Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was a tough game, but it was good to get a win in our first conference game.

Jamie Dixon

It was a wild place. It was really rocking. We had to win that game or we wouldn't have won the conference championship.

It was as tough as it looks, ... It's a tough conference and I'd put Park right in there with anyone. They have a nice squad and it looks like they're going to be like that for at least a few more years.

It will be an extraordinary moment in the first confidential conference when a legendary figure like William Rehnquist is replaced at the head of the table by someone so junior. But John Roberts is one of the few people who would be up to that challenge.

Rich Rodriguez

It's a conference game. That's why this is so big.

We play New Orleans, it's always a battle. I told our guys we can't look at the records in conference play...New Orleans has had a tough situation all year long and I am impressed with how hard they play.

We play in a league when sometimes five of the teams in our division are nationally ranked. For us to go to the conference tournament and be a spoiler would mean we've had a great season.

We play 18 conference games and it's such a long season. We learned a lot from that last season.

We probably should have had a few more in the win column. If you look at the second half of conference play, we were as strong as anyone.

We pretty much knew these three guys would be going regardless of what happened at the conference tournament. All three of them have legitimate shots at top three or four finishes.

Jarome Iginla

We knew they'd raise their game. They're one of the top teams in the conference and we didn't match them after they started coming.

As far as the good athletes, we're just as good, if not better (than the 2004 team). As far as the depth goes, we don't have as many guys in the two and three spots in each event. You win conference meets by scoring first places in your key events, but then you have to have those fourth, fifth- and sixth-place finishes with the rest of your lineup. That's where we've got to get to. We've got a great team right now.

Paul Elliott

As a team, I think we're right where want to be (entering the conference schedule). I'm happy with our effort so far.

As a team, we won 10 of 18 events. All 10 were conference records, half of those 10 were NCAA 'B' cuts.

As a freshman, Eric has stepped into a starting position and I think his record speaks for itself. He will probably be the number-one seed in the conference tournament.

As a football coach, you always try to find a way to make your kids smile when they take the field. You can say that Burlington sewed things up and this game doesn't seem as important to them, but they still have a shot to share the conference title. That is a motivator for them.

Mike Carey

As a competitor, you don't want to qualify for your conference tournament, because, not only did you lose, but someone else also lost, which is why you got in. You really want to get in by winning.

Steve Alford

A win on the road is never easy in this league. We feel fortunate that we're sitting 3-4 (away from home in conference play) with one more game remaining on the road.

A win (at South Alabama) would have been real positive, but I think we played well enough to not lose a lot of conference games.

Kevin Stallings

As I told them right after the game last night, we won our first two conference games last year, then we proceeded to lose four of six. Our response to that game is more important than the game itself.

Francis Bacon

Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Our conference is very competitive. We need to stay healthy, especially on the offensive line.

Joe Sakic

Our conference is so tight, and the play is tight, we are watching the scoreboard every night. Tonight is just one game, and we are in first for a day. We just will hope to continue it.

Our conference is one of the toughest conferences around. That makes it hard, but it makes us better too.

Jamie Dixon

Our conference has prepared us better than any other conference since I've been around the Big East. I'm not surprised how it has played out because of how many good teams there are here.

Our conference hasn't had a lot of luck with at-large bids. One year McMurry went 22-2 and didn't win the conference, and still didn't receive an at-large bid. Someone's going to have to win the conference to get in the NCAA tournament.

Our competitors in the marketplace are all about their brand. We like to put the conference and their membership front and center.

No 'real' conference would ever think of including two such wildly different topics on the same agenda. But in fact, it works really well to have such an eclectic mix. Everyone in the room is there because they want to be.

Northwestern is one of the top schools in the country. Couple that with playing in the Big 10 Conference and he definitely has to take a look at this. He will be a defensive lineman in college.

Normally, we would have played another Division 1-A (team), hopefully ... someone in the middle of the of conference in the Big-12 or Big-10, and I think you would have a little better understanding of where your kids are. But I think we know what we need to work on. We know what our strengths are.

No one wants to share a championship. We've had a good week and we're definitely going in with the intent of winning the thing outright. The whole thing that I'm emphasizing to our team is that we have to play like we're playing for the conference championship. It's just going to come down to how we handle the situation.

Matt Ryan

The more experience I can get, the better off I'm going to be, especially in conference games that are going to mean a lot and are important to the team. I think it's good that I've gotten in there and had success and have dealt with adversity. I think it's been very positive.

Defense is a big concern. In '01, '02, '03 we were at the top of the conference in defense. That didn't happen last year.