Bob Murray Quotations

We started slow and were missing a couple players in the first four games. Finally, we got it together the last few games, and with all the practice, it's starting to click.

We're a small school, under 500. My talent pool to attract players is small. If you don't have a winning program, it's tough to attract quality athletes. It's a work in progress.

We have appointed Kevin Ball caretaker manager until the end of the season and hope that supporters will give him their full backing. Sunderland supporters have been incredibly tolerant and supportive in the last few months, which have been very difficult. I would also like to thank them for that.

Last year, we started a JV program and separated the JV from the varsity. I was able to concentrate on the varsity and that helped. That made the program.

Last year, we started a JV program and separated the JV from the varsity, ... I was able to concentrate on the varsity and that helped. That made the program.

Obviously a club that struggles as badly as this one on the field for points there is going to be speculation about the manager and its way forward. I do not want to add to that speculation.

I don't want to add to the speculation surrounding the manager's future and I don't want to discuss that.

I think the first half is an indication of what we could be,

Our goal is to be competitive. My goal is to be able to get the team to play good ball.

That first game got the girls to believe in themselves, ... Later on, we were just tipping it over to them. We got them on their heels and won the game with the tip.

Looking ahead we will be taking our time to appoint a successor for what will be another very important season for the club in 2006.

I think they're doing whatever it takes for them to make a case for declaring impasse in hopes that they'll throw open the doors and see what happens from there. It's going to be an ugly, ugly process, and I think the game's going to get hurt terribly in the process.

I would like to thank Mick McCarthy for his efforts for the club and wish him and his family the best for the future.

We hope fans will give Kevin Ball their full backing.

We didn't return to the Premier League just to make up the numbers. None of us expected us to be in this position.

We play a tough 18-game schedule against a lot of good teams. I think we have a pretty good setting team this year and are goal is try and stay as healthy as we can and crack out nine wins and get into the district tournament.

Westboro is a tough team, they defeated Medway, who are perennial state champs, already this season, ... What I am trying to do here is teach these girls the basics.

We have disagreed with the suspension and are continuing to work at resolving it.

At the start of the season, our worst-case scenario was still to be fighting to retain top flight status at this stage of the season.

People stop and say 'Why are you painting on a building?'

The one constant in all of this is our defense has been a Steady-Eddie,

As chairman, I take responsibility for what has proven to be an unsuccessful and heartbreaking season.

They've been a big help. They've been to volleyball camps for three years and clinics, and they are a little more advanced than my players, and it's really helped my team.

Sunderland supporters have been incredibly tolerant and supportive in the last few months, which have been very difficult. I would also like to thank them for that.

The new building will serve as a warehouse for component parts, as well as inventory of finished machines.

(Against Shea) we were competitive for a half. Now we'll play Central in the first game of the year and you'd better buckle it up because Central is probably as good as anybody we're going to play.

If you deny the delusion, you only make it worse; you compel the delusional individual to strive to prove you wrong. Elevating someone with delusional disorder first and then cutting them down is a recipe for exacerbating the delusion, absolutely.

I know of no other machine tool builder in the world that has done this.

I guess the more common approach has been, if they feel a guy has come in and isn't properly conditioned, they would bring him into camp and have him do extra work. We have disagreed with the suspension and are continuing to work at resolving it. Hopefully we can find a quick and amicable resolution.

I don't know if this is a true measurement. We scored 45 points against a team that I think was in total disarray today. His kids didn't play well today. I think we're improving but I don't know if you can gauge it in a game like this.