Teammates Quotations | Page 5

Johnson played great. We did a lot of different things on him defensively, but he was able to get shots or get teammates shots.

Just in talking to (Burnett), he feels like he's in a better situation now as far as teammates and things like that and that makes it a lot easier. I think that's going to help him.

I'm so glad I came to UH. We have a really good program, we have good teammates and we are well-coached.

I'm still making a lot of pitches for the amount of innings I'm pitching. When I'm on, I don't need that many pitches. When things start to go wrong, I don't feel that confident about my pitches. They're coming around, but I'm not there yet. So all of the credit goes to my teammates and how well they have done behind me.

I'm sure a big part of her is sad as she watches all of her friends and teammates play, knowing she can't do the same. But she's still important to our team. She's there every day. Everyone admires her for that.

Me hitting that shot was more about confidence because my coaches and teammates have been getting up on me about shooting the ball. It just hyped us all up because I haven't been shooting at least from outside range and I've been driving a lot.

That was a team effort to make him more forceful. His teammates had to play a part in that, to continue to look into the post every time. To Ian's credit, he re-established himself as a dominant center. He was too much for them to handle.

That was the smoothest, easiest 25 I've had this year. I wasn't fighting against any of my teammates to get points. I was just kind of rolling in the offense. And Jamaal got his.

That will be the challenge, just keeping the adrenaline in check. There's already going to be plenty as it is with the crowd and trying to make an impression to my new teammates and my manager and the coaches. I'll try not to go out and put any pressure on myself and do something special because it's an All-Star lineup.

That was something between me and the team. To have your teammates cheering me on like that, it means a lot.

That's the thing we focus on as teammates in the dugout. We're amazed that he can channel that out as well as he does. At times, it can get real vicious. I wouldn't want to trade places with him, I can tell you that.

That's them being selfish. I don't care. As long as my teammates aren't rooting for us to lose, I'm fine.

That's been good for me. I just do my best at shutting them down and my teammates are all doing their jobs.

I was pretty frustrated. I kind of got down on myself, but my teammates picked me back up and told me to keep shooting.

I was open inside and my teammates did a great job of getting me the ball,

I wasn't disappointed that he won. I was just disappointed that I didn't bring it home to my school and my teammates and my family from Houston and Austin. That's how I felt. I won the Davey O'Brien, the Maxwell. You can't win 'em all.

I wasn't very impressed with myself in the first half. I was fortunate enough (in the second half) my teammates got me the ball. I was seeing the gaps a lot better tonight.

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

My coach and my teammates can see what I can do to help my team out.

Most importantly, ... I want to apologize to my teammates for the difficult position that I have put them through.

Mostly, my teammates were boxing out and I was the open guy. Just staying aggressive.

Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods are out there performing all the time. As kickers, we're not out there much. Our teammates build the cake, and sometimes we're fortunate enough to put the icing on it.

We just came out gunning. My teammates gave me some great opportunities and I just my shots.

We just came out, and Jess and I were really aggressive, and our teammates just looked for us. We had a height advantage tonight, so we just tried to throw it over the top.

We just came in ready to play. We didn't want to lose again. We knew that we had to come out and play well. My teammates did a good job of helping get me open. I really thought that Sara Sorensen did a great job of making some big plays for us tonight.

You have to feel proud of your teammates for coming back and playing. At Iowa we just gave up. Tonight, we didn't give up.

You know, I grew up in the early '70s in college and I had plenty of teammates who had a little hair. I don't have a problem with that, as long as they look -- I don't know what the right word is -- as long as they look sharp.

Winning a Super Bowl gives you a bigger chip in the game, and people perceive you to be better than you are. It gives you a stronger voice in the game. For a young quarterback, it verifies to the organization and to your teammates how good he is and that he's the man that can lead them. He'll carry that tag forever.

We continue to believe that what has happened to our teammates is the result of the actions of the U.S. and U.K. governments in their illegal attack on Iraq and the continuing occupation and oppression of its people.

Whew, that was close. We missed a lot of great shots and a lot of rebounds. We had to do something. And that dunk I had was an energizing thing. When the crowd went crazy, my teammates went crazy.

You always want to be in there helping your teammates out, ... I've had my struggles at the plate this year, but I'll do whatever I can to help this ballclub win and from there make the necessary adjustments.

You always feel confident when you have great players around you. For me, just being on this team is a confidence booster. If I mess up, I know my teammates have got me.

We're challenging shots, getting hands on passes, helping teammates and seeing what the other team is doing. It's nice to see the activity.

We really wanted to jump on them and get the lead and be aggressive right from the tip. As a shooter, you're looking for your shot, but you're also looking to create for your teammates and set them up that way.

We are trying to become more of a team and they need to use their teammates more. We're working on that.

We played really well for this being the first game of the year. I am pleasantly surprised. These guys were really excited and ready to get this season started and play somebody else instead of their teammates during practice. They came out and did not play into any bad habits. It was a pretty strong performance for a full 40 minutes.

