Practice Quotations | Page 10

I feel like I'm adapting well. It's not something I expected or thought would happen, but it's something I'm willing to work at, something I want to do. I just have to work my butt off every day in practice and in games, keep playing at the top of my game.

I feel real really good. I can call any scheme in practice and have confidence that they'll execute it. If you have a gun with six bullets, you shoot all of them. Last year, I had a gun with no bullets so now I feel totally different. It's exciting.

I feel pretty good about this game. This is the first time we've had everybody out there (due to injuries). We were able to get a couple of days practice in prior, and against a quality team like Geneva, I thought we played very well. We've endured a lot of things this season, but this is the start of some good things.

I feel pretty good overall. When I'm out there throwing batting practice, it's just what it is, batting practice. To work on my pitches and trying to get something out of it a little bit as far as some intensity.

I feel good about everything right now, ... In the practice rounds this week I played really well. Even last week (in Calgary) when I missed the cut I didn't play that poorly.

I feel good about everything right now. In the practice rounds this week I played really well. Even last week (in Calgary) when I missed the cut I didn't play that poorly.

I feel good and the energy and the respect my teammates are showing me means a lot. They are looking for me in the post. It started off in practice where everyone is coming together and we are showing up better prepared for the game.

I feel good, I was hitting the ball good in batting practice.

I am a hands guy, but I can catch it with my body. I am sure it will change my catching philosophy just a little bit down the field. But when I get back I'll practice so I'll have to figure out which balls to catch with my body and which to catch with my hands when I am wearing (the cast).

I am delighted at this wonderful recognition of the richness and vibrancy of professional nursing practice at the VCUHS. Being designated as a Magnet organization is a special affirmation of the quality of our nurses, our nursing organization and all of our staff across the Health System.

I am excited that the Big East is about to begin. It is a whole new level of competition. From our games so far, we have learned what we need to improve on and what to do better. We will close those little holes this week in practice and come out to win this weekend.

I get it ready for them to practice or have games. I hang the banners and just take care of things.

I give our kids credit, we do a great job of hacking at the ball. Every one of our tackles, we're right on the point of the ball, ripping and tugging. We practice it and we preach it.

I don't think it was lucky. We put in work every day. The beauty of our team right now is that we're not cutting corners. We come out every day in practice and work our butts off. We didn't hit free throws the way we wanted to, but we kind of scraped it out. We got it done.

I enjoy coming to practice everyday with these guys. When together they can act pretty foolish, but they go at it when it's time to get to work.

I enjoyed the practice of law, but ever since I was little, I've loved school and the people that I most respected were the teachers that I had. It was something that I always wanted to do ... (Being a lawyer) was rewarding in ways. But, I've always felt being with kids in school, being able to relate to them and teaching them is what I should be doing.

Go back to the greens and practice, putting greens and chip.

If a guy is a football player he is going to perform in the game. You would like to see him do it all the time, in practice and in the game. I think game-like situations are more indicative than practice.

If a physician has higher costs than the revenue they bring in, it may be a blessing if they move their patients to our competitor. As an organization, we work very diligently at creating the best environment in our service area for our patients, our medical staff and our employees so when a physician moves his practice, it is at risk of reducing their patient load or the quality of care provided to the patient. We endeavor to work closely with our medical staff by providing data or resources necessary to develop positive outcomes for all. My personal desire is always to provide physicians with whatever product they need to practice but in return, we ask for their support in dealing with vendors in such a way that not only allows the physician a choice of product but also afford us a fair return on investment.

I don't run from problems. The next week at practice I played with a sense of urgency. I wanted to prove myself.

From the beginning of the year, from the beginning of practice, we wouldn't even practice shooting at all. All we practiced was defense. We try to think defensively most of the time.

I don't think OSU has made any accommodations for the normal musician on campus. They'd probably make a decent amount of money by building and supplying a recreational practice space.

I don't think our system is that hard. Obviously, there are some other pass protection things, but really these (practice) days we've got before we start will be like training camp to him (Benson).

I don't think it will kick in until we have to come to practice and we're not playing in the gold medal game.

