Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lorena Ochoa

I think it's always better to be in the lead. I feel comfortable, especially because I'm hitting the ball good. I'm just going to try to think that I have the lead, just try to relax and don't even look at the scoreboard.

Buddy Bell

I think it should be a lot better. It is going to need to be better because we're going to have some pitchers who are going to be able to throw strikes. Our starters will put the ball in play. It has got to be better.

Sam Harris

I think it's just a case in the second half where we stopped penetrating and dishing the ball out. We're an effective team when we do that. We just played the way Union wanted us to - or probably better put, the way they made us.

It could have better. But it could have been a lot worse. I was pleased with the way I hit the ball today. It was just nice to finally get out there and play.

Dusty Baker

It could have been decided in the first inning. If we put the ball in play there, we could have scored a whole bunch of runs.

It comes with practice. I just take the ball to the middle of the floor. Coach says to take it to the E in the Big East sign (in the lane) or I can make the extra pass. Coach says, 'Think score first and the pass will come.

It comes down to wrapping up. There were some plays there we didn't wrap up. We set our stage for what we wanted. We went down and scored, but we just couldn't close the deal. The kids fought back. We drove the ball down the field. It just wasn't meant to be. I give the kids credit. They played hard, and they played with enthusiasm. We will come back from this. There is no doubt in my mind. The kids are resilient. They will bounce back.

Rafer Alston

It comes down to sticking with our game plan, not getting away from the things we know we need to ? that's continuing to find Yao, and keeping our turnovers down. When we turn the ball over and we're not getting the ball to Yao, letting him create shots for us as they double team and if they don't double, letting him score, we're just giving away the game. We were right there. We should have played the game the same way we did in the (first) half.

LeBron James

It comes down to executing and putting the ball in the hole. We didn't do that the last seven, eight minutes.

Ron Gardenhire

It didn't look good. He could barely walk and he told me the brace really bothered him. You never knew if he was going to wear that brace all the time or if he was going to get out of it. He was killing the ball at the plate, but he could hardly get to first base.

It didn't hurt that he made a lot of shots. It didn't hurt that he's a great ball mover. It didn't hurt that he understands the game at both ends. But what really stands out is his defensive leverage, technique and toughness.

It didn't have an impact on the outcome of the game. But it just shows you can't ever give in until the ball is dead.

I thought we were able to force them into some quick shots, and luckily they weren't hitting them. They have some excellent shooters and tonight the ball wasn't going in for them.

Juan Dixon

I thought we turned the ball over a little too much, but it's something we can learn from.

I thought we threw the ball much better.

I thought we swung the bat well tonight. We hit the ball right at people and hooked a couple, which means we need to keep it fair.

I thought we struggled a little bit in the first half. We lacked ball movement on offense, but in the second half we improved on that and were able to get some easy baskets.

I thought we started the game sharp because we were spreading out the field and moving the ball quickly. But I thought we bogged down a little bit and you can credit Odessa High's defense for some of that.

Aaron Hill

I thought we shot the ball well from the outside, especially in the third quarter. We had solid scoring from everyone, and defensively we were very solid.

I thought we shot the ball really well. Our defense was probably the worse it has been in the entire playoffs, but you have to give a lot of that credit to Madisonville. They've got a good player in Brad Taylor.

Mark E. Smith

I thought we really played hard. We were diving all over the place for loose balls. I still think our strength is taking the ball to basket, but we relied on the three too much and that hurt us.

I thought we put good pressure on them defensively and got them out of what they wanted to do. Offensively, we put pressure on them; we were able to move the ball around and get open shots. We were able to do that early, and it gave us some confidence.

I thought we put a full game together tonight. We needed this for our confidence because we're getting into the grind of conference play, and when you shoot the ball like that it always helps.

I thought we played with a lot of energy tonight. I was real pleased with our defense. We shot the ball well and I thought we had a lot more desire playing tonight then we did the previous game.

I thought we played well; we just couldn't put the ball in the hoop.

I thought we played well. We hit the ball very well, we scored a lot of runs, we were solid all the way around.

I thought we played well. We didn't finish well, and that's why we didn't score more. We didn't finish well until the ball we got into the net, but we got chances, a lot of chances, and that's good to see.

I thought we played well tonight. I thought we rebounded well, we took care of the ball, we shot the ball pretty well and played very good defense.

I thought we played well on defense the last minute, minute-and-a-half. We made them turn the ball over and we were pretty effective in our full court press.

Trent Johnson

I thought we played well offensively and defensively, and we shared the ball better than we have all season. Virginia, finding out they had to come cross country ? it looked like they had a bit of fatigue.

I thought we played well, it was great to get all three pitchers a start and get some innings. Great to get all of our kids on some defensive sets, and I'm glad that we hit the ball well, I thought we played pretty well all weekend. It was nice to get some games.

G. H. Hardy

I thought we played well in the second half, but Bassett played outstanding in the first half and throughout the whole game. My hat's off to them (Bassett). They're a great ball club.

Bruce Bochy

I thought Woody, overall, pitched fairly well. He's gotten the ball up a couple times, but tonight he was better. He had some tough luck that first inning.