Famous Quotes & Sayings

We don't even roll the balls out for tryouts.

We don't endorse or oppose candidates, but we can endorse ballot propositions when there is a moral or ethical issue involved.

We dominated this game and just couldn't get the ball in the net. It's as simple as that. I really didn't make any adjustments because we were right there where we wanted to be. We just couldn't make the shots.

We went with a little different starting lineup and we were a little out of rhythm to start. We are usually a pretty quick-starting team. Once we got on a roll with our transition game the defense picked up a little bit, too. Everybody has a little more fun when the ball starts going in the basket.

Whether you're at home or away a good team knows how to keep a lead, especially with the pace (the Cougars) run. When they get up nine or 10 they know how to run and they can hold the ball for at least 30 seconds. It's kind of hard to get that back. So they're actually on defense when they're on offense and they do a pretty good job with that.

With all the high balls coming in, a lot of teams' forwards just can't get to it there's so much size. And if it goes over any of our heads, we've got a big six-foot-five keeper coming through the back.

Without a doubt, she was the difference tonight. She hit the ball very hard all night.

We're building off last year because now it's two years in a row with names people recognize. Last year's class raised the platform, and we started this year with a higher profile. The inductees are growing in recognition. They had commercials and were known beyond core soccer fans. They did more than kick the ball around.

We're delighted, and I'm betting millions of Nationals fans are too. This clears one of the last hurdles in the process and gets us ready to finally break ground on a ballpark that gives the Nationals a new home and sparks an exciting economic revival in southeast.

We're definitely playing well. When we're guarding and sharing the ball on offense, we're a very good team.

We're definitely excited for our season to start. Everybody's itching to get outside and get some games in. We would like to get outside and get more practice in, but the weather just hasn't been nice enough yet. The ground is still frozen, which makes doing anything other than shagging down fly balls pretty hard. Hopefully when we head to Colorado, we'll have nice weather. We're all definitely looking forward to the trip.

Tim Wakefield

You always want to get back out there. I had good stuff in Texas -- too good. Today, I felt more confident throwing balls in the strike zone, even though I hit a couple of batters. My misses were better.

You always want the ball in your hands, but you have to support the decision that is best for the team.

Yesterday we worked on some things that we thought we needed to work on and we did those things better tonight. We moved the ball around well and we shot the ball better from the outside which opened up the inside.

We're claiming that the ball hit the ground and went into the glove.

We don't shoot well outside anyway, so coming into this arena, we knew we weren't going to shoot the ball well. They battled all night, and I'm not disappointed a bit.

We exercised patience, and we pushed the ball and it surprised them at times. We made some big shots when needed to.

We executed the game plan. At times we had to be patient and at times we had to push the ball and we hit big shots. I'm very proud of our kids.

We executed really well on the offensive and got some high-percentage shots. They were looking for each other and got the ball moving around a lot.

We ended up watching the ball and losing sight of our man.

We each made two cards for him and let them go on balloons at his stone. He touched everyone's life who knew him.

We really worked on getting ball movement, because we know most teams after five or six passes, it's hard to keep track of who's where.

We really weren't in control of the ball in the first half. We were not playing at our pace. We had 12 turnovers. In the second half we had one. We played our style of ball and got it done.

We really wanted to come out and push the ball in the second half. We were getting dominated on the boards and I knew if we could play better defensively we would be able to capitalize in transition.

We really shot the ball well tonight. What more can I say?

We really picked up in the second quarter and they (Flandreau) cooled off, and we had some good contributions from our bench that helped us get back in the ball game.

We really need to get Brogan the ball more. He needs to get more touches. I give Gilbert credit because they defended him well.

Brian Billick

We got done what we needed to get done, ... Jamal carried the ball very well, Todd got a couple of carries, and we're pleased we got that done.

We got defensive stops during that run. We ran the offense, worked the ball around, found the open guys and hit shots when we needed to.

We got confused a couple of times on ball screens and he was able to get some open looks. I guess it just happened to be his time.

We got Boss into foul trouble early. Every time he caught it, we ran some double teams. We tried to keep the ball out of his hands.

We got better today. Our defense was solid. We didn't kick a ball all day long.

We got behind the eight ball early and couldn't work our way back.