I don't think I've ever had a spring break without baseball being involved. It's a great opportunity to practice in the morning and play in the afternoon. It is very similar to the routine a professional player would have, and many times it helps your team finish the season strong.

For what we can do at this point in the season, I thought they did the best the could. ... I thought they played very well together and obviously there's room to get better. The stuff we're doing in practice was paying off.

For those two months of off-season in November and December, it's nice to be able to practice whenever you choose, not when the weather chooses.

For us, I think what's important is that we've gotten better. Every day we come into practice and we get better, and that's our job. That's our goal right now.

I expected a lot out of this team. We worked hard in practice this week. We had a good week. We studied film a lot. We saw some weaknesses and we knew what they would do.

I expect us to get more opportunities offensively this year because our defense is going to give us the football. They do a great job of forcing turnovers. And we practice those things.

I expected this in a couple years, but not today, ... Going up to Apple Valley (last week) beating Johnstown, who to that point was undefeated in league play, was a big boost for the kids. We knew we could play with these guys. I'm glad to have practice tomorrow, I can tell you that.

I don't want to be a guy who plays for a lot of teams at the end of his career. Every year, I try to do the best that I can. If things don't work out, I will also practice catching and be ready. Somebody can always use a catcher who can hit.

I don't think we're worried. I think we would prefer to have more momentum going into the playoffs, but the last two results are certainly going to be something in our minds for practice this upcoming week. We have to work harder and get sharper in order to get some results against Chicago.

I don't think we'll have to change anything (from the first game). Just by having more practice and with greater intensity has helped us improve our game.

I don't think we played as well last weekend. We had an up-and-down week of practice and it showed this weekend. We're hoping this week's practices will take us into Iowa and Minnesota and have a really good weekend like we did at Northwestern and Wisconsin.

I don't think we're as surprised by it. I can understand if other people are. That's what we work on in practice is putting it on people, trying to get leads and extend that.

I give the pilot four stars and a medal for getting that thing down on the runway in the first place. I consider that guy to be a masterful pilot; whether you practice on a simulator or not, that's just experience.

If it's having Brady throw the ball 40-50 times, that's what they're going to do. You just have to practice for everything and play. We can't look at it like, 'Jenks isn't here now so we have to worry about that side.' We have to just play and let the pieces fall where they may.

For me, writing is a discipline, much like playing a musical instrument. It requires constant practice and honing of skills. For this reason, I write seven days a week.

Glenn's help on the day was invaluable. With Glenn being there, it allowed the crews to practice in as near to a real situation as is possible. His help and guidance at the session ensures that should any rider get into difficulties at Somerset in the new season, they will receive first rate attention from the crews on duty, attention which could make all the difference as far as rider safety is concerned.

I felt if you are going to preach this, you should practice it.

I felt I needed a good break after Wimbledon. I was mentally and physically exhausted and frustrated. I've come back to practice with a much greater purpose, the way I'm hitting the ball has made me excited. It may not happen this week, next or at the Open, but I know I'm good enough for what I want to do to pay dividends somewhere down the line.

If I had to say anybody had a little bit of a lead right now it would be Bernard Morris. He would have a slight lead over the other two. But Derek had a good week of practice last week.

I give all the credit to the coaching staff and my teammates, because they always encourage me to do well, whether it's in practice or in a game. They believe I can get out there and make plays, and when I get going, everybody is pumping me up, trying to have me continue to attack and play well.

I had practice yesterday, today, and I've got a game Thursday night, so I'm back into it. (Washington has) pretty much the same standard as all football teams. I hope to be with them for a while, I hope it works out. I hope to have a good year, to maintain a 36 net average or better like I did every year in Atlanta. I'd like to keep that up.

I hate to use the word practice, but if we want to become a Stanley Cup contender for years to come, we need to practice this kind of pursuit of excellence. Winning division titles, winning conferences, winning Stanley Cups. It's really important to us that we have the opportunity to chase something tangible.

I had totally anticipated being ready to play last January because my doctor had said three months, blah-blah-blah. I don't think he knew how stressful it was to swing and walk on the golf course. My foot never healed. Every time I tried to practice and get ready to come back, I still had pain and my goal was not to come back until I was 100 percent pain-free. By the time this year started, I still wasn't 100 percent. In Hawaii, I could still feel it. I still feel it now but I can swing without pain. I think walking the last month has been the final healing process. Right now, it finally feels good.

