We're really excited about this. It's a great chance to showcase our league here in this city.

Dave Andrews

This money right here is going to the youth football league because a lot of kids in the inner city will appreciate that. Make some noise for the kids, man.

Snoop Dogg

Man, it felt good to play on Wednesday. I couldn't wait to get back out there. I felt like I was back in Little League again because it was so much fun just to be able to be out there.

Brian Toner

It's fun, and it helps the league as a whole as far as recognition is concerned. A lot of these guys have kids, but they will probably play the game more than their kids do.

James Baron

Because it [the CAA] is a new world, what would you call it, a Columbus complex? It's going to be interesting. We don't know a lot about that league ...

David Michael Perry

We had a good season, 25-2. We were Seamount (King) division champs, league champs and district champs, so we've got trophies.

Romeo Wheeler

We've got 10 players that can play. We're one of the few teams in the league 10 deep. When you have 10 deep, you have to take advantage of it.

Dean Ellis

I doubt there has ever been a more attractive home non-league schedule for our fans than we'll have that season.

Mike O'brien

He's going to have a lot of distractions that most rookie league players don't have. But he's really a good-hearted kid.

Patrick Knapp

I always thought I was going to be able to do some good things in this game, and I really feel like my best days are ahead of me. I know what to expect out of the league and out of myself.

Michael Young

If the league said, 'Yeah, the fans will be part of this solution,' then that would help win fans back.

Jim Boone

I think we'll be competitive. We'll contend for first place in the league.

Mike Dunphy

They are a club of Champions League stature and, when someone like Guus Hiddink calls, you listen to what is said.

Michael Ball

We feel that we will be very competitive in the league and should challenge for the DVL title.

Chris Powers

This is a tough league and we are the champions. If somebody wants it, they're going to have to come and try to take it.

Terry Tucker

These guys worked tremendously hard in the off-season. House is probably one of the best midfielders in the league.

Frank Mitchell

He's probably the quickest guy in our league, him and Allen Iverson. He put pressure on our defense the whole night.

Lebron James

He'll probably be effective, because those guys haven't seen a 68-mph fastball since Little League.

Paul Azinger

Romero has throw two very good games back-to-back. And we did a good job defensively but two hits is not going to get it done in this league.

Andy Zavorek

I think he's played the best ball he's played in his career this year. I think he's playing as well as anyone in the league.

Andre Patterson

This league has never looked like this before with this kind of a race.

Karen Roth

Peyton is in a league by himself in terms of endorsements. This isn't a guy who got endorsement deals based on his winning the big game.

Kurt Badenhausen

I underestimated the A- League when I put my squad together. I put my hand up for that one.

John Adshead

This is only the beginning. The best for the Golden Baseball League is yet to come, and we'll be there.

Terry Kennedy

There is great expectation among the players. Everybody is very excited about making their Champions League debut.

Vladimir Weiss

I can't say I'm totally disappointed, I'm more sad. I'm glad to be back with my team. I can play more here. It's a new league, new pitchers.

Alex Gonzalez

We could just petition for a week off. But I don't think the league will let us do that.

Jerry Porter

Win, lose or draw, I'm done. I'm glad to have helped the league, but it's time for me to go.

Darryl Hammond

My plan of building from the back continues. I'm very happy that, in Josh, we'll have one of the best goalkeepers in the league returning to our team.

Chris Agnello

It's tough guarding guys who are 6-6 that can handle the ball, but that's what the league is coming to. A lot of them are so good, you kind of forget about (how tall they are) when you start playing.

Darrel Mitchell

All of our players have to play at their limit, we have to be aggressive and have the courage to attack Bayern. After all, we play in the same league, we are capable of beating Bayern.

Friedhelm Funkel

This is a very exciting day. As much as I enjoyed our time in the Northern League, this is going to be a better experience for all of us. Times have changed since 1993 and I'm very comfortable with that. I'm looking forward to the challenge of this new league.

Mike Veeck

In league play, we're going to have to double our intensity. We can't just rely on our fan base and playing at Memorial Gym.

Jessie Evans

We got a taste of European football with the Inter-Toto Cup and want to get some more, so we are looking for a good league run.

Paul Kirk

A Champions League semifinal between Inter and Milan is something exceptional and we are determined to be the winning side.

Fabio Cannavaro

It was kind of a morale booster. It reassured us that we can play with anybody in the league.

Bryson Krueger

We are all amateur players, therefore playing against major league players is the greatest victory for us.

Frederich Cepeda

I look at it more as experience than youth, being in the league now for 11 years. I'm approaching this job with all the energy in the world.

