Famous Quotes & Sayings

We didn't really play doubles the way we know how. We were out there just hitting balls at certain points, not really trying to utilize our strategy. We need to learn to stick with what is working in a match until the opposition proves that those methods aren't working. That's something we really need to get after in practice.

Russell Branyan

Yeah, but still, this is the big leagues. I've got no excuses. ... I haven't been on that dirt in a while. It makes it tough reading balls off the bat. I still should make that play. I'm a lot better player than that.

We played well I was real pleased. Danielle had an excellent game, a real solid game. Won a lot of balls and got our offense going.

This World Series isn't about crowning a champion. I think the kids will remember this as a life experience, ... Not everyone that plays baseball gets the chance to play in a big-league ballpark, but these kids get a feel for what it's like to play in Wrigley Field, what it's like to hit a ball off the Green Monster, how it feels to play at Camden Yards.

Those were the first two balls ever hit to me. It's cool. It's different. I never played outfield before.

We need to keep doing this at the very least, ... At least you're keeping yourself in the ballgame this way. You have to do this as long as you see you're in a decline.

We need to improve on the little things, definitely our defense. We're not a team that's going to hit three-run home runs to win games. We have to field the ball and move runners over.

We could have thrown the ball in the second half ... but if you can't stop the other team you can't give them any extra snaps. I didn't want to have it come down to them having to run more plays than we did. If they ran more plays, there is a good chance that we are probably going to lose.

We just didn't make very good pitches in key situations. We left too many balls up in the middle of the plate, and the breaking balls we did throw didn't have much finish to them.

Mike Sherman

We just didn't make the necessary plays to win this ball game, ... or make the necessary calls to win this ball game.

We played our best game of the year, and hit some balls out of the park which was good to see. It was a warm day and there was a little carry to the ball, and we got solid pitching and defense. I'm proud of Matt, he had a big day, and he's been through a lot to get to this point. All our hitters are swinging with a lot of confidence right now.

We had our (big) men helping bring the ball up. So, if we were able to break the press, we had good scorers who were able to stop and shoot on the other end. This team is getting smarter, and we know who should take (the shots).

We had opportunities to score - and we didn't. We couldn't put the ball in the basket.

We had open looks all night long and the ball didn't fall for us. We told our team we'd be lucky to score 10 points per quarter. I told them I'd seen their coach at five of our ballgames.

We hadn't had any of those all season. You've got to put the ball in play and put pressure on the defense.

We were hitting balls right on the nose early on. It was those instances where you hit 'em right at guys. When you keep hitting balls as hard as we were, it's just a matter of time before they start falling (for hits).

We were getting shots, we just couldn't finish. It's tough to win when you shoot (22 percent). And it seemed like all the balls were going their way. That's just the way it is.

Allie Quigley

We were getting out early with our running game. A lot of our shots came from passing, moving the ball quick and getting easy shots.

Luke Donald

Today was frustrating. I didn't really hit the ball too badly, I just struggled on the greens more than anything.

We work all the time on catching balls in traffic like that. You know you're probably gonna get hit and have to pay the price, so why not catch the ball.

We won three quarters and lost the ball game.

We didn't swing at as many balls in the dirt. We were more disciplined today. It's tough to get a good swing on a ball out of the strike zone.

Adrian Peterson

I can catch the ball. You've got to throw it to me.

Three big plays and that was all they got. We talk about it every week, but they keep happening. We have not played four quarters yet. I would like to because I think we could play with some people. We moved the ball and are getting better. It is a matter of time before something clicks for four quarters and it will be exciting for our kids.

Travis Lyon sent numerous balls through the defense. He got at least two assists.

Travis doesn't waste practice as a kind of a mess-around time. He takes it seriously and it shows in the games. He's made incredible improvement. He takes good swings, drives the ball well to all fields.

We never got the shots back up again. They're a really good team. They played really hard and they held us to 31 points. But I think if we shot the ball better, it might have been a different outcome.

Mike Holmgren

We needed to do that, to control the ball with our running game, and obviously, that was one of the keys to the game.

We needed to do a real good job making it as difficult as possible on their posts getting the ball. Our posts worked like crazy not to let them get the ball inside.

Ron Gardenhire

We get a single by the second hitter in our lineup, and then Redmond comes up and hits a ball in the gap. It gets you rollin'.

We gave up the ball way too many times. Too many of our turnovers were unforced. We were able to pressure them (Panthers) into several turnovers, but we simply didn't protect the ball.

Mike Hargrove

We gave up four quick ones and never got back in it. We didn't even hit many balls hard.

We came to play for the first match and decided to start off pretty slow in the second match. They tipped a lot of balls at us and it threw us out of our system. We started to get into the system in the third game and it finished it off for us.