Famous Quotes & Sayings

We shot a very high percentage this year and we're hoping to build on that. If we take care of the ball and get good shots, we will have a good chance. That's been a huge key to our success this year.

We shot 6 of 43 from the field and we have struggled shooting the ball throughout the season. We had a lead in the fourth quarter but ... then Hanson made a 3 to win them the game. I am pleased with our defensive improvements from previous games.

Taurean Green

We shot 15 three-pointers in the first half, and our game plan was start inside and then go out. In the second half we did a good job of getting the ball inside and our big guys did a good job of getting it outside.

Doc Rivers

Wally and Paul played so well off each other. Well, everybody did a great job. The defense, at times, was really good with the rotations, and I just thought the ball moved great.

Andrea Thompson

When life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.

Andrew McCarthy

I thought I understood the story very well, because I've lived with it for so long. But movies change and take on a life of their own once they start to be made, and you have to keep your eye on the real ball, not the ball that's in your head.

We have to come down and push the ball and be aggressive. They play a lot of international ball, and they play a lot of pressure defense.

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.

John Beck

We have to be upbeat, find the things that we made mistakes on and fix them and go into this ballgame fired up.

We have to be upbeat and intense. We have to defend very well in the half-court, keep up the ball pressure, and make sure we help each other out on defense.

We have to be ready to play from start to finish. I give Canon-McMillan credit. They put the ball in play, played great defense and got great pitching. They gave themselves a chance to win. We didn't do that in the first three innings.

Tara VanDerveer

We have shot the ball very well, and I think we have (center) Brooke Smith to thank for that because she passes the ball so well. But, obviously, you have to be able to knock the shots down.

We have severe problems next year. This year's budget is held together on a ball of twine, glue and a whole lot of faith.

We have set a policy that if they're on the general election ballot and they're a special district, there would not be a charge.

This was a nice one for us to get today. I'm really happy for Manuel. He battled and battled to get the count to 2-0. He then got a fast ball and was able to take it the other way, which is exactly what you're supposed to do in that situation.

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.

The only thing I do remember is Kentucky couldn't move the ball and there was a lot of quickness on the floor. And I remember Pat.

When you play Iowa State, you can't turn it over a lot. We had 18 turnovers but we had 22 assists. I thought that was a big factor, that we passed the ball pretty well all night long and got pretty good open looks and pretty easy shots.

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 to see the ball in the air. We love opportunities to get picks ... so we're kind of fired up.

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.

Whenever I hit big shots, it's because John dominated down low and freed it up for me. They're so focused on him, so when he kicked out I had a little time, squared my shoulders, and got the ball to fall.

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 (senior guard Reggie Pero) was their best ball handler so we wanted to keep it out of his hands. The idea is to make the other kids do things they aren't used to doing.

We knew Jeremiah wouldn't be extremely effective, just because he's been hurt. We were hoping he'd make a miraculous recovery overnight, but from what we'd seen in practice he just hadn't progressed enough. So we decided we would try to push the ball up-tempo, and it gave us some easy looks early on. And, actually, we still got looks in the game on shots we normally make, but for some reason we weren't able to knock them down.

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.

Fred Couples

We thought it was the greatest thing ever. He was not going to hit in this rain. I bet we waited seven or eight minutes, and he just stood there. Then they blew the siren, he marked his ball and we went inside. They washed out the round and the next day we re-paired in threes. I either didn't get him, or I had someone else with us so I wasn't as nervous about getting in his way.

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.