Practiced Quotations | Page 3

The good thing about it is we've practiced with Anthony. He got an opportunity to play in the second half. It's not like we're in Week 9 or 10 and all of a sudden you throw him in there.

Todd miraculously played rather well considering he hadn't practiced all week. We didn't know until game time if he was going to play.

You can tell it's Southeastern Conference time. For our first day of practice this week, we were focused and we practiced very hard. We had good camaraderie.

We had a shoot-around today and practiced them for 15 minutes. Now I think it's becoming a mental thing more than anything else, but hopefully we'll get through that in the next week.

We all didn't play the game that we practiced and got ready for. What can I say?

There is some home-course cooking involved. There's a few places on this course that our players know definitely not to put yourself there. If other teams find themselves in those places they can end up making bogey or worse. We've already practiced around those areas and set up a good game plan. Hopefully our knowledge and course management will be to our advantage.

There is nothing that has surprised me, because I think I know the player and he's practiced well and performed well in games. He's done a lot of good things and hopefully there are a lot more good things to come.

We had to get one week better. This showed we practiced hard, but we weren't quite all there concentration wise. But we dressed 52 players and they all played.

This was huge. We knew we had to win both these games. After we started 0-4, we just came out and practiced harder and we pulled together.

This was a tough place to play. We've never practiced under lights before. The conditions made it more of a twilight game than an afternoon game.

This was a big game for us. We went through some changes in the lineup, and we practiced real hard. It really worked out for us.

We've practiced these type of close game situations, but it's tough to help the girls feel the pressure of games like this one in practice. We made a couple of mental errors, and they're a great hitting team that was aggressive when they needed to be.

We've practiced out there a few times and the kids were really excited. They were pretty excited the first time as were the coaches. It's nice to walk out the door and have it right there.

We've practiced it a lot but we waited to call it until we felt like it was the right time.

We've practiced in all kinds of weather. Today, it's almost exactly the weather that we're expecting to have on game day. That's good.

We've practiced hard, but we're tired of beating up on each other,

We've practiced for over three weeks. We finally got our feet wet.

We might have to do some of that a little more this year. We didn't really hit and run last year, even though we practiced it, because we could steal a base when we needed to. We're not as fast this year, so we'll probably hit and run more. And we might have to bunt more than we did last year.

We went from Dec. 10 to the 27th of February and only practiced our starters together seven times. To be here, it's been a real statement of perseverance.

We went back to our basics, and it really paid off for us. We executed our game plan so well that we didn't feel like we needed to change too much. We just needed more takeaways. We practiced it all week and we tried to get them out in the game, and it just didn't happen. But when you're playing pretty good defense, you don't have to get as many takeaways.

You have to realize that Brian has practiced with us, maybe three times, but he's played 20 shows. But he adds rock 'n' roll attitude.

We didn't have time to thrash our bodies as much. We practiced compulsories 41/2 hours a day.

We had practiced that play. There was a comment in the paper about our guys standing up. You watch the film, and our guys are pointing out that the halfback is (still) back there.

We had practiced that play, ... There was a comment in the paper about our guys standing up. You watch the film, and our guys are pointing out that the halfback is (still) back there.

Everything they did, we practiced against. They just whipped us up front. When we had eight guys in the box, they blocked us. When we had nine guys in the box, they blocked us.

Could've, should've or would've, you can't change what happened. The varsity eight sat on the line before the race and got over-excited. What's upsetting is the night before, they practiced so well and were really together.

Duce is working this week, hopefully he'll be ready by Sunday, but he is not ready to carry the load and he hasn't really practiced even through training camp,

Eric hasn't practiced this week so he won't be ready to play Sunday. He is suspended for one game without pay. From there on, he'll be back and will play the final three games of the season, which I hope we'll do better than we have so far.

Felix is the only guy on the team that can make the pass. We practiced it and had guys throwing it all over the gym.

There's obviously a lot of distraction. I can't say there's not. A lot of the guys are without power, certainly the coaches are without power, a lot of those things. But they've dealt with it pretty well, practiced pretty good the last couple of days. Guys have been here and gone to work.

I started warming up at this place downtown for this guy and they asked me to be the headliner, ... From there, I practiced more, rocked the crowd, participated with the crowd and got notoriety.

I've practiced two times already and the practices were great. My vision is back 100 percent, and I'm ready to get back out there and just play.

