Halftime Quotations | Page 4

Someone told me at halftime I had five assists, but I just laughed at it. The win's more important.

Someone told me I had five assists at halftime and I just laughed. It's nice, but the win is more important.

Somebody said to me, 'Well, you went in at halftime and you had nine assists, and you only finished with 10,'

Both teams played hard. Central is a good running team with a big running back in Brad Little. We came out flat after halftime and gave up two quick scores. Against a quality opponent like Central, that will get you beat.

Both teams started out real sluggish. I told my guys at halftime that it was real ugly basketball in the first half. We were ahead 17-14, so we had played well defensively and had the lead. In the second half, we finished well. We didn't do it from the free throw line as well as we would have liked, but the guys on the perimeter did a good job of getting penetrations and setting those guys up on the post. We made a lot of good passes inside against their zone defense.

Both teams were patient on offense, but we definitely stressed at halftime that we had to pick up our game. Our defense came through and won this one for us.

Both the men and women had some great races today. With all the men finishing in the top ten along with solid finishes from the women's team, we have put ourselves in a great position at this point. It's halftime right now and we are right where we want to be.

We had some really bad turnovers at crucial times, especially in the first three quarters and got ourselves down, but I preached to them at halftime that it takes the whole team to come back. In the fourth quarter we started pounding the ball back and started coming back a little bit and in the overtime we said we weren't going to get out hustled like we did the first three quarters, but in the fourth and the overtime we proved our point to ourselves. It was a total team effort tonight.

We wanted to focus on the defensive end of the floor. When you hold a team to 49 points, that's always pretty good. The thing we really talked about at halftime was even though we were up 12, in past games, the 12 went to 10 and 8, and we let those teams hang around. We wanted to push that 12-point lead to 15 and 18, and concentrate on attacking.

Ryan has been getting down because he hasn't been putting the ball in the net, and at halftime I told him to go out there and just have some fun. And in the second half he went out with a different attitude, and the guy ran onto three goals. And he had to work for them, they weren't given to him. I'm hoping that those three goals will carry over for the rest of the week, because he's definitely someone who, once he gets started, there's no stopping him.

Coming out of halftime being down just one, instead of us attacking them, they attacked us. Regardless of if they go big, we need to execute. What we run against the zone is fine, we just need to attack it. We didn't attack today.

Coach talked to us at halftime about when you think about it, one play in a big game, one mental mistake, can cost us. So many of us are so hungry for playing time, we know that coach can easily replace us if we make that mental mistake. I just took it as another learning experience in college basketball. And in the second half, I calmed down. I'm learning to take what they give me.

Defensively, if you hold them to 36 points at halftime you feel like you should be in the game but you're still down 14, and that goes back to us not executing what we really wanted to get done.

Coach Chatman said in the locker room at halftime that I didn't have any fouls. To me that meant I wasn't playing aggressive, so I had to go out there and bang.

Coach Donovan told me at halftime to keep shooting.

Coach told me at halftime that I was playing like a little girl in the first half. So I knew I had to come out and play harder in the second half. I knew that I had to step up my game.

Coach Hall does a great job of adjusting on game day. He's one of the best I've ever seen. He will come in at halftime and say, 'Look, here are five running plays and six passing plays and we'll do it and win the game.' He sees things very well.

Coach Johnson gave us a heck of a halftime speech. We just sucked it up decided not to quit.

You've still got to play. I told 'em at halftime if I see somebody out there not playing hard, they won't be out there for long.

That's why Leah won the State Farm Good Neighbor Award. She's a great person, a great kid and a great leader. She didn't want to leave the team so she waited until halftime and said her goodbyes. It was tough (losing her).

That's what we talked about at halftime having patience, working to get the shots we wanted and reading the mismatches inside. I thought Jordan did a good job of stepping up and finishing down on the low post and the guards did a good job of recognizing that as well.

As bad as we played in the first half, ... you go in at halftime and say, 'Gosh, if we just played decent football, we could've been tied.'

Amanda Regis is awarded the game ball. She left the game at halftime with a dislocated elbow and that provided the inspiration for a come-from-behind win for the team.

A lot of credit goes to our offensive line. I told them at halftime to give the running backs a second to get into the holes and that's what happened in the second half. It was a team effort.

This had the chance to be a trap game for us. I told the girls at halftime they needed to attack the glass, and we also switched to a man-to-man defense that was key as well.

