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JUNIOR LESSARD We could play the same team 25 times. It doesn't matter. We have to play our best hockey. We have to...
ANDREW PETERS George, for the last two days, was stressing the fact that, if the playoffs started tomorrow, (Memph...
CARMELO ANTHONY We are not trying to gear up for any one team in this district. We want to build the skills and exec...
DENA MONTINI We just want to win as many games as we can win. It's not about who we play. It's about how we play ...
LORENZEN WRIGHT![]()
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo...
GERMANY KENT If others want to play they can. Why should we play in October?
LALIT MODI They're a dangerous team. We knew it would be tough.
DEANTHONY ZANDERS We're so eager to get back in the playoffs and make another run. We want to show that we're not just...
DARREN SHEPHERD![]()
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 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 We're looking to fight for that third spot. We have one game in hand with L.A., we're two points beh...
JOVAN KIROVSKI When you have a player like Ruiz, of his quality, it's good for us when he's not playing. But even w...
JOVAN KIROVSKI It was disappointing to get a draw at home but we fought back from being down two-nil off of two inc...
JOVAN KIROVSKI I thought we played very well ... and we needed to get a win before the playoffs. I'm glad I was ab...
JOVAN KIROVSKI I think we're jelling pretty good.
JOVAN KIROVSKI I think the Rapids have exciting players going forward. I think I can bring the creative element,
JOVAN KIROVSKI I can bring something they don't have, ... I can hold the ball up front; this team has the base to d...
JOVAN KIROVSKI Steve didn't use me the way I wanted to be used, ... I'm 29 years old and I play a certain position....
JOVAN KIROVSKI If we're together, if we have a full lineup, I think we have a pretty impressive team. If we play .5...
WADE DUBIELEWICZ Everybody saw when we were playing well, as we did the last three weeks of the season, we were a goo...
ALEX STEEN In our league, we want to be the toughest team for anyone to play against, ... My hope is certainly ...
BRIAN RILEY We want to continue to play well coming into the playoffs.
LARRY USHER We must be focussed and vigilant as regards him, but there are many others in the Ivory Coast team t...
RIGOBERT SONG We play to win the Stanley Cup. Failure in the playoffs ? I count that as not a good season.
DARIUS KASPARAITIS We expect to be in the playoffs, that says something after last year. I think we have a solid team t...
BROCK KNIGHT I don't know if there's any ideal team to face. But any team that comes stumbling into the playoffs ...
DAN HAMHUIS Every guy in the room right now believes that we can do it. If we were to get in, I don't think ther...
ANDY SUTTON We had no competition in pool play, and then we went up against a good team that was playing well. I...
CHRIS GRAY We can't hang our heads and say this was a lost season. I think, if this team continues to grow and ...
MORRIS PETERSON I wish the state would go ahead and seed the playoffs so that we wouldn't be meeting this early. We'...
JULIE MATHENY We have to play our best. You look at the Western Conference, every team that made the playoffs is a...
CORY CROSS We are happy with that. We want to be undefeated in district and the state playoffs. That's what we ...
WAKE WOOD We just want to play basketball. We can play whatever game you want to play. I would love to see a s...
CHARLES MCDONALD We set a precedent that we can play a good team, we can play defense and we're one of the better tea...
DALE PARSONS In the big picture, we've just got to gain momentum. Everybody makes the playoffs. The hottest team ...
DAVID RUARK I want to win. I want to get deep in the playoffs and go to the Super Bowl. The Eagles have establis...
DARREN HOWARD If we can take care of business, we'll be part of the mix. Windham is very athletic and has the best...
CHRIS GALLERANI We can enjoy this and celebrate, but we know they are a team that we will see in the District 4 play...
ELDON HOY We don't want to be a team that's not expected to win, we want to be the best in the league. Anytime...
MIKE KEANE For two days, George (Karl) has been constantly stressing that this is a team that we'll be playing ...
CARMELO ANTHONY We are very grateful to Jovan for his services both on and off the field and wish him all the best i...
DOUG HAMILTON In this league, you could make a case that every team deserves to be in the playoffs. But that's pro...
GREG SIMS A team that wants to be considered a good team can't play the way we did tonight. If we just want to...
CLAUDE JULIEN Team basketball is a lost art nowadays, but it's always going to win. You can win in the regular sea...
BEN WALLACE That was my main thing coming here, to be with a young team, a team that has the potential to win a ...
DERRICK MASON We just want to be sure we finish strong. We want to be playing our best basketball in the playoffs.
HAROLD MCALLISTER Stanford is a scrappy, hardworking team. They may not have a very good record, but any team in this ...
TOM PETERSON He's dangerous. We can't duplicate that in practice. This is the first team playing with a pass ment...
COACH SCOTT ZANE Our goal was to make the playoffs. Even though we will be going into the playoffs as fourth team in ...