Mike Tannenbaum

We needed somebody to get the hit. They weren't going to let Bone beat them. It's going to fall on those guys hitting after Bone all season. This is just one of 28 league games. We have 27 more, this is what the big games are like.

Chris Pedretti

Minor-league baseball will continue with replacements. No further negotiations are scheduled or contemplated.

George Yund

We played a lot better today (than in the Backyard Brawl). Now we're looking forward to league play.

Kyle Mcduffee

The normal course is to exhaust the appropriate forums and those in these circumstances would be appeals to the Premier League and thereafter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Graham Shear

Everyone was pretty confident he was going to pitch better than the league, which he did, and he was going to force our hand, which he did.

Bryan Price

This would be a league where guys have played (previously in the minors). The drafted guys would be pushed back.

Dave Howard

Reputations stick with you. It's harder to forget about stuff you do in this league, because somebody's always going to bring it up ... Sometimes guys get bad reputations but they don't deserve it.

Chris Kaman

Alex has played that way for us all year and their guy also showed why he is one of the best in the league.

Al Melanson

He's the backbone of that team right now. He's opening up a lot of eyes around the league.

Roberto Luongo

If I had to choose, qualifying for the Champions League has priority.

Andreas Muller

This can really set the tone for us for the rest of league.

Danielle Clark

If we can get enough adults to participate, we will have a league with them as well.

Scott Goslin

It was a big league win. Sean was awesome, dominating. He pitched a great game.

Bob Atwell

I think this has been a big deal for Houston. It really helped make the port there a major league port.

Marc Levinson

Our first concern is the health and safety of our student-athletes and fans. There is a tremendous sense of cooperation in our league.

Britton Banowsky

Soquel is a tough challenge. But if we keep playing the way we've been playing, we know we can beat anyone in the league.

Dylan Venable

In our league, we've had some pretty excellent running backs. He did an excellent job tonight, and he's got a great future.

Mike Hankwitz

The League is different from any other Italian party. He created it and it's linked to his personality. There is only one Bossi, not just for the League, but for Italy itself.

Roberto Calderoli

There?s not a player in our league that you can give me in place of (Sawyer). He?d be my first draft pick out of this league.

John Stuper

I think the reason the league has done so well is that we're a tight-knit group.

Al Thrasher

The Premier League is a great product, one of the best in the world, and gets fantastic exposure on TV, but we can't become complacent.

Peter Kenyon

I certainly want to put us in a position to go into the Horizon League tournament strong.

Tisha Hill

We know that this league is always going to be tough. You have to come to play every night, and if you don't you can be beat. Our focus right now is just to get better.

Curt Dehaan

Offensive lineman are gold in this league. Offensive lineman and quarterbacks are the hardest players to come by. You have those players and you'll do well.

Jim Darling

We're hoping to get enough interest to field an eight-team summer league, with 20-25 players per team.

Mike Dubbelde

Lorenzo is a beast. He's the best player in the country. He's definitely the best player in this league.

Ray Harper

Belmont kind of jumped off the cliff. It was faith. We didn't have a league, and we didn't have but seven basketball players that first year.

Mike Strickland

Major League Baseball and Holiday Inn are going to hit a home run. I just had to say that.

Mark Snyder

That went to number one in the charts and really catapulted me into the big league.

Tim Laws

What can you say about Anna Baldwin? She?s the best athlete in the league.

Dennis Fowler

We've got the best divers in the league. We got a new coach this year (Katie Beth Bryant) who has done a great job of improving our team. All five divers have a chance at conference.

Michael Litzinger

Of course, you guys are in our league. I don't know what we're going to do about that.

Luis Escobar

It was a great night for us and a great achievement. Who knows what will happen in the next round. It was a night for the fans, but I would swap it for a home win in the league.

Alan Curbishley

In our league I think that it's the two of them and then everyone else. That's not a knock on the other eight of us, they're just both really that good.

John Fiore

We won the state championship in 1967 when I was a freshman. We won the league and the districts all four years I was in high school.

Scott Pryor

That is the way the league is going, ... Getting linebackers that can run. We definitely have athleticism and speed. Everyone can run, even that guy with his shirt off.

Donnie Edwards

If you can't win the league you probably aren't good enough to go up. It won't do us any harm to have another season where we are to improve.

Jeremy Chugg

For us to win a league championship, we knew we were gonna have to come in this gym and take it.

Julie Futch

He has the ability to play in this league. But it's up to him to create the spot for himself. He'll be given the opportunity.

Kevin Prendergast

Beating Sacred Heart in here on home ice gave us a lot of confidence and momentum. We have a chance to pick up a lot of points in the league with all of these home games coming up in January.

