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There's no good reason for missing free throws. I guess we just didn't focus enough.


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Free throws, free throws. We missed some key free throws and we've been good with free throws. I thi...
ERNESTO ARREDONDO I think we made just enough (free throws) to keep our cushion.
TOM KLAWITTER We didn't make all the free throws, but we made enough for the win.
KYLE BROOKS At that point, you've just got to focus on the free throws and shoot.
KIRK WALTERS I knew I had to make those free throws for us to win the game. I felt good shooting those free throw...
ENGIN ATSUR I'm just thankful for the free-throw line because we stepped up and made the free throws. Good teams...
LISA BLUDER You don't win many games when you're missing that many free throws, but we got the victory.
BRANDON KRUSEY I believe we are very good at free throws now.
JUSTIN SCOTT They were making 3's and we were missing free throws, so it's going to be tough to win.
AUSTIN BOYCE I guess it makes a difference. You can see during the course of the game - 40 free throws, we get 34...
LARRY HUGHES We let the game get close by missing free throws in the fourth quarter. We were lucky to pull out th...
BOB MONAHAN I guess I just played into his style of wrestling. He had really good throws and I played into them.
AARON GRETSKY Assuming theres insurance, there would be no reason not to carry on, ... This just pushes us back on...
BOB GOODMAN We work on our free throws every day. I don't know, I guess free-throw shooting is boring. But I hav...
LONNIE BARTLEY We had no problem getting the ball inside, but we missed some easy shots and some free throws. We we...
BRANDON MAKELA I haven't done that in awhile. It was twofold. First, we were missing our free throws. And it just s...
LONNIE BARTLEY We were 6-for-15 (40 percent) from the line. That's only counting the front end of one-and-ones. Whe...
BRIAN BLUME That's unusual. We don't just miss and miss free throws.
JUSTIN ARMSTRONG We had the shots, we just missed a lot of shots. It's hard to believe we played good defense and we ...
JAMIE ROLLINS I thought the difference in the game were the little things, especially the free throws on both ends...
GUY SHAVERS Theres a reason why theyre not amateurs anymore.
ALEX HAMILTON They probably think that we don't miss free throws. We were 11 out of 11 last time we played, and fo...
JARED GOBEL I stood up there and thought about all the great players who've shot free throws in this building. I...
KATIE RIDDELL When you're not very good at something like free throws you need some things to go your way to offse...
PAUL SATHER We have to be really consistent and do the fundamental things well, like play good defense, rebound ...
CHARLES PATTILLO We had some awful good looks at the basket, but they just didn't go in. And, we didn't shoot free th...
BRENNAN TORGERSON We didn't do a lot of the little things like rebounding and making free throws. We just couldn't con...
CODY CHRISTENSEN Free throws have been killing us. We just shooting over 50 percent from the free throw line.
ALANA ERICKSON We just couldn't make a play to get over the hump. They just made enough plays to weather the storm....
JEFF MCDONALD Free throws are key. I think they (Wildcats) ran out eight straight points because they hit free thr...
DOUG ERNY Theres a good reason I dont believe in God. No one that almighty, powerful, and rightoues, would eve...
NICHOLAS RYAN LAYMON We wanted more movement with the ball. We only had fourteen free throws, so we didn't get to the fou...
NATE MCMILLAN When the doctors first told me what was wrong and that I was done for the year, I cried, man. I gues...
MARQUISE GRAY I always just try to remain calm. But I mean . . . just all the free throws I've missed, and being a...
BRANDON POLK I don't know how we did that. We worked on free throws for two days straight.
BOBBY COLLINS If we hit five more free-throws out of 31, we would've been in good shape.
CAROL OWENS Missing 20 free throws is inexcusable. I don't know. We shot 89 percent (from the free-throw line) i...
TONY DUCKWORTH If we had made our free throws, we could have distanced them even more. Once (Johnson) made her free...
WADE BAKER We do this all the time. We play well against good teams and not so good against average teams. We d...
DON BARTLETT He has no reason to hang his head. He hit two big free throws for us earlier, and he wanted the ball...
JAMES CALKINS (Free throws) are our Achilles heel. When we start making free throws, we'll be a better team.
LOUGWIN SPANN That was a game I really thought we should have won. We had some good stretches. We just didn't fini...
JOE DENSBERGER I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle - a missing piece.
HERMAN J. MANKIEWICZ We played as hard as we could. We just missed too many easy shots and free throws.
THERESA ADAMS I'd never had to shoot free throws in a situation like that before. I just went up there and thought...
KARLA GAMBLE I guess by now I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone...
ALYSON NOEL I guess we made it kind of exciting in the fourth quarter. We just didn't do a thing on offense all ...
GREG VOCK I mean, words can't be good enough for a lot of things. But, you know, I guess we have to try.
AVA DELLAIRA We just wanted the game to be done. At the end there, we made some free throws and I finally smiled.
JAMIE BRAUN Nineteen free throws. We get her to the line that many times, that's a good sign.
CHRIS STRATHMAN If it wasn't for free throws we would have won the game.
MARCUS GRANT We missed (seven) throws for the game. They missed two. The game boils down to free throws, plain an...
JOE BLINE No question that when Louis makes his free throws, it helps everything. He's going up to the line be...
LON KRUGER It just came down to who made the most free throws.
SARA SCHOPPER We really wanted to focus on defense right out of the locker room and the girls stepped it up in the...
