Jason Smith Quotations

With the rains we experienced in January and February, we knew the risk was as high as it's ever been.

We know how good a team we're playing against and how competitive the guys in that room are, how experienced they are.

When he first got to the NBA, a friend of ours and myself would always go see him play on the road.

We are going to have to go out there and have a perfect game and play our hearts out.

Let's go help these people. We're not doing forced evacuations. We're helping those who want help.

New skates are so much lighter for comfort and speed, and guys are shooting the puck so much harder. Sometimes something has to give.

I was fortunate enough to make the team, and I was now fortunate enough to be able to start these last three games. I don't really have an answer. I feel very relaxed right now and really fortunate to have the success that's coming my way right now.

I was fighting an uphill battle. ... It was definitely time for a change, and I think voters saw that it was time for a change.

If we let Chris Anstey play like he has been in the post-season then it will probably be all over pretty quickly.

I'm a little overwhelmed. I'm appreciative of the support shown by all the voters in Framingham. Hopefully they've heard my message about the need for change.

I looked to the outfield. They were playing no doubles. They were playing deep. The ball off the bat, I thought I could make it easy. It turned out to be, obviously, a stupid play.

I felt awful. Especially when the game ended the way it did.

I did go slower off that takeoff, but that's each person's choice. I felt I had to do that to get a good landing. Unfortunately, things happen. That's racing. That's why people like to watch it.

If a person can be glad and sad at the same time, that's where I'm at. I am honestly relieved.

I expect them to go in. If they don't, I'm not worried about it.

He was very familiar with Coach McDermott and Northern Iowa during the original recruiting process. That helped, plus he just felt like going to Iowa State would be a perfect fit.

He looks faster. I think he can get into the 14.2 range in the highs. But I also like his potential in the intermediates.

We took them for granted last time. We had a chip on our shoulder and didn't really think they were going to do anything to us.

He (Rees) is not the quickest guy in the world and he is not overly skilled. His tactics to try and make an impact in the game are to try and put the players from the other team off as best he can.

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I think when he left the meet last year, he understood he was going to have to work in the off-season to get to the next plateau.

I think it's really going to excite people who haven't seen it yet, and it should show we're serious about it. I think they'll see the course, how nice it is, and they'll see they're not just trying to capitalize on another silly sport.

I think this season, a lot more than last season, I did some things very well and some things very poorly. We lost our wind somewhere in the middle of the season, and we never really regained it.

I think today was a good indication of what our season has been like. This game was up-and-down. I saw San Diego State coming at me with a double team, and I don't think I handled it very well.

I respect Framingham. I'm not so sure they do.

Right off the bat it's a big meet (against Salinas). However we have kids that aren't ready to do certain events. But we'll push it a little more than normal because it's Salinas.

Paul (Horvath) has a strong opinion about taxes. Every year he pays his taxes right before the (county tax) sale. This is nothing new with us. This is how Paul deals with taxes. He paid his taxes at this time last year.

Looking up at the stands is really encouraging. This is the biggest crowd I've ever seen for snowboard cross. I'm so excited snowboarding is getting more and more venues at the Olympics.

I think so. I hope so. We want to be a team which will play 60 minutes night after night and for the most part, we've been doing that.

We are a young and experienced group that is a little light on numbers. We knew that tonight was going to be a tough task for us, but our main key was to give a 100 percent effort and try and continue to improve and I was proud of the way we competed.

We'd take mushrooms or whatever so we could be in time when she opened up the bread.

We got dropped off and went around the corner when we noticed four guys coming towards us.

We played really hard. I'm not disappointed at all in how our team played.

We just didn't execute the way we wanted to on the penalty kill,

We need to take this momentum and energy we built up into the game. We've been up and down a little bit lately. It's important for us to put a stretch together.

We needed to be better right from the start of the game. If we played a solid 60 minutes, rather than 20 minutes in the third period, we'd have a better result.

The pressure has really been off us this time, I thought last year there was a lot of pressure going into a three-peat scenario, that might come later on.

We played with a lot of confidence. We believed we could compete.

We have been inconsistent in some of the games and it has cost us. Keep relaxed, be positive.

Why is Framingham really becoming the stomping ground for this? Why have other communities around closed their doors?

When you get down a goal, it's tough and they took advantage of the opportunities they got,

When you look at the shots clock it might look like a one-sided game, but it was a pretty good hockey game and we had opportunities to put the puck in the net. We created some turnovers and got pretty good chances and hopefully we can capitalize on those chances (in Game 2 Sunday).

We've got to get our team right. We're coming out slow, and the only time it seems like we play good is when we're down, and it shouldn't be that way at all. That's the mentality of a losing team.

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We were dreadful in the third quarter, but to end it like that gave us the momentum going into the fourth.

We've got a great opportunity to do good things. For sure. The expectations have gone up.

We got a halftime talk that defense was everything, and we had to pick it up or we were going to be on the losing end. That would have put all our program's done this year down the drain.

You hope your kids are thinking, 'Hey, those other guys aren't much faster than me. I can do this,' ... Maybe we don't have any state-ranked teams in our conference this season, but we sure can have a fun meet.

