Famous Quotes & Sayings

We just didn't hit the ball. This was really the first good pitcher we've seen, and my hat is off to (Burns). He threw strikes, and we weren't able to put the ball in play.

We just didn't have the ball. I think at one point they had the ball for 20 minutes and we had it a total of six, ... When we got the ball we had terrible field position, so it was a situation where we couldn't do what we wanted to do. We struggled for quite a bit of that ballgame, but the kids came through when we had to come through.

We just didn't handle the ball well in spots tonight. Their pressure wore on us. They come at you and they're quick. If you lose your concentration at all you're in trouble.

We just didn't get her the ball enough.

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.

We came out with confidence and intensity and played very well. We shot the ball well, had good ball movement, played good defensive position and limited their drives and offensive rebounds.

Brandon Cox

We came out to run the ball, no matter what. Coach Borges wanted to make both sides of the ball play really physical, and the defense just had the upper hand today.

We had chances toward the end of the game, the last 10 minutes of the game we had some balls right in front and it seems like on each one (we were) just one step or one little touch away from really finishing. Give credit to Woods Cross, they did play a pretty good game.

We had chances to stop all three of those goals. The ball was bouncing around in there, and we just didn't get to it fast enough.

Byron Leftwich

We made it into the play. It's just something that me and Jimmy have going on. There's a lot of balls Jimmy catches that aren't designed to go to him.

We made (good) plays when we had to. We made some shots. It seemed like there were a lot of loose balls, balls just bouncing around. We just looked a little slow tonight, but Lafayette's a good team.