I've practiced the last three days full-go, so I'll be 100 percent by tomorrow.

I've practiced that Russian voice since I was a kid. I've always done imitations of people's voices. I used to do imitations of some of the other guys like Greg Valentine in the locker room.

I've practiced my free throws, but I just don't know what it is. You don't take a whole lot of them at this time of year. There's not much time to practice. I just don't know.

It was tough to practice the day after we found out that we didn't make it the NCAA Tournament. But as we practiced and practiced, though, guys' spirits got up and we were just happy to be able to wear this jersey again and to be able to compete.

It was a perfect miss. That sounds crazy, but I missed it perfectly, and I followed it and got fouled, and we were in a position to go to OT, but I lost the game for us. I've never practiced that but I know how to hit the back of the rim and make it pop out.

The second game of the season, we played in that gym we practiced in this morning, and we got our lunch handed to us.

The stuff he's doing is within the framework of the offense because he's practiced at game speed.

The sophomores have matured very well and I'm counting on them a lot to really step up and almost take the lead and get some things done this year. Katie has great potential to win tournaments and Denise practiced a lot over the summer and she came back really good. I think she's ready to break out.

The thing that cracks me up is we've practiced that. I guarantee you, we're the only team on Earth that practices that. If Flutie goes down, I'm the backup drop-kicker.

I've never been a rocker, and I kind of hate punk rock, ... I grew up on ABBA and the Carpenters. When I first practiced with these guys, I was scared. I figured they'd think I was a dork.

Thanks for bringing that up, I never thought of it. When you play golf tournaments you never think about it. When you are playing you try and be ready with your total game and when that is well groomed and practiced you are ready for the tournament. That has always been my philosophy.

Teams have tried just about everything to take us out of our offensive rhythm and the things we've practiced or are used to. Fortunately, we've still had some success.

People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others have idled, have perservered while others gave up in despair, and have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose.

Our serving was terrible. We practiced it everyday for a long time. I don't know what to do with that.

One day it might be really cold and snowy, and the next day it might be sunny, and you might have a match that day, but the day before you practiced indoors. You have no idea what?s going on from day to day.

That's what we practiced all week, working on red-zone plays. We know we have the ability to do it.

That's what they do. They have one big quarter and put you away. That's what it takes. We practiced against their press and still had trouble handling it. We didn't execute.

You're going to have your differences in the way you practice. There are no hard feelings from our side. It's an important preseason game for us, to show we're getting better. We don't have anything against the guys that came here and practiced against us. They're not in our conference; it's over with.

You're always ready for games. Practice is something that's very necessary to get you ready for games. They've practiced very good and very hard so far.

You practiced and you played hard. He's very structured, very detail-oriented.

This is going to be my first experience playing against a team like this. This is going to be the best team we've played thus far. But we've worked hard and practiced hard. We had a good practice (Friday), and I think we're ready.

This is the first of my 12 teams at Oklahoma that have practiced harder than they played. They practiced and competed hard this week. But come game time they didn't play as hard as they should have.

The way the skill guys have practiced all camp came out in the scrimmage today.

This group of kids is really working hard. I would say this is the best we may have practiced since the first couple years of the high school.

This group has slowly figured out that we can't blame it on anybody else, that we can't hang our heads. If we want to change this, it's got to start inside our locker room. I would say over the last week or 10 days, we've really practiced extremely hard every single time.

This game will be our second game in four weeks. We have practiced 5-6 weeks to play three games, and the girls are tired of practice.

This has been a frustrating season in a lot of ways. This is the first of my 12 teams that practiced harder than they played. Come game time, we didn't always play as hard as we should have.

They've been working hard on their games this year. I had them doing a lot of short-game practice. We practiced on the par 3 course, a lot of chipping and putting, really concentrating on the short game, trying to eliminate some strokes. Everybody has cut three or four strokes off their rounds this year. We'll keep doing the same things we've been doing all year and hopefully it'll work out for us.

They (Scott City) have a good team. I think they play both fall and spring ball. We were looking for them to play small ball, so we really practiced against the bunt and it showed today.

And I just practiced on it and practiced on it. I found a lot of little things about details, about accents and how much of an accent to make.

A lot of teams have been zoning us for some reason lately. We practiced being patient, trying to get the ball inside first and settling for the perimeter shot second.

There were probably more people at practice than at our games. I know I've never practiced in front of 10,000 people before. To see everybody is just wild.

