Points Quotations | Page 7

We talk about scoring goals; we talk about winning at home, being ahead. None of that means anything if you are not able to hold leads. This come-from-behind tie game - we've done this a number of times this year - it's frustrating; it gets old. The comments in the locker room get old; everything gets old because it culminates to a night where you are up 2-0 when you need to get two points and you're not able to get it. That's pretty sad.

We've given up 108 points in our last two games. Our defense, right now, is full of bullet holes. We've got to start closing the gaps.

We've given up only 40 points a game on average during the season. It's probably gone down now in the tournament.

We've got to get the easy points. We have to. We don't score enough to leave those points out there.

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're playing really well. The only difference between the win and the loss was the coin toss. We were trading points for most of the game.

We're not working on spinning off any part of the business. They give good leverage points across the company, which are of value.

We're obviously pleased. We felt all along that the city's process was extremely thorough and, in fact, at some points exhaustive in their review of the project. I think the judge's order reflected that.

We're off to our second best start in history at 10-1. Our best start ever was 19-0 in 1998-1999. We're two points away from being 11-0. Our only loss is to NCAA Division II North Georgia.

We're only 12 points out of 10th, but the guys we are trying to beat have been running strong lately. Its imperative that we either maintain or move ahead of them at California so we have a shot at getting in after Richmond.

We talked a lot about their big guy -- he can score 30 points a game. We sort of picked our poison and said let's defend him as best we can and know where their two best shooters are and hope they don't get hot.

We talked as a team that his was a big game. If we won we'd be up by 10 points, if we lost we'd be up by six, so we wanted to put some distance between the teams behind us. It doesn't matter how pretty the wins are, we have to get as many points as we can.

We talked at halftime about giving up easy baskets in the first half. I think half their points were on transition off from our misses and turnovers. We got about five or six stops out of seven of their possessions. I think the first four or five minutes of the third quarter we played great defense.

I have a lot of pride in what I do on the basketball court, but it's a team effort. If I can give back my 12 points and we could win, I would have done that. I was all about getting the (win) and trying to advance.

I lost a lot of judo matches because of points fighters. It was extremely frustrating for me.

I lost a lot of points and gave her a big advantage. It's not my favorite shot to do. I'm trying to get better.

I looked up at the scoreboard and we had 81 points and we were never in the game.

I always felt like we were the underdogs. The girls just rose to the occasion. The girls never felt intimidated. We had some pretty good success. We put a lot of points on the board and it was really fun and challenging.

He's playing a lot smarter, ... which doesn't give you those free points that make the difference.

How will we handle that close ballgame? ... How are we going to handle being down 21 points at halftime to Boise State? Is everybody going to push the panic button, or can we stayed poised ... ?

Huge game. Two points could have made that gap a little bigger, but now they're right there with us. It's going to be a battle every game.

We made our share of mistakes. In a game this close you've got to get points every opportunity you have.

We made plays when we had to and got them from a variety of guys. I tell you what, it says a lot about our club to be able to put up that many points against that club.

He was on top of his game in all five. Last season, if you look, he had a lot of points but he had them in 3-4 games. This time it's been spread out and he's been a dominant player just about every shift. He's on the right side of the puck all the time.

He wasn't concerned about the record because we lost the game. When you talk to him, you'd never know he was putting up the points he does.

He wasn't getting the points that many people were used to seeing him get early on. But we thought all along that he'd been playing just as well or better than before.

He wasn't his usual self, with that desire to win points and how he says to players: 'You have to beat me', ... Maybe he was concerned on getting himself right for the US Open.

I actually didn't know I passed 1,000 points until after the game on the bus. I'm just happy we won the game.

Humans are here today because our particular line never fractured - never once at any of the billion points that could have erased us from history.

We have to ask ourselves what the athletic department can do to reduce that difference from 14 points to five to three to two to a half-point to even.

We must have given them eight points on second chance shots.

We managed to hold her (Wilson) to just 14 points so that's a credit to our defense. I'm just so proud of the way we came together tonight.

We managed to take two points off them down there and we need to win to keep our title challenge going.

We maybe looked a little tired tonight, but I thought our kids never panicked, and got a hard-earned win in overtime. It is so important, particularly at this point of the season, to get points on the road. We got one win, and now its time to start focusing on getting another one tomorrow.

We may change the number of points available, the evaluation and so on. But the structure is OK, it works. It doesn't mean we cannot improve. Like a Renault or Ferrari keep improving their cars, we will do that too.

He wanted to come down and see what it's about. He said he's never been around the road course. Elliott Forbes-Robinson took him around in a van to show him where it went. He seems to be very excited. He's asking all the right questions about shift points and breaking points. Just the kind of boring things you need to know before you get in the car. I think he'll really enjoy it. It's a good friendly car that's fast.

