Our goal was to make the playoffs. Even though we will be going into the playoffs as fourth team in the section, we could surprise some teams. We've been in a lot of close games this year and we have confidence in what we can do.

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We have a lot of good teams in front of us and these teams could make the playoffs. If we don't do w...
DICK MYNAHAN We could play the same team 25 times. It doesn't matter. We have to play our best hockey. We have to...
ANDREW PETERS I like having a fourth team in the playoffs. This year with the three-team format, two good teams wi...
DAVID PIEHLER If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y...
GARY F EVANS... We, as a team, are really focused on getting back to the playoffs. As Rifle showed last year as a fo...
AARON FINCH Our record should have been flip-flopped. There was an inning in four or five games where we lost ga...
BRET MEULI We've had a lot of close games recently and we've been battling hard. Every game in the playoffs wil...
BRENT LAMMERS If we can beat some teams going to the playoffs, we could probably throw some mud in the water.
JACQUE JONES Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD [Despite making the playoffs last year, the team felt it could have achieved much more than they did...
ED BRADLEY

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CHARLES BUKOWSKI We have been working hard since last year we did not make the playoffs and we did not do as well as ...
BRETT AMES We're really shooting for winning the conference. We'd like to make it well into the playoffs. Hopef...
JAKE PEYMANN We have a very young team this year, but the girls have come together and played tough. Our goal is ...
CAROL SIMS We're not going to win the section, but we played this team tough, and if we keep playing like this,...
BILL GARDNER This is a big win for us and boosts our confidence as we near the playoffs. We have a big game with ...
ANDY MACDONALD Anytime you can head into the playoffs with some wins, it helps your confidence. Even though we were...
DICK WETTENGEL

The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hope...
MICHAEL STRAHAN We were the No. 4 seed in the playoffs last year. This year we'd like to be the No. 1 or No. 2 seed ...
DAN CASEL

So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

We've been doing some things well, but we know we have to work on some things. We can be a very good...
MICHAEL STRAHAN

