Opener Quotations

You know that moment in 'The Matrix' when Neo takes the red pill and is plunged into the real world? That's what it felt like when I first read 'Watchmen' - like someone was taking a can opener to my head to make room for Moore's audacious brilliance.

I still have the first bottle opener I made on my MakerBot. Things you fabricate are things you care more about. I think there will always be people who go and buy crap at the dollar store. But I think it is cool when people craft things themselves.

We remember what they did to us last season. It's the season opener against a division opponent that knocked us out of the playoffs, and with what has happened to New Orleans recently, you know they are going to come in here ready to play. We shouldn't have any problem getting up for them.

We have six days to prepare for our opener and we're going to need every minute of it. I'm happy that we got out of the scrimmage healthy and hopefully we'll go into game week ready for a good football game.

We're looking at Maryland for what it is, ... A season opener that we want to win.

Lou continually said that he didn't see himself as an opener and would prefer to bat in the middle order.

She's the only museum curator I know who can take a beer-can opener and a frying pan and make a marvelous exhibition out of it.

My heart goes out to Nick. He was looking forward to starting practice with us in October, but now our target for his return is the conference opener against BYU on January 5. He has had a rough road physically in his three years here, but if anyone is tough enough to come back from this kind of adversity, it's Nick Welch.

My heart goes out to Nick, ... He was looking forward to starting practice with us in October, but now our target for his return is the conference opener against BYU on January 5. He has had a rough road physically in his three years here, but if anyone is tough enough to come back from this kind of adversity, it's Nick Welch.

My seat belt failed and I ended up on the floor and the impact ripped the cab roof off like a can opener and can.

If, in fact, Christen is not playing this week, then everybody is going to have to step it up a notch and I know they'll do that. Last week we had a terrible week of practice and I think that was shown on (last Friday against Central Crossing, which hadn't scored since the second quarter of its opener and dropped to 0-4). Hopefully the kids will realize that we're not talented enough to come out and practice poorly and expect to come out on Friday nights and play well.

I don't remember an opener like this. Disappointing is about as nice a term as you can (use). Completely embarrassed is probably what I'd say.

I expect to see Oregon play as hard as they would against USC, ... They have a little something on their shoulder because they lost their home opener last year.

From the season opener to the final game, we will play a very competitive and entertaining schedule.

He is a natural opener and I'm sure his good form and experience will be hugely important in our promotion chase.

We've got to go back to work and become a more disciplined and smarter team and do all the things it takes to win games. We have a lot of work to do because our opener is right around the corner. I'm convinced that we can get to where we need to be.

He is still day-to-day. We're really taking it slow with him. He's a fifth-year senior. We're treating him like a veteran. He knows what he can do and what he can't do. He's going to play (in the season opener Sept. 4).

I think we are not sure if Dirk is going to comb back. He just had surgery a few weeks ago. I think we want to make sure we have our best scenario for the opener and then really just kind of play it be ear from there.

Our running game isn't where we want it, but we haven't had the kind of consistency in personnel on the (offensive) line that we'd like to have. We have a few weeks until New York (season opener Sept. 11 at the Giants), and everything from now until then, we'll have that in mind.

People need to understand what's proposed here is a door opener for young people. Even if it seems hard to do, it'll be harder to succeed without it.

I think going into conference play, every series is big, especially your home opener when you are trying to build some momentum. Being in a tie with (Austin College), it brings a little bit more to the series and hopefully we can make a move and put some space between them and us.

That was what we talked about in the locker room. We won our last three games at home and to come here and win our opener is a great way to head into the tournament.

That was fun, but we knew when we won their tournament that our gift back was to play them in the section opener and, what a gift. They're just a great team ... and it's a big step for our program to beat them.

We are thrilled to televise 110 Cardinal games on FSN Midwest for the third straight season, including the home opener from new Busch Stadium. We look forward to bringing the excitement of the new ballpark into fans' homes, and we're pleased to offer a portion of our television schedule in high-definition.

Well, our two-game season is over. The opener and the home opener and we're 0-2. That's the bottom line.

We needed innings with the league opener two days away. Jake gave us a quality start. He's going to have to step up and be a mid-week guy for us.

