Famous Quotes & Sayings

Johnny Damon

I was thinking about cutting my hair right after the season. I knew if I came here it would be a big deal.

I was very proud of the way they came back and put us in a position to win. I don't think there was very much more they could have done.

I was very proud of them because normally we are not a very good free-throw shooting team and they came through at the end tonight.

I was very proud of our play, especially down the stretch. I thought we played with poise and maturity, and the things we've been working on really came to the forefront.

Gary Williams

I was very pleased the way we came out and the way we played. A lot of good teams don't do that.

I was trying for a few years to get on full-time and when the opportunity came it was great,

I was very keen for Dennis to stay but he came in on Saturday morning and said he didn't think it was right to stay on and I wished him all the best. Dennis was disappointed, which is understandable, but he can still do a good job on the football field. At the end of the day he has got to be mentally right and he told me he wasn't and you have to respect his decision. He's been a great professional.

I was very happy to make this result. It's my first time on the podium this season. I had two good runs. It was really a special feeling. I came here full of confidence.

I was heart-broken. I came back and went to Troy.

Lindy Ruff

I was hoping to weather the first 10 minutes but we came out and controlled play and did the things we needed to do to set the tone for the game.

I was hoping to get one victory down low, but when we came up with two, that was huge.

I was extremely proud of how they came together as a group.

I was in good shape when I came here, but it (boxing) whooped me. It is way more physically demanding than any other sport.

Yadier Molina

I was in good position, so he could slide, but he came after me,

Kara Lawson

It gave me a huge comfort level with cameras and speaking in public and knowing what to say and not what to say.

It felt so good to win. The game was going back and forth and it was such a close match, but we never gave up and came out on top.

It feels great. I mean, the last time they did a great job of shutting me down, but this time we made some corrections and it showed out on the field, ... We just knew we had to go out there and do it. We knew if we didn't give 110 percent, that we were going to get killed. And it came down to who wanted it more.

Brandon Wallace

It feels good. This is what we planned to do when we came up here, just handling business.

It felt like it was personal. I came out and made it personal.

Chauncey Billups

It felt good - it was halfway down and it came out. That's to be expected when the night is going like that.

I think our team came out in the second half with a lot of fight and a lot of aggressiveness.

I think our revenue stream shows that people came in and had a good time.

Dale Jarrett

I think our relationship - mine and Dale's - as far as I'm concerned is as good, if not better than ever. When I came back in 2003, we talked about our differences and our problems, and I think they've been great since then.

I think our pressure wore on them. We tried to put pressure on the perimeter and make it tough to get it to (Johnson). Then we fronted him and came with a double-team.

I think she's less in shock than she was when first came in around Thanksgiving other than that, pretty much unchanged.

I think right from the outset the conditions were difficult. We said before the game we'd be quite happy with a point so we came away quite pleased to be honest.

I think primarily the reason we did better was we concentrated on teaching fewer players what to do. It kind of gets you every now and then, but I thought Sammie (Salazar) came in and did a really good job. That gave us a sixth man that we needed.

I think everybody that came into contact with him feels the impact of what just happened. It really makes you come down to earth and realize what you really have. It was a shocker. You can't sleep after that.

I think (others) were hoping James Sullivan might become a better person before he came out. A lot of people went by religion. I think some of the people were on the fence. But we all reached the conclusion he should be in there the rest of his life.

I think on Friday we didn't come out as ready as we came out (Sunday). Friday was kind of like a warm-up for us and hopefully it only took us one game to realize that we need to come out harder next time, and that's what we did, we came out harder and got things done today.

Kobe Bryant

It doesn't really seem like we're overly jumping for joy, but it is a great accomplishment for us. We came from last season when we didn't make it. This season nobody expected us to make it and here we are.

It doesn't feel strange. It really doesn't. It was six years. You're talking about an opportunity. An opportunity came up for me to come back in this position, and I welcomed it and jumped at it.