It looks like it will be a close one. Hopefully we can win at least seven matches. If we play our cards right, it could come down to bonus points.

Tom Mashek

Our guys clicked last year when we had to play the matches around all the hurricanes. They came out today and clicked again.

David Izzo

We're already gearing up for freestyle wrestling. The more matches we can get in over the summer the more it'll help us to make up ground with the OCC schools.

Derek Oney

There were a few matches that we could have won but didn't.

Matt Meredith

We pinned when we had close matches tonight. It seemed like when we got them to their back, we were aggressive.

Roman Gutierrez

From the tee to the green the course was mush, mush everywhere. The kids lost a lot of balls. But time's running out; we've got to play these matches.

Brendan Stewart

Matches against Marseille are always important. We must live up to the occasion. I count on my players to show character.

Guy Lacombe

This in one of the best matches of my life. I'm in my own world and playing great tennis. Having this crowd with me is just amazing.

Marcos Baghdatis

I figured it'd be tighter. Our kids just kept winning the tight matches.

Jason Stevenson

The last game between us was a bit of a stalemate. Both sides cancelled each other out and were more interested in not getting beat. I think everyone expects a lot of from these matches and there's always a lot of hype.

Stephen Warnock

It came down to the end on a couple of matches. Everybody played pretty well.

Matt Gillis

It will depend how the matches go. We're not sure yet.

Max Mirnyi

The three matches we won we won easily and the two we lost were in three sets.

Leo Scoda

This was five to 10 strokes better than our average matches. Our number three didn't have his best outing, but our four and five made up for it.

Travis Erickson

I played a tremendous match. It was one of the best matches in my whole career.

Michaella Krajicek

The last two home matches have been really special. Drama, excitement; you can't ask for more.

Rick Bowers

There are other shooting matches open to the public.

Alan Deal

Again, it's experience. We get nervous in those situations because we haven't played enough matches. You have to win those big points.

James Vanek

I don`t think any of the previous matches will have any influence.

Brian Kerr

Fame is a lot of fun. Fame gets you to boxing matches, football games and cool stuff.

Dale Earnhardt Jr

It's just pretty much fun, we enjoy it as a family. When I bowl for the school, it is different. I'll do what it takes to win matches.

Ashley Braze

They were great matches. We got a kick out of watching wrestling at the highest level.

Wayne Renneisen

I don't think about that game any more, but it remains one of the strangest matches in the history of football. It's difficult to explain what happened that evening.

Andriy Shevchenko

Dylan was on fire. He had one of those big matches we needed to beat these guys.

Adam Lechner

It feels good to get that first district win. After what we've dealt with the last two matches, this is refreshing.

Jimmy Dowell

Our lightweights did a good job tonight. They all went out with fire in their eyes. The matches were all close and Tait was fighting hard down to the very end.

Jason Stevenson

Hopefully experience will help win some of those 3-2 matches.

Rod Hervey

It's true there hasn't been too much change, but there were four interesting matches in November. We have to continue in this line.

Jo Maso

Our parents really support us. They come to every one of our matches.

Kelsey Jakupcin

We have included Iqbal because of his prolific form in domestic matches.

Wasim Bari

Look at his experience, really, his life's portfolio, ... It matches up.

Brad Wilson

I played, really, probably, one of my best matches ever. I was hitting as hard as I could and I couldn't miss. I wish it would always be like this.

Robin Soderling

I won both matches and that's good, but there are a couple of things I could have done a little better in both matches. I won them, so I feel good about that.

Anthony Ciraky

I'm just in my own world and playing great tennis. I think it's one of the best matches of my life.

Marcos Baghdatis

I thought the kids competed well in both matches and they're showing signs in improvement ... that's what you're looking for.

Tony Canacari

We also played a few matches to be in good nick.

Ravikant Shukla

Obviously there are two different reactions after the matches. With Harvey, we more expected it - it's business as usual. With Brendan, I'm hugging and jumping.

