Tim Taylor Quotations

We're going to forget about this one, but at the same time we're going to remember it.

We knew Zillah would come to play and we knew we had the weather the storm. In the third quarter we were a little more patient on offense and we got some better looks. We also did a lot better job with offensive rebounds.

When he gets going, he?s extremely powerful. He loves physical contact. He?s strong on his feet, has a low center of gravity and accelerates into hits with his knees bent.

The expectations are there for them. They've come through a big regular season, but now that's not enough. And that's a whole different animal.

Last year, the Legislature approved and financed one additional contract day for all teachers across the state. We hope they continue that and have even heard of two (additional) days. Teachers have asked for a per diem in that eventuality. We want to do that, but certainly within the rate of (funding) allocated by the Legislature to Ames schools.

Most people came here because of family or someone they knew. It's great to see (an outpouring of assistance). These people have been through a lot.

No one is happy. No one (has) a smile on his face.

Obviously, the big issue is we're not winning any gosh darn games. It's gnawing at us as a team and a coaching staff. I don't like to be a coach that talks about playing well if we're not winning, but we've got goaltending that put us in position to win both games. The plain clear thing is that we've lost the scoring touch.

Right now is no time to get down; there is no time to point fingers, it's a time with three games left in the season to win two games. We are in control of our own destiny. It doesn't matter what Atlanta does, it doesn't matter where Toronto is, it's all about us. It's two out of three games. This is a time to stand up and take control of the situation.

One of the reasons we chose API was their phased approach to implementation. We get immediate control in phase one by eliminating paper and moving it electronically in the organization while getting familiar with the new processes that will be instituted in the following phases. It gives us a chance to develop and automate optimized business rules for Network F.O.B.

For some sort of reason, they scored their first goal and right after that they seemed to get a lot of momentum off of that and carry the play. Ever since then we were trying to play catch up and it's not a good situation when you are playing catch up in a game like that.

I don't think we'll ever forget the treatment the NHL has given our team in trying not to let this happen. It was a joke. I think it's a slap in the face the NHL has given our fans because they should've been involved. This should have been at the Forum in front of 22,000 people as we walk up and get the rings and open it up and show the fans. I personally feel the NHL has taken some of that away from us.

He's coming into this knowing he'll be a fresh voice and pair of eyes in evaluations. I think he's going to be able to start from scratch, in terms of evaluations of goaltenders. Hopefully he'll allow us to make the right choices and select a starter.

What do you do? You battle. It's the NHL playoffs. (But) it seems like everything is crumbling down around us.

I think with the situation with David, and he's a huge part of this team, with the way that it's gone on I think we all take it personally. We all need to step up. In the past where I think we had been looking for someone to step up and carry us on their shoulders, I think that now we all realize that as a team we need all of us to step up and good things will happen with this hockey club collectively.

I think we have to clean up the little things ... the little things that made us a real good team. That's winning all the loose-puck battles. Killing that big penalty. Scoring the big goal on the power play. We've lost a little bit of that. We're playing well, but not well enough.

It is a matter of Iowa code and following the law of the state. There are due process procedures outlined for disciplinary action and termination.

Last week we were set up for failure from the get go. We had three games in four nights. Monticello played really well. There guards really pushed us to the limits, but we need games like that. We need to be in those situations to understand how to win.

I saw some improvement tonight defensively. I don't think anybody really had an outstanding individual performance but I think as a team we got better tonight.

I was extremely proud of our guys. We knew we were facing elimination, our backs to the wall, and even down to the last 30 seconds of that contest we were battling tooth and nail. I couldn't be more proud of the group of kids in that locker room.

I tell high school seniors not to let salary be the only factor in deciding to study petroleum engineering. The worst thing you can do is go into a career you don't like even though the salary is good.

I tell these kids as freshmen (that) by the time they get out of here, they're going to need an agent to negotiate their contracts.

That was one for the ages. There was a winning team but nobody really lost this game. Both goalies were great. Everyone used every player on the bench. We got great shifts from all four lines. This was a special team effort. This was a battle of guts, will and character out there.

That was one for the ages right there. There was a winner, but there was really no losing team. It was a battle of guts, will and character ? for Union just as much as for us.

That's the type of atmosphere we're trying to build here. As the year has gone on, the crowds have gotten bigger and bigger.

We feel good about this win, but we didn't play particularly well.

Without a doubt, I don't think we played very well. That may be a tribute to Heritage, I'm not real sure. We didn't play well.

We can't worry about the standings, we have to worry about how we're playing. If we focus on what we're doing, the standings will take care of itself.

We couldn't buy a basket inside the paint.

We'll do it all for folks. If they know how long they'll stay, or even if they want to remain here permanently, we'll do what we can to ease the burden.

We're not getting any less scoring chances than when we were scoring 3.5 goals a game. We've had some injuries that have messed up the line combinations, but that is not an excuse. I think now sometimes it's a case of the guys squeezing on the stick a little too tight.

We're not feeling the best right now. The highs and lows in playoff hockey are unbelievable.

We had some mental collapses in the third. There's no excuse for that. We let a game slip by.

We were not at our best today but we got the win. In a game like that, it's a pretty good sign.

We kill penalties very well. And your best penalty killer has to be your goaltender. That was certainly the case tonight (Friday). Hopefully, we can get better at staying out of the box.

We didn't get that third goal, and that hurts.

Families and individuals, on their own, have found their way to Geauga County. We had an idea that this could happen. We planned for it and had inquiries from numbers of people that we can certainly deal with.

