Famous Quotes & Sayings

We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. We had some open looks, and we just couldn't convert.

Vince Carter

We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. We couldn't make shots. We got good looks.

We just couldn't make a shot. Not in the first half. We were wide open, we had good looks. We ran good offence and did smart things. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. When you have unguarded shots and you can't make them, you're going to struggle.

We just couldn't make a shot in the first half, and we turned the ball over too much. Our decision-making is not where it should be this time of year.

You'll find out over the course of a period of time that you can't get to every ball, but I always thought that I could. You can't have any fear of dropping balls or missing balls.

Josh McCown

You kind of get a feel for the altitude, ... Some of the balls in the first quarter, you want them to come down, and just because of the air, they just sailed. It's kind of tough to judge." ()

Kim Clijsters

You just try to play the ball and don't really worry about how she's feeling too much,

Chris Shelton

You just have to look at me. There's no way. If you come to the ballpark and you look at me in person, you could tell I'm not on steroids. I don't have the body to be on steroids, that's for sure.

Jay Wright

You just feel like they take coaching out of your hands. You just feel like, 'I got a coach out there, we're going to put the ball in his hands and then he's going to make the right decision and he does it every time. If he gets fouled, he's going to make the shots, both of them. I think I've said this before. I had Speedy Claxton (at Hofstra) who was just like that. I never thought I would get another player like that, and I have two of them. I don't know, I did something right.

You just can't coach things like that, ... He just has a natural instinct of getting the ball into the end zone no matter what. And the funny thing is, he could have jumped higher over that guy if he needed to.

Ricky Nolasco

You can come to the ballpark and eat well.

Win the ball and put it in the goal.

Winter ball isn't as important as this. Everybody is going to be watching these games. I'm going to do my best there.

Felipe Alou

Winn's got some pop. He's not known for his power, but he's got some. He's been hitting the ball far from both sides of the plate.

Herman Edwards

Whether he gets in this week or next week, he is going to get into the ball game. I know that I owe him that, and what he did for us coming back.

Whitney did a good job of mixing things up. We have talked about that (wasting solid pitching performances). We have a good enough pitching staff to keep us in games. We have to start hitting the ball better.

White Pass wanted it more. Their kids were working harder and moving with the ball faster.

We continue to shoot poorly from the free-throw line, not even hitting 50 percent for the year. We threw the ball away too much tonight and gave Wapello second chances and too many opportunities on offense.

We continue to make relatively simple errors, ... Errors of judgment where players are left unmarked. We have opportunities to clear a ball, (and) we don't do it. We play sloppy balls that end up going to the other team. We've gotten punished for it in the big games we've played this year.

We couldn't get to the free throw line for some mysterious reason. We couldn't get a three to go down, we didn't make enough shots and threw the ball away too much.

We couldn't get the key hits. We hit the ball well. They just didn't drop in for hits.

Dusty Baker

We couldn't get the ball down today. The ball was up and the location wasn't where he wanted it. Power hitters -- when you get the ball up and over the heart of the plate -- you're going to get hurt.

We couldn't get it in and then we made some mistakes. We did everything we wanted to do which was control the ball and keep their offense off the field. We felt we could dominate up front and I thought our offensive line took over the game in the second half.

We couldn't get a three (pointer) to go down. We just didn't make enough shots and we turned the ball over too much.

Lleyton Hewitt

It definitely helped him out. There's no doubt about that. You know, he still played extremely well, and he didn't give me a lot of opportunities out there, but the court surface, it's very hard to dictate play out there. It's slower than last year. There's no doubt about that, whether it's the balls or not.

Pacman Jones

I stood up well. He caught two balls on me, both of them curls, no deep balls. I'm happy with my play for the most part. I'm getting better every game.

Joey Harrington

I think more than anything, I feel terrible for our defense, because we let them down today. I went up to them and apologized. There was nothing else to I could say except, 'I'm sorry.' They played hard, and they kept us in the ballgame all day, and offensively we let them down.

I think Martin played a heck of a game. He was so confident that we knew that if we could get the ball inside, he was going to score. That helped us all out, because it took the pressure off us guards.

David Akers

I think Mark was just looking for the big ball too much.

I think I was just really conscious of trying to get the ball gone quick. Because of that, I got off my game a little bit.

I think I've made a lot of progress throwing the ball. I'm just trying to react more and not think so much. That comes with just being out there more. Everybody thinks I'm going to run the ball all the time, so I know I've got to complete passes to keep the defense honest.

I think I've earned the respect of the guys. I'm trying to help the team win, so it's important that I set a good example. I'm looking to get the ball into the right people's hands at the right time.

I think I've done a better job of protecting the ball, as opposed to last year. That's pretty much what the No. 1 goal was coming into the year, protect the ball and then complete passes.