Freshman Quotations | Page 4

Steve has really improved. His intensity picked up to a different level, but you can never rely on a freshman to carry your team.

(Spry) hurt us. We needed to do a better job on her. Their freshman played extremely well.

Spenser did a good job, and Brandon did a great job in his first varsity game. That was a tough position to put a freshman in, but he responded.

Stanford every year rejects two-thirds of the applicants with perfect SATs. You're dealing with an enormous population growth in the last 20 to 25 years, plus the number of freshman seats at William and Mary and UVA hasn't really materially changed.

That definitely hurt them. Phegley's been a starter since his freshman year and an injury like that has to hurt the morale of a team,

Many don't necessarily need all the information a first-time freshman would need in coming to campus but they do need to know how things differ from the campus they're coming from.

Matt had an outstanding day. He's a freshman and he won both the mile and the two-mile.

(Martin's) program is unreal. He also has me working on the little muscles that can help me in the long run. Coming in as a freshman at 150 pounds, I was a little nervous, a little too anxious.

I was very happy with the girls -they kept on the attack, ... We lost the third game, and in Game 4, freshman Balee Cox served four consecutive points. That shifted the momentum, gave us back the lead and we finished it out from there.

It felt good. That's something that I haven't had here since my freshman year. It definitely felt good to have a coach behind you, who believed in you.

I think she's pretty much owned me the first four times that we've played them, my freshman and sophomore year.

I think Sam Faber showed today why to my money she's the best freshman maybe in the country. Certainly she's the best freshman in our league. She's got some of the best moves you will ever see. The kids tease her all the time. She waits until she's checked the goalie like 18 times and she's had the open net for about a half-hour before she finally shoots it in." ()

I think he's very well prepared because of the fact that he played earlier. Having been a starter as a freshman in basketball and football, it prepared him to play with (older) guys. He's not intimidated.

I think he's done a really good job. It's not easy for a freshman to come in and make an impact, but he's made the step with flying colors. Especially being a shooter, it's really hard to find your touch right away and learn the offense.

I think Gardner has made the biggest freshman to senior year improvement of any guy we've had. I think he deserves a lot of credit.

It didn't affect me as much as I thought at the beginning until my arm started getting sore my freshman year.

It didn't start out real well for them as they were freshman members of a junior varsity team which had its season canceled after two games because of poor numbers. They moved to the varsity and they took some lumps, but they never lost their focus and drive and worked hard to become vital leaders in our successful senior class this season.

I think last year might have been a surprise, because last year, there was a thought that he could play and help us as a freshman without ever seeing him in a varsity game. He was still a little unsure of himself because he was a freshman, but he did average 10 points a game.

I think I was fortunate. I came into a situation as a freshman where I had the opportunity to play right away. And a lot of freshmen don't have that opportunity.

I thought my freshman played really well. It was a great effort, and I'm so proud of him.

I thought Holcomb had an easier draw, but it turned out that the freshman he faced in the first round ended up second at district. It turned out to be a really bad draw and he didn't wrestle well.

I think they really stepped up and played well. They were competitive and played hard. At times they made some freshman mistakes, but that's OK.

Johnny played really well as a freshman coming in. He gave us big-time minutes and handled the ball and handled the pressure really well. He knocked down a couple 3s, and it was basically like a trampoline for us.

Judy Miller was a senior my freshman year and she was our leading scorer. She told me that I was next. Are you going to believe that when you're a freshman? I don't know.

I'm striving for state. Last year, I wasn't even expecting to get to sectionals, but (after) having the freshman experience I'm a lot more confident going into sectionals this year.

I'm shocked. I'm blown away. She was the lone freshman in the top 20 in the conference in many categories and it's hard to see why she wouldn't be freshman of the year.

Man, Brock went after Edwards like a champ. You couldn't tell he was a freshman tonight.

Meghan was unbelievable and she wasn't a goalie until three years ago. She came on as a freshman and had never skated before and she's made so much progress, today just shows you how far she's come. She was just great.

That was huge to get that done and for a freshman to come through.

That was his freshman year when he and Josh Houston split time, that's a lot like a guy who doesn't have a lot of attempts. They felt if they missed, they wouldn't ever see the field again. Mike through hard work separated himself.

That was the freshman point guard most people think you get. To struggled so much and look out of sorts, that was good what she did. She had the confidence to step up in the second half.

That was vital to the game because until then we'd just been trading baskets. I wasn't nervous because coach told me I'm not a freshman anymore. I'm a sophomore.

That was too little too late. Nick also, in the first five minutes, let a freshman point guard beat him to the basket for two baskets. I'm happy Nick shot in some 3-pointers but I can't find a whole lot good about our performance tonight.

That was a great catch, ... He's going to be a good player and is another freshman who we have to try and get on the field. We have some true freshmen like Wheeler, Harrison, Jackson, Brown, and maybe even Chad Beverage and Brian White who can help us this year. We have more true freshman ready to go than I ever remember, and that's a sign of good recruiting.