We just need to keep doing everything we're already doing. Play tough with hard-nosed defense.

We will try as much as possible to keep the ball out of D-Mac's hands - but more importantly we need to limit the opportunities he creates for Anstey.

We go to tournaments all over the place, and I'd rate this one with any tournament that we have been to. It has been very organized and I'm pleased with the competition we've gotten to face.

We're very disappointed the way the game went. We talked about being ready, about being focused and coming out and executing well. We didn't do that. We need to be better right from the start of the game.

You form ice around the vines and that insulates the vines. It's kind of nuts. I never would have come up with it on my own.

Everybody in our room is comfortable getting in front of the puck. Seeing somebody get hurt like (Reasoner), or like when Luke Richardson got hit in the face earlier this year makes you wince, but all you can do is hope that it doesn't happen to you.

It was the story-like ending. It was just the best way it could have possibly happened.

This is not a tax sale. The (financial) river is wide and deep. Morning Star Management continues to do huge capital improvements in these buildings.

This course is real active, there's not a lot of places to generate speed. The roller sections are real quick. You just have to roll through it.

They used to have horses and donkeys in the parade.

This is the most exciting time of the year. This is why we all play. Dealing with injuries is a part of it.

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All my interactions with Todd indicate he is a man of integrity and honor. He always spoke for what he thought was right.

It's just a new game when you go to the tournament; you just have to go in there and play.

It's kind of a mindset of getting back to doing that, because that's how we were winning games earlier this season.

It was proof we needed to lift and defensively we didn't have any urgency. We've addressed those issues at practice and hopefully fixed them.

I totally came out just to support Gretchen.

It's obviously going to be important. As a team we realized that we can't spend time in the penalty box with a team like Detroit because of their high offensive power and the gifted players.

It's more of a reactionary position. Sometimes, to be honest, I feel like my feet are a little slow until I get thrown in there a few innings or so. I feel like I don't react to the ball well enough. That's just a matter of taking ground balls, and during BP just taking live-game-type action. That's what I was doing today, to try and overcome that.

It's going to hurt, and you might break something.

It's going to take determination and hard-nosed defense. We've got to get back to what we were doing at the beginning of the year. We've been working on our defense a lot, and we're looking to make a run in this tournament.

It's tough when you're killing penalties all night. We're not getting the results we want.

The biggest thing is showing versatility by moving around the infield.

It's definitely a little crazy. You're going down course as fast as you can with three other guys. That's got to be a little crazy. But we're all professionals, we've all been doing this a long time. We know the risks involved.

It's a new season when we go to the tournament.

It's an endorsement for sure when you add guys like that to the room.

It's intended to be a one-time-only financial grant.

It was no surprise. I'd like to think we're here to play the game, but if they want to carry on like that we'll step up for sure.

It was one of the greatest races I've ever seen. In any sport.

I had so much on my mind before the Olympics, and I needed some time to recharge my batteries and have some fun while I can. I gained a lot of confidence at the Olympics, and I'm feeling strong.

I'm comfortable with where it is at now. One way to get the jitters out is to go out and play physical.

If you aren't executing and you're spending all that time in the box, it's tough to have success.

I just seen him two days ago, and I was telling my girl he's a good guy, a cool cat. It's sad.

I really don't know if I have a 'most comfortable position' anymore. I came up as a shortstop, so any time I get thrown out there, things just feel natural to me. The last few years I've really worked hard at improving at second base. I feel really comfortable over there, too.

I know coming in I didn't put any pressure on myself. I said, 'Just do what you're capable of doing and relax and have fun.' So far, I've done that. I haven't put any undue pressure on myself. I think it's translated into being more relaxed -- being able to have fun.

I heard about it a little over a week ago, and I'm excited, but almost a little embarrassed. It's great to give back to the community that brought me up. I love it here.

I hope all my talents are coming out so they'll be able to see and evaluate enough to make a decision whether or not they want to keep me.

I have to play like I normally do, I can't be worrying about getting into foul trouble.

In terms of athleticism, Cem is phenomenal. He runs like a guard, is an explosive athlete and has great footwork and great hands.

His goal is to make the finals. My goal is for him to make the state meet in both hurdle races.

Hope we hear a lot more of that. He's a very creative player who is gifted around the net.

Hopefully you're in the right position and you get yourself into the right spot so you take it off the pads. But there are instances where the puck bounces or the shooter hesitates and you get hit in a bad spot.

I don't really know a specific reason why. We've gotten some good breaks against them and obviously enjoyed playing a team of Detroit's caliber.

I don't know if we'll dominate any event. But there are a number of events where we can hopefully produce a lot points.

I don't know if the fans saw me or the guy next to me on the big screen, but I could hear them cheering. I felt like I was a football player. I couldn't wait to get to the bottom so I could hear it louder.

He's a point guard but he can also play the two guard position. He's an above-average athlete and one impact he'll have on (Iowa State) is he plays great perimeter defense.

If I do make the team, I feel like I can be prepared to do whatever they need me to do every day. I'm excited about it.

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