GARY WILSON We were in a bonus and we couldn't make any free throws. Free throws were the problem. I'll bet we d...
DARIAN GILLIAM For them to shoot 28 free throws was the difference in the ballgame. I think we played pretty well a...
WILLIE MARYLAND (Hitting) free throws is something we've been talking about. We did a good job on them tonight.
BUFORD KELLOGG We got yelled at pretty bad about the free throws, that's for sure. That and other things. We just c...
ALISON CHENEY Sorry I didn't give a better showing. I didn't do anything well tonight. I didn't shoot well, I didn...
LUKE BABBITT You can never stress free throws enough. I didn't hit mine at the end there and that could have been...
MEGHAN MERKLEIN We missed some free throws that are uncharacteristic of us. We are good free-throw shooting team. Ob...
STEW MORRILL We shot free throws well at the end of the game. Kendra stepped up and that was huge for us. When no...
DENA SIEVERS I make substitutions based on who can hit a free throw. Keith Cochran is our most accurate free thro...
MIKE MCAFEE Those free throws were huge, because she stepped up after she had a rough game with some traveling a...
BILL RESLER Is almost a good enough reason for fear ?
BETH REVIS I made some free throws, I've been working on that. I thought our inside play was really good.
JAMAAL MAGLOIRE We stuck with what we do and we made plays. These kids deserve credit. Craig made the big shot and w...
JOE DESANTIS I just take my mind off it. I just think it's me at the park by myself shooting free throws.
EDDIE TOLLIVER I had no reason to get all goofy, just because the man was too good-looking for his own good.
RICHELLE MEAD It (foul trouble) may have been a key in the second half. But we didn't shoot hardly any free throws...
CURT FREDRICKSON For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhoo...
DOLLY PARTON We work on them hard enough. We ought to be decent. That's the way the game goes. You have to shoot ...
FLOYD GRIFFIN We had our opportunities (Tuesday). We just didn't make our shots when we had to and we missed too m...
DOUG BLEADORN The difference in this ball game was the free throws. You're not going to beat the No. 9 team in the...
JEFF WHITNEY We just ran out of steam (in the fourth period). We weren't hitting our shots and were tired in the ...
DAVID PIEHLER We made some plays down the stretch. While we didn't shoot free throws well (16-for-29) we made some...
JEFF BEEMAN I swear it was the free throws.
TIM CONE Those free throws at the end of the first half hurt. The crazy thing is some of the girls that misse...
DICK STEELE I got hot, and I just figured I'd keep shooting until I started missing. I guess my luck just ran ou...
JOSH JOHNSON I'm just mad I missed those two free throws. We had a letdown against Cleveland, and we needed to tu...
CHAUNCEY BILLUPS We just couldn't knock down the big shots when we needed them, and we missed our free throws, too (1...
JOE HOSMAN When we get up so far, we just lose focus. I guess we think we got it, but it's been that way the wh...
JENNIFER HENSON Chris Twitty hit some huge free throws for us, obviously. I thought our defense stepped up in the fo...
LLOYD CHURCH The kids played great tonight. We were strong on defense, we just missed some free throws and Bondue...
BRAD RUTTA We just hung in there as best we could and made some free throws at the end to keep the win.
AUB BOUCHER It was like a big old bucket and I was just hitting them like they were free throws. I just felt rel...
JASON MCELWAIN We just had to start playing defense. That's the thing that helped us the most. That, and free throw...
DANIELLE BROWN The reason I'm going, I guess, is I'm just tired of Cindy.
JOSEPH WILLIAMS I just think they came out and played much harder than we did. And as a consequence they shot a lot ...
HERB WILLIAMS Being a good free throw-shooting team has always been a point of emphasis for this program. We work ...
DANIEL HORTON We didn't take care of the basketball and we didn't concentrate on knocking down our free throws. I ...
MICHAEL GRANT It kind of seemed like we had a lull in the third quarter like we usually have. Southeast got pretty...
DAVE FARRIS I don't think we are [far behind them]. They had three girls really step up for them when they neede...
LUANN GRYBOWSKI We didn't shoot the ball the way we'd like to. Right away we missed four free throws. We just weren'...
BRIAN DEJONG The free throws were just not falling. We knew we had to make a few to make it a two-possession game...
JACK BLAYNEY We made all those free throws, but we missed the two most important ones at the end. Then we didn't ...
CAROLYN WRIGHT I can never stay up late enough to catch them. But I don't mind. I guess it's good for the rivalry.
LANCE SMITH We made our assault at the end. And we made it with free throws.
KIRK CHENEY Ray finished it off with those free throws like I knew he would. I'm just glad I could help the team...
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ERIC HOFFER We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
ERIC HOFFER Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
ERIC HOFFER There is no such thing as a lack of faith. We all have plenty of faith, it's just that we have faith...
ERIC BUTTERWORTH They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspi...
ERIC HOFFER There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his ow...
ERIC HOFFER Facts are counterrevolutionary.
ERIC HOFFER Where you are in consciousness has everything to do with what you see in experience.
ERIC BUTTERWORTH Substantive abandonment of convention is evidence of mastery.
ERIC PARSLOW It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opini...
ERIC HOFFER A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
ERIC HOFFER Man was nature's mistake --she neglected to finish him -- and she has never ceased paying for her mi...
ERIC HOFFER Truth and honesty are quite different. What a person believes to be true always follows when honesty...
ERIC PARSLOW