Personal fouls, sloppy plays and penalties, that's not us. I'm glad we came back and played like us in the second half. I told them at halftime that if we play like Virginia Tech we'll win -- and that's without penalties, but efficiency, aggression, playing with poise and carrying out your assignments. Louisville did a great job. We were lucky to win. We played more like Virginia Tech in the second half and I was proud of that. We gave great effort.

(Ryerson) is one of those kids, he's not quick, but he gets to the basket. We talked at halftime about denying him the basket. I thought (Seth) Stanhope did a nice job on him in the second half.

Our energy level tonight was up. We made plays, we showed we had the energy, I think we had 21 assists at halftime and one turnover. Our offense was efficient tonight. We haven't been playing well these last seven games and our offense was the thing hurting us the most. Guys were trying to do everything on their own and we need to get back to trusting our teammates and passing the ball. We weren't paying much attention to detail in these last seven games, but we were better tonight.

England gave us a very difficult match and at halftime I told the players we had a big job to do. France started the second half well but I have to say that penalty save from Fabien boosted us. That was a big psychological blow in our favor.

Flannery really hit some big shots the first half. We talked at halftime that we couldn't let him touch the ball.

There's some people up here who are a little upset that he's not going to Penn State. He's only going to get bigger, stronger, and faster. He could have had a lot more statistics if we had been worried about that sort of thing. Several of our games were over at halftime or otherwise his numbers could have been even better.

There was a chance after halftime where we could have not played hard. We played hard and got ourselves back in the game by doing what we like to do best.

Everything we do starts with our defense. I started to watch them stand around in the second quarter, so I just challenged them at halftime to dig deep down.

We got lazy with our defense and rebounding after jumping out to an early lead. After a halftime talk, we played harder and picked up the intensity in the second half.

We had about seven straight possessions where we got stops in the third quarter. We really stepped up our defense tonight. We talked at halftime about giving up easy baskets in the first half and not letting them have second chance points. I think half their points were in transition off turnovers.

We had a comfortable lead at halftime and that was a big help. We're glad we won but we're looking to be much better.

We didn't feel like ourselves in the first half. We realized at halftime that we had to hold onto the ball, work harder and we did that in the second half. But it certainly wasn't polished.

We didn't handle the pressure well and we weren't taking care of the ball in the first half. But we came out at halftime and made all of the adjustments we needed to.

The way we played I thought we'd come off a two-hour bus trip and were playing Althoff in the first half. We just started real slow and never got in the flow of the game. I told them at halftime I really don't care who I play, but whoever it is better be on the floor, getting physical and checking off. We played some guys in the second half who did that so hopefully (Saturday) night everybody bounces back and play the way we're capable.

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In high school football, things happen. For them, I'm sure it was a big disappointment. For us, we got a first down in that situation and it helped us. We felt good coming out of halftime and knew that if we stayed with the game plan, the kids would come up with the big plays.

I know we've got a lot of South Carolina historians around here, but when was the last time South Carolina was tied at halftime and beat the opponent 34-6 in the second half? ... Who knows?

I knew it wasn't my night. Coach told me a halftime to keep going. It was just getting into a rhythm.

I lit into them at halftime about that, and that did a lot of good. We make them, and it's not even close.

I like the way Cornell Glen finished his chances in the second half. He was very down on himself at halftime and the guys picked him up. He wanted to make a statement in the second half and I think he did.

I'm not sure I have said all year how tough Ashley Underwood is and tonight best epitomized it at halftime when the buzzer went off and she was still running down the stairs after icing and getting her ankle re-taped at halftime.

I'm happy with the way we finished the game, ... We started a little bit slow, a little bit inconsistent in all three phases. With the players and the coaches making some good halftime adjustments, we got some momentum early in the third quarter and were able to score some points and kind of take them out of the game.

(I liked the pace) other than the last three minutes of the second quarter when I felt we got a little too out of control. We went into halftime and said this game is ours if we can clean it up a little bit.

I haven't, and I don't think too many people have. We were comfortable at halftime with how things were going. Obviously, coming out of the locker room for the second half, Norwalk was a different team, and we were a different team.

In the first half we were getting frustrated with each other, we weren't really working as a team. We talked at halftime about our frustration, and we came out knowing we had to step up and win the game.