Seth Beamer

Sierra has dominated the league for the past 10 years.

Buzz Garvin

I think it's a very balanced league, one that's up for grabs.

Lon Kruger

They're the best running team in the league, without a doubt. They're the best we've faced.

Ray Hamilton

He's in good condition, but the league has just stepped up that much. You look around these fields and usually the response is 'holy (cow).' It's that good.

Charlie Dowd

It's not every day that you see certain guys just come into this league and play well.

Ike Hilliard

I know we can compete with any team in the league. Last year, we had a lot of close races. I'm hoping we're up there in the top three of the conference.

Matt Loiseau

It takes an amount of dedication. I would say to average a league-average 175, it would require three games a week.

Shane Martin

It's just our league. Our league is brutal.

Tom Frank

He looks really good. He's throwing harder and he has experience and command. He should be one of the better pitchers in our league.

Jim Frederick

They've shown they are bona fide major-league pitchers.

Aidan O'brien

I got to continue my collegiate hockey career and we played against a lot of the Ivy League schools at Rensselaer.

Andrew Martin

We were picked to finish 10th in the league. So, we weren't even supposed to even be in the Northeast Conference Tournament.

Mark Schmidt

We know how difficult the first eight (games) were in this league. Now the tension, the pressure, the battles that are going to happen in the next eight probably are going to intensify.

Steve Alford

Some tears. Some guys screaming. Some guys jumping around. A lot of hugs. A lot of high fives. This is a big game. A team that's one of the best in the league and to win it the way we did is a big deal.

Robbie Tobeck

Winning the league again would have been awesome. But now our main goal is to try and finish with big scores against Central and Tewksbury.

Julie Chapman

It's huge. That's making a statement. We're out here to win and to take league. That's just the beginning.

Catherine Hallada

He battles hard. Pound for pound he might be the toughest guy in the league.

Stan Butler

It is still not a foregone conclusion and we have a bit of work to do. Hearts are going for the Champions League and won't be giving up just yet.

Neil Lennon

It's just a game for us. The opponents are treating it like a non-league game.

Bob Maholic

We've won 15 of the last 26 Ivy league tournaments. So the girls have been down this road before, they're battle-tested and ready to go.

Chris Wielgus

We're looking forward to it. Dearborn and Divine Child are always a good test and we have to get by Annapolis and Edsel Ford in our league, so it's good to be able to put your kids up against that kind of competition early in the season.

Jim Fletcher

Every time we play Stony Brook, they always play hard. No game in our league is ever an easy win.

Shaun Wynn

This is a good news bad news thing. The bad news is we got in a hitting contest and came in third. The good news is we're leading the league in pulling the infield in.

Danny Jordan

We have to figure it out real quick. Time's not on our side. At 0-3 in the league, that's not going to get it done.

Jared Dudley

It was the names of these four men that reminded me why playing for the Blues is as good as it gets in the National Hockey League.

Al Macinnis

Savior is a big word. No one's a savior of the league at this point.

Pat Brisson

This is a tough league to crack. Nothing's handed to you. I've definitely had to work at it.

Todd White

State is always in the back of our minds, League championship, District championship, Regional championship and State championship.

John Triplett

After he won his first league championship game, he went out and bought scooters for everybody. He never said anything to the league, never asked permission.

Frank Romero

Our goal as a team is to win the league title and we strive to be the best in the league.

Tom O'grady

This is a very good team and you almost question why they're in this league.

Chris Morgan

Good fit for this team. I don't know if I'm a good fit for this league.

Rafer Alston

This league is very even. That's why I tell the kids to only think about one game at a time.

Derek Brewer

He's going to be a monster in league.

Hernan Valdivia

If Savy was 5-10, 5-11, 6-foot, we wouldn't be talking about him. He wouldn't be in this league. He'd be in a higher league. It's obvious.

Paul Cabana

We always want to win our league.

Mark Marinelli

He's far and away, I think, the MVP of this league.

Chipper Jones

Honestly, the thought never entered my mind when the kids were freshmen that they could win the league some day. But they kept improving and Sam (Steinmetz) was the missing ingredient.

Steve Schibi

We're undefeated with the toughest teams behind us. We're confident about finishing on top of league.

Kristy Dwyer

We have a group of guys who believe they can match anyone in this league but all the margins are very tight.

John Brain

Every year our goal is to win the league, and this win keeps us only a game behind Hawthorne.

Paul Tanis

People don't like change and they don't like seeing us at the top of the league.

Stephen Simmons

If someone told me we'd be 6-1 and in first place at the end of the first half of league I would have taken it gladly.

