Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think these guys will get it done. There would have still been meaning if we won (the conference tournament), but not as deep as it is now. I don't think I'll have any problem motivating these guys.

I think the Missouri Valley Conference is good, but I don't know who's talking about (five or six NCAA bids) and in what bar.

It is a public conference being put on to develop public policy, and it should be publicly funded, period.

I think there is a pattern of this White House saying one thing at a press conference and then trying to shimmy out of it.

Wes Moore

I think there is less pressure here than what we faced in the conference tournament.

Last week I put a thing up that said it's a six game season right now for us. Right now we're 2-0 in this six game season and we've got to keep it going because all of our games are conference games from here on out. One loss could put us sitting home.

Last season we were fourth in the conference as seventh-graders but when we defeated New Lenox Martino, I knew this season had some real good possibilities.

I think depending on what the other teams in the conference look like, we're going to do pretty well this year. Last year was a struggle to get into states.

I think every season is important because there are so many variables for the conference and the schools, ... Certainly, this year presents the opportunity for the Big East Conference to step out and show its capabilities.

Eric Hyman

Is a $40 price to go watch a Southeastern Conference football game reasonable? We've done our due diligence around the country. You'll see that it's more than reasonable.

Pascal Lamy

Some of you will have read, or perhaps written, stories about a Plan B to be implemented in the event that the Hong Kong ministerial conference falls short of our objectives.

John Hendricks

Somehow, they have become our conference rival, and we're opening the season with them, so I'm expecting a good, hard-fought game.

My time at conference would have been good enough to make it to state last year.

I think this team understands what the Big Ten conference is all about. It's pretty tough to say we're going to win a Big Ten title with Michigan returning but we expect to be in the thick of it.

I'm sure after the Shore Conference (Tournament), everyone thought we were a joke. We take things for granted a lot of times. I think we do better as underdogs.

I'm hoping we get another shot at them in the conference tournament. We gave it our all, they just knocked down shots.

We need six starters for the season and four for conference play.

Jay Wright

We now have a long-term commitment, a new practice facility planned, a newly expanded conference and renovations planned for the Pavilion. There's nowhere our staff and my family would rather be.

That was huge, a sophomore on the mound. You go on the road for the first conference game, and he comes up big for us.

That was a very impressive win for Blackhawk last week. They've gotten better and better each game. Blackhawk is so well coached, there's no way there would be a letdown. In the conference we play in you have to be ready each week.

That win was very critical for us. We obviously want to be in it till the end in the conference race. You have to get some wins. That's not easy, especially in this conference, but that's why it's an honor to play in the Big Ten.

That will be a good test or us a big conference game at home.

That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad.

That was not a senior play. But the guys didn't lose their composure. I just wish we were healthy. We're the only team in the conference who hasn't been healthy from start to finish.

That was only four seconds off the conference record. These guys really were hungry to not only win a conference championship but to get to state.

That's the reason why you play the tournament. We play those two games to get some of that rust out of our system, because after that we don't have anything but conference left.

That's the most we scored in a conference game. We're hitting well and playing good defense. It's good to win the conference outright.

Sylvia Hatchell

I would hope that (the NCAA selection committee) wouldn't hold one team in our conference back because of one or two others that got No. 1 seeds.

Nick Holt

I would not have been interested. I think it's an excellent conference. I think it provides us stability, and I think we can grow with the conference It helps us with recruiting. It has a great reputation, and I think it fits our school perfectly.

Miami wasn't in a conference at that time. Miami was an independent,

Who knows what's going to come out of the trustees' conference call?

When the (Big 7) was formed, it was considered to be a power conference. It's lived up to its billing. It's been our most difficult conference to win because every team is good.

Chris Spielman

Look at the conference as a whole, and I don't think it's any question it's the strongest conference in the country.