Composure Quotations

In cricket, my superhero is Sachin Tendulkar. He has always been my hero and will continue to remain so. Apart from him and outside cricket, my mother has remained my inspiration. Whatever difficult time I had faced, she was always there for me. She has given me all the strength. She maintained her composure and supported me in tough times.

I was pleased with our free-throw shooting, the kids kept their composure and stayed with their game.

Nikki (Echeverria) is an animated player that will bring savvy and composure to the attack from either the center of midfield or up front.

Obviously, we need to do a better job of preparing ourselves for high quality opponents like this. When we are battling adversity, as well as our opponent, we need to keep our composure and play our game. We didn't do that today and the final stats told the whole story. Hopefully, we can put this game behind us and come in focused tomorrow against Sacramento State.

No, not really. We've been there before. We made the same kind of run (in Tuesday's loss) against North Charleston, but for whatever reason, we lost our composure again.

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.

Phillip did a great job to keep his composure out there. With the kind of luck he's had this year, he could've lost it, but he didn't. Still it looked like we'd wrapped the game up and put a bow on it for West Davidson. But then the freshman hits a bomb.

I don't know what happened. I guess we just lost our composure in the end.

I don't know what happened. We lost our composure and turned the puck over and just couldn't get settled down again.

If we can keep our composure we will be able to come away with two wins.

If they look at Nina and she looks like she's befuddled, then they feed off of that. Who else is going to have the composure and experience to step up and do that?

Moberly's got a pretty solid team, so we weren't expecting any blowout. They put a half-court trap on us and hurt us some, but we regained our composure and were really aggressive in the second half.

She handled her composure throughout the meet. We knew what her scores were and knew she was close to finishing at the top.

She has more poise and more composure than any of us, and it shows up on the court. She has really matured as a leader and understands how to impact and communicate with her team in a way that does bring calmness. She even calms me down.

She held her composure out there and she got out of it. (Selden) did a great job for us out there today.

She (Lalonde) lost her composure a little bit in the seventh inning. She struggled a little bit. But this shouldn't have been a 5-1 game. We didn't play our best game. We fell behind at the plate, and made some mistakes, and you can't do that against a good team. We kind of fell apart in the last inning. We just didn't have our game.

She played real well. She could have lost her composure a couple of times, but she battled back and played through it.

Maintaining our composure and being confident enough to push through the middle of the race to beat the other teams in the second half were important for our win.

She's so accurate with the driver, and she hits it so long as a female, that gives her an advantage against almost everybody she plays against. And she maintains her composure so well. If she hits a poor shot she comes right back and follows it up with a great shot. But she doesn't hit many poor shots.

Hannah really kept her composure and had a decent run. Next year could be a great one if she keeps improving the way she is.

Guys were a little heated but we took some time, got some composure and decided to make him pay for that.

Guys were worrying about their own games out there instead of taking care of things. We had some composure issues that will be addressed.

He is very mature in terms of his poise, his composure and the way he goes about his business. Any time a young player can get this kind of experience to kind of expedite his development, it's a great spot for him.

He just has to learn how to keep his composure better, but he gets to every ball.

I am really proud of our team. This was an extremely physical, borderline out-of-control game, and our kids held their composure well. It was really hard to play under some of the conditions going on.

I give a lot of credit to these girls because nothing really fazed them the whole game. We pushed the lead, they cut back into it, but they just kept their composure the whole time.

Cassie did a great job of keeping her composure but our errors killed us.

Baskets were not easy to come by, but the kids showed a lot of composure and fought hard and we squeaked out of here with a win.

Bear has three quality pitches and a real feel for pitching. What really stands out is that he can execute under pressure situations. He has a composure on the mound and a competitive edge that sets him apart.

Having an undefeated regular season has got to be in the back of the players' minds somewhere. But it is not something we are focusing on. One of the great things we have done all year is stay focused on one match at a time. Our guys have shown a lot of maturity and composure to not get too high or too low. That consistency has been a big part of our results this year.

He (Reed) had a great night. He kept his composure throughout the game and stayed focused. Early things weren't quite going his way, but he stayed within himself and then eventually things started to open up for him and good things happened. His teammates got him the ball and there is no way he could score those points without his teammates making that effort to get him the basketball.

He's a freshman, but not in awe of the game. He has a lot of composure for a young kid.

We threw the ball away, a little more composure and we would have pulled it out. We seem to have little bad stretches that nip us in the butt.

We talk about it all the time. We talked about it in the locker room at halftime. We talked about bend but don't break. If they start driving it on us, just keep your composure and get together and eventually stop them, don't let them in the end zone.