Cameron Beard

You have to win the (matches) you can because some of them you just can't.

Tom Stern

That is probably what's going to happen. They have wrestled twice this season and Colby won both matches, but they were close.

Mike Simons

We're the underdog in a lot of matches, which makes us tougher.

Adrian Gonzalez

The interest rate matches what the county would get by investing that money at the AAA bond rating rate, ... If we weren't able to come up with this, they would almost certainly have to divide it up and develop it.

Paul Gilbert

Both Allison and Kate came on strong in consolation matches after playing tough first-round matches.

Lisa Link

We're a very good team and can compete with anybody throughout the year. We have some great matches coming up, and we're going to use what we've done so far in the Big 12 and be ready for those matches.

Sam Winterbotham

It is the highlight of the Suva Cricket Association club matches, the first century scored this season.

Ashney Singh

With the first two matches, there's always nerves and butterflies.

Cory Hubbard

Sometimes you get state championship matches down here in the quarterfinals. Crowley wrestled his best when it was time.

John Gramuglia

It was like our other matches. He took fifth, so he did pretty good.

Brett Nelson

There's not much we can do about that except play some more matches.

Vicki Coleman

They grieve until they find the individual alive, and if they don't, and the computer matches them up, then the grieving process moves on. It's reality now, and hope has diminished into facts.

John Callahan

It's great that he's with us for the semi-final after missing the last two matches.

Mario Ancic

They're kids. They're going to get up for certain matches and after that it's hard for them to keep that energy level for three matches. It's an emotional day, especially if you have a big meet first.

Doug Castellari

We try to pick the hybrid that matches the soil condition on the farm.

Maynard Gudmundson

Patel has been keeping well and also chipping in with the bat in recent domestic matches so we decided to pick him.

Kiran More

(My goal is) to win state. My next two matches ... will be battles.

Chris Stone

Just the fact that the two (duals) that we lost came down to the last two matches and being right in it - that was positive for us.

Nick Durham

She competed well and had long, hard matches. She and Lauren both played well in their matches.

Ben Bucca

I think with Jared in the lineup it would give the other guys a better chance to win their matches. I feel like on a better day we could really have a great shot at them.

Barrett Wolf

They lost all close matches.

Dawn Hall

It was a big win for Michelle, who lost three close matches last week.

Jeff Knight

I think Josh would have cruised if he would have won that first set up 4-1. But that's why you play these matches. It doesn't get any closer than this.

Bill Reed

(Stephanie) is one of our emotional leaders in terms of bringing energy with intensity to matches. Even though she hasn't been 100 percent physically yet, she has certainly helped us in terms of her intensity and energy.

Mat Iandolo

It was a lot closer then we expected it to be. Lower Dauphin wrestled a good match. They got some good calls and got the momentum going early. But we got the matches we needed to win.

Cole Baublitz

I just told the team that if we were going to be a championship team, we had to deal with adversity. We had a chance to win the last two doubles matches and couldn't do it.

Michael Center

We have already informed FIFA of the match in order so that they register it in its friendly matches agenda.

Medhat Shalabi

We had some early matches that could have closed the gap on Edgar, but you have to hand it to them. They did what they had to do. Four champions is pretty good and Jeremiah winning his third is impressive.

Dan Hahn

You can decide to put a piece in the center and use it as a decorative accent, so we're putting a center tile that matches our edge tiles.

Teresa Follmer

Liam needs competitive matches and this will do him a world of good.

John Cornforth

We expected a battle and knew the matches would be tight.

Wade Stueve

We don't have any time left for experiments. There are four matches to play and we have to win them all. It's as simple as that.

Raymond Domenech

I won a couple of matches I should've lost, I really pulled out some good wins.

Ryan Love

Everyone's playing well right now no matter who we put into the lineup. Winning matches is the biggest thing for us. We come out and get it done knowing each match we have to win.

