Famous Quotes & Sayings

It would be more fun if we were battling for one of the byes or higher seeds. We're fighting for a little pride and an ounce of momentum before the tournament.

It was an outing that wasn't well period, regardless of battling for a spot or not.

The story of the game was missed chances. It was two tough breaks, especially with the goalie battling his rebounds, but it could have changed the game. But they got the lead and stayed back, so it was hard for us to get into the zone and get our cycle going.

Bryan Robson

The spirit of the lads was terrific. It was a great goal from Martin and Tomasz has been playing terrifically well recently. It was a terrific battling performance.

That's kind of how it's been going for us the last couple of months. Don't give up, keep battling and hope you make things happen. Tonight, we did.

Daunte Culpepper

That shows I'm not perfect. I've just got to keep battling through it,

That opens it up. Lisa's been coming on. She's been battling a leg problem all year and she was worrying that the doctor might shut her down for the year. She got the OK last Monday that it's not a stress fracture, and all of a sudden she's shooting the heck out of the ball.

(Albany) swings the sticks pretty good, so we just had to match their intensity and keep battling and hope we came out on top.

They (the Pirates) are a good team. They're not ranked eighth in the country with only one loss for nothing. I'm proud of our guys for not giving up and battling right to the end.

They're a battling team. They've got a gritty coach. They played hard. They try to play spoiler or whatever. Guys never quit in this league. It's never a given that you're going to get two points.

They put it all together and played like they had to play. (Eagle's View) is good, they kept battling and we just kept the pressure on." ()

Pete Carroll

A lot of players will be battling for playing time in the secondary and the competition will continue into the fall.

Tom Shales

'American Idol' is sometimes lumped with reality shows and it has that element - folks-next-door battling it out in a contest. But instead of fighting leeches, bugs, parasites and each other, as on CBS's 'Survivor' and other shows that imitate it, the 'American Idol' contestants, of course, sing.

This is huge progress. Before, we'd be battling each other in the trials for one or two spots in the main event. Now, we get 16 guys directly into the main event.

There were some good things out there. Unfortunately, when you're battling through what we've been battling, things like that seem to happen to you.

This is what it is all about. Getting an opportunity to win the city championship is what we've been battling for all season.

This is the last time you might see 36 in that uniform, so I would rather for him to actually go out with a bang. If it was up to me and him battling for the last little piece, I would willingly give it up to him.

They played a whole game tonight. I'm proud of these kids. They work so hard and are battling every night.

They got away with a lot of stuff on him. He showed me a lot of class in that tournament, because he was mugged and kept battling through it and played well.

You don't have much choice. You have to focus and keep battling as hard as you can.

If everything were perfect, that would have been nice. But we're not quite there yet. There are four guys in there, they're battling tooth and nail.

I feel like our kids are battling their tails off every night.

This one was pretty rough. I think it's probably the roughest one I've had. I just have to keep battling away and hopefully find that rhythm that I'm looking for.

We did a good job of battling back. It's tough, but we have 14 conference games left, and we're going to keep battling.

Kyle Lohse

I've been out there battling my butt off all year,

I've been battling it out for nine years at this level (to get to 200 wins). But the Steelheads didn't make it any easier for me. This is a tough place to get a win.

Joe Borowski

I've been battling injuries the last two years, and I'm finally coming into camp feeling fantastic, 100 percent, no problems.

Things like that are going to happen. They'd been battling the whole game. They beat me. I made a mistake, and they got me.

Martin Havlat

The whole team played a great game. We were battling much harder. We were much better in the power play. We were skating much better and putting pressure on them.

Matt Barnes

What an effort by my kids. These kids kept battling and battling. We had a chance. We kinda showed what Olympus is all about. We've got a lot of character and heart. O We knew we were heavy underdogs coming in. We were under the radar, and we were one shot away from going to the championship.

We weren't going to give her a three, no way . . . . But she hit those others, and you have to give them credit for battling their way back into it.

Taylor Dent

The problem I'm battling with is the consistency. I can serve four aces one game and come out the next game, hit a couple of double faults, not make any first serves and get broken.

We didn't get our noses dirty enough. We didn't go to the net enough. We're both battling for a playoff spot, and they just came out hungrier.