We've got to keep our composure and not let getting down by a couple of points affect us. It's pretty important to get a nice cushion. But we're also pretty confident in ourselves in the fourth quarter. If we're in a tight game in the fourth quarter, we're pretty confident we'll pull away with it.

We've got to learn to put together a more consistent effort and try to battle through those tough quarters. We lost our composure at the start of the second half. The bottom line is that all the credit goes to Senior. They took us out of our game.

We've got to maintain our discipline and we've got to maintain composure (today in Game 2). We've got to come out and play hard for 60 minutes.

We talked at halftime about character, composure and about this being a season-defining game for us. When I said that, I hoped we'd win.

I lost my composure out there, and I can't be do that. I'm a senior, and I'm the one that has to set the example for our younger guys. I'm just thankful that I'll be playing.

He's pitched two excellent games. Why would we send him back? I like the way he conducts himself, handles himself on the mound. He seems to have excellent composure out there, veteran composure.

He wasn't able to get the escape to come away with the win. To control (his first match last Saturday) and all of a sudden have it taken out of your hands. ... I give him credit for coming back and maintaining his composure (against Wade).

He wasn't getting pitches that I think he thought were strikes, and sometimes he'll let that get to him, and tonight he didn't. I was real impressed with how he kept his composure and made just absolutely great pitches when he had to. ... He went out there and just battled his behind off and did a great job.

He kept his composure tonight. He's our quarterback without a doubt. His consistency tonight, and how he was able to stay in the pocket and make plays and stay unfazed was great for the team, and the team got behind him tonight.

We lost one goal from a corner then another when we lost possession at a free-kick. We need to show more composure in such situations.

We lost our composure a little bit at the end, and they're good enough to take advantage. You hold somebody to four goals, a team like Cornell, that's averaging god knows what, that's all you can do, its all you can ask. If you told me we were going to hold them to four, I'd say we might at least get five, but we didn't.

We lost our composure a little bit in the end, but that's kind of what you get sometimes with players that really don't have that much varsity experience.

We lost our composure and this time of the year, that can't happen.

We lost our composure and we were selfish with undisciplined play. Some guys were thinking about themselves before their teammates.

We lost our composure before the half, we lost field position in the third and we were crippled by penalties. We just flat-out got beat.

We lost our composure for six or seven minutes and that cost us. It doesn't surprise me (because) that's been our biggest issue all year is having discipline and having composure. This time of year, it's magnified and you have to be even stronger and you've got to have a stronger will and stay in the hockey game.

We lost our composure in the fourth quarter. But we got it back together in the last two minutes and pulled out the win.

We lost our composure in the fourth quarter. We panicked. But we built up enough lead that we could withstand it. That's a tough way to win a ballgame.

He didn't lose his composure and then struck out a terrific hitter. He's got a future.

He did a good job. He came into a tough situation, kept his composure and made some pitches.

He had great composure and made great plays throughout the game. He was not apprehensive at all. He wasn't looking for some safe game to get his confidence back.

He has great poise and composure for a freshman. For any pitcher, you have to have those traits to be successful. He throws four pitches for strikes, and he'll throw them at any count. His competitive nature is as good as anybody. Plus, you throw in the fact he has the genes to be successful.

He handled the deliberations with more composure than I was able to muster.

His stuff's good. His composure is good. And his demeanor seems to fit the role.

He's been there. It's not a case of having to do too much and trying to put too much on your shoulders. He did a nice job of stepping out of the pocket and hitting check-downs. That's the thing that I liked, his composure and his poise. You could just see he was aware of what was going on around him, waiting things out. He's just being the leader that he is.

He's just got stellar composure and he's a cool, cool guy all around. On and off the field, he's just a mellow guy.

He's filthy. His ball explodes on you. His curve ball has gotten better and better every season. He's lights-out and he has absolute nerves of steel on the mound. I've never see him lose his composure once.

He lost his composure for about six pitches. That was the game.

There is nobody like him. When you watch Roy play, from a coaching standpoint, he's everything you want a player to be. He has composure and seems to want the ball in tough situations.

He may not put the numbers up that he used to, but he brings a lot more to the table, in the dressing room and the bench and even the composure he has on the ice.

He got a little comfortable, and then he caught his groove. It was kind of tough to get some pressure on him. He pitched a good game. He kept his composure and he didn't panic.

He guards me in practice like that, real real intense. Coach (Gerald Cox) told me they were going to be physical with me like that, but just keep my cool, keep my composure and everything would be all right.

We took our opportunities and kept our composure - we are okay with the result.