We are delighted to reintroduce the MLS/NEA Get a Kick Out of Reading program to central Ohio families. The upcoming Winter Recess offers a fantastic opportunity to rediscover the joys of reading for pleasure and we look forward to seeing a great many participants at our home opener on April 15." ()

When I fouled out (Tuesday), I told the guys to remember what happened in Austin. We can use that as momentum when we play OU, too. It was the Big 12 opener and they beat us at home. We remember that kind of stuff.

We don't anticipate playing our starting players for long. The two major keys to this game is to complete the evaluation process and to get our team to the opener healthy.

We kind of flip-flopped the way I thought it would be. We played methodical, error-free football in the opener against Cabot when I would expect us to make mistakes. Last week, we made a lot of mental mistakes and had missed blocking assignments.

This year we can get into our three- and four-receiver sets and really get in depth with them. We have 20 or 30 specific things for them, and I'm sure it will be even larger by the time we get to the opener against the (San Francisco) 49ers.

The opener was really tight. Radek left me hardly any chance to break, but my serve worked well, too.

When you have a team behind you as a pitcher that will put a lot of runs on the board, it sure helps you to relax. ... It was a great season opener for us.

We had a good opener last week, and this weekend will be a continuation of that. I think the girls are ready to have some even bigger performances, and people who are close to qualifying times can get over the hump.

We're very happy to win our opener and get our first conference victory. Our defense was solid and our pitching was excellent.

To be honest, we were shocked. There was nothing on our agenda indicating we would even discuss the opener below Point Arena.

To walk in the shoes of a principal for a day, I think, is an eye opener for our business community, and it makes, I think, the business community appreciate so much what those ladies and men do. Everybody is saying, 'I had no idea how much a school principal really does and what they deal with.' It really does make them understand the system.

We had several opportunities to put it away, ... and obviously, I'm unhappy about how that turned out, but it was huge just to win the game. I thought it was a must for us. You can see the joy back in the boys' eyes now. I think it will help us out with a good week of practice (in preparation for next Friday's playoff opener against visiting Mishawaka).

The tour was such an eye opener for me. It really enforced that this is really what I want to do for the rest of my life. They (fans) were fabulous. They're definitely not as quiet as they are here in Canada. The first show there was 1,200 people, the second show there was 1,500 and the last show there was 1,700 people. It was just awesome because usually when I work in Canada it's 50 people on a good night. It was great just hearing those pops from that many people.

It wouldn't be legal, but it would be a real eye opener if someone locked the doors of the high schools and drug tested every kid. I think the results would shock this town.

The scary part of the whole thing is now this week we play a struggling team, Chicago, and everybody's going to try and give us the W before we've earned it,'' said Tice of Minnesota's nationally televised home opener Sunday night.

I've never lost an opener in my four years as GM. Of course, what does that mean?

It was a nice season opener in that we had a chance to see some good things and to get some innings for everyone on the team.

It was an honor to start the home opener and against a team like the Yankees. It's very exciting. At the same time, it was just another game.

The season opener is like the big event for fishermen of the entire year.

Quite frankly, it's almost a joke, ... It's an opener for discussion, and you're not going to have that discussion before this judge.

As far as I'm concerned he's playing (tonight). (But) everybody wants him to play in the home opener. At this hour, I really don't know. My plan was not to play him (tonight) and play him in the (home) opener and go from there.

(Athletic Director and head basketball) coach (Dave) Loos did a really fabulous job working that first game out for us. He spent a lot of time on the phone trying to make it work for Austin Peay. I've very appreciative of that. We're going to be able to have a home game in our transition year in the opener here at Governors Stadium and it just comes form his hard work. How we'll play, we'll know on the second (of September). But I know, we're excited about the opportunity." ()

That was about as bad an opener as we have ever played. When you get into the passing game, you can expect that sort of thing to happen.

Zach Duke deserves to pitch the home opener in Pittsburgh. He's earned that right.

This is really an eye opener for us. When we started playing the freshman were really stunned. They aren't used to all the competition of the division one schools. They aren't used to playing against such great competitors. It really was a kick in the butt for us.

This game will be a great start to the 2006 season, and it will be a unique opportunity for fans to get an early look at the Beavers as they approach their home opener on April 6.

