Famous Quotes & Sayings

I've played well every week, but there's this one guy that's been beating me every week.

John Wilson

This is great. I thought if we could beat (Dwyer), maybe we can win state. This was our toughest test this year. It helped that we had our crowd here. We couldn't have done it without them.

This is good and we needed this to get going again. We sort of hit a lull ? we got the injury and the loss. It's good to get us going again. After Gilboa, we were like, 'If we want to win the league, we have to beat Kortright twice now.' At least we made it interesting, but we still have to go up there and play.

This is a tough one to swallow. I think I'd rather get beat by 25 or 30 than get beat by a point.

Rudy Gay

This is a test for us to see where we're going. We get a chance to beat one of the storied programs and try to build this program into being one of those. You don't really know what you could be matched up against. It could be anything. It helps us to go out and play them before we get into the (NCAA) tournament.

This is a testament to all the kids that have stuck with it. This is tough. Once it starts being something that's not a big deal, you're going to get beat by a team that's excited to be here.

Bill Cowher

This is a team that does not beat itself.

Michael Baker

This is the first beat in a number of quarters, so should be viewed positively.

This is really exciting for the girls. And, any time you can come up to Jefferson City and beat them on their home floor, you have to be pleased. They will probably end up being state-ranked. We need to take what we did tonight and carry it over into the championship game.

This is something we've been working for the past three years. We've gotten beat on a buzzer-beater the last two years (50-49 loss to Johnstown in a Division III district final two years ago, 54-53 loss to Bloom-Carroll in a Division III district final last year), so we're working hard to make sure that doesn't happen again.

Kelvin Sampson

This isn't Cinderella. This is the security guard at the back door. They'll beat you up.

This is the big match every year. One of our goals every year is to beat Utah, so I'm thrilled. I'm proud of the guys. They really rose to the occasion today.

Bruce Pearl

This is the biggest win of the year for us. The reason I say this is such a big win is Kentucky, Florida, Vanderbilt and Tennessee are all competing for the Eastern Division title. When you beat one of those three, it counts twice, a win for you and a loss for them.

This is the best team we've played all year. It's going to take a tremendous effort to beat them.

This is phenomenal, unbelievable. It feels good, but we still have a lot of work to do. That's a great team, and they already beat us like four times this year.

Martin Brodeur

The wheels fell apart. They beat us on the rebound. We had a 4-1 lead, so we have no one else to blame.

The United States should be on the board, but there's no rule. The chips fall where they may when you have these elections. It's just a confluence of events that come together. Sometimes you can't beat it. I was disappointed. I let down the U.S. by not being able to keep a place on there.

Channing Frye

The way this season has gone, ... who knows who the team to beat is now?

The way the fans support me here is unbelievable. It gives you an extra boost and, I don't think I really need the confidence, but definitely gives you extra energy to come out the next time and beat the next team.

This group got beat in the playoffs last year. Now, it's our second year with a lot of the same kids back. You've got to win a playoff game.

This gives you the sense of a state tournament-type game. It's always competitive with those guys. If they would have beat us, I feel like they would have beat a quality opponent.

This game was big for our program. We knew they'd make us beat them with the pass. It's good to see that our passing game can open it up.

This game meant a lot. Poway beat us both times last year. They are our biggest rivalry. So this was really big.

Shannon Brown

This game is very important, not just for me, but for the team because they beat us twice. Tomorrow is going to be a fight.

This game is huge. Albany was a team that beat us they physically manhandled us.

That's where seniors are valuable. We panicked a little bit. We wanted to spread them out and get isolation to beat their guards one-on-one. We'd dribble to the side and stumble or get caught in the corner and get trapped. That's what happens with two seniors and three underclassmen on the floor, or with one out, four underclassmen.

That's where it starts ? get the effort so you don't beat yourself that way and then playing intelligent basketball. You just want to give yourself a chance to play your best. If you don't beat yourself in this league, you win a lot.

David Eckstein

That's when we really knew we could beat the best. That woke up everything for us. Confidence doesn't show up in the box score, but it's so important. After that, we knew we could win it all.

That's what we told them, and we had to win some games, and we beat Gates (County), we beat Manteo, we had Perquimans (County) beat, then we beat Creswell and Columbia the second go-around. We're now 6-6, but we're five points away from being 9-3.

That's why they're the two-time defending state champions. You can't take anything away from them. We have to play perfect in order to beat them, and the walks didn't help any.

Roy Williams

That's what makes this tournament in my opinion the greatest sporting event in the world. Nobody probably thought they could beat Michigan State and North Carolina back to back. But that's college basketball.

That's what makes our league so great. We're going to have beat one of those teams. It's a tough situation to be in. We'll find out what we're made of.

Corey Brewer

That's what Jo does. Jo knows if he's going to score, he's going to beat the other big man down the court.