We haven't done anything special for the playoffs, but it is everything we do at and away from the rink that gets us ready. It's how we conduct ourselves and being responsible . . . from what we eat to getting enough sleep. Games hinge on one or two plays, so we put ourselves in the best position we can. |
We just have to get better every day, there's no question about that. From the inside to the outside, the guards have to do a better job of finding the post and the posts have to rebound and finish. There are a variety of things that we have to do and that will only come with the more games that we play. |
We just wanted to go out on top. We had some stretches where we had good wins. We need to do that the whole season. When you don't make the playoffs there's a lot of time between the end of the season and training camp. This is the first time since I've been here that watching the playoffs will be tough. |
We knew it was going to be a tough match coming in, because Elizabeth-Forward matches up well with us. We were able to pull out a couple of matches that could have gone either way. We stayed off our backs; that was real important and we were able to bump a couple of kids around that secured a win for us. |
We knew we had to be exactly right on the money to do this. We had a car again that was fast enough, and we had a problem in the pits. Twice, problems have taken us out. The good news is we've built a car that's fast enough. The bad news is we had two problems that stopped us from making the Daytona 500. |
We know that, obviously, Heather Buck is a big girl and is going to present problems for us and Jacquie Fernandes is a good wing player and the other Buck girl likes to bang inside. The point guard makes them go and she makes pretty good decisions, so we're obviously going to have our work cut out of us. |
We let a good hockey player go to Atlanta, ... But I just felt it was time for change. We had two runs at the Stanley Cup, one was partially successful, last season we failed. There's a reason when you fail and those reasons have to be looked and tried to be rectified and this is what we're trying to do. |
We looked at her, this hotel clerk, and we said, 'OK, if you want to call the police, call the police. You think they're going to come over here to help you out?' She started putting on her thinking cap real fast and she said 'OK, go on in,' ... She could've got shot like that, trying to keep people out. |
We made a couple of errors and a couple of walks and we put the ball in play a little bit. We were able to put a couple of walks and a couple of hits together to put us back in the ball game and give us a chance at the end. That gives us a lot of confidence and a lot of momentum. I thought that was good. |
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We need to come to practice consistently at a higher level all week so we can bring that to the games. We have to play better; Princeton just doesn't make mistakes. Offensively, they're not as good as us but they pass and play defense. If we pass and play defense we'll beat them. It is as simple as that. |
We need to restore the public's faith in our state pension systems and send a message that those responsible with investing public dollars have to be held to the highest ethical standards, ... When they fail to do that, as we've seen in recent weeks, they undermine the system and breach the public trust. |
We never find a comfort level when sales are down, but it's important to keep in perspective that as the calendar year progresses, industry moderation is expected. The sales environment is still very encouraging and we are committed to maintaining our market momentum, particularly with our core products. |
We plan to do a lot of things in the community, grass-roots programs, events for people not necessarily coming to the game to get involved. The schedule is going to be elongated to give the players and the NHL an extra day ... It's an opportunity for us to celebrate our game in truly grand Texas fashion. |
We played extremely well against Cortez, everybody on the team contributed. They aren't the caliber team that Durango is — they don't have Durango's quickness, but we played well against them. Durango is very quick and we didn't adjust well with our good players. They aren't that much better than we are. |