That was big. Freshman Sean Little stepped up. He looked like he was shot out of a cannon tonight. We hadn't heard from him in a few games, he gets a few here and there, but I thought he really picked it up tonight.

That was nice to see a freshman come through.

That was anybody's race and the freshman came up huge.

That's the way I see it, he's ahead right now. Xavier has got unlimited potential. Xavier must maintain patience, and I think he will. He and I talked about that. Don't throw every egg into your freshman year. Gee whiz, you got four dang years. I think from here to there he's going to be way up there. I think both of 'em will. But it's a good problem. It's a problem, but it's a good problem.

I wasn't even expecting it. It was one of the best meets of the season so far. Making NCAA Zones definitely was one of those unattainable goals I had freshman and sophomore years. Now it's a whole new ballpark.

I was nervous my freshman and sophomore years, and my teammates were a little bit nervous today. Things will be smoother Thursday.

I was a really big R.E.M. fan when I was like, in my freshman year of high school. I was a huge R.E.M. fan.

We haven't run that fast in a long while. We had a freshman first (Harms) and last (Jacobs).

You bring in freshman and you know they have the talent to do it. On the field, there's not much that distracts them. They have the right focus.

When it's over, she will have put numbers on the board that will validate her greatness. I think that's unusual to be able to say about a freshman point guard competing in the level of competition that we do.

We are blessed to have three kids at 119 and three at 125. And the competition is very close in both weight classes. In fact, we just had a freshman beat a two-year starter in a wrestle-off for 119.

We played hard but it's a matter of learning how to win. We had good looks but we made some mistakes down the stretch and you can't do that against a good team. When you play a freshman and two sophomores for most of the game you have to take the bad with the good.

Without a doubt. Maybe one freshman (would start or play a lot).

We have some fabulous freshman on this team. They've played a lot of basketball and have a lot of confidence right now.

We played them my freshman year, so it's kind of fitting that we're going to finish this year with them, too.

We have a lot of good freshman athletes.

We had more freshman this year so that helped us a lot.

We had very high expectations for her. Because, first of all, she's a very good basketball player, and she's also very driven. She's a very competitive person. It's absolutely no surprise to me that she's had a really good freshman year.

We have a great freshman class. We're going to give the upper class a push for spots, but it's not competitive. You can always look to (the other freshmen) to help the team out and stuff like that.

We have a good strong nucleus of sophomores and have a really nice freshman class,

We have a good mix of returning veterans and a very talented freshman class.

We have a freshman that not only won the U.S. trials, but I think he can go onto the world meet and place really high. It just kind of shows where our program is headed and what we want to get accomplish. I think this is a big accomplishment for our program.

We have a freshman goalie who people are really going to like. If Drew stays healthy, he's going to be a very good goalie.

We've got some individuals that are putting together some really good seasons. Ramsey is a freshman and he's placing in varsity tournaments for the first time.

We have been working on spreading the scoring around. We are looking to have different people score, it makes us tougher to guard. Grace Amber is a freshman who is stepping up to help our scoring.

We have been working diligently for this incredible event. The support from the school administration down to our freshman levels have helped ensure that this tournament will be a great success at our facility.

We're very young, with six freshman on our roster. We have a lot of skilled players with ball handling but we have little size because many of our boys are still maturing physically.

We're very proud of him. It's awesome to have a freshman come along like this. Every match he just keeps getting better.

With the girls we showed that we can compete in a number of events. We are exceedingly young, three-fourths of the team is freshman and sophomores. With the boys we only have a dozen guys and it is just difficult to fill events and I thought they did a nice job to fill what they could.

We have a nice veteran team. To have seven seniors is outstanding and it's a mix that has been running since freshman year. They were thrown into the fire early and have come along nicely.

We have wanted Katie at Quinnipiac since the moment we saw her compete in her junior year at the National Futures tournament. She is really a truly gifted athlete and we would like to see her in our line-up early and often next season. With her presence in the backfield she could be a trusted player as a freshman to help funnel our team's defensive successes.

We have two real strong players at No. 1 doubles. John Coleman is a freshman who is certainly a force. He's a powerful player. He has a serve over 100 miles an hour. I think they're going to be a good team.

We hadn't been to the tournament since my freshman year, so it was very big. It was very special to get back my last year. To go out in the first round, it was kind of disappointing, but at U of A, it was tough.

We'll rotate eight or nine guys that can start for us. We have tier one pitchers, but then we have a whole slew of sophomores and freshman we can use.

We have the largest number of freshman out we've ever had, ... It's also the biggest team we've had since we restarted cross country. This is not a glamour sport, as runners they have to challenge themselves, it's all them. The sportsmanship is great out there. Cross country represents what high school sports should be.

