Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jerry Sloan

We gave (Sacramento) everything they needed to get their game going and win the ball game. I took the timeout with four minutes left in the fourth because I felt like the guys that were in just weren't going to get the job done.

Tracy McGrady

We gave ourselves a great chance to win the ballgame. We got great looks. The ball just didn't bounce the way we wanted it to. We just couldn't get over that hump.

Jon Gruden

We gave him the ball in week five last year so we obviously thought he showed promise and improvement,

We gave a better effort in the second half and put the ball on net much better today.

We gained the lead briefly in the fourth quarter, at the six-minute mark, and didn't take care of the ball and failed to come up with some key rebounds.

We fully intend to do so, unless the company chooses to come and talk to us. The ball is in their court, so to speak.

We had a game plan to not get beat off penetration and to make their guys shoot the ball over us. For three and a half quarters it worked. But a few turnovers, a couple missed shots down the stretch got us. But I'm proud of the kids, they played hard.

Mike Leach

We had a few mental lapses and errors that cost us in the fifth and sixth innings, but we were able to get the win. As you can tell, we hit the ball really well.

We had a few good shots. We just can't shoot the ball well. They are a good ball team. They are really tough inside and have some good outside people.

We had a lead then we gave up a grand slam and we just didn't execute after that. San Jacinto has a very good ball club and when you play programs that are good, you have to execute if you expect to win and we just didn't do that today.

We had a heck of a first half. We were down eight, came back and took the lead at the half. At halftime I told them, 'They're going to come back. They're a quality team.' But we kind of went through the motions. We didn't push the ball. Was it anything they were doing? No. They weren't pressing us. We were content walking the ball up.

We had a heck of a comeback. We stepped it up defensively, got the ball inside and tried to finish. It was a good quality win and a nice way to finish out. We wanted to have a win to go into the playoffs.

We want to play a style that counterattacks. I feel we have good ball possession and speed that can generate good scoring chances.

We want to go out and get better each game no matter if it's Duke, Temple, Georgia Tech, North Carolina or Virginia Tech. We just have to get the ball rolling so once we're into those bigger games, then we're just clicking.

We want to go hard and strong all the time, and it was just a great team win for us. Everybody was the moving the ball and spreading it around.

Norv Turner

We want to get the ball to (Moss). He gets a lot of coverage. We've got to find ways to get it to him.

Dom Starsia

We want to get the ball back, so they can't control the pace of play. If we can play at a little faster speed, I think that will play to our advantage.

Lindsey Graham

We want to get into the ball game,

We want to get back to the old Florida State. Put four wide receivers out there, spread us out and throw the ball down the field.

Maurice Cheeks

We want to funnel the ball to him on defense. And you know what? He's a much better offensive player than people give him credit for. We're going to give him a chance to show it.

Maurice Cheeks

We want to funnel the ball to him on defense,

Mark Brunell

We were one-dimensional last year. We ran the ball very well, I thought, but our passing game was lacking. When you can have that balance, you're more efficient.

We were on another team's floor. They were number three seed, so they were a tough team. They shot the ball real well. We stopped their leading scorer, one of the leading scorers in the state, and kept him to five points for three quarters.

We were OK once we started getting the ball inside.

Barry Alvarez

We were OK at the half. They didn't have the ball much, and I didn't think there were any major things we had to correct. ... I would have been pleased to play like we did in the first half.

We weren't very quick to the ball (against LMU). They were much more aggressive. They got way too many points in the paint.

We weren't trying to do anything special. We wanted to do what we'd practiced: Get the ball to half-court, get it to the corners, and make some diagonal passes to the basket.

Kobe Bryant

We just fell right in line with what we are supposed to do. Lamar is such a great facilitator, he takes a load off of my shoulders. I can just focus on putting the ball in the basket and he becomes the facilitator for our team.

We just do what it takes to win and we're smart. If it's in our best interest to push the ball up the floor, that's what we do. We're not worried about selling tickets. When you're winning games, people come -- no matter what the score is.

We just distributed the ball better and we very unselfish.

We knew it was coming. They do a good job of swarming the ball with their press, so they're pretty effective with it.

Mike Mussina

We knew in Spring Training he could throw the ball the way he's throwing it. When he got the opportunity, he did the job.

We knew if we got that fourth-and-2, that was going to be the ball game.