Famous Quotes & Sayings

My life has really been about writing, though some think it's all about once having been in a ball dress and having an odd life and marrying all the time. But it's the writing that's always been the point.

Geno Auriemma

When Renee?s got the ball in her hands, the best play that we have is this. That?s the play I call. It?s not a secret play either, I cross my fingers and pray because anything can happen.

But most people had to conclude, based on the fact that there were both satellite and balloon observations, that it really wasn't warming up.

Both teams are really good ball clubs. There's a lot of respect both ways. Both teams will do the talking on the field.

Ben Wallace

We're talking about it, getting back to what we were doing early in the season, when we were getting stops that would lead to easy baskets. Where everybody was getting buckets in transition and forcing teams to turn the ball over, everybody getting out and running. ... Now, we're just trying to get back to where we were.

The defense was really playing good football. They are swarming to the ball and improving each week.

Doc Rivers

The defense was good for the most part all night. I thought early on, Chris Paul, that was the game plan, just try to get the ball out of his hands and make somebody else make plays.

We had about 15 people come and once we started showing them how to use it, they were very, very positive about it. It was fun for them and they actually enjoyed casting ballots on it. No one had anything negative to say after they had tried it and I think that surprised them.

With all the turnovers, they still fought through. If we hadn't turned the ball over so much, we probably would have had six or seven more points on the scoreboard. They key was defense. We won it with our 'D' at the end.

We let ourselves down in the opening 20 minutes. We didn't get balls forward quickly enough and they got on top of us.

We left two (scores) out on the field in the first half. It's a different ball game (if we convert on those opportunities). We win without a doubt.

Dwight Yorke

It's very hard to dismantle the ball off Wayne Rooney

We understood what we wanted to do in the first half. Especially on offense. We found our pace, worked the ball around and got some really clean looks.

Rick Adelman

We shot the ball really well. I think if you're making shots, it makes a big difference. We moved the ball well and had 26 assists. It was just a solid win from the start.

We have to clean things up. We're good enough on both sides of the ball that if we don't turn the ball over, we can beat anybody. I'm just not sure we can get that done right now.

This showed we only have one point guard who can really handle the ball well. The others just couldn't step up. We played well in the first half. But, after Jaime came out, we couldn't get the ball up the floor.

We always want to go inside-out. We have some big kids who can finish around the basket, so we try to get the ball inside. I thought we did a good job of that tonight.

We love playing on the big floor, and we like to use every inch of it. Our kids are trained to rebound, look up and throw the ball ahead, and they did a very good job of it.

We rushed some stuff in the first half, trying to shoot off one pass and shoot off no passes. We're real successful when the ball is going inside.

We're young and we're learning how to get the ball up the floor. We had a great first quarter, but we lost steam and lost focus a little bit and the turnovers killed us. They got all the boards and they just took it away from us.

We knew that once we got the ball out of her hand, it was going to be hard to get it back.

We knew it was going to be a tight game. It's a good win for us. They're a very patient team. They're schooled very well. They're not a team you want to get behind because they do handle the ball so well.

We kept trying to get her the ball in different spots, but as the game is going, a lot of times if you're not engaged early, sometimes you lose your rhythm.

We kept the ball a lot and we just wore them down a little bit. The first game sets the tone for the season and it is good for team moral.

We kept pressing, pressing but couldn't put the ball in the net.

Jeff Jones

We've cut down on turnovers. We had a problem turning the ball over at the beginning of the season, We were averaging about 19 turnovers at the beginning of the season and we're now down to 15 to 16 turnovers. So that's a major improvement.

To be successful in this league, you have to run the ball and for whatever reason we haven't been able to. I can't tell you why. It's like the passing game. Sometimes you feel in a groove, like the other day, and it just happens. You can't want it to happen, you have to make it happen and keep plugging and be persistent. We just haven't been able to do that.

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.