Famous Quotes & Sayings

I challenged the team. I told them to go out and prove they're ready for tonight's game.

I challenged them in that timeout. We were looking for energy and leadership out of our team, and we wanted them to have fun.

I challenged them all week in practice. Our defense played really well. They made tackles, and we hadn't been doing that.

James Ellis

I challenged the kids to come out of halftime with a defensive stand. Holding them to two points in the third is what put away the game for us.

I challenged some kids after last week (a 20-14 overtime win over Bloomsburg). I knew we had a lot more potential than we had showed so far. We had a great week of practice this week.

I challenged out team as a whole, and maybe we did a gut-check on our manhood so to speak. But basically, the majority of the halftime was spent with the defensive adjustments. And fortunately, the adjustments paid off for us.

I challenged our starters to set the tempo early. I thought our starters one through five stepped up and played well tonight.

I challenged our girls at the half. I told them we've worked too hard to let it slip out of our hands now.

I challenged our big guys to step up. I was glad to see Tony respond tonight.

I challenged him a little bit. I told him he's been good, but he hasn't been special. The first thing he said to me after the game was, 'Coach, was I special tonight?' And I had to say yes.

I challenged him after yesterday. Yesterday, he did not come out ready to play and today he was dominating. He showed what he could do.

I challenged (Finch) at halftime ? I challenged all of them at halftime ? but I think I made her mad. Sometimes that's good.

Steve Alford

I challenged Bru as much as I have ever challenged him at halftime. A first team all-league choice doesn't come in at the half with no rebounds and no field goals. He responded.

I can say I challenged him, ... and he got me.

I don't talk about winning and losing, even if we're the mammoth favorite. I talk about what we have to do to get us in position to win and what we have to do to win. You have to get guys mentally ready and take on personal challenges as a team. We're going to fight them. That's what you have to do as a coaching staff, get them out there to fight them.

I'd say he's in trouble. The challenge for the Democrats is to prove that he is more influenced by lobbyists than he is concerned for public policy in his district.

Melissa McCarthy

I'd rather watch a character be good at something and be challenged - there's more to play in that.

I don't think he'd be here if we considered him raw and vulnerable. The real challenges lie in just preparing him or dealing with the things he's going through for the first time that most 19-year-olds are going through in rookie ball.

Pete Carroll

I don't see the challenge as overwhelming but just different from the previous years,

Paul Goodman

I am willing to completely challenge and face the legal threat.

I am a sports fan and that is why I get into it. It is a challenge to see how you do.

I am not comfortable with the time frame the whole thing has taken but that is the challenge we have to face.

Sidney Crosby

I feel comfortable, ... I'm definitely feeling challenged but with each day I gain more experience. I'm just trying to improve each day.

I don't think we did a very good job of rising to the challenge and kind of went back on our heels. We didn't come out with the fire which we had in the last game.

I don't think we could have lost and still been in (the district race), so it was crucial. We've had some crazy results this season, but I challenged some players and I think the whole team responded.

Eddie Jones

He's got a big heart, and he challenges guys. He gets up in guys' (faces) and makes guys play harder. I like coaches like that. He's emotional and enthusiastic about the game.

David Blunkett

How to strike the right balance between our privacy and our expectation that the state will protect us and facilitate our freedom is one of the most difficult challenges facing us all.

I could have gone Division II and not worked as hard and just gotten by on raw talent but here at BSU I really wanted to challenge myself. I kind of wanted to go big or go home,

I could never challenge Donald Trump for power and influence, but I would never trade that for a pretty day on the rock. It's so intellectual and Zen-like for me.

E. B. White

I called that his challenge and my nightmare.

I don't need to relocate to find new challenges.

Columbus East has a lot of very good players, and it will be a challenge (to keep) them down in scoring. They do a nice job of mixing the defense, and that will present a challenge for our offense.

I am moved by this story because I know what a great challenge it is to be the parent of a child with special needs.