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We showed a lot of poise, composure and character. I don't know if a lot of teams would have come back.

We showed a lot of poise and composure. After we got down 10 after the first five minutes, I thought our composure was as good as it's been since I've been here.

We got our composure back. Last week, we missed a lot of tackles. This week, we got them all.

We did a good job of keeping our composure when they made the run on us in the second half. Noelle Hall had some big baskets down the stretch for us, which is what we needed her to do.

We did a good job of keeping our composure through all of that and not reacting to them when they would swing or hit. We just weren't reacting to them.

We didn't have the best composure tonight. We didn't have the best balance offensively.

We didn't have pre-game jitters, we just couldn't convert and we lost our composure before the half. We gave up a long pass before the half, and that's what bothers me the most.

We could still end up in a three-way tie. If we just keep our composure and learn from this defeat, then I'm positive that we'll have a chance to contend for the SEC.

Brittany was dead-on with her angles and she controlled her rebounds. She kept her composure in a pressure-cooker type of game and showed a lot of confidence tonight.

Coming down to the wire in overtime, it was a fun game to play in, with all this atmosphere and fans and everything. Our team had great composure and great poise, and I'm just proud of everyone on the team.

Composure was the key and we lacked that in the final third tonight.

Composure is an important part of the game. If you lose it, you can lose the series.

Earlier in the season we had a bit of trouble with discipline and composure in matches,

There's a fine line between going in there and being emotional and allowing it to have an adverse effect, which I think happened to us last week. We settled down more in the second half of that game, but we lost our composure at times. I don't want us to lose our emotion, but we can't lose our composure. There's a fine line and at times we kind of crossed that, but we have to play with that same emotion, that same level of desperation or else we are not going to move on.

I've been here 13 years, and we haven't come close to that kind of start. I'm really proud of the kids. We could've panicked, but they got their composure back. The bottom line was we settled down and came through. I'm just very happy for the kids.

The whole key for us is to weather the storm of the first four minutes. We have to keep our composure and the good thing is that a lot of people will be cheering for the underdog against a traditional power.

I've never seen anything like it before in my career. Our defense just kept its composure and gutted it out. It was all about heart.

It was unbelievable. There is so much difference between now, last year, and two years ago. You can't put it into words. Just all the experience, being able to keep your composure and in the fourth quarter being able to deliver the ball when you have to.

It was an excellent softball game. Becca (Almond) wasn't at her best tonight, but the girls were able to do what they needed to do. We settled down, made our plays. I appreciate the composure our kids showed to get it done.

The second one was big. The power play hadn't been clicking too good. It showed a lot from our team, because no doubt about it, we lost our composure in the third period (Wednesday). Today, we came out like nothing had happened.

The style we play n we know at some point the other team is going to make a run. We have to keep our composure when the other team does make its run and I thought we did a good job of that today.

The team kept their composure well when we were down.

The team has moved forward and I thought Andy Goode, coming in at fly-half for his first start, had a very, very good game. He showed some real composure under pressure.

The thing that's really surprising everybody is his composure on the mound. The way he handles himself on the field, you wouldn't think he's 19 years old.

Teams like us, who haven't had as many wins, we kind of stumble a little bit to try to make some plays instead of keeping our composure as well.

Ted made some good decisions and a few mistakes, but mostly he showed good composure to lead the offense.

Russell has a great appetite for the game ... I thought he might have been tired after Wednesday but he played superbly again. His composure is outstanding and his passing is flawless. My only worry is that sometimes maybe I'm asking too much of him.

Our singles players played really well. They showed a lot of composure and took care of business. They didn't relax, even when they were ahead.

Our defense has always been strong and came up big for us today. We lost composure for about 20 minutes today. Our girls stayed in there. They didn't hang their heads, they didn't quit.

Our defense was phenomenal, especially in the first half. We played man and only gave up 12 points, and six of those they scored diving on loose balls on the floor that bounced their way. Alexander made a real solid run in the third, but I like the way we held our composure and then counter-punched them.

Our composure offensively was not good from that standpoint. When he got it in there, he scored. We missed him and settled for some shots instead of getting him some touches in there. That hurt us a little bit.

Our downfall was that we lost our composure there a little bit at the end. Offensively we just haven't put it all together yet.

The most important things was the free throw line, no question. The other thing was, down the stretch, I saw us lose our composure much more than I would have thought at this point of the season.

Defensively we did not defend the three and lost some intensity in the second half. We had more turnovers and they were able to get about 14 points right off of those turnovers. Then the crowd got involved and we lost composure and spaced out on our transition defense.