Rich Forslund

It was a chance to go away from home to play and I'll probably get to play earlier. Plus, it's a great academic school. It's close to an Ivy League education.

Angelo Babbaro

I think this is going to change the face of racing competitions. It's like a new [National Football League].

Granger Whitelaw

This league is getting big. We have way more 300-pound guys than ever before. That's not to say all the people in athletics who have died are 300-pound guys. There are so many different reasons.

Steve Mariucci

You have to give Central and (coach) Dave Stephens a lot of credit. They've been on top in this league for a long while, and there's a reason for that.

Ken Bublitz

Our biggest motivation right now is to win a league championship.

Jessie Carmack

In our league, we are forced to face one good team after another. (Tonight) is just one more.

Rob Mileski

We love him, ... We're continuously helping him out as far as giving him confidence, because in this league confidence is everything. We're not telling him not to do things, we're telling him to be smarter.

Derek Anderson

I think a lot of people have a desire to contribute. The National Football League has gotten behind us very proactively and very aggressively.

Stacey James

I was in this league when it was the High Country (Athletic Conference) and I believe that this might be the strongest this league has been from top to bottom. There's a lot of winning going on in this league and it's going to be a challenge.

Joe Legerski

It's just one of those things he's got to be on top of. We've got to do a good job of coaching him where he can get back on the field. He's good enough to play in this league, there's no doubt.

Jim Bates

We have to really schedule tougher in our non-conference and we have to win games that we're not 'supposed' to win. And then we've got to win our league.

Jennifer Rizzotti

You have to do something in this league to attain stature. And then, with that, comes respect. Respect from a lot of different avenues. This is nothing but positive for us.

Dave Mcginnis

They have probably two or three of the best defenders in the league. It was difficult in the first half.

Gerry Mcnamara

I've got a Minor League game on Friday. I just need to keep the intensity and stay focused and get out there and get my work in.

Josh Beckett

I felt like we never let it get away from us. We can't take anything for granted. We've got a target on us and everyone in the league has gotten better.

Kevin Estes

His early service behind defenses is probably the best in the league. So, we have to cut off his service early. But he has a few different ways he can hurt you.

Kerry Zavagnin

To be competitive for a league championships and to fight as a top team. We expect a lot from our kids, and the kids expect a lot as well. We'll try to stay on top.

Shawn Maguire

We didn't get any No. 1 seeds, but we did very well. Our goal is to get all 11 of our kids to sub-sections, and I'd like to see a couple of league champions.

Robert Nebeker

We got lazy in the end and it almost bit us in the [behind]. We've got to smarten up in situations like that. In this day and age in this league, teams can come back.

Todd Bertuzzi

It's good to have him back in the league.

Mike Slive

Because of our past success, every place we go in the league, teams get after us.

Martin Klimes

It was good to go to big-league camp and fun to be there. I didn't get too many at-bats, but I did what I could.

Jason Pridie

It would signify, 'Here we are,' ... It would be like ringing the bell for the rest of the league.

Scott Schultz

He is so physical without the ball. He does things nobody else in the league does.

Don Breaux

They gave their all. They [BCC] are one of the best teams in the league, and our guys never gave up.

Alton Greene

I would have to say (our goal) is to make the top three in our league.

Josh Sibley

Until we prove we can fix it... That's how this league is. It's a copycat league. If one team can do it, the other team will try to do it a little more effectively. They think they can do it better than any other team.

Terrelle Smith

I've said it before: You're not going to win in this league with average or below-average goaltending. Tonight it was below average. But Crawford was awesome for a kid that was thrown in there.

Trent Yawney

I wish there was some kind of pill I could give them right now. We have a history of not doing as well as I'd like in league. We have to be more intense.

Duane Zauner

We are not giving up on the Champions League. Our rivals will have their dips in form before the end of the season.

Mirko Slomka

Upper Arlington and Grove City are both coming off good seasons and they're just going to make our league that much tougher.

Kathy Lindsey

I think the MAC has to earn respect. I don't think we've been very strategic. The league has recognized we have to do better.

Paul Krebs

Through the first round of league, I'd say Scappoose is the team to beat in the league.

Wes Armstrong

The Metro League prepares you super all year.

Mike Bethea

He's a versatile player who knows the league.

Michele Timms

They want to do well and they deserve to do well. We may have won the League Cup but we are hungry for more.

Stephen Kenny

There are only two places in the league - first place and no place.

Tom Seaver

I think we had a little bit of the No. 1 syndrome. This makes things fun (in league).