I bring the same environmental ethic to private practice I brought to public life. There are even projects that meet the requirements of regulation that I'm going to be uncomfortable working on and that I won't work on.

I believe that some of the decision makers may have no idea as to the extent of liability exposure the state may have, if this kind of practice is permitted to continue, ... Unless the possible and probable consequences of all of these events are fully understood, there may be an inclination on the part of some decision makers to remedy this 'on the cheap.'

Certain days, I'd stay for both. High school practice was usually 3 to 5, then club practice was later. We'd have break days where there wouldn't be quite as much. I've just always liked to do both.

Certainly that's a little bit of a concern. We went back to going over the basic things at practice and then started working on getting back to how we want to play against them.

I anticipate doing the same thing. You do (want to play them more), but you also understand the big picture. For the most part, what we have to do is we have to have a good practice session this week. I think it's very, very important to get some continuity going with our offense. It really just boils down to what we're going to become on offense and play to our strengths. That's the whole key between now and when we open up at Kansas City.

But, those who carp at My teaching and do not practice it, consider them as ignorant of all knowledge, senseless, and lost.

But we did manage to shake down the new car, test out the new gearbox and practice some pit stops.

But having said all that doesn't mean we're going to give it away. We're going to compete utmost at conference and section time. ... I'm in no way pessimistic about the season and after a week of practice I'm feeling better. People are going to know we're there.

I don't know why Shawn said that. Maybe he was just mad because he had to practice for 2 hours.

I feel very confident we can play. I go through these concerns all week because we can't practice like we normally practice. But when we line up and play Sunday I'll expect the people on the field to line up and play well enough to win.

I feel very good. (Thursday) was the best practice I've had strength-wise. It was good. I would have loved to have played Wednesday.

I felt comfortable with James in that role Nov. 4 when we first started practice. We went through the summer time and talked to James about it, and James himself became more comfortable with it.

I felt confident. Ever since the Marquette game, every day I've been working on my free throws before and after practice with the coaches. Apparently, I just need to continue working on it. It's probably the biggest weakness in my game right now. I let my team down.

I felt like a freshman coming into the season, but I don't feel that way anymore. We practice hard every day and I've become comfortable enough to know my role and run the team when I have to or do whatever I can to help us win.

I felt like I had a great rhythm at the plate this weekend. Before our series, I made some hitting adjustments in practice that enabled me to stay back and see the ball better, and I was able to benefit from that.

Brushing up on your short game at the practice area is fine and good, but taking it with you to the golf course - when your score is really on the line - is another story.

Bryan pitched batting practice and he was probably hitting 90 mph.

But the biggest thing we have to do is just believe we can win. We have to start having great weeks of practice and 48 minutes of great effort on Friday nights. At times the players are looking, or expecting, bad things to happen. We have to go out and make good things happen.

But there is still some difference compared with the practice in the international market where fluctuation of trading currencies are mostly not bottomed or capped.

I'm a teacher and by the time I get to school, practice is starting. Katie gets them ready before I get there, so her leadership is very important.

Chris is a real hard worker. Sometimes freshmen stay to themselves. But Chris' work ethic is very contagious in practice. He challenges other boys to push it harder. The competitiveness gets everybody going, and practice goes to a much higher level.

Because we had early leads, we were able to practice and execute some additional systems that we do not usually play.

(Barker) threw very poorly in practice on Tuesday.

Barry played in the outfield during practice today and looked pretty good. Barry is having fun again. He didn't have any fun last year because he was hurt.

Bates and Rich have only played a few times in practice together. Bates has a lot of experience coming off of last year and Rich has grown up a lot this summer, practicing every day for four to five hours. It was really good for him to go in there with Bates because he has so much experience.

Batting practice is next on his agenda. But he's swinging well and making good progress in the last 48 hours. He's close to playing in a game.

I have been good in practice but not like that.

