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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

Michael Jordan

Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

Erma Bombeck

We've talked about moving those Saints games to later in the day, but that's not decided yet.

Bernard Boudreaux

We didn't have any energy. We didn't have any passion. We didn't have any tenacity. That's what you have to have to win these games, especially when you're on the road.

Gary Holquist

I feel sharp during games. It's just before and after ...

Gary Speed

This is my first East Asian Games gold and I'm very happy for it.

Luo Xuejuan

We played in a lot of big games at USC, so I'm used to playing in front of big crowds with a lot at stake.

Mike Patterson

The first two games we gained a little confidence. It gave our forwards some confidence and the team overall some confidence.

Jeremy Tufts

We're going to continue to see games turned into movies.

Cliff Bleszinski

We need people to be able to come down here and start really enjoying football games at Arnett Gardens.

Patrick Roberts

Every game is important. We can't rely on anybody to win games for us. We have to play our own game and focus on what we need to do.

Wendy Hedberg

We've had a lot of close games. We're playing as a team and it's coming at the right time.

Orlando Mccoy

Let's hope what we've done this week helps us to get something positive in our next games.

Fernando Torres

It's our tournament. We can't go out losing two games.

Matt White

Some games we haven't had everyone playing up to their capabilities. That's been shown, too.

Alan Kirk

We both have very physical games and it is tight each time. I'm delighted that it swung my way.

Arnaud Clement

We're focusing a lot of energy on that game. You always want to win your conference games and we really want our first win to be at home. It would be great to get both in one game.

Willie Schlepp

Games like that get our kids ready for the district.

Mike O'hara

Those games always got the juices flowing and were always exciting games.

Lonnie Blow

No disrespect to Toronto, but you have to win these type of games.

Deshawn Stevenson

I don't know why everyone was stressin' because we weren't losing those games.

Carl Everett

I felt we could do it. I didn't know if we would. This was one of our better-played games.

Gregg Hostetler

It's good to start off with a win. It wasn't the prettiest or cleanest of games. We've got things to work on.

Joe Caruso

I'm very happy to win my first world short course title. I've backed up very well from the Commonwealth Games.

Jessicah Schipper

I don't think we're that far away from winning a few games. I think we can be competitive when we're at full strength.

Bob Kotz

Teams can come in and play two or three games at excellent sites.

Gary Larkins

We messed around for two games and dug ourselves in a hole already. We can't afford to dig ourselves in any deeper holes.

Roman Oben

I'll buy that [we're better], ... That doesn't mean we'll win 105 games. A lot of teams got better. But, yeah, we could be a better team.

Ray King

I've been to the games in Hartford, and I'll tell you, Bridgeport does a heck of a lot better job at promoting these things.

Mike Augustine

We moved certain people around for certain games. I got moved around to mark up against certain forwards.

Markee Nobriga

People were expecting a lot from me those first few games. They have to understand I was rusty.

Marcus White

The last five or six games, we have to win those.

Rene Villalva

The first priority is to accommodate those teams that have lost the most amount of games.

John Gillette

We need to be able to win games like this, ... If you're going to win a championship, you have to win games that go any kind of way.

Tony Dungy

It is an awesome team for the Games.

Shayne Reese

We still have a couple big games against Alma and Portland. But we are in the best possible position.

Greg Hebden

Our offense has been shaky at times both games. We have to be better this week.

Blake Powers

The last two games we played them we had a lead and just didn't finish. This was a must-win for us.

Terri Keown

I'm glad they don't know the score of Dominion's games. They don't mean anything.

Tim Churchill

It's hard. We had the division on the line for many games now and we didn't come through.

Michael Nylander

Environmental protection was considered a high priority since the very beginning of the games' organization.

Ugo Pretato

Offense wins games, but defense wins championships.

Becky Novacek

To me, you have to play all 162 games, whether you are playing well or playing poorly.

Jamie Moyer

But we tried our best. We had a very difficult competition, five very tough games in 10-12 days.