We have a lot of freshmen coming from winning teams. We know how to win and we know what it takes to win. I have confidence in my teammates and myself. This is about imposing our will.

We had to put some points on the board. I saw that I could penetrate and dish to get my teammates involved, and I scored when I had to to just try and get the win.

With the effort that he gave, he only needed a little bit, and we were unable to give it to him, ... Obviously it's not about one guy. But you'd like to see after one guy gives an effort like that, some of his teammates - including me - would do something. We didn't do that.

We have a lot more confidence in our teammates where they're going to do the right thing. Early on, we didn't trust everybody as well as we should have.

We came out, jumped on them, and stayed on top. My teammates are doing a good job getting me the open shots and I'm knocking them down. That's the way I should be playing.

Three of our five have never been here before, but their teammates have all rallied around them. It permeates throughout the rest of the teams. They have learned to be patient and let the game come to them. The other girls are confident in their ability, and Kelley is the biggest team player of all.

Trent has a great attitude and comes to compete everyday. He has a couple moves that he really likes, and defenses aren't letting him make those moves. He's adjusted well to being able to move around and get shots off; now he's just got to make them. The most important thing is for him to keep his confidence up and for his teammates to keep trusting him. Once he gets a few baskets in transition, it'll really help his psyche.

Travis was a wonderful human being. His enthusiasm for life touched so many of us. He loved his teammates and his teammates loved him. We will all miss Travis tremendously.

Today should give some reassurance to my teammates and the staff. I was going to have to dive for a ball sooner or later, and now it is over.

Yeah, there's a lot of hype to this game, national attention, whatever. In the end, you can't see the cameras on the field. You just play. You see the guy across from you and your teammates and you have to play well, play hard.

You know what? You just do what you can to keep your team in the game. You hope your teammates come through for you, and they did.

You know what he did first tonight was get his teammates involved. I had a conversation with him before the game and I told him I wanted him to play with passion. You have to be who you are.

We get on pretty good. But we've sort of been teammates for years.

We can be pretty good when he gets his teammates involved early on. When he tries to take a little bit too much on his shoulders, the rest of us tend to stand around and watch, but he is very good, and when he's in the open court, he's very dangerous.

We can always say we were a part of a program that got back to the tournament. We put a lot of hard worth into this year and I'm happy for my teammates and for the program to get back to this place where we've been trying to get back for a while.

We haven't been playing well these last seven games and our offense was the thing hurting us the most. Guys were trying to do everything on their own and we need to get back to trusting our teammates and passing the ball. We weren't paying much attention to detail in these last seven games, but we were better tonight.

We have no timetable for my return, but I'm working hard and expect to make a full recovery. I am very anxious to get back on the court and help my teammates any way I can.

The problem wasn't with the city, the sport, my teammates or my coach, even though I blamed all of them at one time or another. The problem was with me. But I didn't realize it back then because I hadn't been told that there was a clinical reason -- social anxiety disorder -- for everything odd I was feeling, everything from the depression to the shyness. I didn't understand that some of the things that were holding me back were chemical.

Those days were very tough, ... All my teammates are white and it was a different time. At times when we traveled, I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels or live in a different neighborhood.

We were just trash talking, it escalated and everybody was jumping in, but that was it, ... You expect you teammates to come in and defend you. I don't think anyone should have been ejected.

You know you're going to push your body past its limit. You're actually going to fall off the back end of the treadmill and your teammates catch you. And then for the next hour you sit there on the floor trying to catch your breath.

You have those nights when you are feeling it, and my teammates kept feeding me.

We don't have one or two players who can score. We have five. It just happened in the last games that people were playing me 1-on-1 a lot. My teammates were so unselfish. They were passing me the ball.

When you see one of your teammates go out like that, especially an All-Star player, we are behind him all the way. When he was ejected, I knew I would have to be a lot more aggressive. I was going to have to give myself shots and get my teammates open shots. I knew I was going to have to score a lot.

We are delighted that Amado has joined us in camp. There have been a lot of things said in recent weeks, but those are behind us now. Amado addressed his teammates this morning at training and we are ready to move forward. He knows there is a lot of hard work ahead of him.

When I fouled out, my teammates looked at me and told me they were going to win it for me. They were so confident, I knew we were going to win. I couldn't be more proud.

When I got into the end zone, I was so overcome with joy my mind went blank. I forgot everything my boys had showed me and I had to break down and celebrate with my teammates - the guys who helped me get there.

Those are huge moments that I'll always remember. And I'll never forget the last game we played there before moving to Phoenix. It was the loudest building I've ever been in for a sporting event ever. I couldn't hear what my teammates were saying.

Yeah, either that or I have to make a better move. When my teammates did find me, I wasn't strong with the ball. I made too many poor decisions.

We're coming together. Playing hard is key for us and running the fast break is key for us. The rookies are coming in, the newcomers are coming in. We're doing a good job right now. My teammates are staying together, which is a good thing.

wanted to come in and do what Stan wants me to do and what my teammates ask me to do.

