Famous Quotes & Sayings

We didn't shoot the ball very well. Defensively, we're not bad. We're just having trouble on offense. We held their leading scorer to 4 points, but their guard got us.

We didn't shoot the ball very well. But I'm pleased that our guys showed enough heart and character to get the win.

We didn't shoot the ball very well and Marblehead did. Credit to Marblehead, which played hard.

We didn't shoot the ball the way we'd like to. Right away we missed four free throws. We just weren't ready to go.

We didn't shoot the ball really well. I think that was the difference in the game. If we would have knocked some shots down early in the game, I think we would have been a little closer.

We didn't shoot the ball particularly well but we played hard. We have to play hard in order to win. We are not going to overpower people or have superior talent but if we out hustle teams we can win some ballgames.

We didn't shoot the ball particularly well but we got so many more opportunities than they did that it really didn't matter.

We didn't shoot the ball much in the first half but we started shooting the ball late in the game. We did cut down on our turnovers from previous games.

Charles Lewis

We didn't shoot it well and we did a poor job of going to the boards. We had a lot of openings (to get the ball inside), but the guys on the perimeter just didn't see them.

We didn't shoot enough free throws. And, you can't win ball games if you can't make the free throws.

We didn't see any significant velocity until the last five, six, seven starts. He's throwing the ball better and the velocity has been on the increase the past four or five starts.

Tom Coughlin

We didn't run the ball like we really thought we might. We didn't have any balance. We didn't make any first downs. We got no rhythm going offensively.

We didn't run the ball as well as we have. Offensively we didn't do a great job today.

We didn't run the ball and control it and we turned the ball over. That's been our recipe for success, and we didn't do it tonight.

Sylvia Hatchell

We didn't run and a lot of that had to do with Ivory. We didn't push the ball like we normally do, get it out and go. Some of that was not getting the rebounds.

We didn't rebound the ball well, and we haven't done it well for a while. It's been a sore spot for us all year long.

We didn't really want to spread it that early but with a 20-point lead and the ball in Pringle's hands, I felt pretty good. We just put it on her shoulders and rode it on.

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.

We didn't really help (Capuano) on offense. He was giving us pitches to hit; we just hit them right at people and were trying to pull the ball a little too much.

We don't have the firepower to overcome that. If we were a ball club that could go down and score and put a lot of points on the board, sometimes we can overcome those things.

We don't have great team speed. We knew he had the potential to go. They didn't drive the ball because they didn't have to. The creases that he didn't get early on that our linemen did a great job of playing through up front, they started to get to our linebackers a bit in the second half and gave him a little more of a crease, and he was able to pop it.

We don't have a problem pushing the ball up the court and taking a shot off of two passes. It would just be something to get used to. I don't think it would hurt the game at all, especially with the girls that want to play in college.

Jim Crace

When you start a novel, it is always like pushing a boulder uphill. Then, after a while, to mangle the metaphor, the boulder fills with helium and becomes a balloon that carries you the rest of the way to the top. You just have to hold your nerve and trust to narrative.

Herman Edwards

When you spot a team that many points in the first half, it's difficult to win, ... You can't play ball like that on the road. It was way too much. We kind of had our fate handed to us early.

When you see the kind of substitutes they can bring on, it's a different ball game. Every individual is a top European player.

We're not where we need to be but we're moving forward. I told these guys (the linemen), give me a couple of seconds and our group will get open. I think they're starting to understand what they're supposed to do. There have been maybe one or two mental errors by the first group in practice. That's a long way from us not even being able to get a ball off in practice last spring.

We're not valuing the ball as much as I'd like to. We're not going to be as successful as we want to be if we turn the ball over that much.

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're doing some good things. We're shooting the ball better. But you can't shoot free throws like that and win a game in a tough environment.

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.