Famous Quotes & Sayings

Daniel Kessler

We played our worst ball of the year up there. That was all the motivation we needed tonight.

We played our game. It's possession, moving the ball around and keeping low shots.

We played our defense better and we tried to simplify our offense and get the ball into our top players.

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 played on a carpet floor for many years ... (that) was green and half an inch thick right over asphalt. It's a strange place to play basketball. You couldn't even hear the ball bounce. Teams would freak out.

We can still have a winning season and end on a positive note. We can close out and play ball like we should have all year. We haven't played our best ball yet.

We came out strong and were hitting right away. They hit well, but I think mentally we could have played a better game. We had some dropped balls, and a few times didn't know where to throw the ball right away.

Carmelo Anthony

We came out sluggish but you can't take anything away from the way they shot the ball in the first half. Coming in here and starting off the way we did, we had to finish hard. The last five minutes we buckled down and took control of the game. We feel more confident in close games.

We came out shooting the ball in the first quarter but they fought back like I knew they would. We tried going to a couple of different defenses but it didn't work. We knew going into the third quarter we had to play like we did in the first quarter.

We came out ready to play. We shared the ball well. Our guards got the ball where it needed to go.

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.