Defensively tonight we were the best we've been all season. Our press and our zone were very active. Even when they had a good look it was a contested shot. It was a very tough environment and I like the way the kids held their composure in the final five minutes.

The big standout with the 2005 team is they're able to close out games under pressure. They held their composure and their nerve and turned what was a tight test match in their favour,

That's what makes the game so cruel. On one side, I have to be happy with the way we played. We moved the ball well, we played on the ground, we held some great possession. We just didn't show the composure to score.

That team has a lot of shooters, has good size. It's a veteran team. We knew they were going to make a run. It was just a matter of could we withstand it and keep playing and fighting through it. There for a while we started getting in that turnover situation again. We were maybe trying a little too hard. I thought we caught our composure out there and got some leadership.

That's why you keep veteran pitchers around. Those guys don't get too worked up. They're ready for any situation. He comes in, and the first is a great pitch and he gets out of the inning. Then he gets us rolling, and after our big inning he keeps his composure and gets a shutdown inning. He did that a lot last year. He's ageless.

That's not a very good start, I'm afraid. This is a big day for me, an important day, one that when I started thinking about doing this and actually making this appearance, I began to get a little nervous about what's actually happening. Just maintaining your composure is not easy for me, but I'm going to forge forward.

That's just composure because we're not used to winning. We're not used to having that type of lead. We got a little nervous and it showed.

You're not going to keep a team like that down. They'll make runs, but we just have to withstand it. Mudge hit three bombers to get them back, but we maintained our composure and that was important for us.

This is a senior-laden team and I think that makes a difference. The kids kept their composure and played smart at the end.

This is a really, really big win. I'm proud of how our kids kept their composure on the road.

They put a lot of pressure on her. She's frequently the target of the opposition because they know that everything goes through her, but she's a great ball-handler and she keeps her composure and runs the show for us.

They made shots with hands in their face. They got the energy going. There was a point in the game when the momentum was changing and we lost our composure just a little bit and that's all it takes.

They (Elkton) are a great team, and they're used to winning. We knew they'd come ready to play tonight, and that's what they did. They brought everything, but our kids responded and showed a lot of composure tonight.

There were flashbacks. But we kept our composure this time. We relied on our defense, stuck with it and held them off.

They're a tough team to match up against. We did a good job in the first half, but lost some composure in the second half.

They're playing much better now. We're trying to get in that top four and get that bye, so we really have to keep our composure and play as hard as we can to achieve our goal.

At least we had the composure to win in the end.

It's experience. He's been there. It's case of not trying to do too much and take too much on his shoulders. The thing is his composure -- he's aware of what's going on and being a leader.

It's fantastic he could maintain his composure and fight like that.

It was going to have to be somebody who stepped us for us to win this game, and Maxwell kept his composure well. He stepped up and that was a big factor.

It was really physical out there, but we got our composure and knew we had to wall up and be as strong as we could.

It was really an even game. We got on a run. Then, they started pressing, and the crowd got into it. The difference was the free throws. We just didn't have the composure we needed.

It was a very physical game. I was very proud of the way we kept our composure and played hard.

It was a war. But I thought we played with a lot composure at the end. With about six minutes left, we looked a little rattled, but I told the guys, 'You've been there before.' We've been through games like this a lot this year.

It was a roller-coaster ride in terms of starting out 5-0 and then struggling at the end, but then regaining focus and composure in the last two games. It's a shame this one goes down in the loss column. But if you look at the effort and the focus in the Virginia Tech game and last night, certainly it was dramatically different than what we saw during the three-game losing streak.

It was an amazing game. Our team showed great composure and character in a hostile environment, to pull out the win. We've proven were a good second-half team and can play from behind.

It was a mixed performance, we were unsettled in the first half by the injuries but had regained our composure by the end of the match.

It was impressive that their team had all the momentum and we kept our composure and executed our offense pretty well. Boyd did a great job at the point handling the pressure.

I told Rickey that if he gets out quick then he'll (Porter) start pressing. Rickey, however, kept his composure and finished strong.

It's a great win, when you go on the road and win your first playoff game and play pretty well like we did. That was as good a first half as you could play to open a playoff series and then we lost our composure in the second half and got it back and I just thought we played terrific.

It's not the end of the world. There's a long way to go yet. We played well today. We couldn't limit their athleticism. They hurt us on the boards. They're bigger than us and more athletic than us, and we weren't able to delete that from their game. And we lost our composure at times.

It's kind of hard to calm yourself down. But, you know, you have got to keep your composure in a game like this and understand the big picture. And that is just winning the football game. It's not about pushing and shoving and getting 15-yard penalties, because that doesn't prove anything.

It shows me what kind of nerves he has. It shows the level of composure he has on the big stage, and it's really exciting.