To win today means everything to me. Just to go out and leave Virginia with a win, and just leave my teammates with a win and something to build off for next year, it means everything to me and the program.

Wednesday was just one of those days where I guess nobody was ready to play. We had all those turnovers and played terrible. We turned it around today and came out focused and dictated the game to them. I know I tried to attack more and I always get into the game more when my teammates are into it.

We were kind of stagnant on offense and they were sagging off of me a little bit and it was making it difficult for our offense to run. So, I knew I had to take a couple of shots to get my teammates open and get them started.

We were all happy for him. Any time a guy comes out and asks us for help and support, it makes us realize what we need to be doing as teammates to help him.

We were all elated. She came up onto the infield and told me and some teammates and it wasn't before long the whole team knew. We had quite a celebration.

We want to let him know we're here for him as teammates and family.

We didn't have good help defense. You can't guard Haley one-on-one without some help from your teammates . . . Haley in the open court, I think she's the best player in the state.

We didn't have any expectations when we came here and just wanted to adjust to the new surroundings. But the last couple of weeks we have settled in on the ice and in the dressing room and our teammates are finding out what we bring as well.

What it's basically saying is that most of us want to pass things on, but our accountability is very, very important. It's easy to read and spells out everything. I think it's a good book for sports, because it helps you deal with what can I do and what can I do to make my teammates better.

What I think now is that it allows them to get coached by listening to their teammates handle what perhaps could be difficult questions.

What I remember is that I was getting open shots. We just rotated the ball around and my teammates found me for the open shots.

We knew we had the height advantage. She (Clark) just told me to play my game. It was tough being on the bench, but I knew my teammates would get it done while I was out.

We learned how to handle it in the future. You get a good strong nucleus of teammates get together and talk to the guy. You sit him down and say, ?we understand you have problems with them but our common goal is to win football games and to be a Super Bowl team and then we all get what we want.

When Jared got hot, his teammates got him the ball.

We can't make too many mistakes. My teammates need me out there, and that's my role, to be out there to help them out as much as possible and change the game a little bit. I think we're catching on to it, and when I'm not in there, they can handle their business.

This summer, we really did not discuss team goal-setting officially. We haven't talked about it yet as a group with the coaches, especially since two of my teammates (Erika and Daria) were not here with us.

There comes a point where we have to have some people step up and play as well as they can and make sure that their teammates aren't trying to do too much. And you have to respect people around you. That's a lack of trust if you don't think other people can do the job that you try to do too much.

There comes a point when we have to have some people step up and play as well as you can. That's a lack of trust if you're trying to do too much. If one guy tries to play 1-on-1 hockey, that's telling your teammates they aren't good enough.

We knew that his teammates at USC rallied around him. His coach, Pete Carroll, went on and on about his intangibles. He sets the tempo for a defense. He's very confident.

You have to be professional about this. You have to be ready because you're going to be held accountable by your teammates and you're accountable to yourself and that's all that really matters.

We had a chance to cheer Morgan on. It was a great thing for my team to see one of the girls they remember. She's playing so well in college. When former teammates have success, it makes everyone feel good.

We as seniors had never won here. We know what it's like to be in games like this. I was just open and my teammates did a good job getting me the ball.

To tell you the truth we needed this win a lot more than I needed this record tonight. There's a lot of things that happen in life that we're not expecting at all. But I just have to thank God. He's been my support and He's driven me all along the way. I've had some great teammates and it's a day I'll never forget.

True story. I knew my time was coming. I knew my teammates were going to be counting on me. I didn't want to let them down.

The questions were geared more toward the language arts, and since I am a math and science person, I only offered little tidbits to my teammates who were more language-arts oriented.

The passing that we usually do wasn't there, so I thought maybe if I hit a couple of shots my teammates would think they could do the same thing. I felt like I had to step up to get my team over the first-game hump.

The play I botched in the ninth has to be made. It was a battle and I let my teammates down.

The philosophy of the game, they way we play here in Phoenix, it's really unselfish. A lot of passes, a lot of shots, a lot of up and down. The game is faster, too. When I'm on the court I'm able to read better and make passes to my teammates because I know where they're going to be.

When you have your teammates doing their jobs, and you don't do yours, it's not fair to them.

When you look at the situation he's in here, he has been extremely positive. He's a tremendous influence on his teammates and at some point in time he's going to see some games.

When you line up and get your medals, and you're looking down the line at your teammates getting theirs, that's the best moment. I can't say enough about everyone on this team. We got along so well.

With Damon and Millar, all of us had such a good time even when we were stretching. Now it's a little quieter, but we don't even know our teammates yet.

While I am sorry to see Mitch leave and we will certainly miss him, he has made a difficult but wise choice, ... There are times when basketball becomes irrelevant and this is one of those times. I and his teammates wish him the very best in his future endeavors.