Paul Cronin

We came of age and it's now in our hands to win this league. This was a fully committed performance that Rugby can be proud of.

Brett Taylor

We always seem to play well against the good teams in the league so we're confident when we bring our best game that we can do well against anybody. But our special teams have to be better than they were (yesterday).

Dave Barry

Our league didn't get the respect that we know we deserved.

Jim Larranaga

Webb is one of the most efficient players in the league. We knew that and tried a little bit of everything. Defensively, we didn't get it done.

Murry Bartow

So far as winning the league championship, it was a must-win for us. They hadn't been beat and we had two leagues losses by two points each, so it was a must-win.

Patrick Brady

We're scraping the bottom of the bottom so this was amazing. We're not thinking title -- Bayern is in a different league. The fans can dream though.

Thomas Doll

Pettitte did a great job, the kind I've come to expect of him while facing him so many times in the American League. But so did Derek.

Nomar Garciaparra

He's as good a back as there is in the league.

Rich Mannello

There was this whole separate league of African American players.

Paul Melvin

We just talked about what's best for the kids. The (High School League), they've always done a great job about doing what's best for the kids. And I'm sure they will again.

Brad Lawing

This makes us 3-0 going into league play which is what we wanted.

Andrew Preston

I'm extremely proud of her. The coaches in the league realized what she meant to our team as a player and a leader. She exemplified Blue Devil basketball.

Allen Huddleston

To come in fifth place was frustrating to all of us. We went from 24-12 in league last year to 13-23 this year ... almost a complete reversal from one year to the next.

Jim Richards

We knew we had the ability to do it. Winning the MML was something we all had our eyes on at the beginning of the year. It felt great to win the league because it meant a lot to us as a team and we knew we could do it, but it's not as big as the sectional or district.

Jarryd Lentz

I still believe to be a factor, this league runs through Manhattan.

Matt Brady

The Arab League is melting at the edges. It is a time of change, in many dimensions.

Ahmed Nazif

We're really close, as are all the teams in our league. It's such a competitive league, every team in Hockey East is a contender. This year, it's going their way.

Laura Schuler

If we lose this, we're out of the running for the league and sectionals. This is a must-win for us Friday night.

Steve Pugliese

I was just looking to make contact. When I saw the ball go through, I was glad Willie was running. He's the best base runner in the league.

Yuniesky Betancourt

I was proud of our effort after losing the first game and after two league losses in a row.

Mark Woodworth

This is our home field. If we want to close it, we should be able to close it. That being said, they are Major League Baseball and they have their rule.

Adam Everett

I still claim that Great Falls is the biggest league community in the world.

John Amelsberg

We had the best power play in the league. Our wizardry was giving Al the puck.

Terry Crisp

You cannot make mistakes in the Champions League.

Claudio Ranieri

The league is right where we want it to be in terms of expectations of where we want to go.

Donna Orender

There are a couple of guys that can back up those spots. But with me having a bit more experience at the big league level, I think that could play out in my favor as well.

Terry Tiffee

The league champion stays put. But the tournament could help a team get to the playoffs if they're on the bubble.

Joe Given

I'm trying to get comfortable. I'm here to improve my game. I'm not focusing on how many homers I'm going to hit in this league.

Joel Guzman

I don't know if I've ever faced an athlete that dominant in Little League, college or the pros.

Brian Goldberg

We didn't back in. How do you back in when you tie the New York Yankees for first place in the American League East?

Tim Wakefield

He pushes us and expects us to play disciplined. It's a good feeling, though, because we never won league before him.

Jessica Almendarez

It was just so apparent, especially with the numbers in the '90s. I just felt that Major League Baseball has turned their heads from a lot of things, when a lot of things were right there in front of them.

Roger Lafrancois

Obviously it is unfortunate for the league. It's tough to comment on something that you don't know too much about.

Sean Brown

I don't think there's been a dominating big man in the league for the last two years.

Mike Francis

We have a chance to win the league and playoffs, and that's something that is special. We want to put more banners up in here.

Brian Idalski

They are the favorites to win the league. South Lake beat Mount Clemens by 25.

Brian Canfield

We decided there was merit to the thing, and that your average Canadian doesn't want to see the thing put away and hidden just because of a commercial dispute in a professional hockey league.

Gard Shelley

I think the guys really like the facility here. It's one of the best playing facilities in the league.

Travis Barbary

It's an important moment for this franchise to recognize one of the greatest players in the history of this league, and as you know, a very impressive human being.

Jeffrey Lurie

Fleury has now worn the goalie cam more than anyone else in the league.

Jeff Silverman

There's no night off in this league.

Marcellus Sommerville