JAWAAN ALSTON I definitely want to be on the (playoff) roster. I think I've had an opportunity to play in the play...
HOWARD EISLEY It's going to be great. It'd really be nice to get a few games in before the playoffs, with all the ...
CRAIG ADAMS![]()
The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA We want to win them. It's really simple. We want to start out strong, be solid, so it's probably tho...
STEVE NICOL We want to go into the playoffs on a high, playing the style of basketball Coach expects us to play.
VINCE CARTER I think we really just want to continue improving. After last year we just have a goal to play good ...
BROCK KNIGHT![]()
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ...
GERMANY KENT Our approach is still the same. We can still make the playoffs and our team does not give up.
COURTNEY CONRON I just knew I had to produce to help make this team be good. If I can produce, this team we have can...
COURTNEY SIMS You want the kids to stay focused during a long bus ride, you want the other team to play hard, and ...
DONALD WALKER No players on this team have ever won a playoff game, ... I know that their goal is to go further in...
ASHLEY BROWN We're just happy to be in the playoffs. It's a whole new season now. We've got to go out there and b...
CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW We don't want them to play in 35 mph winds. It's not fair to either team.
GALE HOWARD If the decision is made that he can't play for the rest of the season, he probably wouldn't play in ...
BOB CLARKE It's going to be very difficult seeing him in a different uniform, to be honest with you. We didn't ...
JASON VARITEK They liked their six-team district. They didn't want to be left in a situation where they were in a ...
GARY WALTHALL (South Georgia) is out fighting for their identity and playing a team that has a good reputation in ...
RICH INGOLD We only had 17 kids on our sophomore team last year, and we knew some of them on that team would dec...
SAM ANDERSON In years past, we've won one or two [district] games per year. We've known that we've had talent eve...
ABBY ARLEDGE I want to play but I'm not going to do anything to hurt the team, ... I'm not going to go out there ...
DUCE STALEY Playoffs are a crapshoot. I don't know if our team is good enough to beat everybody, but we're just ...
BOB SHRADER Voter apathy is a civic abdication.
CHARLES M. BLOW We're trying to place first or second in Group II so we can play host for the state playoffs.
ERIK SIMONSEN Our goal is a team now, first is to make the playoffs. Second is to hopefully be in the playoffs bef...
JAMES FRISBEE We didn't play (Tuesday night). We just kind of went through the motions. We could've had a chance t...
BILL SACCO If we play hard, play 'D' and play together, we can be a great team. That's why we're 13-0. But if w...
BRUCE WEBER I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. ...
WILLIAM PETERSEN We knew we can play with that team. We know we can beat that team.
CHRIS YOUNG 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're just happy to be in the playoffs. We'll play anybody.
STEPHEN JACKSON I think we relieved but not satisfied. We know that just because we are in doesn't mean that we can ...
BRENDAN HAYWOOD [This team] still has to prove it can get it done in the playoffs.
JEFF HERRON I'm not going to be able to play and all I can do is support my team, ... That's what you do as a te...
ANTONIO GATES If we are going to go into the playoffs and be the type of football team that everyone thinks we can...
LARRY WISER In Kansas City, most of the time, if we'd have made it to the playoffs, we would have been happy...
ZACK GREINKE We will have a chance as a team and as fans to pay our respects to John in front of the whole countr...
ALAN PARDEW We're relieved [to get in], but we're not satisfied. Just because we're in doesn't mean we can go ou...
BRENDAN HAYWOOD The team they had in the playoffs was totally different from the team we played earlier in the seaso...
DON HENRY We don't want to look too far ahead. They're a good football team. They're playing well right now. I...
BRIAN COLE Our team goal is to have a positive attitude. We want to learn something every day so we can improve...
DYLAN SHAUGHNESSY![]()
I wouldn't want to be Superman. Batman would be cool. But the one I've always wanted to play...
T. J. MILLER We try to let the younger players know what it takes to play against the teams we play. We play a lo...
MARKELL RAWLS I'm actually glad that it happened. As one player said after the game, it was refreshing to lose. It...
CHRIS WOODS But even though we're not in the playoffs, we still have something to play for. We have the fans to ...
DANIEL PAILLE I really want to make this push to make the playoffs. All I was thinking about was getting a win and...
JOHN PATTERSON It's where I want to be. It's mainly because I wanted to get it behind me and focus on getting my te...
TRAY ALLEN This was a huge game. (Chicago) is a team that is not used to missing the playoffs.
KYLE BRODZIAK If we want to make a run in the playoffs, we have to be under control and willing to share the baske...
DARRYL ADAMS I don't care who we play. I don't care where we play. If they ask us to play in a parking lot, that ...
LESTER RICARD That team is full of talent, ... We really won on the defensive end. If we play together, we can be ...
