we did. These guys have all proven that they can handle adversity. We're in the midst of a little adversity.

Robert Falcon Scott

Don't let the workings of adversity totally absorb your life. Try to understand what you can. Act where you are able; then let the matter rest with the Lord for a period while you give to others in worthy ways before you take on appropriate concern again.

Walt Frazier

Building discipline, earning respect and overcoming adversity are all parts of a winning game plan. If you don't have a game plan, where are you going? When I'm talking about a game plan, I'm talking about how you go about being the best player you can be and how you go about being successful in life.

Joe Torre

Just win as many games as we can and see where that leaves us when it's over.

Brian Thornton

Josh did a great job tonight, but it's not just tonight. He's done well the last several games and in practice. When Josh is playing well, it gives us a lot of versatility. When Josh is hitting shots and doing a great job on the boards, it gives us a lot more options.

Byron Scott

I think it's a good thing for our team right now. If we can win games without Chris, I think it gives these guys even more confidence. And it also shows when he comes back that we'll even be better.

Ian Thorpe

I think I should retire after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Mark LeRose

He keeps us in games. He's really stepped up recently and made a statement.

Brian Dawkins

We've been through so much before as a team, all those big games that we have lost and the way that we have been able to rebound,

Scott Rhodes

We took two games from a very good club.

Julia Hudson

We took McAuley to three games in the tournament and no one else did, so I'm pleased with that.

Jim Bowden

We took a team that won 67 games and made great strides,

Christina Lee

I was just bawling. That's when I realized this guy was for real. His heart is so pure.

Jay Alford

I was looking to them as the guys that make the plays and run around and get to the ball. So that's what I'm trying to do this year.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

John Doherty

Kevin threw three picks early, but he stayed the course, ... He's our No. 1 man and he kept the rest of the guys pushing. He didn't let anything get to him.

Sonny Lubick

Jake really helped himself. He will be a guy who is hard to keep out of the lineup next fall.

Tim Hanson

Jake is a very talented freshman. Our varsity lineup has some guys that will be running varsity for the first time, so it will be interesting to see.

Hines Ward

Ken has done a phenomenal job of distributing the ball. Every week, it's a different guy stepping up.

DeShaun Foster

Just like those two guys were different kinds of backs, we got the same thing here,'' Skipper says.

Scott Olsen

Just like my last start. You want to go out there and match what the other guy is doing.