In the first half, my plan was to throw the ball quite a bit more, but at halftime all the kids and the staff felt that we could run the ball on these guys and eat clock and not let their quarterback, (Timothy) Wells, back on the field.

In the first half, she was a little upset with herself after a couple of defensive plays, but at halftime we told ourselves to forget it. This was a new 20 minutes so what happened in the first half stayed there. Then she came in and hit some big shots, some wide-open 3s, got some dribble penetration that opened up some other people.

In the first half, we came out with a lack of focus, lack of intensity and the wrong attitude. That's what the halftime talk was about. It was getting them focused.

In the first half, we had a few bad shots. I wasn't in the flow of the game offensively. Coach (Sean Miller) told us at halftime to look for me. If I could get the ball, good things could happen for us. In the second half, they did a good job of getting me the ball.

I walked up the tunnel at halftime and the fans were going crazy,

Smyrna is big and they used their size to wear us down. We wanted to stay within 10, and we did a few times. Even at halftime when they were up 16, we didn't think it was too bad. We felt if we could get the third quarter to go our way we'd be all right. But we got in foul trouble in the third. The girls played hard, but it just wasn't enough.

I'm proud of my guys. In every great game, like this one, you have to overcome adversity. These guys responded after halftime and did it with fundamentals. This was a big win for us.

I kind of feel like, it's halftime in my career right now. Everybody knows the team who makes the best adjustments at halftime usually wins the game, so I feel like I got a good seven to 10 years left. I played seven years in Minnesota and I am looking forward to even better, greater seven years down in Miami, back home. It's great.

I'm really embarrassed by what happened out there. We played with very little heart and very little aggressiveness. We came out at halftime totally casual, just kind of winging the ball all over the place, acting like they were going to roll over and give us the game.

I'm really proud of my guys. They earned it, they played with heart and conviction. They listened. That's important when guys are coming off the field at halftime and listening to the game plan. We shut them out in the second half. That's extremely hard to do.

That halftime lead is a little misleading because it was close for a while. We got 24 in a row, so the whole lead was that run. That obviously was the difference in the game.

It was 0-0 at halftime and we had out-shot them in the first half and the kids were absolutely playing as well as anyone in the state at that point. Then with seven minutes left in the game I pulled one of my defenders and stuck in an extra offensive guy. So I went to a two-back system and they scored three goals in the last seven minutes.

It was a defensive battle and the wind really had an affect on the ball. But we were able to make the adjustments we needed to after halftime and execute.

It's tournament time, so you have to keep a constant effort, and that's what we tried to get done tonight. Nobody let up. At halftime coach just nailed into us that we need to keep playing hard, and that's what we tried to do.

The last thing we wanted to do against United was concede an early goal. But, if we had got to halftime just one goal down, it could have been a real cup tie. The second goal was a poor one to concede and killed us off really.

I told David at halftime to stay aggressive and that his shot would start falling. He had several big rebounds and put-backs that really helped us win this game in the fourth quarter.

They did a good job of coming back after being 15 points down at the half. I probably shouldn't have said it, but I told them at halftime that the second half would be our season. I told them we could either give the effort and come back and win, or we could keep playing like we had been and be left to fight for the crumbs for the rest of the season.

They did everything they could to keep him from getting the ball then they kicked it to him. He made a great play there, had a good block on the return. We were happy to see that. It was a big key in the game. We had the lead at halftime but to get that play right there it really turned things our way.

It seemed like every shot we took in the first half went in. But I told the kids at halftime that we couldn't continue to shoot like that and that defense was going to have to win it for us.

It seemed like we missed a lot of them early. Yeah, if you make those free throws, maybe we're up by 3 or 4 points at halftime instead of being down. We've been hot and cold at free throws all year.

It took us a while to get rolling, but after halftime we pressed it a little and got some big plays. Defensively, we did a very nice job. We hoped we could shut down their running game and get some pressure on the quarterback.

They can really shoot. No lead is safe with these guys. We've seen them three or four times, and at halftime I was real concerned.

In the second half, we played much harder and smarter. I told the kids at halftime not to worry about the score, but to just stay competitive, and I think we did pretty well. Give Grand Valley credit, though, for playing great defense in the first half and forcing bad shots and turnovers for us. They were very tough on us.

I have to thank Charles (Barkley) for giving a great halftime talk when he said the game was over. I thought we were playing too perfect, but in the second half we played exceptionally well. When our four guys (four All-Stars from Detroit) were in we started to run some plays, and I think that helped us.

