Famous Quotes & Sayings

We can't always fight uphill. Sooner or later... the ball is going to fall our way.

Larry Brown

We can talk all we want, but if the team is shooting 65% and we're turning the ball over and we get in early foul trouble you can't make it a high-possession game. The second half, we didn't make it a high-possession game. We don't have the interior defense right now if we do get beat. We can't play like them.

We can take the bragging rights out of spring. We were able to come out and move the ball and get things done.

We don't want to get him wore out and then have them be able to just run the ball at us. Obviously, he is the best run stopper we have.

Kurt Thomas

We have been relying on team effort, not so much as one individual. Everyone stepped up at Ball State and they all played pretty even, as indicated by their scores. We need to improve our short game, though. That was what hurt us the most at Ball State, and we lost some shots around the green. Our course management will be the key to our success this weekend.

We have been playing well. We just haven't been winning. We are starting to knock down shots. I don't think we shot the ball extremely well at the first part of the season, but we are starting to shoot a better.

We have been getting beat by a better ball club right now, and our guys are hurting. South Carolina is good, and they have been playing at their best right now.

Kevin Cosgrove

We have been doing a very good job mixing up our rush calls, and I think our kids are very in tune with what we are calling, and they are executing. They have a good understanding of what is going on and down and distance, and our get up off the ball has been very good because of that.

We have great depth and interchangeable parts. Everyone seems to be able to put the ball in play and gives us something on defense.

Bill Tierney

We have got to take care of the little things and protect the ball on offense. We lost a huge opportunity, but it was confidence building in that we can compete at that level.

We have got to take better care of the ball. You can't win when you turn the ball over and shoot like that.

We have got to get back to work and get better. To me, we've got to be able to throw the ball and make plays with the pass.

Brian Cashman

We have good confidence if Shawn Chacon takes the ball that we're going to have a chance, ... We'll be in the game and we'll have a chance to win it because he's done that well for us this year.

Tom Izzo

We really didn't shoot very well. We just missed. In that first half, we were just throwing balls at the basket.

Butch Harmon

We really didn't have to fix anything in Tiger's swing. We just had to shape some shots, curve the ball a bit differently for some of the holes out there.

We really came out ready to play, especially on the offensive end. I thought we got some great ? not good, great looks early and we were stepping into our shots. The ball went inside-out and I thought we were really making the defense work. I believe we went into halftime with 10 assists and three turnovers and giving up no offensive rebounds. When you do that, it's usually a recipe for success.

We ran about every press. We tried to disrupt them. They did a great job as a team in not turning the ball over.

We ran a 5-1 tonight and Janet Torres played fantastic. She really spread the ball around and got everyone involved.

We put up a good fight in the first half, but their size really gave us fits in the second half. They got the ball inside and rebounded well.

We put three different people on her. We had help. She just can shoot the ball so well.

We put the ball in the hands of who we believe to be the best point guard in the conference, LaToya Bond, and she got the job done.

We put the ball in play well today.

We put the ball in play quite a bit at Grants. We only struck out eight times the whole day.

Chone Figgins

We put the ball in play hard today.

We put the ball in play and we made them make mistakes at times. We got the ball out of the infield and that helped, too. And yeah, definitely, Christie and Brittany with those first two hits, one person gets going and then everybody gets going.

Lance Moore

We put the ball in play and ran the bases well today.

Tim Smith

We put the ball in play and put a little pressure on them. They made a couple of errors here and there and we hit a couple of shots pretty hard.

We put that in all week. I had to hit him in the second window (deeper in the end zone). I thought the flat defender would come down when he saw the ball fake, but he didn't. Eric ran a good route and didn't get hammered at the line, and I hit him in the second window.

We put some balls in play, and they made some mistakes that helped us a little bit, and then we had some big hits.

We don't back down from anyone. As long as we go out there and execute, pressure the ball and rebound, the sky is the limit.

We didn't play great defense, but we shared the ball a lot. Right now, it's fun to play basketball. It's fun to be out there. It was disappointing to lose the big lead, but it's a win, and that's good enough right now.

Johnny Thunders

We did a TV show and they thought I was too messed up and wouldn't show it. That started the ball rolling with the press. They started following me.

We did a sloppy job of taking care of the ball with some unforced turnovers and everything. Our kids battled back from it though, and didn't get discouraged.