You know, her freshman year she was such a tomboy. She wore boys' clothes and she also played like a boy ever since I knew her. Now she's wearing skirts and scarves, but she still plays 100 percent like a boy.

You know, freshman can be so unpredictable, but she has to listen to me now.

When I first saw her as a freshman that day, I knew she belonged. It was never a question with her. She was extremely confident.

We have a few freshman out that I think are going to be okay. It's going to take a little time for them to develop.

We have an outstanding freshman class this year. They have come through the ranks together in Babe Ruth and were very successful.

Well, not really. That wasn't the master plan. We were scrambling. We wanted to trap twice and then foul whoever had the ball. And honestly I thought we fouled a little early (with 24.4 seconds to go), but it worked out. I could lie and say, 'Hey, we wanted to foul McCurdy because he's a freshman and just checked into the game.' But it was one of those things that worked out. And then I thought we were going to miss the rebound. It fell on the floor there a little while.

You have seniors that aren't doing anything pretty much in the league and (around) D-I basketball. That just shows you how hard he works. If you put in the work, you're going to be successful whether you're a freshman or a sophomore.

We were in the cages and coach (Bob) Todd said something to freshman Zach Hurley. What he said clicked in my head. All our bats finally woke up. It seemed like we were hit or miss the last five, six or seven games.

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The outstanding ones are usually gone. You have to start over with freshman and sophomore talent.

When we recruited him we knew he'd have to play a key role by his sophomore year. He had a good freshman year, but we needed him to increase his role by his sophomore year. Am I surprised at how he's done? No. Glad? Yes.

We played with a lot of heart. Sometimes there's going to be one-run games. This lets (us) know we can win them. We didn't adjust well to their pitcher. She's a freshman and she's going to be really good for them.

We played a lot of freshman and we're going to continue to do that.

When I got here I was a lot hungrier than the guys that were here. They were coming off two really bad seasons, and they were complacent. I had come from a winning program and brought a winning attitude. It was tough at first. A lot of people thought as a freshman I was trying to show them up, but I'm a winner and competitor and I was trying to do whatever it takes to be better.

We relied on a freshman and I thought he did really well. There was a lot of pressure on him as a freshmen.

We had some good performances but we had some disappointments in some areas. We have some nicks and cuts in some places and we are young. But we're running varsity. It's not middle school or freshman meets, it's varsity. So these guys have to pick it up and get the job done.

Those four freshman have been playing competitive summer ball, which is a big advantage. They just need some experience at the high school level now. We have a good combination of youth and experience. We should be able to challenge for the league title and hopefully advance further in the state playoffs.

Tommy scored our first goal our freshman year in our first game and now he scores the last one, so pretty neat for him. But what an unbelievable script. To do it right in front of these people, too, in front of this crowd, I'm just beside myself.

There are average athletes, then there are above-average athletes. He has started for four years - ever since he was a freshman - and he has taken a beating. But this year, he's giving one.

Up front we have a few freshman that will challenge the existing the corps. Our approach is to leave everything open until after our preseason tournament.

Tim (Hammond) was outstanding today. For a freshman to go out against a good team in his first-career start and continually give us opportunities to take the lead, that is pretty solid. Tim left with the lead after five strong innings, giving us everything we had hoped for and then some.

We want to be careful we don't overreact to one game. Ben has had a great freshman season.

Big can be beautiful - just not to me. I find you disgusting; freshmen 15 is not a life sentence.

With a freshman sweeper that's probably going to be in front of her, she's going to be real big (for us). For her to take her communication skills and leadership and just her overall experience look for her to take control there in the back especially on set pieces, getting them organized.

We were noticing an increase in these problems. We couldn't go to freshman orientation anymore and tell parents there were no problems with the old system.

We have five freshman on this team, and we used to get down a little bit. But I think tonight we pulled together in hard times. It looked like they (Hampton) were making a few runs, and we were able to come back together.

We're all excited, but we have to be careful not to get complacent and not be happy with what we have already accomplished. We have an interesting mix because our freshman group had never lost. Through junior high they were 32-0. Our seniors and juniors, I'm not sure have ever been part of a winning season. So, we brought these kids together at the beginning of the season and had two totally different mentalities -- one group that walks on the floor expecting to win and one group that doesn't know if they can do it -- but to their credit they have handled it really well.

We're young, no question about that. But we're lucky because we have some pretty good players. I wouldn't count us out. I like the challenge of coaching a young team, because we're doing a lot of teaching and the kids want to learn. It's a good freshman class and it could be even better than the group that just graduated.

We're young and rebuilding this year. I started four freshman today.

We knew the freshman division was going to come down to the wire. We finished second to Ellison in the mile relay and that was the difference. I'm not at all disappointed. All our guys competed hard and I'm pretty proud of them.

We knew the dad wasn't overly thrilled about everything, but we always thought David was fine. I thought he had a good freshman year.