Famous Quotes & Sayings

We just ran into a buzz saw. They just shot the ball unbelievably well. We knew we had to concentrate on (Brady) Jardine, but if you concentrate on Jardine, there are other kids that will hurt you. They got hot and knocked down a bunch of shots and we were cold and before you know it, we were in huge trouble.

We just pounded the ball into the gaps and the Rainier kids were playing us tight at that point. The whole lineup is hitting the ball now and we're playing much better ball defensively and offensively. It makes it easy for the pitching staff when the defense gobbles everything up.

Jon Gruden

We just played them a month ago. We beat them 10-3 and we had to intercept the ball on the 1-yard line to do it. If there's a letdown this week then we'll pay for it. I don't expect that to happen.

We just played real good defense tonight, pressuring the ball all over the place. It's nice to get a win like this and we wanted to be in the championship game.

We just picked our energy level up and caused a couple of errors. Then we'd travel or throw the ball away or something. We were helping them beat us.

We just picked it up. It was the same stuff as the first half. We just dug down a little bit and made it a little uncomfortable for them to run their offense. Once we got the lead, we started building and they really had to come out of their game plan. It looked like their game plan was to hold on to the ball and stay close and once they had to attack, they were very unsuccessful with that and it played well for us.

We just need to play with the intensity like we did tonight. We didn't shoot the ball well, but if we do and play hard like we did, we could be pretty good.

We just need to play tougher. We need to take better care of the ball and hustle to make plays. We'll move on from this game and work on improving.

Mack Brown

We just need to move the ball, not necessarily run the ball. We've had seven-minute drives with Vince throwing it, so we know because of his maturity in the offense that we can move the ball with the run or the pass now.

We just need to keep this going. We just want to hit the ball and make plays like we've been doing. We didn't give up a bunch of walks which is always nice to see going into the playoffs.

We just need to go out there and fight as hard as we can for coach and for ourselves. We are the ones that are going to be putting the ball in the hole and diving on the floor. There are little things that we have to take care of the next couple weeks. I think that we can get it done, and it can still be a great year for us.

Kristen Butler

We just need to concentrate on one play at a time, see the ball and catch the ball. I think our defense needs to step up a little bit, and we need to make timely plays. We weren't making those, and we made a lot of errors this weekend. ... We've just got to put it together ... and keep it going for the rest of the game and close it out.

We just needed to start looking to shoot the ball more. We're a good shooting team, and we do a lot better when we bring that energy and confidence to the court.

We just needed to relax. If you want to make an excuse, the only excuse you can make is we haven't been in this situation very much during the year. But typically in that situation, we've been able to take care of the ball and get fouled and get to the line and make the shots.

Mark Brunell

We just needed to keep the ball in our hands and convert those third downs and get some points. But we just didn't do it.

We just needed to get the ball to go in the basket maybe in the first and second quarter a little more. A couple of shots here or there. Then maybe if we can make a run, it could have been a little different.

We just moved the ball and tried to make them work on D and work the clock down. We just had to make sure everyone was moving and coming hard to catch the ball.

We just made shots tonight. We took quality shots and got out and pushed the ball and did some good things.

Ned Yost

We just let too many opportunities get early. We got his pitch count way up and had opportunities to score and couldn't put the ball in play. That always finds a way to come back and haunt you.

Ned Yost

We just let too many opportunities get by early. We got his pitch count up and three times we had runners in scoring position and fewer than two out. We just couldn't put the ball in play. That has a way of catching up with you.

Ned Yost

We just let too many opportunities get by early. That always comes back to haunt you. We preach to put the ball in play. Nothing good happens with a strikeout.

We just let them get too big of a pad. When we shot the ball and got shots we were fine. It was just a matter of us handling the pressure and getting down there.

We just want to continue to keep our rhythm going. We've been hitting the ball pretty well but even behind that we are making good defensive plays and the pitching is getting better.

We just want to come out and execute our plays no matter who's out there. They've got a good secondary. Their guys are fast and can make plays. So we're just going to have to throw the ball on time and hit the guys in the right area.

We just wanted to spread the floor and take the ball to the bucket. We got a shot and it just went in and out.

We just wanted to play one possession at a time. We wanted to score every time we got the ball and stop them every time they had it. We wanted to keep it very simple.

Shay Doron

We just wanted to keep her in front of us. We wanted to keep the ball out of her hands as much as we could and make sure she took contested shots.

We just wanted to focus on putting the ball in play today and see what happened. We got some fortunate bounces, but we put a couple runs on the board (early) and let our pitchers kind of settle in.

We just wanted to come out tonight and start it up. They were feeding us the ball from the perimeter, they're always confident in us, but they're even more confident when we're producing.

Larry Brown

We just want ball players. I don't get caught up in positions. I think Steve is strong enough to guard 2s and quick enough to guard 1s.

Scott Skiles

We just waited too long to start playing. We kind of just sleepwalked through 2 1/2 quarters. Then near the end of the third quarter we finally started getting aggressive. We started driving the ball and our defense picked up.

Matt Cooke

We just turned the ball over too many times, especially in the fourth quarter. We played really well in the second and third quarters, but in the fourth quarter they started making their perimeter shots and we couldn't score.

We just turned the ball over too many times and gave them too many easy shots in transition.