It felt good physically and mentally. We definitely knew this was going to be a tough game especially with Martineau and Flannigan down low. We wanted to bring some intensity and wanted to bring that effort and give them a run for their money.
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Related I knew going into the game that Kevin was a pretty good player. I had to play mentally and physicall... BRENT BARZ I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We wanted to wear them down because we knew they had a long bus ride up here and I think that defini... ROY PEAKE We wanted to give a special effort, we wanted to win this game for him. We talked about it, and came... BRET HEDICAN We knew we wanted to be downtown. We felt like we needed to go with home accessories. We wanted to c... LESLEIGH DRYE The last time we played them it was a game up until half. We wanted to come out with some intensity ... JARED GOBEL We gave them a run for their money. We really wanted to defend against their three, and I think we d... KIP RYAN We wanted to establish the run. After we wear them down some on the run, then we'll drop back and pa... ISSAC MARSH It was a tough game. We stayed composed this time. We had some momentum going into the fourth quarte... JOE HARDEN I know for me personally (after Friday's game), I just wanted to come in and bring them energy. I wa... RALPH HOLMES We wanted to make sure that everyone knew that this was a business- and community-oriented initiativ... ERIC LEAZER We wanted to come out with a lot of intensity and pressure the ball early. We knew that they were no... JOSHUA STALEY This is definitely going to be a big game and a season-maker if we can go down to their house and gi... JEFF PENDERGRAPH I felt pretty good. I just wanted to get my guys going -- bring some energy and spirit to the lineup... SHAQUILLE O'NEAL This is their program and I wanted to get them involved in every aspect of it. We offer other drawin... DAVID PIES We wanted to bring 'Fiddler,' and bring it to a larger audience. ROY LEE We just wanted to bring it down and put it up. We had a good look at the basket, we just overshot it... DEB BABER We wanted to get the ball down low and we just attacked them early in the game. And then that opened... MIKE GORDON They knew we wanted to get the ball into Katie and they did a good job denying her. They played fant... ANDREW SCHNEIDER I don't think we brought our 'A' game. This was our A-minus game. They'll have to bring their 'A' ga... CHRISTINE KESHEN Tonight, we really showed what we're capable of. It shows that we haven't given our full effort all ... CHRIS DUHON We knew it was going to be a tough game just for the fact that we were coming off an emotional high ... DAN STAUBER We got off to a textbook first period, played the way we wanted. Unfortunately, for some reason we s... MARC DENIS A little sloppy at times, but we knew it was going to be a tough game. We're a team, with the tempo ... SYLVIA HATCHELL We had a good plan. It wasn't really anything different. We just gave them a bunch of different look... BUDDY WYATT Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD We had them just where we wanted them. We wanted them running and wanted to get them in that game. T... BRAD PODEVELS We definitely wanted to face them in this game and we got a chance and didn't come to play. KATIE MIHALCO We didn't play the game plan we wanted and in turn, they took their game plan to us, which was defin... BILL THOMAS I knew it was a big responsibility, and it was brave of them to bring in a freak like me. I really w... KATE BORNSTEIN We knew that they were a team that played a tough physical style. We just wanted to play our style o... COLLEEN CHRISTIAN We just wanted to bring the kids down, let them see it and get a few pictures. We got a few more tha... JOE SNYDER We wanted to bring a fourth point guard in, and it looks like he'll be with us. GEOFF PETRIE We just knew we had to be mentally tough once the ceremonies were over. We had to get down to busine... DWAYNE LEE This was a hard loss to swallow. We really wanted this game and we felt we had a chance to win it. JOSH DOLLARD This was an important game from that standpoint. We wanted to have a good outing against them to giv... DONNA PROCTOR It was good to see them rebound from Tomahawk. It was a good effort and hopefully we can continue (t... JOE BRENNAN This team really wanted me. I'm going to go out there and run through walls for them, and hit and sc... JOHNNY DAMON It was definitely a good game. The first two periods, I was kind of fighting the puck, but we knew t... DANIEL GIRARDI We knew they wanted to run and we tried to stop them from doing that. Man, those guards are good. FLOYD IRONS I'm very pleased with the effort today, especially walking into next week. We have three tough games... LAURA PARO We beat them 15-7 last Tuesday, but we have a couple guys out with injuries right now and we knew th... COURTNEY HARRNESS He made a couple mistakes here and there, kept the pitches up, but as the game progressed we knew to... ROLAND FITE We knew this was a big game and that's why we wanted to dominate underneath. I think we just wanted ... ANDRE PATTERSON We couldn't wait to get to tonight's game because we felt that Roncalli loss devastated us. We had a... JIM O'HARA They told me they wanted a big back, and that I fit their profile physically and mentally, and that ... DERRELL SMITH To get a game like this under our belts and play hard, to challenge a high-caliber team like Prairie... JEANNIE THOMPSON It was all about effort. We don't lay down for anybody. We felt like we had something to prove. The ... LARRY HART We just felt that our start was going to be real important because this was their