Ashley Riessen

This vision matches what the science tells us and our sense of what families are interested in and our sense of what will make a difference in closing the achievement gap.

Jerry Stermer

It just doesn't make sense that the matches are shown in free TV directly after a live broadcast in pay TV. This way of thinking is anachronistic and limits the clubs from getting more income.

Georg Kofler

We will have five matches with some very tough teams. It will be a good test, and good preparation for what lies ahead.

Kellon Balum

This was a great match between two great teams. When two good teams like these meet, you have good, tough matches that make it great to be a part of.

Scott Benitz

We started to wrestle more aggressive the second two duals. Even in the close matches, we wrestled better.

Roman Gutierrez

At one point we were 10-6, but I believed in these guys. I told them, we would have like to have won those matches, but this is where we want to win. February 17 and 18 is where we want to win.

Pat Risley

We try to front-load our schedule with stronger teams. The danger is a loss of confidence. We can be losing 7-0 and still be close in all of the matches.

Jim Daugherty

At certain markers on the Y chromosome, if it matches the Genghis Khan pattern, then on the balance of probability you are descended from the Great Khan.

David Ashworth

We had hoped to win it, but we rebounded from some tough matches and had three kids on the podium.

Bill Royer

It may not have looked like it was close, but all of the matches were really close. We were tough all the way around and really competed hard.

Basil Mike

We're excited to finally get out there and play. We've had three matches rained out, so tomorrow should be really good for us.

Jill Breslin

I can't believe that we are already qualified after just four matches.

Paul Le Guen

We knew we were going to have two very tough matches at the top two (singles positions).

Lin Loring

These matches will give us some confidence, and hopefully give everyone [the chance to play] before we face Michigan and Michigan State on the road.

Ron Smarr

We have continued to make progress over the last two matches. It is very encouraging.

Joel Elliott

A takedown wins matches. All that matters now is winning.

Bret Nalley

It's not in our own hands now so it's probably beyond us, but if we win all four remaining matches who knows where it might take us?

Deryn Brace

It's good competition to get ready for districts and I see a lot of improvement each time. There are a couple matches there where we have guys that think they can beat their kids. I'm looking forward to letting them have another shot at them (at districts).

Coach Tom Smalley

I was real pleased that we won this match especially since we had to forfeit two matches. This was a great experience for our guys.

Marc Sieving

This was the best match we've ever played. I've been doing this seven years, and this is one of the most exciting matches I've been a part of.

Jeff Carrow

It was pretty big, I had to go through some really tough matches. I'm going to try and win next year since I got this close as a freshman.

Rashad Williams

Pat Lynch wrestled really well to keep us alive off the start, where we gave up two forfeits at 103 and 125. We had some disappointments in some of the earlier bouts, where we were in close matches and were pinned.

John Walizer

It's going to help us in the long run to have a number of players with experience. They know what it takes to step up in closer matches.

Tori Fowler

It's hard to win when you get pinned in three matches. I felt like we finished strong. We just fell short in a few of our matches.

Jessie Reyes

If I play my game, I think I can give some pretty hard matches.

Annie Houghton

A guy that has played 100 Test matches around at practice and hopefully a good influence on some of our younger guys.

Trevor Bayliss

I can't remember the last time that we lost three past champions in four matches like that.

Harry Wells

The pins killed us. When we're in those matches and go to being pinned ... that killed (us).

Chuck Michaelson

A couple matches in, we weren't sure how he would do because he didn't look as strong as he usually does, but he did a great job.

Aaron Schrein

In 40 minutes, an agent can see 10 actors transport the audience to 10 different places. Matches really are being made.

Robert Galinsky

(Brittany) is real funny, loud and outgoing. She can make you laugh to get you in a good mood for your matches. She loosens up, jokes around and makes everyone ready to go.

Mallory Voelker

It's now about how we react to the defeat in our cup-tie on Saturday and then the three or four league matches after that. They will go a long way to deciding our top-six aspirations.