JERMAINE O'NEAL
JUNIOR LESSARD We could play the same team 25 times. It doesn't matter. We have to play our best hockey. We have to...
ANDREW PETERS George, for the last two days, was stressing the fact that, if the playoffs started tomorrow, (Memph...
CARMELO ANTHONY We are not trying to gear up for any one team in this district. We want to build the skills and exec...
DENA MONTINI We just want to win as many games as we can win. It's not about who we play. It's about how we play ...
LORENZEN WRIGHT
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT If others want to play they can. Why should we play in October?
LALIT MODI They're a dangerous team. We knew it would be tough.
DEANTHONY ZANDERS We're so eager to get back in the playoffs and make another run. We want to show that we're not just...
DARREN SHEPHERD
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 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 We're looking to fight for that third spot. We have one game in hand with L.A., we're two points beh...
JOVAN KIROVSKI When you have a player like Ruiz, of his quality, it's good for us when he's not playing. But even w...
JOVAN KIROVSKI It was disappointing to get a draw at home but we fought back from being down two-nil off of two inc...
JOVAN KIROVSKI I thought we played very well ... and we needed to get a win before the playoffs. I'm glad I was ab...
JOVAN KIROVSKI I think we're jelling pretty good.
JOVAN KIROVSKI I think the Rapids have exciting players going forward. I think I can bring the creative element,
JOVAN KIROVSKI I can bring something they don't have, ... I can hold the ball up front; this team has the base to d...
JOVAN KIROVSKI Steve didn't use me the way I wanted to be used, ... I'm 29 years old and I play a certain position....
JOVAN KIROVSKI If we're together, if we have a full lineup, I think we have a pretty impressive team. If we play .5...
WADE DUBIELEWICZ Everybody saw when we were playing well, as we did the last three weeks of the season, we were a goo...
ALEX STEEN In our league, we want to be the toughest team for anyone to play against, ... My hope is certainly ...
BRIAN RILEY We want to continue to play well coming into the playoffs.
LARRY USHER We must be focussed and vigilant as regards him, but there are many others in the Ivory Coast team t...
RIGOBERT SONG We play to win the Stanley Cup. Failure in the playoffs ? I count that as not a good season.
DARIUS KASPARAITIS We expect to be in the playoffs, that says something after last year. I think we have a solid team t...
BROCK KNIGHT I don't know if there's any ideal team to face. But any team that comes stumbling into the playoffs ...
DAN HAMHUIS Every guy in the room right now believes that we can do it. If we were to get in, I don't think ther...
ANDY SUTTON We had no competition in pool play, and then we went up against a good team that was playing well. I...
CHRIS GRAY We can't hang our heads and say this was a lost season. I think, if this team continues to grow and ...
MORRIS PETERSON I wish the state would go ahead and seed the playoffs so that we wouldn't be meeting this early. We'...
JULIE MATHENY We have to play our best. You look at the Western Conference, every team that made the playoffs is a...
CORY CROSS We are happy with that. We want to be undefeated in district and the state playoffs. That's what we ...
WAKE WOOD We just want to play basketball. We can play whatever game you want to play. I would love to see a s...
CHARLES MCDONALD We set a precedent that we can play a good team, we can play defense and we're one of the better tea...
DALE PARSONS In the big picture, we've just got to gain momentum. Everybody makes the playoffs. The hottest team ...
DAVID RUARK I want to win. I want to get deep in the playoffs and go to the Super Bowl. The Eagles have establis...
DARREN HOWARD If we can take care of business, we'll be part of the mix. Windham is very athletic and has the best...
CHRIS GALLERANI We can enjoy this and celebrate, but we know they are a team that we will see in the District 4 play...
ELDON HOY We don't want to be a team that's not expected to win, we want to be the best in the league. Anytime...
MIKE KEANE For two days, George (Karl) has been constantly stressing that this is a team that we'll be playing ...
CARMELO ANTHONY We are very grateful to Jovan for his services both on and off the field and wish him all the best i...
DOUG HAMILTON In this league, you could make a case that every team deserves to be in the playoffs. But that's pro...
GREG SIMS A team that wants to be considered a good team can't play the way we did tonight. If we just want to...
CLAUDE JULIEN Team basketball is a lost art nowadays, but it's always going to win. You can win in the regular sea...
BEN WALLACE That was my main thing coming here, to be with a young team, a team that has the potential to win a ...
DERRICK MASON We just want to be sure we finish strong. We want to be playing our best basketball in the playoffs.
HAROLD MCALLISTER Stanford is a scrappy, hardworking team. They may not have a very good record, but any team in this ...
TOM PETERSON He's dangerous. We can't duplicate that in practice. This is the first team playing with a pass ment...
COACH SCOTT ZANE Our goal was to make the playoffs. Even though we will be going into the playoffs as fourth team in ...