Carlos Tevez

I'm not feeling any better (because) we lost two games. I've still got a lot of work to do.

Kirk Walters

We're going into a game that they're going to be athletic. It's time for us to step up our play and get into games.

Tracey Galloway

I thought it was hilarious. We've watched games together ever since.

Chris Nichols

This weekend is going to be big for us. It helps us if we win games like today.

Rich Alday

It was one of those games that was all bend and no break. That was the tightest zone I ever had, but you have to deal with it.

Tim Hudson

A lot of things have to go our way, but we can't think about that. We have to worry about what we can control and that's the games we play from here on out.

Mark Saccomanno

In games like this, you've got to play above the competition. We've got to stay focused because conference is coming up.

Andrew Patterson

The players have made their mark, and that was the first of 22 league games.

Richard Hill

The best part is it's a free event for families that allows them to positively interact with their children and learn new games and activities.

Sheila Avers

Jo really exploded in the last nine or 10 games.

Larry Shyatt

We've got a lot of games coming up and I don't want Nobby to aggravate the little knock he picked up.

Bob Steel

I think we've played extremely well down the stretch. We've had some games where we've really clicked defensively, and we've really been very consistent on the boards.

David Mccollough

The first couple games, I felt kind of stiff. The last couple of games I've been feeling great.

Joe Rizzi

Children do not stop dying while we celebrate and enjoy the World Cup games.

Roger Moore

Any suggestions Kylie is to appear in any part of the Commonwealth Games are erroneous and misleading.

Michael Gudinski

We want to win this tournament and also the one in Darwin especially as we build up to the main challenge this year, which is the Commonwealth Games.

Waisale Serevi

I didn't pull the team through in a couple of games, the first and third games when they needed me most.

Wavell Hinds

As much as these are interesting games and fun for the fans, they are hard to coach.

Leo Golembiewski

I think it works perfectly. He finishes off the games. He's the big reason we won today.

Ike Diogu

We know what to do in close games now.

Matt Thomas

The last two games have been up and down, so this is a great win for us.

Frantisek Kaberle

Ross Knowland came in both games for us and threw some strikes.

Mike Shimek

It's a lot harder to play games like this than to stay in a game that's 1-0.

John Kuehnel

We have a lot of games left. We could lose all 16 in the Big 12, but we don't plan to do that.

Crystal Kemp

It's been a difficult stretch for us. We're young, we've been beaten around, and we've played 10 of our first 12 games on the road.

Bill Herrion

We?re coming off a couple down games but I think the kids will respond well.

Rick Brault

Most of my younger customers don't buy comic books. They buy the card games because they're more interactive.

Greg Bartholomew

The difference so far is the difference between the quarterbacks. And both Favre and Brooks are playing typical games.

Cliff Christl

I'm not aware that an agreement has been reached. The scheduling of games needs approval of the commissioner.

Joe Browne

He's had one or two games when he had eight, other than that he always has 12, 14, 16 points.

Saul Phillips

We've played well in the first half in a lot of games.

Travis Niesen

We had our chance. We were up by two games with three to play ? that's all you can ask for.

Ken Anderson

I figure there might be some boos. But I'm excited. I want to win. Those are the games I really want to win.

Phil Kessel

The good thing for us is that we got to go out and play some games. This will do wonders for our confidence.

Lee Linsenmeyer

It's worked out well so far -- we've won a bunch of games in a row, so I think it's going well.

David Ciarlo

The dude plays pick-up games like he's playing to get to the Final Four.

Pat Clatchey

The travel is difficult. But we do have some home games. Almost all of our road games are about two hours away.

John Kocian

They have that reputation for (playing well) in big games. I fully expect them to be ready on Saturday.

Darryl Tapp

We've come out on top of a lot of tight games because of the bullpen that we have.

Ruben Amaro Jr

Is far more people are available to watch these games at 5 o'clock than 1 o'clock.

