Famous Quotes & Sayings

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 never sustain anything. We just weren't ready to play. I wish I could explain it, because we haven't been ready in a lot of games lately. They were more focused, and the ball was falling for them.

We could never get it under 10 points. With those guys shooting the ball like they were, there was no way to get any closer than that.

We could have used some of those in that second half. I was happy with the way we were moving the ball and looking for the open shot. We were getting the good looks and finishing.

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 could have made a routine play on a foul ball and been out of the inning and the next batter up hits a grand slam.

Jason Giambi

We could have easily had the momentum swing and just got swept, especially with Brad Radke on the mound. He's been throwing the ball (well). We could have easily turned this into a disaster.

We can't have a quarterback fumble the ball three times and expect to beat anybody. You don't fumble a football, that's the bottom line. But I'm going to give him a lot of credit for making some great throws too, doing some great things.

We can't have any period, in any game. We can't turn the ball over.

Mike Williams

We can't give people easy touchdowns and can't give the ball away.

We know that we're not going to score a lot of runs so we're doing the little things at this point. We're playing defense, we're pitching the ball well and we're just doing good things.

We know that we're not going to be able to dribble the ball now. So now we have to move the ball with the pass. There are plenty of teams that play without natural point guards. We have to become one of them.

We know that's what she can do. Tonight we just got the ball to her and let her go.

Chris Johnson

We have worked a lot on that trap defense. We were able to move the ball once we got the lead and spread the floor.

Rick Barnes

We just didn't want (Law) to drive the ball to the basket or get a foul.

We just didn't take care of the ball the way we needed to in the second half.

We just didn't shoot the ball well in the first half. It was just a great defensive effort in the second half, and we showed a lot more patience and shot the ball better.

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.