Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are very pleased with the way Ben closed out his conference career. Ben has always been an extremely hard worker.

We knew if Ben got out real well, that Dan and Dominick would carry the load at that point, and we'd just turn it over to Jon there at the end. He had a lead and there's no way he was going to give it up.

Ned Yost

You have to have that type of balance. You got a 25-man team and every man has to go out there and do his job. That's what happened in that (seventh) inning. Now, we've got talented, experienced veteran leadership in Carlos (Lee) and (Geoff) Jenkins, Ben Sheets. We've got the young kids learning and playing hard, too. It's a nice blend to have.

B. F. Skinner

You hate to give up goals right at the half, but Ben made a great play over there, and we played dumb. We had a couple of chances (to clear the ball) and he punished us for it.

This year, coming back in great shape from the knee injury (at the end of 2004) and the competition he faced in training camp (from Ben Olson) has put him over the top. He's playing now at a level he visualized himself playing at over the summer.

Frank Hadden

We will be monitoring him closely this week and obviously we will be considering other options. Ben MacDougall and Graeme Morrison will both be with us in training.

Jim Calhoun

There's no question we don't win this without Ben Gordon.

Ernie Els

There's no one better than Ben on the greens here at Augusta, probably him, Tiger (Woods) and Phil (Mickelson). I think Ben still may be even better than Tiger on the greens.

We've ran together for a while - I've run with Brian for four years and Ben for three years. We know each other pretty well and know what each of us is capable of and that builds confidence for us in a race.

Ken Whisenhunt

What Ben saw was good, ... He trusted it, which is what you want him to do. And then I told him, 'You just gotta trust your guy to make a play.'

Martin Henderson

We spent a few days up Ben Nevis, which is the biggest mountain in the U.K., and there was one day when we had to make a decision whether we were going to go to the summit or not. It was already getting dark, but we made the call to go and made the summit, but as soon as we got there, this blizzard just hit.

John Brady

We tried to send people stunting and tried to man up on him, but Ben had great feet.

We want to be careful we don't overreact to one game. Ben has had a great freshman season.

Doug Melvin

We'll talk to him and see how he feels after he gets to spring training. I'm confident Ben will know whether he's capable of it or not capable of it.

Bill Cowher

The quarterback position has been a little bit of a merry-go-round; we've had Charlie in there, Tommy in there, we've had Ben in there ... and, consequently, our passing game has suffered. There hasn't been that rhythm and being in sync.

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You know you can count on Ben back there. He's played well. He is definitely not playing like a freshman. That's what we need. We really need him to step up and make those big saves for us because in the NCAA tournament one bounce here or there could really cost you.

Last year, they took away the run and we ran anyway. We ran it and ran it. It had a lot to do with Ben growing. Well, he's grown up now.

Bobby Sherman

Basically, I'm 51, going on 45. Or as Jack Benny might have said, I'm still 39!

Morris Gleitzman

If we get caught up in a story, it's because we've started to care about the characters, and that can only happen if we've moved beneath the surface.

Hines Ward

He's the catalyst for our whole offense. I know Ben doesn't put up stats like Peyton Manning or Tom Brady, but his name needs to be mentioned with one of the great quarterbacks in the league today.

Drew Bledsoe

Jason Witten is a special talent. He's as good as Ben Coates (was) when I played with him in his younger years.

We really want to thank former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell for all the work he has done. He got this project up and running, and I am happy that Allard and Musgrave have carried on with his vision.

Ned Yost

You can always tell how Ben is feeling by his personality.

It can have the same effect on the bench as a player taking it end to end on a scoring rush,

Bruce Bowen

I think Ben did. The first part of the game, Ben gets a steal, the dunk. That's not how you want to start off a game away from home. That just energizes their team. That picks their team up and makes them more heightened and more hyper.

Bobby Cox

He meant everything to us. He was one of our biggest contributors here for 3 1/2 years, I can honestly say that. Still can play defense, come off the bench and hit the best pitcher in baseball. Makes no difference to him.

I'm close with the family. I've known Ben and his brothers all my life. He's a captain for a reason. He's taught me how to work hard and how to win. He deserves to win a state title.

If there's some sort of credit for time served, Ben deserves it. He had a very tough childhood in that respect.

Bill Cowher

I just think that he is making good decisions. He is getting confidence and we feed off him. Ben is a leader out there for us, there is no question about that. I just like the frame of mind that he is in. He is a very focused player right now and he needs to be.

I really thought I was gonna die. I told the doctors, 'Let me go instead of running up this big bill.' ... Ben was standing there when I needed him. That's somebody who loves you, who really cares.

Hines Ward

I'll take Ben over anybody. I like the way he handles the game.

Flip Saunders

I looked back at that. What always seems to happen is, the guys will play well, and they'll have one stinker game that week. They'll have one game where Chauncey might have 11 points, six assists. Or Ben might get nine rebounds instead of 18. Rip might have 13 points instead of 23. And in this league so much, it goes down to statistics.