Famous Quotes & Sayings

We didn't even shoot the ball well from the line. Other than shooting poorly we didn't play to bad. We only had 11 turnovers and that's not bad.

Vince Young

We didn't do what we should have on the offensive side of the ball last year. We look at it now as knowing we don't have to do big things to win a big game.

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 it easy by the way we moved the ball. We have this thing where one day somebody is going to be the hero then the next day, it'll be someone else. We move the ball around and whoever has the best shot, takes it. It's important for us to be unselfish.

We made it a ball game and I told them that it would come down to who executes better in the end.

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.

We made good contact. We were aggressive, and we put a bunch of balls in play. We seemed to be able to find the gaps tonight, and we put a lot of pressure on their defense.

We made errors. That's why we lost. We hit the ball a little harder.

We made contact, but we didn't hit the ball hard. We made their defense look better than I thought it was.

We made a silly mistake, and 10 seconds later they're within three runs. That's what happens when you don't play smart the entire game. But boy, he hit that ball a long way.

We made a point to get the ball into Will and the guys could cut off him. When we did that we had a lot of success.

We had a little heart-to-heart talk, a little soul searching at halftime. Then I thought we came out and played the way this team is capable of playing. We got after it defensively, had some good ball movement and, most important, we had some energy.

Larry Brown

We had four straight possessions. We called something and never got into any of them. Never got into any of the plays we were calling. We had crucial turnovers. We had a three-second , a missed dunk, turned the ball over, a charge. We gave them six straight free throws and had three possessions where we didn't get a shot up.

Jim White

We had way too many strikeouts. I know it's early in the season, but we've got to get some balls put in play when we have men on base and we didn't do a good job of that.

We had very high winds and rain. There was lightning in the area. The ref was thinking about stopping the game. It was really, really hard to do anything. But we ran the ball very effectively.

We had two good practices and we shot the ball really well. I thought we'd shoot it well, but we didn't, especially in the first half.

Bernie Bickerstaff

We had two good looks in the last few seconds. You had guys who shoot the ball from the outside, and shoot it well, that took the shots. Call it the bounce of the basketball.

We had two different guys (Dylan McCune and Whiting) taking turns on him. We knew he was their team and we wanted to force him to his left the minute he got the ball and the guys really brought the intensity.

We had two complete games and error-free ball in the second game.

Kirk Ferentz

We had two choices after the ballgame in Chicago. We could dwell on what happened the previous game or previous games, or we could look forward to what was in front of us and try to make something of that opportunity. That's what our guys chose to do.

We had trouble seeing last year. This year we plan to move the ball around more so we can put it in the back of the net. But we need to improve dramatically on our stick skills ? catch and throw ? before we can do anything.

We had tried that play earlier from the other side, so we just wanted it from a different angle. We knew Randall was the guy we wanted to get the ball to, and it worked out.

We had to work the ball a lot harder last season. We had a lot of energy in the first quarter, but after that the game just died.

Gordon Strachan

We had to work incredibly hard at times to win the ball out there,

We had to take care of the ball and be patient on offense. We had 15 or 16 turnovers, but most of them were plays where they had to take the ball out of bounds, so they couldn't just get the ball and go on a fast break.

Antoine Walker

We had to play without our best player on the floor and it's cost us. He's the guy we depend on to make a lot of plays for us. He clogs up the middle and he can also get guys shots and that's the reason we shoot such a high percentage throughout the season -- because we can get him the ball when we need to.

Nick Saban

We have a goal for how many explosive plays that we want to make. We don't want to make those explosive plays at the expense of making poor decisions that are going to turn into turnovers and interceptions. Taking care of the ball and managing the game are more important than that.

Mike Fratello

We have a lot of respect for this team. We knew it was going to be a war. They play hard and unselfish. They make it tough for you. ... We got stops when we needed to and we became aggressive, taking the ball to the basket.

We have a lot of people that can score. A lot of those kids have played together for four years. ... They share the ball well and reach each other really well.

Ryan Freel

We have a lot of guys with a lot of heart on this team. It's going to take us a long way. We have guys that can hit the ball out of the ballpark at will. When you have guys like that in the lineup, you really give yourself a chance.

We have a lot of guys who can make shots. Obviously we shot the ball well.

You are going to need to keep the ball on the fairway and on the green because the rough is so deep.

Ron Gardenhire

We will run every ball out, and we will give you a show every time we come out. Because that's what Kirby would have wanted us to do.