There were a lot of positives we took out of our opener at Northern Iowa. We won't play in a tougher atmosphere than that the rest of the year. Our guys learned a good lesson. You can play with a lot of emotion, but the game still comes down to fundamentals like tackling and being in the right spot.

It was important to boost the confidence of the players with the win. Last year we won our opener and Plano went on to win the district.

It's a good start, obviously. It's the only convincing win we've had in an opener for the last couple years. Credit that to the great senior leadership and those guys are doing their jobs.

It's an opener for everyone to see where we stand.

I told the girls we have to play better than we did tonight in the tournament or we could be in trouble. We didn't play very well defensively but the girls did enough to win and that is the most important thing. Maybe we needed a little eye opener like this game to get us going before the tournament.

It's not serious. She'll be out no more than six or seven days. I don't know if she'll play Sunday (exhibition opener at Connecticut). It's up to Deanna. We'll see later this week.

It may be an eye opener to people in the nation, but we see this every day. Of course I think it could be a special team, but no one ever knows.

It's going to be exciting - especially being a Big East game - coming home and getting that first start of the year. We'll see, hopefully it'll be a good opener on Friday under the lights.

The NFL always seems open to innovation. Take the opener on Thursday. Now they take one game, make it special and have a celebration around it leading into a weekend of 'Kickoff Sunday.' That's great marketing.

The basic story for the opener is that word came through the bar that someone got knifed and killed up on the Moon Walk. It turns out to be one of the quarter regulars that everybody knows, including Maestro and Bone.

It's just about as bad an opener as you can have.

It's interesting to take a look at people who deal with prejudice on a daily basis - it's been a real eye opener for me.

It was a good opener for us. The offensive line did a great job for us and they were our big question mark. They gave us good holes to run through and the backs did a nice job.

It totaled the Crown Vic out, and now he's in a little, bitty Chevy Malibu, which it looks like it takes a can opener to get him out of.

It's nice to see where you came up from. You kind of lose track of those guys when you're up here. It's a little bit of an eye opener to go back.

I'm really excited. I've been following the Miners since I was 5. I think they have a shot at taking the conference championship. The way they played last year, the way they played in their opener against New Mexico State, I think they can do it. And I really like the opening, the way Coach Price comes down with the pick raised in the air.

I know they (Baylor) are expecting a good crowd, ... They have a lot of enthusiasm on their team right now. They finished strong last year, and won their opener on the road, so I am sure we will have a great atmosphere on Saturday to play in.

I'm trying not to think about it, because we've got a big game in New York. Going into their home opener and trying to get three more points on the road is our main focus right now. I just have to worry about staying healthy for that game. Once that game is over, then I can concentrate on that Jamaica game.

I haven't really thought about the season opener yet. But I will be soon.

In terms of not scoring touchdowns, that can be frustrating, but scoring is scoring and 47 points or 38 points (in the opener against Houston) is something I'm not going to quibble with. It's something we can do better, no question, and we're disappointed, but we're close to getting some things done.

It has got to be worrying when you lose someone like Marcus who is a world-class international opener and has experience of playing here last time.

I just think everything that has been done has been first-class. And that's why I'm here. I haven't been back here since I left. I got back involved and . . . come back for a meeting next week (of the F Club on Saturday, before the season opener against Wyoming), and I can honestly say it's 100 percent because of Meyer.

I can't think of two better games to have him in than our opener down in D.C. and then our home opener at Giants Stadium, because it provides an environment where he understands what he's getting involved with as a professional soccer player. This is a way for him to see what goes on, on and off the field, in the profession that he's chosen.

The home opener that year was the game I'll never forget. When I skated out for the game, I got the biggest ovation I had ever heard.

The home opener isn't going to be any different than any other game we've played this year. It's going to be fun playing at home and I think we are ready to go into the Big Ten season. I believe we're ready and capable to handle anything thrown at us.

The Gilmore Girls season opener is much anticipated. We wanted to premiere Supernatural after (it), and we really wanted to jump-start our schedule with what is arguably our strongest night.

The men have been training really hard the past month and basically placed where I expected them to. I'm glad we had a meet with this level of competition early so we could identify what we need to work on. Galen had a good opener and has had a hard training cycle. We flagged him to back off the last mile to be a little cautious since it's his first race.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee, and do not try to make the universe a blind alley