Famous Quotes & Sayings

John and I spoke about it a few times. In fact, we spoke about it in the conference room in Trump Tower. John then went around and addressed it with the family.

I think it gives the northern extent of this conference hope that maybe someday they can host the tournament, too, since we don't use a neutral site like the men do.

It can't be taken for granted. No other Louisiana school has gone to it. Only six Southeastern Conference schools have made it.

Jim Thompson

It always feels good to win a conference match away from home. The girls played well on a golf course that we had not played well on before.

Scott Maddox

I thought we responded well to our first conference loss. We knew a fast start was important and the guys did exactly what we needed by jumping them early.

We can finish with a good record in conference and give the second half of our year some meaning to it.

Whatever happens this year, we won't be able to use inexperience as an excuse. Most of our guys have been there and done it before. It may take us a little while to hit our stride, but I fully expect us to contend for the conference championship.

Caroline Lucas

There is a frustration about how all the Green voices at the general election can be reflected at Westminster, and we will be talking a lot at the conference about invigorating democracy,

The purpose of the conference is to highlight the emerging field of industrial biotechnology, which is being used to convert agricultural wastes to renewable energy and to make many types of manufacturing processes more environmentally sustainable.

James Augustine

We just have to get ready to play Thursday. None of the records matter anymore. No one will remember if you won your conference or your conference tournament. It's all how you finish. That how you'll be remembered.

We took a lot of hits to graduation, but we'll be strong again. We'll be in the mix in the conference again.

We're pleased to get a win over a CIML school because that's what we're preparing for. Next year we'll be in the CIML Iowa Conference, the same conference as Marshalltown.

What I like is the consistency. At the Southwestern Conference Tournament, we only had two scores in the 70s. Today we had five.

We've got to know that it's going to be a tough game. We can't think that just because we are playing at home that it will be a walk in the park. Obviously, they showed tonight that they want to end in second place in our conference and want home-field advantage, so it's going to be a huge statement, because this is going to be the team will either going to end our season or going to be the springboard to our championship, so we'll have to deal with them.

We've got to go back to work. This is the kind of teams we'll face in the conference season.

Vince Carter

We thought we were a pretty good team and we could go far. We were one shot away from going to the conference finals that year, but unfortunately the guy who took the shot missed it.

He's playing great. Obviously, in my opinion there's no one in the conference playing as well as he is right now. Any success we've been able to have, he's the reason for it.

He has needed some time to get back to the high level that he was at a year ago. Going into the conference tournament we told him that he had to try and put up with the pain and just go.

Vince Young

He flipped the switch and had confidence and took over our team,'' said Texas' Mack Brown, who is still searching for his first conference title in 22 years as a head coach.

If this isn't stripped out in the conference committee, it's going to be very difficult.

I have been very proud of these kids in their willingness to look at what is right in front of them. This is a conference game that our kids needed to understand ? and they did ? how important it was to us.

Josh Montgomery

I didn't want to have a five- or six-game losing streak going into the playoffs. Getting a conference win right now was key.

I didn't want to go through a big recruiting process again. I just wanted to sign and get it over with. I knew I wanted to play in a big conference like the Big 12, and I liked my visit up there.

I did not want to lose, because I knew a win here would put us in great position to win the conference and get a No. 1 seed in the sectional. I wanted to give it everything I had.

I'd love to sit here Wednesday night and say we're 10-1 (in Conference USA), but it's going to be a challenge. I don't know if we're going to win or lose but I know we're going to lay it on the line for 40 minutes, just as we have for these first 23 games.

I'd like to play 27 or 30 conference games. I think that's better and it just makes scheduling so much easier.

Rich Rodriguez

I'd already be on the plane to Florida. I don't think he (recruiting coordinator Herb Hand) knew that we had a press conference at 8 a.m. if we won, so I had to reschedule. But, that's a good thing.

Foster had two legitimate Conference USA offers from Tulsa and Memphis, but he stuck with us.

From my wrestlers, my goal for them is to meet or exceed their seeds in their brackets. This is a tough conference meet, and we will need every point we can get.

We accomplished our goal of winning the division, and our secondary goal was getting that conference championship ring.

The postseason is very important for a young team. Even the conference tournament is important for us, to get (the players) that experience. Hopefully we're playing a little past that also.

We started slowly but played better midway through the first half and were able to control the tempo of the game. It's always good to get that first win in conference play.

We are looking to this conference for a return, if you like, to the spirit of SARS.