fourth game in fou... MARC HABSCHEID We wanted to win this game, and we knew what would come along with it, MARCUS TUBBS We felt we were having good at-bats throughout the game and it was going to come for us. We hit some... GREG BUCHANAN We wanted to try and get at least one run because we knew who was coming up for them. CARL CRAWFORD We knew this was going to be a tough game. Mauston is a very good shooting team. GREG SCHERNECKER That was our game plan going in. We saw on tape their safeties come down low for run support and we ... REX GROSSMAN We lost a tough one in Florida and we wanted to forget that. We have been able to forget them. We're... DANY HEATLEY So this is going to be drill!? DEYTH BANGER Both pitchers were on top of their game tonight; we knew they were good and we had to keep it low sc... BRENT PEARSON Our defense has been the bread and butter of our team. We knew it was going to be a tough game and i... JOSEF LORENZ Suitland has never been hit like we hit them. We knew we had to bring it to them. We worked all week... MATT REID We knew this would be a big challenge, probably the big challenge of the season. That's why I'm so p... JASON RUBRIGHT We came into this week thinking this was going to be a really tough game, ... We knew they'd be exci... LEWIS CASS We didn't play a horrible game [against UTEP], and you've got to give them a lot of credit. If we br... JAMAAL MOORE I wanted to come out today and get the run game going. I found out before the game that Davis wasn't... JONATHAN WELLS I knew coming over here, it was going to be tough. He (Woodley) does a good job with them defensivel... CHRIS MASON We knew this was going to be a lot tougher game than the first time we played them, because were pla... BRYAN ERCE We wanted to tempo the game defensively to get some run outs. We wanted them to play fast. MATT CREAMER I give West Canada Valley a lot of credit. They did some things on defense that took us out of what ... BART TOOLEY When people begin to define the things that they believe in, based upon the exclusion of all the thi... C. JOYBELL C. Our effort was good, we wanted to come out and be aggressive in the beginning of the game and I fell... LIZ DARGER We played as soft as a team can be. They were tougher mentally, physically and there was no way we w... DOC RIVERS When you've got a player who had a bad game, you know they are going to want to come back and have a... AL BROWN We didn't run it in our first three games because we wanted to hide it a little bit. We felt like it... ROBERT DAVENPORT We definitely played hard tonight and came out strong early. We came out and wanted to run them down... CAMEO HICKS In every game, a good opponent is going to make a run. We knew it was up to us to clamp down on defe... ESSENCE CARSON We wanted this game to be an up-and-down game. We felt like we were a little faster than West Fork o... BRAD BLEW Hopefully, later on down the line we can play them again and give them a run for their money. JARRAD HENRY It's a big win, even though Orlando wasn't playing for anything. We wanted to come out and be playin... STEPHEN JACKSON We wanted a tough game going into playoffs. We wanted our 'A' game going into the playoffs. I felt i... MARC JONES That's what we wanted to do. We told them we wanted to see intensity and focus and we saw that. It w... BOB DYER We wanted to establish a new fan base over here. And second, we wanted to challenge ourselves. We wa... BOB WEIR We need to shake that sense of impending doom, ... To do that, we need to be physically tough, menta... BRIAN RILEY We knew after they beat the Czech Republic [it was going to be tough]. We knew it was a good club an... JAROME IGINLA We came down and took quick shots, and we don't want to play that game with them. Up and down the co... DAVE MARTIN If I felt like we were up 15 points, I was going to give everyone a chance to play. Sometimes in a c... ERIC BURNETT They taught me different was wrong. ANI DIFRANCO We came down here with a little more confidence. We knew what they were going to bring at us, and wh... DEON MCPHEE We hope to bring our best effort for the championship game because it's going to be a battle, that's... JASON DOMINICK Acting is a tough business, and you need to be in good shape mentally and physically. JULIETTE BINOCHE It feels great. I mean, the last time they did a great job of shutting me down, but this time we mad... ERIC CURTIS It sure seemed like the game counted for something. Both teams wanted to win. I know that they didn'... JACOB BYLER It's going to be a very intense weekend. They're number one and they've got a good, solid group of g... AMBER BOWMAN We knew Kyle and Alex were hitting some big shots. We knew they were feeling pretty good. We wanted ... CHASE VERBA I knew going into the meet that it would be a close race for the girls' team. I told them that our t... EMILY TUCKER I wanted to put down a run that I was really psyched about. With the fatigue, the snow conditions, a... BODE MILLER I knew that if we kept the lead, then we had a good chance to bring it home. We had a little trouble... DEBBIE SKELLY I just wanted to see a little bit more of that high level of play out of him before I stuck him into... DON CAHOON I definitely thought about that and wanted to have a good showing. I still know a lot of people at C... COREY PARKER I wanted to bring some emotional leadership that I felt we were lacking. The last couple of years we... LEGEDU NAANEE I thought our girls did a good job tonight. We knew it was going to be a tough, grind-it-out type of... LYNN FREDERICK We had two goals going into tonight's game. We wanted to win the game and get nobody hurt. We accomp... BRIAN BERRY
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