There's about half of you that have never practiced with us. Everything up to the break is full speed. I don't want you standing around.

They practiced really hard all week and it was nice to see that.

They really put the clamps on us in the third, and we stopped scoring. They started doubling the ball, which is something we practiced for. But it's just not the same as in a game.

They're just not right yet. We will give them this next week and see how they do. Tra has been cleared to play, so that is a positive and he did practice. He practiced very hard. He will work through it next week and we will see how he does.

There's always going to be that. He hasn't even practiced with the (first or second units). Hopefully, he'll regain it quickly.

It's been seven years since I practiced it in public,

It's just getting back into the flow of things. When I first went out there, I thought I was fine. I practiced yesterday. I thought it was going to feel good. Regardless of what it looked like, I think I'm ready to go ... I should be all right for Tuesday.

It seems like teams always get off to a slow start here. But we practiced pretty well for it and we were able to run and keep the ball moving.

It was the first time she's ever done it. She hadn't even practiced it in practice. We just signed her up and said go for it. There was nobody in (the race) and so see what we can do, and she came off and did very well.

It was something that if we practiced well the first couple days down here we knew this was going to be a day (off). We met a little bit but it was an opportunity to let the kids get their legs back.

It was relieving when we got the decision. But I had practiced like I was going to wrestle. I didn't slow down or anything.

It was real tough to sit out, but Wilmington has been great to me since I came here. I practiced all year with the team, but couldn't play or travel with the team. I didn't let that discourage me.

It's a real big win. We practiced hard all week. We didn't think about an upset being made, we just played hard the whole time.

It really comes down to whether a study is representative or valid, ... You can't get a valid answer from smokers or sick people because anyone who's ever practiced medicine knows that being sick affects weight. We want to know about weight before, not after, people get sick.

I treated as few patients as I could as a medical student, and I never practiced medicine.

It's a little known blood sport that's been around for 25 years, mostly practiced in South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Texas and Florida.

For him to have only practiced at that spot Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and part of Thursday, he made an incredible amount of progress.

It's going to be a 60-minute battle. I practiced against him for six years, but Orlando's practice speed and his game speed are two different things. I'm going to have to work.

It shouldn't have been that hard. We practiced four days (against) it. We've seen it. We played them once before with it. It was a lack of execution.

It's great to get back to practice just because we haven't practiced for a long time. I feel like our focus is really there because we know we have a whole new team and have new people to replace.

The next morning, he got up early and started practicing his basketball technique. He practiced and practiced and guess what? He made the team.

That's our move. I can't even begin to tell you how many times me and Jai practiced that.

That is always a concern, but it is a close-knit group. Jordan and Derek practiced with us every day. Our other players understand their ability levels. Hopefully it is not an issue, but you never know.

Everyone knows about the streak, but we're approaching this as one that we really need. Each game is a must-win, really, but we've got to have this one. We've practiced hard this week and hopefully it will carry over to this game.

The bloom is off the rose for the Internet industry. There is a sense that American companies have a higher obligation than has been practiced in China in recent years.

Take nothing away from Louisville - those guys executed their game plan, ... I don't quite know what team we brought to Kentucky. This wasn't the team I practiced with and I played with the last four weeks. This wasn't the team that, when our backs are against the wall, we fight.

It's certainly fair to say that medicine is practiced differently around the world and we try to work as much as possible closely with the local hospitals and clinics. And in many places, we use the local health care facilities if we think they are adequate to use.

It's case by case. Obviously, if you have somebody who hasn't practiced all week, you have to take that into account. We are just going to look at all the circumstances and go from there.

It's better, ... I could have practiced today. We'll see how it goes. I want to be there in the end, so I don't want to risk anything.

I've improved a lot on my irons. I practiced a lot last week.

Oh my, this is amazing. I practiced hard every day and just tried to do my best, and it all paid off in the end.

It was a good effort overall from everyone. They practiced hard all week and played well right from the start. It was nice to get everybody some minutes. It was a good chance to get some more experience.

It was one of the plays you always wanted them to run. A couple of times we actually practiced it and tried to put it in.

It was just a game of our mistakes and not being able to execute the things we practiced all week, ... I thought we were evenly matched. It was just a ho-hum performance.

I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams and Kenny Clarke.

Against Christian, it looked like we hadn't practiced and we just threw on our pants and went out to play.