Famous Quotes & Sayings

The problem was we didn't move the ball on offense. We made a lot of mistakes.

Priest Holmes

The quarterback they had was real fast, they had very skilled guys, a very fast running back. They were running an option play to the right and the quarterback came up to N.D. and went to shake N.D. and flipped the ball out for the option to the running back and N.D. caught it in midair and took it 75 yards.

Chris Harris

The quarterback held the ball a little bit longer. I should have gotten a little bit deeper in my initial drop. He got behind me, and that's what happened.

Michelle Gardner

Those first two games we played awesome, we just didn't get the hits when we needed to. We finally made some adjustments at the plate. Everybody hit the ball well.

Those first seven 3-point shots were basically the ball game. We had to fight our best just to get back in it.

Those balls would have been long outs on another day. Our pitchers pitched pretty well. They (Alexander) just got the ball up in the wind and it carried out.

Those are plays that resonate in your mind. Early in the game it's 0-0. Had I caught that ball in the end zone, they wouldn't have scored the field goal and the momentum probably would have shifted. That play in particular is one that I'm not going to forget until next season.

Watkins is the only game where we've gotten beat really bad. They handled us both times. They're just a good team. They hit the ball really hard. We were in the other games. It's a situation here or there.

We are in a new ball game - a new paradigm. You just have to go with the flow now.

We are doing 80 (percent) of things right and just can't finish the 20 percent - and that is putting the ball in the basket. It is frustrating for the kids but we have to go through this. It's a prerequisite for success down the road.

We know she's capable of hitting the long ball when she stays within herself and doesn't press. She felt good at that at-bat and obviously it showed.

Peter Crouch

We know Peter can keep the ball and give time to the others to go forward.

Kay Yow

We know it's important with a team like that, and other really great teams, to start the game out strong, not to start to lose it in the first five minutes, which I felt happened to us today. From that point their confidence level really rose and they really shot the ball extremely well. We just got in a deep hole and then we were just fighting for our life.

Ron Gardenhire

We know it's early with the kid, but we like his arm. He's been throwing the ball very well down here.

We'll have a different look this year. We'll be looking to run the ball more. We have our quarterback and receiver back, but we lost two offensive linemen.

Scott Skiles

We'll go down there and try to get other guys the ball on the move, whereas Eddy could sort of overpower people sometimes. We may have to be a little more clever about how we're delivering the ball.

We'll go back at it and run our stuff. I don't think there's any secrets. We've just got to execute a little better, and we just can't turn the ball over.

Dom Capers

We'll get it squared away. We weren't able to get the kind of consistency we wanted moving the ball because we were using different combinations (of players).

We'll feel good about ourselves today and get back to work tomorrow. Tuesday's game will be a whole different ball game. We worked all year for home-court advantage. We can't come into Tuesday and lose it.

Well, obviously they just beat us from start to finish. I'll give credit to them ... I've never seen a team really shoot the ball the way they shot the ball and it wasn't just one guy. It was everybody.

Well, no, not really, to be honest with you. Tom always seems to make the big play. We definitely don't want the ball in his hands at the end of the game.

Those guys all want the ball and they will grind it out. Rob Bell for his third consecutive day went out and did a terrific job. It's either feast or famine. Sometimes a bullpen is so overworked and sometimes they don't get any work. For right now, they know they're going to get the ball.

Titanium heads also have more of a trampoline effect. They bounce the ball off the club faster so the ball has more speed and goes farther.

Those numbers can be deceiving because of the pitching we faced wasn't as good. But the summer ball did give us a lot of innings.

Geno Auriemma

Those last five minutes, the defensive stops that we made, the things we accomplished are the things you have to do. I think we made the plays. Offensively we got the ball where we wanted to get it. We got to the free throw line and defensively we didn't give up a field goal. That is a far cry from last Monday (against Rutgers). That is the nature of the game. You get it right and you feel great. You get it wrong you feel lousy.

Those kids don't play like freshmen. They want the ball and don't shy away from contact.

Those kids did not fold, they did not quit. They believed in themselves and believed in each other. They came out of that locker room and played team ball like it was the first quarter all over again.

Martin Short

Two words, sweetie: Balloon mortgage -- and the need to be loved.

Unfortunately, you need a crystal ball to figure out if you'll be one of the winners.

Unfortunately we had to foul her at the end. She had the ball in her hands. If she missed the front end we might be singing on the bus home.

Unfortunately, we got back into the rut of turning the ball over and not shooting the ball well. It was pretty much unbelievable.

You have opportunities and you turn the ball over ... we're better than that. One thing our team is working to understand is a little more of a sense of urgency, a little more aggressiveness without hurrying.

Jon Gruden

We'll make a tough call here in the next three or four days, ... We have a couple of days to kick the ball on the practice field. We have compiled a lot of statistics and numbers on all their kicks and we'll make that call in the next couple of days.