Famous Quotes & Sayings

I was encouraged by our hitting and pitching today. We had a couple of poor defensive mistakes, but we put the ball in play and pitched well. We just had a couple of defensive lapses, which may not have been the reason we lost, but certainly contributed.

I was driving it good and I was trying to do things with it to try to keep it in the fairway, and I think that was the difference. I just didn't shape the ball real well off the tee like I wanted to.

I was coming over to give my corner some help and I saw the ball. All I had to do was catch the ball and run with it.

Pat Riley

I was always wondering, when the ball was going that way ... why (Crawford) wasn't looking down the floor. I'll leave that to you. ... It's just a very unfortunate thing for us right now.

I was always the laid-back guy on this team and never really spoke up. This time I just needed to step up my game and become a leader so we could win ball games.

Whatever happened we lost our concentration. We lost our focus. We lost our complete desire or hunger. That's the ball game.

Chris Burke

Whatever happened last year to propel us to the run that we made, it's really carried over to this year. Guys expect to win ball games and that's showing up in the plays we're making.

Jim Calhoun

There is nobody like him. When you watch Roy play, from a coaching standpoint, he's everything you want a player to be. He has composure and seems to want the ball in tough situations.

There is never a good time for a penalty. You want kids out there playing the ball and going hard. You can't correct hustle.

The people that are here, they come up here for companionship and fun. I have a ball up here.

We talked all week about hitting the ball to right.

Ozzie Guillen

We talked about this all week and I felt like I let Duque down. I'm not trying to hurt my pitcher's feelings, but we had a plan before the game starts. Duque didn't throw the ball the way we like him to throw the ball. Most of the balls that got hit were hit hard. We thought he was going to give me four, five, six innings to get McCarthy ready to go. Our plans didn't work.

We talked about that. We said if we don't get it (on the pass), we're going to challenge you guys to see if you can punch it in. We did the same thing last week and scored and won the ball game.

We talked about that. They took us out of our game plan. They possessed the ball like crazy. Mentally, we were not on our game plan.

We talked about (playing with) intensity in the second half, and... we just came out flat. We didn't get a lot of breaks -- not a lot of balls dropped for us early -- but that's no excuse. We just came out flat.

We talked about playing good passes to the feet and keeping the ball out of the air. Truthfully, that's the way we play best, when we just one-touch the ball around the everybody's moving into spots. That was fun.

We talked about playing at a faster pace, possessing the ball, taking care of the ball and shooting better. I thought we did all of those things fairly well.

We talked about picking up the defensive intensity, but we had trouble putting the ball in the basket.

We try to put as much pressure on the ball as possible. That frustrates the other team and opens up chances for us (on the counterattack).

We try to get them to understand where the shots are coming from. If the ball is shot on your side of the floor and you're a guard, get to the other side of the rim. Long shots are going to mean long rebounds.

We try to get the ball to him as much as possible. He's a great player. He's been doing it all year.

We try to get Louis the ball most of the time. His teammates have been great about that and he's worked real hard for us.

We just have to keep our focus and stay disciplined. We were disciplined last season, but not as disciplined as we needed to be. We want to do the same things we did today: run, run, run with the ball and play defense for 94 feet.

We just have to hold onto the ball and move it down the field and score. If we can put some points on the board, we're going to be alright.

G. H. Hardy

We just have to get our timing down right and get the chemistry going. It carried over from the fall, that if we run our routes exactly the way he thinks we're going to run them, then he'll put the ball right there.

We just have to get movement and start running the ball again. Be able to run the ball and just get physical with them.

We just have to get back to the basics. We're going to practice our passing, controlling the ball, collecting the ball and our communication.

We just have to find a way to take care of the ball better. Everybody's just trying to pressure the daylights out of us. We knew we'd turn the ball over because they're so good, but we didn't think we'd turn it over that much.

We just have to execute better. We can't turn the ball over (seven) times. That night, our minds were not ready to play.

We just have to do two things - stop turning the ball over and stop giving them offensive rebounds. Once we do that, I think we'll be on a roll.

We just have to be smart and make smart decisions. We just need to take care of the ball and execute. We've worked all week on what to counter.

We just have to be patient and wait for the best shot to open up. We've got plenty of guys that can score. If we pass the ball a lot and are patient, a good shot will be there.

We just haven't shot the ball well or handled it well. At the high school level, that's usually a recipe for disaster.