Charlie Christie

We can beat Inter, but we must be prepared to consider that we can't win all matches through the end of the season.

Luciano Spalletti

I would like to let all the parents know out there just to keep lighters and matches up in a high place where the children can't reach it, so that way this doesn't happen to another family.

Harry Ticman

Kevin brings a level of expertise and credibility that perfectly matches the status and style of the destination we are creating here in Las Vegas.

Reagan Silber

In the two matches that we have played this season, Glasgow have challenged us.

Michael Cheika

We had some very good matches and we had some where we left it close. Right now I feel bad for the kids who didn't get to place.

Herb Harris

It is just unfortunate that we didn't click on at crucial points in games, both in the Test matches and one-day matches.

Daren Ganga

A good number of Caucasians find matches but minorities have a lower chance of finding matches.

Kevin Meyer

She has a very traditional game. She's really coming on fast. Her biggest asset is she's very calm. She never gets overly emotional. That really comes up big in tight matches.

Bruce Beltz

We had good matches, got exposed to a lot of good tennis, got to practice with some guys from other teams as well.

Bobby Bayliss

We had those four singles matches out there where, other than No. 1 singles, any of them could have gone either way. The only point where I started to feel good was after we won the fourth point.

Steve Bietau

It was a much better performance [compared to last year]. They came in with great attitudes. We were one or two matches away from all three of them being All-Americans.

Dave Grant

She will be much better if she fights out of the country to get the feel of away matches and even jeering from other fans.

Laila Ali

We have a lot of matches coming up, consecutively. It kind of brings you down a little bit, but when you're winning matches, it makes you work that much harder in the room, and you want it that much more.

Gregg Nurrenbern

It was a good day. We had some good, competitive matches. I was very pleased all of my players advanced. All of them gave us some points.

Allen Hornthal

All week long I had to play all my matches at 2 o'clock in the afternoon in the worst of the heat.

Filippo Volandri

The matches were not easy. I just took almost all the chances I had, but yesterday and today the games were definitely not as easy as they look.

Rainer Schuettler

It doesn't directly impact the conference race, but I think it does indirectly, because we can become a better team because of these matches.

Steve Bietau

We had to play more. Playing in matches during the week wasn't enough.

Ben Russell

It was good to see her not have any trouble. The two matches were not even close.

Gerard Sullivan

It would be tremendous to have Matthew for our opening matches but it all depends upon what England say.

David Byas

Six matches in one week ... that's a lot. We are so tired. I'm exhausted.

Mary Christensen

To (win) three first round matches and really have four extremely quality matches is excellent. Everybody contributed along the way.

Tom Simpson

The twins are just great. They're very deserving almost even to be in the all-star matches.

Davie Swensen

This is not unexpected. Everybody knew we would have problems (after the matches were voided).

Paulo Autuori

They had terrific matches. There's nothing to be ashamed of. Our kids worked hard and I proud of the effort.

Bob Dyer

We've had seven or eight injuries in the opening five matches of the season, which is frustrating.

Dave Anderson

There's no question that the next series we have will not be at the same level as the first 13 matches. This bodes well for our girls.

Dan Silverstein

Being a district champion gives you a good draw, and if you can win those first two matches, you know you're going to place. With the way Andy is wrestling right now, he can hang with anybody in the state.

Kevin Mcfann

Some matches we need to win are 33 and 57, 65, 87, 97 and heavyweight. Those are some matches that we're capable of winning if we wrestle how we should.

Troy Sunderland

It's going to be crucial for us to win those top matches. We know who we're playing, and we know what we're up against, so we should be able to come out with a win at those four spots.

Miranda Ranieri

They set their goal before the match and took care of business. I'm really proud of how these girls have battled through their matches and the support they give each other. The thing about these girls is they have a lot of fight in them.

Sally Brown

You gotta play matches even though you're Agassi.

Ramon Delgado

We had many close matches which made the start of the invite move slowly. As a team we had some ups and downs.

