Quotes about ball
ball easy good iowa looks night open passed turn
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.
ball conditions good guy hand
When you play in the conditions that we had to play in tonight, it's good to have a guy that you can hand the ball and know that you can get some things done offensively.
ball best clue few guys hits hitter
There are a few guys around here who think he is the best hitter we face. And I'm one of them. I have no clue how to get him out. Every ball he hits, he hits hard.
ball finish good job kids
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.
ball cut run stop
We always want to do the same things. We want to run the ball and stop the run, and we did pretty well tonight. We just need to cut down on penalties.
ball creates eyes focus talk teams tend
We always talk about him and when he has the ball all eyes are on him. Teams tend to focus on him when he has the ball and it creates opportunities for other guys.
ball establish game inside pound pounding road shoot takes until visiting
We always pound it inside when we go on the road. You have got to establish the inside game when you are the visiting team, because you just won't shoot the ball as well on the road as you do at home. Until someone takes away our inside game, we're going to keep pounding it.
ball biggest effort kid ought throw
We made a big-time effort to throw the ball into the post. We've got the biggest kid in the county, so we ought to throw him the ball.
ball fired love picks
We love to see the ball in the air. We love opportunities to get picks ... so we're kind of fired up.
ball crosses love opens playing
We love playing wide. That's more our game. You can get the ball down and put in crosses easier. It opens up the defense.
ball good inch job kids love playing throw trained
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.
ball good hands love
We love having the ball in his hands because good things always happen.
ball bottom chance line ran run team
When you look at us today, the bottom line is we didn't tackle. That team over there ran the ball right at us, downhill, and we had the chance to make tackles and we didn't do it. I didn't think they'd be able to run like they did. They ran it right down our throats.
ball discount games last looked maybe player quality sharp
When you look at it, you want Amado Guevara on the ball a lot more than what he did today. With him being away for maybe 10 or 11 days, he's not looked as sharp in the last two games but he's a quality player and you can't discount quality players. Mo Johnston
ball guy leave miss plate
When you leave a ball out over the plate to a guy like Andruw Jones, he doesn't miss very many. Brian Schneider
ball expand guys hit leave move people regular season strike zone
When you leave a ball in the middle, the guys hit it. That's just the way it is. There's nothing different than the postseason or regular season - get ahead, expand the strike zone and move people around, same thing that you do all year. Roger Clemens
ball four game hit players relax shoot straight three throw
When you have a game like that in the first part of the game, I can relax a little bit, but not let the players relax. Latrobe can shoot the ball from the perimeter and, I know it was 20-some points, but four straight possessions they hit a three and we throw it away and they're right back in the game.
ballot box help looking negativity pure
When you go to the ballot box in November, if all you are looking at is pure negativity from the Democrats, I don't think it is going to help them.
ball couple high hurt intent knock neck run seriously talking
When you go high in the face, your intent is not to knock the ball out. Your intent is to seriously hurt somebody. You're talking about a potentially career-ending neck injury. I've run over a couple of catchers in my time, but I never went that high on one. You go for his glove. Brian Jordan
ball clicking extra gave hit impressed key pay people phases runs swung
When you give people extra outs and you hit the ball the way Kamehameha did, you'll get a lot of runs scored on you. They were clicking in all phases of the game. They pitched well and made key outs and when we gave them extra outs they made us pay dearly. You've got to be impressed with the way they swung the bats.
ball bounce building couple drop top
When you drop a ball from the top of a building it will bounce a couple of times.
ball defense defensive game games keeps played players rhythm type wins
The players first said how embarrassed they were with the type of defensive game they played tonight. Our defense keeps us in games and wins us ball games, keeps us close. We just got out of a rhythm from the start.
ball challenged good pick players shoot team themselves
The players challenged themselves to pick it up defensively. We didn't shoot the ball particularly well tonight. We had a good team effort. We had a lot of contribution from a lot of different people. Avery Johnson
ball block field impressive kids pass run sit throw
What's impressive is he'll sit back in pass protection, and then we'll throw the ball down the field and he'll run down field and block a safety. I mean, get down field! You just don't see kids who can do that. He's special.
ballplayer business care guy hands knew takes wants
What kind of a ballplayer do you want to have the ball in his hands in that kind of situation? We knew we had him. I can't think of a better guy to give the ball. He wants it, he wants to compete, he takes care of business for us and he comes through.
ball burst game great learns looks talking
We were talking about it today. If you put that No. 93 on him and look at him from behind, he looks like Will Smith. A lot of things he does on the field, he has a lot of characteristics Will had. His stance, his burst off the ball look like Will's. Once he really learns the game on this level, he's going to be a great player. Donte Whitner
ball decided half score second taking time
We were taking off with the ball way too much. We decided in the second half that we'd take our time and try to keep the score low.
ball hit swinging
We were swinging the ball around and I had already hit one from there (earlier in the game) so I thought why not? Let?s see what I can do.
ball good line offensive played run surprised veterans year
We were surprised only in the sense that they haven't run the ball this well all year. It was a good strategy. They executed very well. One year ago, the offensive line was very young, but now they are veterans and played like it. Kirk Ferentz
ball sure
We were sure he was going to get the ball and we had to get to him.
ball box sync
We've got to get him the ball in the box. He hasn't had a lot of opportunities in the box yet and so as we become better and as we become more in sync as a team, that will improve. Sigi Schmid
ball good shooting shots
We've got to get him some more shots because he's too good at shooting the ball for us not to do that.
ball driving
We've got to get back to driving the ball and making plays. Joe Johnson