It's home for me, so I'm always able to dig deep down and muster up some extra energy and come play in the Garden. We just kept our composure tonight and guys made big plays, everybody. It wasn't just one person tonight, and that's what got us the win.

It showed me the composure of my team. We just came in with a game plan and didn't get away from the game plan. We just came back and finished the ball game.

It's hard to even talk about. We allowed ourselves to lose our composure and not execute. We just fell apart. They started to press and we lost our minds.

It speaks a lot for our players that we kept our composure and didn't fold. In the past we would have folded and laid down and let them walk all over us.

It's our poise, our composure and our confidence together that allowed us to win this one.

You talk about the size of the place, and it does affect you. Heck, it affected me. They had the composure from playing here last year, and I'm sure it helped them.

That's our composure right there. We never hit the panic button. We never showed it with our body language or our demeanor that we were struggling for a bit. We've been in a lot of close ballgames this year, and we knew that we were capable of pulling out a win in the end.

That little girl is a warrior, ... She is -- for her to give the description that she did, to have the composure that she had throughout this entire thing.

It's much easier at home to be able to find that poise that you have to play with. On the road, it has to be something from within to keep that composure and toughness. At home, you have a much better chance of recovering from a deficit.

The Blues threw everything at us and got points on us in the first half but the guys kept their composure and we really went up a level to come away with the win.

I told Barret the good thing was that he held his composure and that we didn't have to get him out of the second inning. He really didn't pitch bad.

It seemed like Lacey lost some of her composure (in the first half). And she regained her composure in the second half.

It was a big win. North Shore had beaten a good Cy-Fair ball club. I told our kids they were going to be in a seven-inning fight. I was real proud of the way we played. We made plays when we had to. Jeremy showed a lot of composure and we made some big plays behind him.

It was a great comeback win. We used the end of the first period to recompose ourselves. We showed some good determination and composure and ended up getting three goals on the power play.

It was a good, rough win for us. They had a lot of wide bodies and I was pleased with our composure and patience out there.

It was good to see us keep our composure and get the out.

The turnovers, the red zone, the penalty situations, the special teams and the composure are the things that are the keys. What kind of controls those keys is the line of scrimmage. (Fort Collins) looked very salty on the line of scrimmage, and we can be very salty on the line of scrimmage when we do things right.

They cut it two points in the second half after an 8-0 run. We showed great composure and built our lead back up to 10 points. I'm very proud of the guys. We were very consistent throughout the game and played a complete game.

They were very mature when it came to understanding the game and having that discipline and being able to keep their composure under pressure.

They have won six of their last seven and are playing really hot right now. We lost our composure and fight a couple of times during the game and they made some runs.

It was hard out there banging with those big fellows. We kept our composure with how tough they were playing defense.

There was a nice buildup of about six or seven passes and Eddie did a great job of keeping his composure and finishing.

After their second goal, we looked like we had already lost and there was still 25 minutes left. We lost some of our composure and our energy.

Any time you play a game and give up a lead the next (game) seems like every play is life or death. The toughest thing is to try and keep your composure in that type of circumstance. We knew we really needed it. We didn't want to put too much pressure on it but this was a huge game for us.

Shay felt like we were ready to go. We held our composure good and didn't panic. Our defense picked up and we were able to play a lot of people.

That (Saint Mary's) was a tough game for us, on the road and a hostile environment. I think I really grew from that game. I kept my composure and we executed down the stretch.

The kids shot well, so I was satisfied. They maintained their composure and I was glad to see them do so well coming off the long weekend.

The kids played hard and held their composure despite being in foul trouble.

The message this morning was we took a lot of pride in being a very disciplined club, and I thought we were undisciplined. I thought it started with myself behind the bench. We have to get the composure back, stay away from the officials and not worry about the call. We're going to get some, we're not gonna get some. We've taken a lot of pride in that, and I think we started using that as an excuse. We wiped that off the board again.

I'm really proud of our girls for keeping their composure after we fell behind. Even in games three and four, there were times where we were down by five, six and even seven points. The girls kept their composure and found a way to come through.

I'm really proud of my guys. I thought we showed some character, some composure and came back, but San Diego tonight was just a little bit better.

I hope this fourth quarter pushed us to be more aggressive and understand that you have to maintain your composure at all times. Our kids fought three good quarters. They played hard. Unfortunately, the (play got a little rough) and that puts us at a disadvantage.

In games like this it?s usually when you do something rather than how many. And I thought today we made great plays, got the lead up, lost our composure a little bit, struggled a little bit offensively for a stretch but these guys have come a long way, I?m really proud of them.