Famous Quotes & Sayings

We saw him make some acrobatic catches. Quarterbacks like throwing the ball to the players who will catch it, you find, not always the guys who are open. Josh is one of those guys who comes up with the ball.

John Flaherty

We saw a lot more strikeouts looking inside, which we haven't seen all year from Randy. He was able to keep that ball in there, keep it straight in there where it's not running back over the plate.

We saw a couple different angles, and if you watch it, the ball changes direction, so I don't see how you guys can say it's clearly a caught ball.

Bobby Bowden

We just haven't gotten control of a doggone ballgame early enough to get him the work that I'd like to give him,

We just haven't been able to put 60 minutes of ball together. Our defense did a good job for most of the first half and we couldn't put our points up offensively.

We just have a hard time when we play them of putting the ball in the basket. Tonight, it really snowballed in the third quarter.

We knew their primary defense was 1-3-1 so we expected that, worked on that all week. Our goal is to move the ball like that. Everybody contributed. Brian (Hudspeth) got hot, and we hit a ton of 3s.

We knew that would be our strength, and every time we got the ball inside good things were happening. We missed some easy ones, but we got the ball right back.

We knew that we were better in the paint than they were. We worked to get the ball inside and to hammer the boards for rebounds.

We knew that we couldn't run the ball outside and we had to get the ball in between the tackles, because of (Hemingway's) team speed. We kept with it, and it turned out good for us.

John Toshack

We knew that they would be looking to pull the ball back for the midfielders to hit. We'd worked on that.

We knew that's the kind of team we had. We don't have much size, but we knew we had great ball handling, good shooting, and good patience.

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

We knew that Donovan could shoot the ball well. We had that on the scouting report. But we didn't think he would shoot it that well.

We knew that Cox was a very good shooter from 3-point range and were determined to not let him get comfortable out there. I told our players to deny him the ball and make him put the ball on the floor and we definitely kept him from hurting us.

We knew Sondergard was a huge threat. We had a game plan of not letting her get the ball as much as possible and it worked fairly well for us.

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.

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.

Corey Brewer

When I saw the ball go up, I felt like it was going to come off and I went full speed. It came right to me. It turned out to be the key play of the game.

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 handle that very well. They pressured us and made us rush, especially early. That's why our shooting percentage was so low. We were rushing shots. We turned the ball over we didn't play with a lot of composure and we dug ourselves a hole. Defensively they did a nice job on us and took us out of our game.

We didn't guard the ball well and we didn't help appropriately.

We didn't give easy throws. Our coverage was pretty good until late and we were able to get to the quarterback. Guys protected well. Clint got rid of the ball well and the guys ran the routes well to get open. We mixed in some runs as well, so I'm pleased with it.