He wants to show that he's one of the best players in the area, and it's not just with the amount of points that he scores. When the chips are down, he's got to take the ball, go to the hole and make something happen.

He wants to stay here long enough to beat or tie that mark. We've talked about it all year. It's been one of the focal points of our season.

He was a consistent 20 points for us every night. Last year he had 45 in a game. This year was more consistent. He was more complete and made himself a tougher player to guard. He was there every night this year.

He kind of picked it up at the end of the first, and the second set could have gone either way. I just won the big points at the right time.

Having a freshman step in and be able to deliver the kind of points he's been able to give us ... is superb.

He certainly deserves points for doing so well despite the growing assets.

He'd average 20 points a game if he was put in that role every night and I'll be damned if I'm not going to try to put him in that role - now. You forget a little bit about how good he can be if he gets good opportunities.

He definitely has proved why all the accolades have been thrown his way. He took over that game single-handedly. Unfortunately, we didn't have an answer. You can't do anything in terms of trapping or double-teaming him. Three-quarters of his points were off missed shots where he just wanted it more. For a coach that appreciates effort on the glass as much as I do, that was as an impressive performance as I've seen.

He was good, very good. He made a better coach out of me. The first time we played them, he scored more points than my entire team.

He was pretty much a terror there. He really racked up some points for us, so it's nice to have him back and wrestling well.

We made some mistakes at key points during the match that cost us. We were missing some people, but we still have others who can step up for us and that just didn't happen.

We made some mistakes to let this thing get to where it was, but last time I looked, we had more points on the scoreboard. We were playing a top-15 team in the country, and that's no small achievement. It wasn't a work of art, but we won.

We lost our identity in Grand Forks and we needed to get back to doing the things that made us successful early in the year, namely playing better on defense and getting points in transition.

We lost our intensity. And before you know, we were down four points going into the fourth quarter.

We lost outdoor by a point last year, but scored more points than we were supposed to. The team performed very, very well. It just wasn't enough.

We lost something like 44 points from last year. We replaced it with like five points from incoming freshman. That means the returning swimmers really turned it up. But it doesn't make it any less disappointing.

We lost that game in the past, so basically, most of this team, with the exception of one starter, was back and on a mission to get back to Stony Brook not only to be there but to be in it. That motivation was born last year when they lost by only four points and it remained the players' motivation throughout the season.

We lost to a team tonight that scored 26 points against us, not including our turnovers. They scored 22 points off our turnovers and finished with 48. They shot 20-something (26.3) percent from the floor, and we lose the game. That's probably the most incredible stat you'll ever see in your life.

We lost to them twice by 26 points last year and they're the same team. I think we gave them a scare. We play them three times this year, and we're looking to get one game.

We look at the problems from the last game and try to get them fixed, but ... none of that really matters any more. What can we do to score enough points to beat Colorado? That's all that matters.

We look at what the specific demand is between nonstop points, essentially how much demand there is in the local market. But we're also looking to maximize our overall network, so we're looking at traffic and revenue available to us from all points that connect through Denver.

We looked each other in the eye and told the truth. The facts are: Last six games, 11.5 points a game, three games out of double figures in the last six and every one was in double figures before then. You tell me. He just had to pick it up.

We looked into and tested the Airbnb website and found the inquiries generated were at price points substantially lower than the market is prepared to pay us directly. It was clear that there were no real synergies between the level of our offering and what Airbnb clientele is looking for.

We look at different facets, different relationships, the same relationship at different points in time. We look sometimes at the whole town and sometimes at individual relationships, and by the time we're done you have a sense of having met the people of this town.

He deserves it -- whoever has the most points deserves it. We lost this year but we will try again next year.

He didn't get many free points on his serve and I was getting some on mine,

He could impact a game in so many ways that he didn't always need to score. We don't often have a prolific scorer in our system. I was even able to hold Kenny Battle down to 18 points a game.

He could make a run for it. He's averaged about 25 points a game this season, so who knows.

I am always pleased with Maria. She is a player that works extremely hard. She never stops working. You are always guaranteed from what you are going to get from her. So I am not surprised the nine points where there for her. She really works for everything.

I always say that when you're on the road, you're seven points down automatically. We want to finish undefeated and that's going to be hard to do.

If the DNA extracted doesn't have enough points to match to a person, it's a partial identification, but we're doing a lot of things to try to generate new technology to identify people with a partial DNA profile.

If the unemployment rate is weak, look for the Fed to cut interest rates by a full 50 basis points (half a percentage point).

