Famous Quotes & Sayings

We just have to try to tighten up in the middle of defence, because we have to shut the ball down with them,

We just have to put the ball in play more.

We didn't handle the pressure well and we weren't taking care of the ball in the first half. But we came out at halftime and made all of the adjustments we needed to.

We didn't handle the ball very well. That's all it breaks down to too.

We didn't guard the ball well and we didn't help appropriately.

We didn't get the ball up the floor and in the second half was fouling too much. We weren't getting to the foul line enough and missed too many ourselves. We needed to be more patient on the offensive end in the third quarter when we had that lead.

We didn't get our pitchers any hits in the second game. We played a good team in Sheridan in the first game and had hit the ball well.

We've been shooting the ball real well the last few games. We just continued it tonight.

We were really rushing, I felt like, early in the ball game. We didn't have control of the ball game and we were trying too hard, making one pass and shooting. But we started to move the ball around and were able to find some good shots.

We were really on top of our assignments. We just shared the ball well, and when we do what our coach tells us to do, we find easy baskets.

We weren't able to put the ball in the hole. The game lacked flow. We would stop each other on defense. They were able to put the ball in the hole a couple of more times than we were.

Chuck D.

We were not a throwing team in high school, ... If you were recruiting now with 85 scholarships, you're not recruiting me. We threw the ball five times a game in high school and didn't get many phone calls.

Bill Cowher

We've worked hard with our look teams about when they break the huddle, getting the ball snapped within eight to 10 seconds. These guys come up to the line of scrimmage and they're gone. It's different. We've worked on it all week. The guys are getting a sense of what the tempo is like.

Bill Tierney

We were worried about possession. We never had the ball up there last year. We tried a bunch of different things. We weren't as concerned with winning or losing the face-off as stopping the fast break or trying to force a turnover. I think we were successful.

We were working the ball inside early and getting easy shots. But for whatever reason we just kept going away from that.

We were what I had hoped we would be, and that's a better systematic team. We have kids with some power, but we're going to rely on handling the ball and distributing the ball.

Ryan Kalil

UCLA had three weeks to get ready. You can't change your whole base defense, but you can put in some new looks. They were shifting a lot right before the snap. But when you've played together like we have, you develop that communication. We eventually figured it out. And we were already moving the ball anyway.

We don't necessarily look bad, but we don't always bang the ball like that. Maybe we are starting to get into the season now since we've seen some more pitching.

We don't make a big deal out of wins, so we won't make a big deal out of a loss either. Give Ohio Northern credit. They did an excellent job with ball control, especially in the first half.

Mark Williams

We don't look anywhere. We look to the first bounce of the ball and we'll graft it out from there, and I'm sure it's the type of game that's going to be a difficult one, one that goes down to the wire, but one in which we eventually persist long and hard enough to get the result.

We are winning the one-run ball games and especially the close games in the ninth inning and that's a boost. However, we need to learn how to hold leads a little bit better and make it easier for ourselves.

We can't turn to the ball over. That's it. Period. We've turned the ball over all year, and if we have a chance, it has to stop.

We can't turn the ball over like that.

We can't turn the ball over five times to a good team and expect to win.

We can't turn the ball over because I'm not sure we can get their offense off the field. We have to control the ball, too.

We can't pinpoint the problem - we're just not knocking down shots. We're getting good shots and not hitting them. We're turning the ball over. That's not the way we play.

We closed out their shooters in the first half, but we didn't do that in the second. We didn't block out for rebounds, and we turned the ball over.

We have been playing well. We just haven't been winning. We are starting to knock down shots. I don't think we shot the ball extremely well at the first part of the season, but we are starting to shoot a better.

We have great depth and interchangeable parts. Everyone seems to be able to put the ball in play and gives us something on defense.

Bill Tierney

We have got to take care of the little things and protect the ball on offense. We lost a huge opportunity, but it was confidence building in that we can compete at that level.

Brian Cashman

We have good confidence if Shawn Chacon takes the ball that we're going to have a chance, ... We'll be in the game and we'll have a chance to win it because he's done that well for us this year.

We ran about every press. We tried to disrupt them. They did a great job as a team in not turning the ball over.