Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Stevens

When we passed the ball well, we kind of had Poland back on their heels a bit. We told our kids the game does not end at the half.

When we need a 3, he's our guy. When our offense isn't going well, he goes in there and organizes it. He doesn't handle the ball much but he tells people where to go.

When we lost to them down there, they played what may be the best game of the season for them. We kind of helped by turning the ball over and never really got into our offense.

When we lost King, we lost our guy who pushes us, who pushes the ball up the court for us. I didn't think we were going to be able to score quickly after that.

When we lost Drew, that really hurt because it took our lead blocker out of there. Those injuries were really crucial, but that's not to make excuses. Marshall just ran the ball right at us and hit us hard.

When we keep the ball on the ground and play to each other's feet, things usually turn out well for us.

Richard Madeley

When we (himself and Judy) were trying to conceive, I would douse my balls in icy cold water before intercourse.'

When we've given the ball away, we've been punished.

When we threw that ball away, it gave them the momentum.

When West Forsyth and South Rowan play, it's going to be scrappy ball game that'll go down to the wire. It'll be fun, and it'll be intense.

We will have to get over this loss (to Raleigh) and be ready to play. Newton County runs the ball really well and their defense is tough.

When I went to this point-guard camp the big thing they stressed was getting the ball to your teammates where it's easiest from them to score.

Kevin Dillon

We've played the three teams who came down but this is probably the toughest game. We break the matches down into groups of six, this is the last in our current batch and probably the hardest. They've had a superb run. They're direct, they like to get the ball forward and get it into the box with corners and throw-ins.

We've played a lot of Division I and Division II teams, which will help us in the tournament, but we have to learn how to put the ball in the net.

We've played 31 ball games and, at this time of the year, you can't change. You have to go with what brought you and play with the style that's been successful for you all year long.

We've only had one day of practice since the Saturday game so we haven't had a lot of time work on things. But we really need to shoot the ball better. I think if we can have some good shots and get them falling early we should be all right.

We've obviously got to be a better tackling team, we've got to work on our eyes, feet, ball skills, all of those things. That's one thing in an open date, you really look at some things. We, really, over the next few days need to focus on ourselves and get better.

(We want) to win it so we can come back with a gold ball and not another silver ball.

We wanted to get the ball to Randy, but they shut it down. We needed to be more patient.

We wanted to get the ball to Luke on the block, because they couldn't defend him there.

Rick Carlisle

We wanted to get the ball into Stephen Jackson's hands. He had been a major force for us the whole game. That last basket of ours was indicative of the whole game. He made the unselfish pass to the open man.

We wanted to get the ball inside, which we did a good job of early on. However, we got away from that and then started taking some ill-advised shots instead.

We wanted to get the ball inside right off the start. You could tell we were nervous.

We wanted to get the ball inside and try to get them in foul trouble. Early on, we got some easy baskets.

We wanted to get some turnovers, ... He threw a nice ball deep, and we put a lot of (pressure) on him, and I just made the catch. I've been working so hard, and now it's paying off, so it feels real good.

We wanted to get him tired. We didn't want to give up the big play. The game plan was to control the ball and not turn it over, and not give up the easy score.

We wanted to get a steal after A.J. made his two free throws, but if we couldn't come up with a steal, we were going to have to foul them. There was a scramble for the ball and I came up with it and was able to get the ball to A.J.

We wanted to extend the lead to 15 or 18. We had a real chance to control the game. (Boston College) battled back. They got the ball inside and chipped away. They eventually caught us. Dudley and Smith came up big for them.

We had speed if we could get the ball there (to them). We sort of saw it during the game. And, (Eagle Valley) was playing so close to midfield, we knew if we could pop the ball over. We had a lot of breaks, and it worked out that way.

We had some unbelievable defensive plays. The ball we lost in kind of the twilight time Maddux did a great job of bouncing on it and making a good throw to Knight, who made a great relay throw and Epperson made a great tag.

O. Henry

We had some tough losses. Our goal this season was to win 20 games, and we figured we were going to fall short after those one-run losses, but we've been working all week on hitting the first-pitch fast ball and that's what we did tonight.

Pete Carroll

We'd been having a hard time getting other offenses off the field, ... We need to get the ball back to our offense. You can see what happens when we do that.

We are excited to have David join our program, ... He is a fine young man who represents all that we look for in a student-athlete at FAU. He's a good person and a good student from a good family. As a player, he gives us another ball handler who can run the team while putting terrific pressure on opposing guards. We were fortunate to find him at such a late date.