Dan Bellack

We kind of knew this was coming. The last two games we played really well and we deserved better.

Christian Backman

The guy is a great player. He had two bad games.

Jermaine Wiggins

Our games against Hibbing are always like this.

Dick Bartholdi

He's pitched some good games this year, but I think this was his best.

Darren Johnson

We were in a lot of those matches. The games went back and forth. There were a number of matches where it would go deuce, ad-in, deuce ad-out.

Christian Wright

I figured we had to score 10 to win both games, because they probably are the best-hitting team in the league.

Keith Samplawski

Pitching depth is a concern, but it should be better now that we're playing two games a week instead of six.

Joey Kalmus

With the games staged at the new arena, which is an attraction itself, we could have drawn 1,000 more to each game.

Bruce Zoldan

Without their assistance, those games would not have been shown to local audiences and our phones would have rung.

Lou Morin

I thought we could have been a little more aggressive. But all the credit goes to them for shutting us down the last couple of games.

Neil Giesler

It could be a very big distraction if the players and teams don't show more discipline than they have during these exhibition games.

Denis Potvin

Our defense won the game. Offense can win you games, but to win the Big Daddy you have to play defense.

Curt Reed

We finished tonight and I had talked about how we didn't finish in the other two games. We felt they didn't beat us, but it was more that we lost the games.

Von Graffin

She pitched a lot of big games last year. She's an all-around athlete. We're definitely excited to see what she does as a sophomore.

Natalie Peters

We're going to have a short fuse. We're not going to let a guy play for four games to figure it out.

Doug Berry

At the end of games, it can get very frustrating at times. Sometimes I get a little bit down on the whole outlook. You try to make the most of it, but sometimes things just don't fall your way.

Marita Payne

One thing about this team is that both games they proved they can work all the way to the end.

Luke Johnson

There were good crowds and it was something to be able to play at the Armory. We had some good games and we had a few fights. That was a long time ago.

Don Erickson

You figure he could win 10 games by himself. You look at it that way, we could be three games up. There's no doubt about it. If he would have been here the whole year, we'd be in first place.

Ray Durham

That price is comparable or below prices at Padres games and is still below the NFL average.

Bill Johnston

It was pretty bad for me. Obviously, it wasn't one of the better of my games. I wish I could have done a little bit more for my team.

Brittany Davis

This was a fluke. We're going to come out and have great games every week for the next eight games.

Robert Phipps

Shumaker will be our horse. He throws in the upper 60s and low 70s in big games.

Jeff Mallonee

Not turning the ball over is a big key to winning football games.

Chris Leak

I think fatigue is setting in. We've had six games in about a 13-day period.

Jeff Lenherr

Twenty games is not enough.

Rich Levin

This was a big loss. We haven't really been able to close out games. What we have to do is learn to get stops and execute.

David Cornwell

It's fun to play in those games and we've done well. We can't forget how we played well in those games before. We've got to do the same thing and just come out and fight.

Mark Patton

It was good to come out and get a big lead in the first because we usually start our games poorly.

Megan Gephart

I expect it will continue to be an issue because this is a very popular device and it's designed to play games you own.

Thomas Loeser

We've got to start carrying things over from practice to the games.

Todd Satterly

We need to win a lot of games. It's good to win, especially in extra innings with this heat.

Brad Radke

I think when we execute the way we did (Friday), we can beat anyone. It doesn't matter who. You've got to execute to win games.

Al Carter

There's a lot of things that are out of my control. I let those things go and all any of us can do is pay attention to our games and get ready for this. It's the Olympics. It's blows me away how big it is and how much importance people put on it.

Chris Soule

This game was scheduled I think eight years ago. I don't think it would be my choice, but a lot of games on our schedule wouldn't be my choice.

Bobby Wallace

We are excited, but there are more games left. You can't focus on this one. You have to put it behind you and you have to go on to the next one.

Joe Andruzzi

It was our first game and it looked like a first game. It was one of those games where I look back and don't feel too bad.