Sheri Baldwin

Those second sets will give our guys some confidence in later matches, and hopefully pay off throughout conference play.

Chris Ryan

We had a few great matches. I like that we are sending more of our guys to district. It is kind of like a cycle for us. Each season we keep adding another guy.

Trenton Brooks

It's more of an individual thing. You have to hope that the guys who are going to have tough matches come out and end up winning those matches.

Dennis Lyberger

We feel pretty good right now, but we know we also have some big matches coming up.

Todd Davis

But until we figure things out, we'll continue to lose close matches. I just have to keep believing that we will continue to learn and improve.

Rick Dominick

One through six, they really hate to lose. They all are very competitive. They may not be the greatest practice players, but in matches, I know they are going to get it done.

Mike Perez

We now have our backs against the wall and we will need both of the remaining conference matches to get into the conference tournament.

Sally Brown

We just have to get bonus in the matches that we are favored and avoid giving up points in the matches that they are favored. Both matches are going to be close so every point is going to matter.

Troy Sunderland

I spoke to Kookaburra this morning and they said we could use the bats during the one-day series not the Test matches.

Mike Hussey

We've always said part of the reason for the repeat matches is for television.

John Paquette

It would be very tough because we have some matches coming up with Blackhawk and Mars, which are excellent teams. But we have been playing better and better. Our kids really have done an outstanding job.

Larry Milosh

We hold all of our matches as important. We treat every match the same way, but it's nice to end this home stretch on a victory.

Katie Granson

During my first matches at Newcastle, I just watched the ball pass over my head!

Laurent Robert

I guess we have to win our remaining matches and come through the play-off for a top five spot and make it to the World Cup in Germany.

Wallace Tan

If we are going to contend in the conference, we will have to win our home matches.

Tim Marshall

The rest, what we wanted to do was just battle with them and not get pinned and we did a good job. We kept some of those matches really close and we could have won.

Pat Aranda

We've got experience, but it's at the bottom of the lineup. Moving kids up makes quite a bit of difference. We haven't had a lot of matches or practice.

Rob Mitchell

We had five guys in championship matches and that's the most we've ever had. You have to be happy with that.

Jon Wagner

I have no doubt about us. I know what we are capable of. I'm really confident for these matches.

Djibril Cisse

We are a hard working, defensive driven team. We were very competitive in all our matches this season.

Dennis Richardson

Things went as planned -- we are up 2-1 but there are still two matches to play.

Guy Forget

She came back in great form after a few matches in Newcastle. She was really on the top of her game match-wise.

Ruth Aitken

We had a little adversity early in the tournament but came back strong, winning seven of our 11 final matches.

Rob Murphy

In the top ten you have to be on your game and there's going to be no easy matches.

Todd Clapper

He always tries to get to my matches when he can. When he comes home, he shows me a lot of new stuff.

Dane Johnson

We are confident to win all matches here but we will not take Bangladesh lightly.

Mahela Jayawardene

I was more pleased than with our previous matches. We've kind of started to turn it around a little bit.

Aaron Lynn

We're going to have to be really aggressive. We have to get a lot of pins, because that's what has been winning us matches. We've been pretty confident lately. It will be a good challenge.

Steve Okamura

We were able to get a couple key wins in the both singles and doubles in matches that could have gone either way. There's some (matches) that we won 7-5. Those just as easily could have been 5-7 the other way. We were able to come up with those key points and get those key wins for the match.

Bryan King

I think everyone came out really well in their matches. We were in the same situation with Stanford last time. We knew how to deal.

Dianne Matias

The stands will not be completely finished but it may be at a level that we can play the matches and we will continue on and we expect that these stands will be completed by October 2006.

Robert Bryan

We've won a lot of matches over the last couple of months and it can be a frustration when you see the gap isn't really closing.

Xabi Alonso

The thing that's gonna hurt, is when the team who wins the championship goes to the seeding meeting, and they only completed so few matches.