If this was the regular season, I would be (concerned). The game isn't won in the first five minutes. To give up as many points as we have early on, it could be a concern. Some way we have to right that ship.

If we were playing for four points this weekend, he would probably play.

If we win, I don't see how Ireland could better our points difference.

If we win the Denmark and Ukraine matches we will not have a problem. We think that seven points will take us to the 2006 finals.

If we win the next two games then, even if we finished in second place in the group, we've got very high points. We need to win, simple as that. That's what's we're here for. We said that before the Wales game we want to get six points out of the two games and that's what we look for.

If the arrow is pointing up and the light is green, performance is good. If the light is yellow and the arrow points down, it's time to pay closer attention.

If the high levels of employment aren't kept up with the high levels of productivity gains that we have been making, (the Fed) will probably need to do something pro-active and that would probably mean 25 basis points now and then something in the first quarter of next year.

If the fans aren't enjoying this points race this year they're not paying attention. This is like a toe-to-toe heavyweight fight. Kurt has the best car right now. I can't seem to put any space between us. He's been storming up behind us in the points. I had to win just to hold him off.

If the conditions are not suitable, ie the risk is too great or the returns are inadequate, then we will not invest, and we will be making these points very clear to the Bolivian government.

He had half their points in every quarter (in the last meeting). The emphasis was not to stop him, but to make him work hard for his baskets and tire him.

Heidi stepped in for us and had some great serves for us. We got a lot of points off of her serves. I think just her placement (was excellent), she was probably the most accurate for us.

He included plenty of references of specific points of anxiety relating to the training and the day itself. And he put in a few specific trigger words or phrases that he urged me to say to myself whenever I felt I was weakening or panicking. The one that lodged was 'better, faster, stronger.

He is a very clever and subtle negotiator. What makes him so great is his ability to see a situation from different points of view.

He is a very good player. And I thought we did well to guard him. He got some of those points off loose balls that we collapsed on and didn't get and he got passes in situations where he could score, but that's just how basketball works. But I thought we did well guarding him. We didn't allow him to penetrate too much and we kept him from hurting us off the dribble like he is capable of doing.

He is genial, warm, welcoming, not quick to take umbrage or disagree. He will be very effective by wit, intelligence and the ability to build coalitions for particular points of view.

Had they left IBM where it was, the index easily would have been 1,500 points higher during that time. But how can you give them praise or blame? They are just making up an average.

He was definitely their guy, scoring 28, 29 points a game. He was every bit that good. You could tell he?s a good player. He was definitely our focus.

If it's a city of peace and tolerance, I think it's hypocritical to say that and promote that and be liberal and not allow different points view.

He's battled through this injury. He'd be averaging more points and minutes if not for this injury.

He's been a four-year starter and averaging a little over 10 points and six rebounds a game for his career. He's never been an all-conference player, but he's certainly a candidate this year.

He scored 28 points for us at the state meet.

He scored 33 against us the last two times we've played them. I put Robert Scott on him and he did a tremendous job. Craig only had seven points at the end of the fourth quarter.

He scored four points with his right hand on Saturday. A lot of people don't notice that, but I notice that because that's been one of his weaknesses and he works to correct that. And those are four big points. That might have been the difference between us going to Madison and staying home.

He's your marquee player. He's a guy they can still build around and he's a guy that can still produce in terms of a lot of goals and points when he's healthy.

He has been solid for us all year. Now he's putting points on the board, which is very popular with the people.

He was the hero of the day. We were battling Montrose for second or third place, and Jake passed two Montrose kids in the last 50 meters to make a huge swing in the points totals. Last year he was our 7th runner or top JV running, so he's really stepped up and filled the gap.

He works on everybody individually and finds their weak points and helps them work at it even though they don't want to. There's a lot of people on this team with weak points.

I'm a graduate of Hoover, I've been an assistant or head coach the last nine years and I have never seen a Hoover team hold an opponent to two single-digit quarters ? nine points or less ? and still be down at halftime. That just is unheard of.

Imagine threading a rubber band between two cards, and then twisting the middle. All those twisting stresses accumulate at the points where the rubber band threads through the card to the outside. Keep twisting long enough and you will rip the card.

I'm all about points now, and the sooner we can get them the better. There will be a time and a place to definitely go for it on fourth down, but if we can get points, that's the name of the game.

I'm always worried about them. I know they're coached well. Coach (Mike) Briggs is a good coach, and they have two former head coaches on that staff. They've got a couple of kids that the Shrine Bowl is looking at tailback and wide receiver, so you know they can put points on the board.

He's got 65 points on his ACT; he needs 68. He's going to make it in his core (GPA). I absolutely expect him to qualify.