Garron Whitehouse

I don't know what happened the last games. I don't know if we were tired or what.

Lance Thompson

We really don't know much about them. We've won some ball games this year, but we still need to get a lot better.

John Lott

When colleges see film of his last couple of games, there will be more. We moved him to the inside so he can make plays. He covers the entire field. You can't run away from him.

Jeff Carnazzo

We have enough confidence in him that we know we can win games with him. And he knows it too.

Tom Gilbert

That's when we're working at our best, and that's how we win games. And for us to get to the next level, we definitely have to accomplish that.

Ashley Lelie

The kids played well against Chamberlain. That was one of the best games we played all year.

Reynaldo Garcia

I get pretty nervous before all the games, but especially here and at the Garden.

Christopher Higgins

There were a lot of games that I could have taken but I had fun out there. In my first U.S. Open I couldn't have asked for any more.

Sania Mirza

The big difference between last year and this year is that last year we would let games like this slip away from us.

Parker Gemmell

This is one of the best games I've ever felt and pitched. I just felt like I was on.

Bruce Chen

Coach said he set these two games up back-to-back like this on purpose. We're trying to get our revenge.

Patrick Patterson

The opportunity is there. It's a matter of being able to close the gap and win some games. You've got to win the right games.

Tom Yeager

They (the fans) are never going to forget to go to football games. This is a dominant football school. But we're trying to get basketball up there with the football program.

Jamar Butler

We don't have any choice. We have to play hard defensively or we wouldn't be able to stay in games.

Bob Lindsay

That's the way the games at Wildwood Catholic go. We expected that. It's a small gym.

Van Cathcart

It hit us at a hard time. We only have eight conference games so it took a lot out of our season. We weren't the same.

Tom Powers

When all of our games are on, that's when we've played at our best.

Brad Stevens

What an incredible success these 18th Games have been, there can be no question at all about the success of the Games.

Michael Fennell

Up until this week, we had eight games in 16 days, so we need to recoup a bit.

Phil Tronsrue

Wins is what matter now. We have two more games. We still have a shot.

Fernando Cabrera

We're going to take them to the Liberty Bell, ... We're going to take them to football games and baseball games.

John Street

We really need to get some games in.

Jim Kivisto

It's flattering to see people show up for our home games from the community.

Donovan Hand

We used these games to get some different looks.

Rich Sadvar

We had a lot that were very close today. That's been kind of the story for some of the games. ... We're getting a little better every game.

Sue Herodes

We get pretty geared up for this. We say every year that we don't play in consolation games.

Brad Zancanaro

You still have to win the games.

Brendan Shanahan

The Internet, cable TV, and computer games, account for much more of the trend away from books.

Jeff Abraham

It's one of the biggest games of the year for us. Almost a must-win.

Brent Crews

When you looked at what we had, to finish the year and to win four games, that was a blessing. To win four games, in actuality, we probably shouldn't even have won one.

William Whitticker

When you are able to execute you can win football games. Our kids executed and didn't make a lot of mistakes and we were able to get the win.

Lexie Spurlock

It is disappointing for Doug and the team because he was really excited about going to the Games and playing for New Zealand.

Gordon Tietjens

We both didn't have our best games yesterday. We had to bring it today because our team was going to need us more for this game.

Marissa Coleman

I loved, loved, loved baseball. I would drag my dad to Orioles games, and I would always keep score.

Jamie Mccourt

These games were huge for us.

Noah Lowry

You just accept the fact that you're going into Hinkle and you're going to have to fight for your life two games in a row on the same day.

Jack Keefer

I've played in the Championship, played over 20 games now, and played against men.

Theo Walcott

It is very fantastic for me. I'm so grateful for the Games and the crowd.

Dorcus Inzikuru

We're looking to create a product to compete with Yahoo Games, MSN Games, and make a destination for Web-based applications.

Brian Kalinowski

We just didn't seem to catch that break. But the girls have accomplished a lot more than winning games.