Mike Bettiga

The only way to give satisfaction in all these quarters is by inspiring his men to win more cricket matches than they lose.

Ted Dexter

I know I was more nervous about Jake's matches in Columbia than I ever was about my own. And, I know it sounds strange, but I was probably happier for Jake than I was for myself.

Brandon Lococo

Last year, she won 15 matches in a row, and fell into a rut this past fall. But she had a great attitude and has been working hard.

Jan Brogan

Pat's wrestled a lot of close matches against some of the top kids. I knew it was just a matter of time.

Dave Grant

He has played 48 Test matches as captain and is mentally very strong.

Yuvraj Singh

We did alright. We won some close matches. We came out intense against Douglas and we earned the victory.

Randy Gunn

Losing those early matches all in a row just tore our morale in two. I'm surprised that we were able to fight back as much as we did at the end of the meet.

Joe Horvath

We have to comeback (today), and we've got to be refocused. We've got four tough matches to go.

Tony Vanhorn

Sometimes, we're a lot worse. We could be [tied] real easy. We just need to finish up our matches. And when we're up, we can't let up.

Rosie Jones

It was a pretty good day for us. It could have been better and it could have been worse. The top four teams are playing good. We lost some really close matches where the ball just didn't bounce our way.

Charlie Lane

It was a great way to open the season — having kids have to work for their matches.

Jeff Thomas

We played much better as a team this weekend. We defended and finished much better. Now it's time for district. These are the matches that count.

Jimmy Dowell

A couple of those matches could have gone either way. (Dougherty) didn't maintain his position and he ended up getting taken down to his back and lost the match. (Stephens' match) was close. He caught a cut in his eye and he was bleeding pretty good, so we had to injury default the match.

Kevin Higgins

Amelie is a very, very hard player to beat and even if Fabrice loses his singles matches, there is absolutely no doubt he is the best doubles player in the tournament.

Paul Mcnamee

It was really difficult to get any golf matches because everybody was already booked up.

Jack Black

Evan performed well and Jim wrestled two really fine matches to get into the finals.

Jim Pappas

It is only two matches and there is a long way to go but things are looking good and the team is upbeat.

Jim Mckernan

We went out there and wrestled hard. We were right in there in all our matches.

Nick Durham

I felt we wrestled pretty poorly. We had three or four matches we could have won and we didn't show much heart. They're very inexperienced and they're out there doing their best. But we're getting better.

Mark Grindstaff

Our schedule is a load and it's a baptism by fire. We have no easy non-conference matches.

David Lipe

British ferries have stopped transporting live animals to the Continent. This has made it very difficult for England fans to get to away matches.

Jo Brand

The kids have been working hard. They still have some improvements to make, but they had some good battles tonight and, in the tough matches, they came out ahead. We have to build on it.

Kevin Brisker

This was one of the toughest matches I have ever played. I am glad I am through.

Nicolas Massu

The bulk of the team which won promotion last year has done a good job in making things safe with two matches to go.

Matt Bolton

There was a lot going on. I kept looking back and forth. We thought it was kind of funny when the music was playing during the wrestling matches. But it was fun.

Jesse Johnson

If we can win our last five matches we'll win the championship.

David Jarolim

You get out what you put in. No kid goes out there to lose. They are going to get pushed this week to succeed. We didn't win a couple of close matches that we usually win.

Bryan Hazard

It was a nice win for us. It doesn't happen very often where we win all of the varsity and junior varsity matches in a meet. All of the girls played well.

Donalyn Woeste

I thought Brad Hoehner played an extremely good match at No. 1; played one of his better matches of the year. And I thought Jacob Schwartz played very well at No. 2 to win.

Tom Lewis

He's had so many matches that I don't know if the bonus challenge will change his mind. I'm not overly optimistic.

Anne Worcester

I have family and friends who will probably want to attend matches so, just like everyone else, I need to put in my application and hope that I am among those persons who are allocated tickets.

Chris Dehring