JAWAAN ALSTON I definitely want to be on the (playoff) roster. I think I've had an opportunity to play in the play...
HOWARD EISLEY It's going to be great. It'd really be nice to get a few games in before the playoffs, with all the ...
CRAIG ADAMS
The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ... CHRISTINA ENGELA We want to win them. It's really simple. We want to start out strong, be solid, so it's probably tho...
STEVE NICOL We want to go into the playoffs on a high, playing the style of basketball Coach expects us to play.
VINCE CARTER I think we really just want to continue improving. After last year we just have a goal to play good ...
BROCK KNIGHT
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT Our approach is still the same. We can still make the playoffs and our team does not give up.
COURTNEY CONRON I just knew I had to produce to help make this team be good. If I can produce, this team we have can...
COURTNEY SIMS You want the kids to stay focused during a long bus ride, you want the other team to play hard, and ...
DONALD WALKER No players on this team have ever won a playoff game, ... I know that their goal is to go further in...
ASHLEY BROWN We're just happy to be in the playoffs. It's a whole new season now. We've got to go out there and b...
CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW We don't want them to play in 35 mph winds. It's not fair to either team.
GALE HOWARD If the decision is made that he can't play for the rest of the season, he probably wouldn't play in ...
BOB CLARKE It's going to be very difficult seeing him in a different uniform, to be honest with you. We didn't ...
JASON VARITEK They liked their six-team district. They didn't want to be left in a situation where they were in a ...
GARY WALTHALL (South Georgia) is out fighting for their identity and playing a team that has a good reputation in ...
RICH INGOLD We only had 17 kids on our sophomore team last year, and we knew some of them on that team would dec...
SAM ANDERSON In years past, we've won one or two [district] games per year. We've known that we've had talent eve...
ABBY ARLEDGE I want to play but I'm not going to do anything to hurt the team, ... I'm not going to go out there ...
DUCE STALEY Playoffs are a crapshoot. I don't know if our team is good enough to beat everybody, but we're just ...
BOB SHRADER Voter apathy is a civic abdication.
CHARLES M. BLOW We're trying to place first or second in Group II so we can play host for the state playoffs.
ERIK SIMONSEN Our goal is a team now, first is to make the playoffs. Second is to hopefully be in the playoffs bef...
JAMES FRISBEE We didn't play (Tuesday night). We just kind of went through the motions. We could've had a chance t...
BILL SACCO If we play hard, play 'D' and play together, we can be a great team. That's why we're 13-0. But if w...
BRUCE WEBER I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. ...
WILLIAM PETERSEN We knew we can play with that team. We know we can beat that team.
CHRIS YOUNG 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're just happy to be in the playoffs. We'll play anybody.
STEPHEN JACKSON I think we relieved but not satisfied. We know that just because we are in doesn't mean that we can ...
BRENDAN HAYWOOD [This team] still has to prove it can get it done in the playoffs.
JEFF HERRON I'm not going to be able to play and all I can do is support my team, ... That's what you do as a te...
ANTONIO GATES If we are going to go into the playoffs and be the type of football team that everyone thinks we can...
LARRY WISER In Kansas City, most of the time, if we'd have made it to the playoffs, we would have been happy...
ZACK GREINKE We will have a chance as a team and as fans to pay our respects to John in front of the whole countr...
ALAN PARDEW We're relieved [to get in], but we're not satisfied. Just because we're in doesn't mean we can go ou...
BRENDAN HAYWOOD The team they had in the playoffs was totally different from the team we played earlier in the seaso...
DON HENRY We don't want to look too far ahead. They're a good football team. They're playing well right now. I...
BRIAN COLE Our team goal is to have a positive attitude. We want to learn something every day so we can improve...
DYLAN SHAUGHNESSY
I wouldn't want to be Superman. Batman would be cool. But the one I've always wanted to play... T. J. MILLER We try to let the younger players know what it takes to play against the teams we play. We play a lo...
MARKELL RAWLS I'm actually glad that it happened. As one player said after the game, it was refreshing to lose. It...
CHRIS WOODS But even though we're not in the playoffs, we still have something to play for. We have the fans to ...
DANIEL PAILLE I really want to make this push to make the playoffs. All I was thinking about was getting a win and...
JOHN PATTERSON It's where I want to be. It's mainly because I wanted to get it behind me and focus on getting my te...
TRAY ALLEN This was a huge game. (Chicago) is a team that is not used to missing the playoffs.
KYLE BRODZIAK If we want to make a run in the playoffs, we have to be under control and willing to share the baske...
DARRYL ADAMS I don't care who we play. I don't care where we play. If they ask us to play in a parking lot, that ...
LESTER RICARD That team is full of talent, ... We really won on the defensive end. If we play together, we can be ...
JERMAINE O'NEAL