Julie Loehrke

We have a very, very precise project which is related to no waste after the games.

Giuseppe Gattino

The one-run games are always the toughest. You don't want to hang anything.

Pat Neshek

Judge us after eight games.

Bryan Robson

We played each of these games with desperation. Knowing each game could have been our last game, we had a lot of energy.

Laiken Dollente

We have a lot of games to go. When we are struggling we need someone to be a leader and do something positive.

Mark Jackley

We'd like to win these last two games to finish up the season with an even 7-7 record.

Flora Jackson

We're not playing games here.

Richard Gephardt

It's just one win out of 16 games. We'd certainly like to win this one every year but we'd also like to win every game, every year.

Darrell Gravatt

When they're breaking for basketball games, ... you know that it's not (going) too, too badly.

Martin Grove

That was probably one of my best games.

Jessica Guild

I'm a big game fan and I felt I was missing a decent console that could play quality bracket games.

Carl Freer

You know me. I'm playing. I can't miss two games in a row against Fresno.

Leslie Malone

It is the first Games since 1994 in the European time zone, which clearly helps. But there is a genuine feeling that the appeal of the event is also on the rise.

Dave Gordon

We've got to get these kids one of these games. They deserve it. This is one of the best efforts we've had in a long time.

Pat Dennis

Tourney games are games of runs. We make a run. They make a run. We knew Barr would be a tough cover for us.

Coach David Gerrish

If we can pick up six points from two games then we can close up on the teams above us and make a real fight of it.

Harry Redknapp

With only a few games left, we know we have to focus even more now. It's not going to be easy, but we're ready.

Kristi Fallin

The past few games, we've controlled the ball a lot better. It's going to be important this weekend.

Greg Baudo

The biggest thing is we're finishing our chances. It was something we were worried about at the beginning of the season, but obviously in big games they've responded.

Paula Wilkins

She's a great goalie. She made some big saves. She's someone we count on to win games.

Jeff Vizenor

It's such a big win. When we play our game, we're tough to beat. We've just got to get better finishing games. We have to be calmer at the end.

Dema Kovalenko

We have confidence now. We were coming along, then we started winning games. It's good to feel that winning feeling. I like it.

Quantez Robertson

Any loss like that is devastating. Especially with five games to go.

Chase Utley

That was the kind of do-or-die games that the fans love. But for coaches and players, that was a tough game.

Jennifer Wilson

We're starting to run out of games. We have to win some here to close that gap, get our road record up. That's been our downfall all year.

Mike Van Ryn

I would have loved to be there. It would have been a lot better to be competing with other top world athletes. If it's possible let's try and get back into the games.

Travis Brown

We shoot them. We shoot them in practice and we shoot enough of them. I don't know what it is, but they're just not falling in games.

Reggie Larry

(Drug testers) on your front door at 6.30 every morning, it's not the best way to prepare for the Games.

Ben Kersten

Those little plays make a difference in close games. There was a series where all the guys made plays.

Tom Vix

Our kids are understanding what it's like to play in big games.

Ray Willis

The emphasis is on fun and games. It's wonderful for self-esteem.

Marion Slatter Blitstein

We have lot of depth on our team and sometimes it can be hard to guard all of us. When that happens, that's when Joe and I have been able to have big games.

Cory Ratai

Winning our first four MAC games was very important not only to set ourselves apart from the rest of the conference, but also in the East Division.

Leigh Ross

If we had won 40 or 42 games (last season) instead of 52, it would have been an entirely different process.

Wally Walker

Get him back one more time. Get him back one more time and maybe win a few games.

Jason Runde

I'm just tired of all the (expletive) guessing games.

Craig Nall

We hope to figure out a way to combat them. There are no easy games in the tournament.

Chris Furlani

The three games have a nice balance to them.

Ian Mcgeechan

I'm smart enough to know this guy can lead a team. He did it in college. He's done it the games he's been in the NFL.

Brenston Buckner