Quotes about ball
ball clock control defense field line offensive plays ready run team together
The offensive line has to play well together for the whole team to function. We run the ball to control the clock and keep the defense off the field so that they're ready to make big plays when they come in.
ball bit easy everybody handing line offensive people played supposed
The offensive line has played exceptionally well. And with everybody doing what they're doing, it's made it easy on me, ... Everybody's doing what they're supposed to do and a little bit more. We have people who can make big plays, so all I'm really doing is handing the ball off and getting the assists. Jay Cutler
ball good great guys job keeping line offensive rid time turn
The offensive line did a great job of keeping them out of there. We were getting rid of the ball and the guys were getting open. It's good any time you don't turn the ball over, and you don't get sacked. Tom Brady
ball controlled decent five good line offensive per protection run yards
The offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage much better in this game. When you run the ball for five yards per carry, that's a good job. And we had pretty decent protection for the quarterbacks. Nick Saban
ball dried offense tech texas
The offense dried up on us. We didn't make enough plays. I thought we were getting the ball where we wanted to get it, but today, Texas Tech was too much for us.
ball defense field offense pound stay
The offense did OK. We couldn't pound the ball and made the defense stay out on the field all night.
ball bats climbed extremely few game hit pitcher relief
Then we come back and the bats were pretty good, we hit the relief pitcher pretty well. I thought we hit the ball extremely well. We climbed back in the game with a few runs, but the dam-age had already been done.
ball looked might numbers threw
The numbers might look average, but I thought (Dustin) threw the ball well. He looked pretty good. Mark Grace
ball block defend inside number outside shoot shot tough
The number one thing is we have to shoot the ball well. If we shoot the outside shot well, we're tough. We also have to defend tough inside and block out.
ball brought confidence hitting last week
Even with what happened, I brought a lot of confidence in from last week ... I'm hitting the ball pretty good, I just started making some putts.
ball confident felt hard hits situation
(Even with two outs), I felt confident with that situation in the seventh. Usually, Shen comes up and hits the ball hard for us.
ball create everybody guys hoping minimize mistakes type
Everybody has their own story, ... And I'm just hoping to create one for myself. ... With the type of guys that I have around me right now, if I go out and minimize the mistakes and get the ball to our playmakers, we're going to be just fine.
ball depending everybody flow gap goes
Everybody has their own gap. In two-gap, you have 'A' or 'B' depending on which way the ball goes and you flow that way. Here you are responsible for that one gap. If you want to make a play, go through your 'B' gap and make the play. Mike Rucker
ball found good shooting sign team
Even when you're not shooting the ball well, it's a sign of a good team ... that we found a way to win. Kyle Brooks
ball court running struggling trying
Even when we were running and trying to get the ball up the court a little bit, we were still struggling and converting shots.
ball came moved
Even when he came out, they were still able to rotate defensively to the ball and they moved the ball well.
ball everybody good selfish spreading upset year
Everybody can't be too upset when you're 5-1 and everybody's having a good year and Carson is spreading the ball around and everybody is getting catches and carries. It would be pretty selfish of you to be disappointed right now.
ball bottom dropped everybody line second speculate
Everybody can speculate why we dropped the ball there in the second half, but the bottom line is we did. Raja Bell
ball came edge emotional everybody front game home job passed ran resolve settled
Everybody came up with the resolve -- no more of this. We come out here in front of our home crowd, it's the first game of the season, and they just ran the ball and passed the ball down our throats. They executed way better than us. Once we got that emotional edge off, just being over-amped for the game, we settled down. We did our job and did what he had to do.
ball felt nervous
Every ball went in the pocket. I don't know I was doing so well. But I felt real relaxed. I wasn't nervous at all.
ball hits matter strike
Every ball was up in the strike zone. No matter who you're facing, you're going to give up hits when you do that. Chris Carpenter
ball best finishing good guards job played terms
That's probably the best he's played just in terms of getting to the boards, being active, finishing shots. And I thought our guards did a good job of getting the ball to him. Mike Montgomery
ball passing primary problem showing
That's pretty much been our problem all season. Our ball handling, dribbling and passing has not been good. We're without a primary ball handler and it's showing up.
ball helps throw
That's Sal. He helps you relax. He wanted me to throw the ball through his chest, which is a pretty big target. Gavin Floyd
ball game took turned
That's probably what turned the game around for us, ... That ball bounced right back up to him and he took it to the house.
ball care couple good taken turned worst
That's probably the worst we've taken care of the ball in a couple of years. I was pretty disappointed in that. It's a good thing we turned them over equally.
ball far hardest hit second seen
That's probably the second hardest ball I've seen her hit. I don't know if I could hit the ball that far and hard. Greg Jones
ball finding five given guys matter night six whose year
That's our team. We want to try to be balanced, so you can't concentrate on one or two guys. All year we've had five or six guys who can put up 20 on a given night. It's just a matter of finding that guy whose night it is and getting the ball to him.
ball last pass rather run
That's our mentality, everybody's mentality, run the ball and pass second. We're going to establish. We'll run right and run left. We're not going to have 52 sacks this year. I'd rather run the ball every down before we have as many sacks as we did last year.
ball bread butter catch
That's our bread and butter right there. If I catch it on the wing, I'm going to look to get the ball to Yao. That's how it is. Keith Bogans
ball bounce katie nice
That's something you don't see very often. It was nice to see Katie get a nice bounce and have the ball go over.
ball control expect focus full half percent playing plays second shoot smart struggled turning work
That's something we've got to work on. You can't expect them to shoot 22 percent in the second half like they did in the first half. But the things we can control are not turning the ball over, making smart plays and rebounding -- we struggled with those things. We've got to focus on playing a full game.
ball early game good inside lane open opportunity stressed time today tough work
That's something we stressed more today in practice. (We'll) try to work inside out and, hopefully, that will open the lane a little more. Z has had a tough time in this series, but he hasn't had an opportunity to have a good time. We are going to get him the ball early in the game and see how it goes. LeBron James