Families and individuals, on their own, have found their way to Geauga County, ... We had an idea that this could happen. We planned for it and had inquiries from numbers of people that we can certainly deal with.

Those two (saves) he made in OT were unbelievable.

This was the start of our playoffs. We need to win hockey games. We need to put points on the board.

We want to finish as high as we can no matter what. I have seen no signs that they are going to quit, and they know what it takes to compete.

to initiate the dialogue ... it needs to be crystallized and much more carefully examined.

We talked about getting better in practice from day one. They bought into it and we never looked past anyone.

We have to continue to improve on our team chemistry. We also have to keep improving on our defense and keep playing as hard as we have so far this season.

We had the game in our hands with seven seconds left. If we don't make mistakes, we win.

You get a power play and you think, 'We get one here, the door's shut. But the way things are going for us, we will take the two points.

You'd rather lose 6-1 or 6-2; that way you're embarrassed and you want to come back. If you lose 3-2 or 4-2, you're not as determined to come back.

We have (defensive) team goals, ... Our goals are stopping yards, stopping long drives and forcing turnovers.

Bradley is finally starting to get healthy after that injury he had last Monday. I told him it had been a long time since we've seen that stroke come back.

There's some questions surrounding both teams, no doubt. They'll be answered in the first round.

It would be useless to try to come up with an explanation or a solution to the past two games. We have to figure out what we are going to do for the next game and how we are going to come out and play. We can't look around and say whose fault it is on this goal or on that goal. It's time to just make sure we go out and take control of our own destiny, and that's by winning two games.

It was unbelievable down there. The damage that was done, we're just glad we got to go down there and help everybody that was in need of our help.

Depends on what Mike wants to do. Maybe if he stays in the area, but that's only speculative on my part.

That's what we need. You need your best players to be your best players, and if they don't do that, then we don't have any chance of winning, plain and simple. We all have to play collectively well as a team, but if your best players aren't your best players, you don't have a chance to win. The life and the pulse of this hockey team is our young players.

That's why he was a spectacular force in the playoffs (in 2003-04). That's the guy we need.

That?s his game, and we knew all about him. He catches defenses napping and he did it twice against us.

This budget process has been long and arduous over the past five months, and I would like to move forward and concentrate on looking ahead for the district.

They've been telling me about this, my brothers have. Boy. That's amazing.

They're a better team. They've proven that. My hat's off to them.

A lot of people don't want to pull that hose out and fill up their planes. It's kind of like the old full-service filling station.

Absolutely. This was about pride and it showed our players that if we work hard in all aspects of the game, good things happen and you have good outcomes.

It's all about intensity and discipline. If you don't want to work hard and do the little things it takes to be successful, you won't play. We're still working on that, but we've come a long way.

It's getting to the point where every day you have to track where you've been. If we get there at 3 o'clock in the morning and play later that day, you're only there one day. But if you get in the night before you were there, two.

It's hard. You have the hype and you sit there.

Dave is a very proud individual. He's a great character guy. It would be disrespectful to him if we let this be a distraction. He has instilled a good attitude within this hockey team - and that is to push forward. He would want us to get better and prepare for Friday's game.

Dave, he was a huge part of this team. I think the way this has gone on, we all take this personally. We all need to step up.

That fourth goal, it's totally my fault. That's a play I have to make 10 out of 10 times, and I missed the puck. I cost our team a huge point, and possibly two. I feel sick and that's inexcusable.

It's hard coming back after a year off, but I'm really enjoying it,

It's deflating, absolutely. I'm not going to say it doesn't hurt. It does.

It was a difficult one to let slip away, but the effort was there. We have to learn from it and get better and start winning games in our league next week.

They'll say the same thing. I like the situation we're in.

Things change in the playoffs. Pressure seems to mount on certain players. Some play good, some don't.

It's nice to sign a score sheet with nothing but Yale goals. I'm really happy for Alec. This is definitely a feather in his cap, and a feather in the cap for the entire defense.

I had no idea what to expect going into the game.

I personally believe that the budget has areas that are questionable. It is the staff's responsibility to look at that and back it down.

Highly competitive is an understatement. The companies are stumbling all over themselves. It's gotten to where students during their internships are making more than their parents.

But I'm in my own bed at the end of every night. That wasn't always the case at Virginia. Life on the road doesn't allow it.

Honestly I would prefer that not to happen. I would much rather have three or four guys averaging in double figures than to have one or two putting up big points. It just makes it that much harder for teams to defend you when you've get three or four guys that are capable of scoring points.

If I can sum it up in words, this is the most disappointing loss of the season.

I felt that our team came out and played a real good playoff game. I think we put ourselves back on the map as a playoff team for two periods. We know how we can play. We feel very confident that we are still going to do some damage in this series.

I couldn't get my legs going. I felt terrible. We practiced very well (Sunday), too. We didn't have our legs at all. When they got up by two, it was hard to get through them. It's disappointing, but we have to find answers.

I'd rather lose by 25 or 30 points. We had the game in our hands and we let it slip away.

I'd rather lose by 25 or 30 points.

You count on the training staff to get you ready, to do what they have to do to help you be mobile out there. It's always, 'If I can get my skates on, if I can go on the ice and play, I should play.' And you get out there, and you forget about things.

This is a key time for us, these games before the break. We have a goal in mind to win every one. We're playing well. We just have to keep it going.

The Flyers are a team that we usually play hard against. You know that if you don't play well, you're going to get embarrassed by them. They usually bring out the best in us.

The Flyers are a team that we usually play hard against, ... You know that if you don't play well, you're going to get embarrassed by them. They usually bring out the best in us.