Justin Williams Quotations

Momentum swings were huge in this game. Once we tied it 2-2, we were feeling pretty good and started to keep the momentum a little bit. But we just gave up too many chances.

Momentum going into the playoff is very underrated and that's what we're striving for. It's kind of a curse, but we don't really have anyone chasing us now in our division and we've got to go out with the attitude that we want to finish first overall and win the President's Trophy.

One of the cops came over and asked if we'd seen the guy and to get inside because they've got an armed bank robber across the street.

I was feeling good tonight. I had an open shot and I took it.

We've been very successful at home, and there's no reason for it to change now.

We're professionals. You've got to get yourself ready for the game no matter what is going on in your life.

He's a competitor and that's the best part about him. A lot of people saw him play against Canada in the Olympics and, that night, he was the best goalie in the world. He's still good; nothing changes.

He's a freshman, you know? Who can imagine what he'll be doing when he's a senior?

I thought we had some pretty good shots on our power play. We put a lot of pucks to the net. Unfortunately we weren't able to convert.

I thought we had some pretty good shots on our power play, ... We put a lot of pucks to the net. Unfortunately we weren't able to convert.

I think it's one of the fastest-paced games that we've played this year. The teams battled hard for position out there but we were able to close the game out and save our best for the third period.

(Markov) was coming at me and I got the heck out of the way. I don't think it had much impact on the game.

Marcus Slaughter, he's a pro; Brandon Heath's a pro. We're going to have to get those two guys and make sure they don't hurt us.

We don't pride ourselves on trying to score with a man short, but if we have odd-man rushes, like we did tonight, we're all for it. Tonight was just a situation where opportunity knocks.

The experienced players have to take the lead in not getting down and we did that. (The Black Bears) weren't as physical as I thought they'd be. Maine was intent on playing its system too much, which made it easier to play them.

We were down 20 with five minutes left and could've easily given up. Instead we fought back and that goes to show our team won't give up.

Seeing Pavel make that first move ? everybody just shakes their head and says, 'Wow, how did he do that?

Some people thought that it was going to be a learning process because we got young guards, but all he's doing is showing everybody that they're wrong.

Coach told us they were probably going to come out a little tentative and then get up in us, so we had to get after them right away.

Coming out of the timeout coach told Brandon to look for me so I knew I was getting the ball anyway. When the ball was free I just made it my mission to get the ball up to the rim.

As competitors, we're definitely disappointed about the outcome but we're pleased with how we played. We played hard to the finish, all 45 minutes. We played as hard as we ever played.

You never want to see a player on either team get hurt.

A lot of people made fun of me. They said, 'Nice bike lift.' I knew exactly what this bike would look like before I even bought one part.

You don't want to go in cold. You don't want to go in and think you can just flip the switch and think playoff hockey is in your blood. You need to go in hot, you need to go in with an edge.

It's just one game. We'll be saying that a lot. But for the first time in a long time, we have a 'must' win.

I told him how I felt and that I hope he gets better.

It's kind of like (Washington's) playoffs, and they play hard. They're a team that is going to scratch and claw and never give up.

It's definitely something that you need to overcome. My focus needed to be on the Carolina Hurricanes because we were down 2-1 and we needed a big win. That was my main focus tonight.

It's huge. He does so many little things away from the puck, things nobody sees. He occupies one, sometimes two guys. That leaves a lot of room for people like me to work.

I've done anesthesia for a two-week preemie that weighed three pounds to a 98-year-old woman for a hip.

It's very frustrating. You look at how our team's been playing and it comes down to turnovers and free throws. It's something we're concentrating on for our last two games and the conference tournament. We're close in every game so it's not like we're getting blown out. Our team is fighting hard.

Once he started playing, there was no turning back.

I'm not really worried about this loss. Like coach said, we finished 7-6 in non-conference, and our conference is coming up. We've got a clean slate, and we can start all over again.

I learned my lesson. I probably got one of the fastest tickets in Virginia. I was doing 161 in a 55.

I remember getting pushed in and bending over and looking in, and the puck was in the net. It was a tough break. It was a turning point in the game.

I didn't expect it to be the game-winner, but I guess we needed it. It's two points and we'll get the heck out of here.

The main thing I'm thinking about right now is making it past the first round. I'm just concentrating on driving the ball.