In the second half, after their PK, we finally stepped it up. At halftime I told the boys to play like it's the league championship and you've got to come back. I was proud of their efforts -- they did everything we could ask of them.

I really thought we were going to go into halftime with a shot at winning, but we gave the ball away a couple of times and let their backup quarterback throw two long passes,

Cameron kicked it in lower right corner for the win. We controlled the game after halftime and almost won in regulation but we just could not get the ball in the net.

(H-F coach Jim McLaughlin) told me at halftime to just calm down. I was just glad I got that chance at the end.

By halftime we had given up 17 points. Our second string played the whole fourth quarter and only gave up five points. I was really happy with them.

Honestly, the only thing I thought about was, 'I hope we don't have to call this game.' But fortunately for us, we were able to play it. We addressed some things at halftime and came out and moved ball like we're capable of doing.

In the third quarter we made some big plays and took it over, ... Coach Fisher told us at halftime to put it on them, get it over with and don't let it get into a dogfight.

In the third quarter we made some big plays and took it over. Coach Fisher told us at halftime to put it on them, get it over with and don't let it get into a dogfight.

I don't really know what happened. I kind of let us get away from what we've done all year, so at halftime I told my players to go back to what they've been doing.

I don't think I made the necessary adjustments at halftime and we came out from the locker room and looked like we just woke up.

I didn't think in the first half we were here. We were just kind of out there going through the motions and at halftime I wasn't very happy. Much better effort in the second half and we got the win.

I didn't think she could do it. But she kept telling me at halftime that she could, so I decided to let her see for herself. She tried in the third quarter but just wasn't the same.

Georgia is a very aggressive team, and we had to be careful not to get out of our rhythm. At halftime I encouraged our guys to have more patience if the transition (opportunity) wasn't there. But our defense really picked up in the second half and created some offense for us.

It was just too many errors. I told the kids at halftime that we made three mistakes, and that's what put us in a hole. Maine-Endwell is a well-coached, disciplined team. We knew this would be a test. We've just got to keep getting better.

It was great being a part of it, we were really choked up at halftime when Ruthie spoke. She's meant a lot to me, she's been a real inspiration.

They whipped us in every phase of the game the second half. This is the best team in the league, and I wanted to evaluate us against these people. I thought at halftime we were right there with them. By the end of the season, I would like to play these guys again in the playoffs and see where we stand.

They were beating us to the ball on the floor. We had one rebound in the first quarter, four by halftime and 12 turnovers (by halftime). You can't win ballgames like that. They deserved to win.

They both worked hard and one of the most pleasing things for me was to watch at halftime Justin was out warming up Chris, getting ready, ... He was a rival and they both work so well to help one another and to improve each other.

They weren't a matter of bad reads. It was an accuracy situation. What we tried to emphasize to everybody at halftime was to remember that things aren't always going to be perfect and to forget about it.

They were a little more aggressive. I don't know if they were mixed up in the first half or what they were doing, but my teammates found me. Basically, I had eight dunks, so they obviously figured something out at halftime and took it away.

It was a heck of a win. We lost those two guys, and you know how much they mean to us and how much we count on them to take the ball handling duties. We made some adjustments at halftime and had David West bring it up a few times, as well as Desmond Mason, who did a good job.

It was a great feeling (to sit out) because I didn't feel good at all, ... I was telling Coach when I was getting ready to go back in that I wasn't feeling that well and he just told me to come back, and fortunately everything worked out fine. I just didn't feel good. I was dizzy out there the whole game. Once I stopped playing at halftime and came back in, I just never felt right. I think I'm coming down with something.

It was a great team effort for the Mustangs. You may get (defensive coordinator) Cornel (Thompson) in the first half, but he'll come out at halftime with some adjustments and did tonight. We put Beasley in on defense and kept Butler to just a few crossing patterns and nothing deep after that first score.

It was a game of runs. It was 39-39 with 2:12 left and Neosho County had a run to take the 47-39 halftime lead. We come out and started the second half on a 12-2 run to take a 51-49 lead.

It was a great atmosphere to play in. Both crowds were real active and both teams play exceptionally hard. We just made some plays right before halftime and every time they made a run at us we'd answer.

A goal at halftime was not to let Holliday get a 3. He didn't score in the second half.