The words you can’t find, you borrow.
We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN I believe this region ended up tougher than a lot of people thought it would. Going into the playoff...
CHAN BROWN We could very well get back into the playoffs with this caliber team. We're going to be young, and t...
BUD ADAMS We won because we worked as a team. All the girls have become very united as the season's progressed...
LAUREN LUCIDO We wanted a tough game going into playoffs. We wanted our 'A' game going into the playoffs. I felt i...
MARC JONES We still have two big regular season games this weekend that we cannot look past before we go into t...
GREG MCCONNELL I hope we can exceed what we did last year. Before the season our goal was to win the national champ...
CHRIS EDWARDS Before it was hard because not many of the girls wanted to be out here, but this year we all feel th...
AMBER KLAGES If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th...
GARY F EVANS... I think we played like it was our first playoff game. Most of the team have never been in the playof...
CHARLES HENKE We expect to be in the playoffs, that says something after last year. I think we have a solid team t...
BROCK KNIGHT What you're seeing in the fourth quarter is a team that doesn't have confidence to finish up the gam...
GEORGE KARL We always have the expectation that we will work as hard as we can to win as many games a possible. ...
DAVE HUBERT This win was huge for us going into the playoffs. Hopefully we will get a good seed in the playoffs ...
BILLY THOMPSON When We have Patience in our minds and Love in our hearts, Nothing appears to be impossible or unrea...
PHILIP T.M This year, we have so much more offense. Last year, we made the playoffs, but got Branson in the fir...
JACK MCMAHON Our goal is a team now, first is to make the playoffs. Second is to hopefully be in the playoffs bef...
JAMES FRISBEE This was our three-peat so we can get that up there that we were undefeated for three years. That wa...
JENNY COOK This is our playoffs. We're a good team right now. Confidence is high right now. Hopefully we can ke...
AUBREY HUFF The program is at a high level where they have been pretty much making the playoffs about every othe...
JEFF HOUSEL I've been with a lot of teams, some successful and some not as successful in their records and by an...
DAN HUGHES Anytime you can make the playoffs in this district, you have to count it as a good year. It really h...
DAVID PLUNK We haven't beaten anyone in the playoffs yet, and that's what we have to do. We've won a lot of big ...
BRIAN URLACHER I think we really just want to continue improving. After last year we just have a goal to play good ...
BROCK KNIGHT We have gotten a lot better as the season wears on. We probably won't win the WPIAL, but we could pr...
DON COOLEY We had some doubts early on as to whether we'd even make the playoffs. It's been an up-and-down seas...
BEN GORDON It's a huge change and we're very excited about it. Last year, we played 15 games and eight were aga...
CHAD HANNING I'm sure there will be a lot of emphasis on that toward the end of this year. We lost to some bad te...
FRED THOMAS No players on this team have ever won a playoff game, ... I know that their goal is to go further in...
ASHLEY BROWN If we're competitive, we have great fans here. Calgary is a wealthy city, and Alberta is a wealthy p...
AL MACNEIL We haven't been beaten [at Spartan] in two games this year. The playoffs are going to be fun. I thin...
COLIN CLARKE This was another learning experience for us. We are not going to blow every team out. There will be ...
DEREK COLEMAN A lot of people play in the league seven, eight years and have never even been in the playoffs. This...
ISRAEL IDONIJE Voter apathy is a civic abdication.
CHARLES M. BLOW As much as I loved the team last year and still do, when you lose in the first round (of the playoff...
JEFF VAN GUNDY We are looking to be respectable in our division and make the league playoffs again, ... We have a g...
DAVID POTTS Realistically, if we keep playing and improving the way we have, I think we have a great chance of g...
JOE FILOTEO I think we all would admit that we didn't have the premier team in the National League this year, bu...
SANDY ALDERSON We didn't make the playoffs. We definitely did a better job this year, but we still didn't make the ...
JASON TAYLOR Winning breeds confidence, it's as simple as that. There's a very good chance we may need to go thro...
COLIN DOYLE The team has looked pretty good. Thinking where this team was going to be, in terms of being a very ...
MILES AVERY As far as our character, we are a very similar team. We have a chance to win some games down the roa...
JACK ROSE We are going to give it our best shot against Crosby. It will be a tough game but our goal is to get...
DARIN HARLEY This is the most talented team we've had in a long time in Stoney Creek and I believe we have a chan...
BRENT LAMMERS In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id...
GARY F EVANS... Our overall goal this year was to make the playoffs. It's been a few years since we've been there.
KAREN HOEM We try to let the younger players know what it takes to play against the teams we play. We play a lo...
MARKELL RAWLS We still have two section games remaining. So we just need to keep winning to make sure we get to st...
CHAD KISON We felt pretty comfortable, especially scoring that goal to make it a one-goal game with 14 minutes ...
GRIFF RICHARD It was so important for us for a variety of factors. We have not lost in the playoffs, so we have a ...
BRACKEN KEARNS I think we will be a little bit more consistent this year. We have the good core, and if the other g...
JEFF MYAER Does it really matter to us? No. We did what we had to do to win the division. I've been on the best...
ROBERT FICK George, for the last two days, was stressing the fact that, if the playoffs started tomorrow, (Memph...
CARMELO ANTHONY We never got down. We hustled and we had a chance to win but unfortunately those two penalties in th...
DAVE LAMARRE We've had some personnel changes there, and as much as anything, we're hoping we can get a spark. We...
JAY FEASTER I feel we've overachieved this season. After we missed the playoffs last year, we set our sights on ...
LARRY KRUSE We can't hang our heads and say this was a lost season. I think, if this team continues to grow and ...
MORRIS PETERSON We've got exactly what we need to fulfill our destiny!
ABHISHEK KUMAR The future belongs to all who, refusing to look back at the past move ahead with the clock as it tic...
ODO SIMON AGBO There was great pride all year in how the kids played and behaved on and off the field, ... We will ...
BILLY FARRELL (We) thought we could really prove ourselves. We're all about working together and getting better as...
JASON FOX The biggest goal right now would have to be to try to do as well as we can in our home event. We jus...
GREG PIECZYNSKI Every game this season has been a learning experience. It's going to be interesting to see how much ...
BRIAN ROSENBERGER I think everyone is just looking to improve and to take that next step and try to make the playoffs....
JAY BOUWMEESTER You want to go to the playoffs with a bit of a swagger. It's not to the level we want it to be. When...
JERMAINE O'NEAL When we take a lead we should be a smart team, but we haven't shown that too often so far. But I kno...
ALEX KOVALEV We could send some individuals into the playoffs.
JEFF TRACY We're going to look like we've been in this league for 10 years. We can't even make the playoffs and...
ALEX SWARTZ I think this will be better for us. I think that we have a more realistic chance of making the playo...
DAVE HILLIARD We are one of the teams who will want this more than almost anyone. We are new to the playoffs; we w...
ANGELO JOHNSON We knew it was going to be a tough four games on the road because we played some of the top teams in...
KADIE RIVERIN It was scary, but my rational for not taking a timeout before that, even though my assistant coaches...
NICK BARNES We're looking forward to the second half. We know its going to be difficult, but the team who comes ...
ERIC VOLLMERS We have a lot of great players but unless you come together as a team that doesn't matter. We've com...
SAM ADAMS We can enjoy this and celebrate, but we know they are a team that we will see in the District 4 play...
ELDON HOY The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl...
ANGIE KARAN The community just got excited about basketball and the style of ball we were playing. We had good c...
DAVID BOYDSTUN Our non-conference games are going to be really important for us this season. Last year, we went 10-...
LYNN MURRAY If we win the next two games, we should be in the playoffs. If we go 1-1 against Tracy before finish...
ERIN AITKEN

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