I had inflammation of tendonitis and felt it three days ago so I couldn't practice before the tournament,

I had made a god of my own reason... Even if theoretically I now acknowledged the authority of God and the Church, in practice I was still the ruler and the judge. I was the centre of my own existence, and my isolation from the rest of the world was due to the fact that I had deliberately shut myself up within the barriers of my own will and reason.

I have a lot of faith in this team, and I feel really strongly about this team. Even though we're really young, they're making strides and they're going in the right direction. They practice hard, and I know we're going to get better and better.

Today could be your last day playing. So when we go out there to practice, we're going to practice like it's our last day. We're going to practice every day like that until Friday. And then Saturday we're going to tell Rutgers to bring it on, because we're waiting. We're ready.

Today he did one the second time he jumped. Every day in practice it is a little bit better.

We are extremely proud of it. When you put a team together that is going to stay together -- that's a long shot. It's a matter of working day in and day out at practice and against different opponents; responding to opponents and putting in the most work possible to put yourself in that position. It's nice to be rewarded for it at the end of the regular season.

Having those days off will help the girls later on. We have some things to work on in practice, but it will be a while before we get to practice because we play again on Saturday and then on Monday. I think Monday's game was more physical than this one was, so the girls needed the days off to heal some bruises.

Having someone check on a patient's progress, assess their health and provide encouragement -- routine practice in treating high blood pressure or diabetes -- speaks to the power of sustained, professional medical care.

Having these things on their doorstep so they can go and practice a bit on top of their one week in the snow every year, I think that makes them quite successful.

Here's a very simple, common sense idea - if you practice something more, you get better at it; if you can't complete everything you need to do, take more time.

We've got to practice a lot of different things this week. We can't ask Taylor to do some of the things Reggie can do, just from an experience standpoint.

We've got to start carrying things over from practice to the games.

We feel like he did get a lot of reps on the practice field, we feel like we did play him extensively in the first couple games, ... He's a good back. Hopefully, he catches on with another team. You can't deny the fact that No. 33 (Graham) has looked very good here. We drafted Cadillac Williams , Michael Pittman has been a productive back here, Derek Watson is still in the mix, so when you couple that with the fact that Mike Alstott is also going to play the tailback position, we felt it was good for Ian Smart to look elsewhere. Hopefully, someone else takes a look at him.

What I'll do is come in here and try and show the guys who haven't been there what it takes to get there. Getting to practice on time, practicing hard night-in, night out. Little things, like making the bus on time. This team is ready to make some noise. They're right on the verge.

What I love about spring practice is that you get to teach football. There's not the pressure of a game or the scoreboard. There is always the competition, but you can teach the game. It's a chance to help the players get better.

What is a patent troll? According to some, a patent troll is a firm who licenses patents they do not themselves commercialize. Yet, many of the large firms who are most critical of the practice do it themselves.

When he returns he'll have had the most practice time with us (of any healthy running back). We do have a good feeling for what we can do; we're really excited about his ability to help this football team. He's doing really well, and there's a chance he could (play) now.

When he was a puppy, he came with me to places like Home Depot. Now, we practice twice a week, but it's a game to him. He doesn't consider it work.

He's a great doctor and has a very busy practice. He has a staff and patients that depend on him.

Hard work isn't the whole thing either. It's working hard, but working smart at the same time, going to every single practice trying to improve on something.

Guys came out and worked hard and ran hard (Wednesday). I guess he rewarded us with a short individual practice, go out and do a little conditioning and wish the guys well on their trips home or wherever they're going for the bye week.

What we find in these statistics is somewhat alarming, that four years after 9-11, a third of companies surveyed still lack these plans. We find that (many) companies that have these plans don't practice them.

What would need to happen, even if we waited a year, the teachers would have to get into the classroom and practice what they learned.

What you do is you just hammer on that (needed) skill and you give them lots of practice in that skill over and over again. It's just like anything else. You learn it by doing it ... Then when you get to the test, you've practiced that skill so it becomes easier and easier for you to do it.

Her numbers aren't that great yet. But she hasn't had a lot of practice. We're starting to get outside more and I expect her numbers will get better and better.

He's a great shooter and he's been getting better through the year. He's been getting beat up by (Austin Haws) and Josh Jones every day in practice and I think that's been making him a lot tougher.