My opponent was tough, but I played aggressively and I played with more composure than in the first round,

I was coming in too fast, but then I kind of gathered myself and stopped, and then got some composure and buried the backhand.

I was afraid that would happen. They regained their composure and battled back.

I was concerned it could have gotten (out of hand) both ways. I was glad our players tried to keep their composure and keep playing and ignored all outside events.

Matt had gotten them out all game. We didn't make the plays behind him in the last inning. He's a senior, and we knew he'd have the composure to get through it.

Jessica kept her composure and is getting stronger each game. There's a lot of learning to pitch at this level and she's improving every time she's on the mound.

Jared is a great leader. Like all great players, he is able to hold his composure even if he starts poorly. He always finds a way to finish strong.

Jeremy came in with us down a run and proceeded to get out of the jam. The next inning he threw he got a double play to end the inning. He ran into a little trouble there at the end, but still kept his composure and got guys out.

Our goal was to hold them to under 40 points for the game, so we're happy we were able to do that. It wasn't our prettiest game, but anytime you can get a win on the road in front of a hostile crowd, it's a good victory. The girls did a good job of holding their composure in here tonight.

Our kids are good at adversity. We've worked on that all year long, on being mentally tough for 80 minutes and they hung in there. I was worried about our composure there for a minute with the heat bearing down on us. But we've been behind before and we've been tied and had to come back, so that's nothing new to us.

Our kids did a good job in the first half. They kept their composure at the end - we're learning how to win.

Maybe that's how he plays. If he says something, you have to keep your composure and you'll be fine.

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I thought Hughes played some great minutes down the stretch for us. He is not normally playing during crunch time, but I thought he hit some big shots and kept his composure for us.

I talked to him all week about keeping his composure and not playing out of control and I almost didn't start him because I knew how fired up he would be and I didn't want him in foul trouble. But he promised me he wouldn't get in foul trouble and he played really well.

Renee had her head screwed on straight these last couple of games and I think that's really important going into the NCAA tournament. I know as a freshman, I started to hit my peak going into the NCAA tournament and it gave me a great amount of confidence going into it. Hopefully she can keep this momentum. We're really going to need her down there on Monday to have her composure like she's been having these last few games.

Our Achilles has been the beginning of the third quarter and the last five minutes of the game. But we did a good job of keeping our composure today. We stayed focused and stayed positive.

Our team did a tremendous job of fighting back from behind - this team is on a mission. We showed a lot of composure and tremendous commitment tonight. Our bench showing the amount of depth we had is very promising as we go into SEC play.

Our team showed great composure tonight. They could have given up after we missed some foul shots that could have tied the game, but they didn't.

On the sidelines, we were all going crazy. But we were trying to keep our composure at the same time. We're a family. It's just like if someone went after your little brother or little sister.

Our goal is to play with composure and not have a lot of unforced turnovers.

I think this is the worst game we ever played since the season has started. Even though we were down in the first half we still had enough composure to not get upset and play our game.

It got ugly late. It got rough, but our composure was pretty good. Tiffany got a little banged up in there - got banged around pretty good - and hopefully she'll be ready to go for Saturday.

I think we did a lot of growing up tonight. We are a very young team, but we kept our composure and focus and were able to finish the match in straight games. I'm very proud of these girls overcoming a lot so far this season and being able to continually focus on volleyball.

I think we kept our composure well, considering that we blew a lead. We kept calm. We knew what we were supposed to do, and we ran the play and came out with a 'W'.

I thought Brian did an extremely good job on the mound and kept his composure all day long. We made some good defensive plays behind him.

I thought Brian threw very well. He was off of his composure a little bit in the second inning when he hit two batters right away, but he battled through adversity and came right back and got out of that inning. He threw the ball well. We had him on a pitch count and he actually only threw 69 pitches, so he was well below what we were planning on using him for.

I thought early on we missed a few shots that we'd been making normally. We lost a little composure early on and became hesitant.

I thought we got lucky. Amity's playing a lot better. When you're a ranked team everybody comes after you and that's what Amity did. We were lucky to keep enough composure to get out of here with a win.

I think we really got frustrated in the first half. They were definitely on fire. We were able to keep our composure and knew our shots would eventually fall. Fortunately, the tides turned.

I think we feel confident that we have a good team. But the thing at playoff time is we've got to bring more discipline and more composure than we've been playing with. The jury's still out, but I think we've put ourselves in a position that we can compete with anybody.

I thought that our ability to keep our composure was a big factor, especially in the fourth quarter.

I thought we held our composure pretty well. We just had trouble finishing. It was a lot more than the free throws. They had 14 offensive rebounds and we had 16 turnovers. That's 30 extra possessions for them.