Walk around the office, avoid taking the lift or drop something on the floor and stretch to pick it up. The body loves movement, we are born to move and when you're static you feel terrible. Movement and flexibility are key.

Robert Clarke

We didn't play well down the stretch. The last four minutes of the ball game were critical; we did some things we would like to change.

Derek Schulz

I look at a guy like Joe, who is just a sophomore, but he made a couple of big free throws down the stretch to help us preserve the lead. That shows me that even the younger guys are understanding what it takes to win.

Bruce Larner

At the very least, we're hoping to stretch the audience 'The Daily Show' attracts — which is a very fair amount of people by cable standards — later in the night.

Doug Herzog

It was about a 3-mile stretch. Flags were put up on alternating poles on each side of the road.

Dawn Hudson

Our defense did a tremendous job, but we gave up some key offensive rebounds down the stretch that hurt us.

Cheryl Cole

They got some easy ones in transition and they played some good defense during that stretch. Our offense was a little bit stagnant.

Sean Foster

It's a good position to be in with everyone pretty much healthy. You know, over a stretch like we're about to hit, we're going to take a beating. At least we'll go into the stretch healthy. We'll adjust from there.

Miguel Rueda

We talked about (starting strong), and our good shooting early paid off down the stretch. And we built on that for a little bit on defense.

Randy Jordan

The part about playing hard, we've got that down pretty good. We play hard every night. No matter how many we get down, guys are resilient and we bounce back. We missed some opportunities down the stretch, as far as being late with some of our execution, but I was really pleased at the way we played. If we play like this every night, it will be a successful trip.

Mike Dunleavy

I was hoping that the appeal of the show would stretch beyond the anglophile and comedy-obsessed.

Matt Lucas

We felt we could be an improved team this season because we were always in the game last season. I didn't know how we would be early, but I felt we would there down the stretch.

Wardie Sain

I might as well know it's coming. Every game, we hit a two-three-four minute stretch where the shots won't fall.

Steve Arnold

There is no question that he is one of the most dynamic performers we've had. We will give him as much time as we can and really let him stretch out. At this point it is Buddy Guy and B.B. King who are the greatest blues men alive.

Larry Groce

We hit a bad stretch there of about three games where we struggled. Now we're getting back to where we should be. We've won three in a row and we've played about five decent games straight. Things are starting to take shape.

Jeff Zickafoose

I'm proud of the girls. They stuck to the game plan and did a good job. Edwardsville made the plays down the stretch. We had some open looks late in the game. If we make them it might have made a difference.

Mike Eddy

We weren't kids, and not too many odds were in our favor, ... We didn't look the part of a rock group by any stretch. We played the Copa, and Walter Winchell said it was a good show but (that) we looked like two bookies, a jockey and a basketball player!

Bob Gaudio

It will be interesting down the stretch. There really is a lot of parity in the City League, especially in the top half of teams.

Janet Davis

I do feel like we're getting better. I feel like we're communicating better down the stretch going into the region tournament and trying to get a berth in the state tournament.

Rickey Wray

Comparing Dr. [Martin Luther] King's beating to what took place in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is an unfathomable stretch in any sense of the imagination in anyone's mind except for Jackson Lee and those like her.

Mychal Massie

It's going to be a stretch, but if the fall on their face here and we wrestle well, we can beat them. We want to send the seniors off on a fun night.

Mat Sprague

That area could anchor a very important development corridor stretching from Indianapolis Boulevard to Five Points.

Mark Kalwinski

We finally did what Coach asked us to do - get the ball inside. Getting the ball inside's going to be key for us down the stretch.

Sidney Spencer

We need more big ideas, stretch ideas, creative ideas than I sense we're thinking about today.

Joseph White

It seemed like we quit for a three-minute stretch. Quit might be too strong. We seemed to be stunned for three minutes. You can't afford that against Woodland.

Mike Poindexter

I thought we played hard, every kid we put on the floor played hard. We had some breakdowns on defense that allowed them to stretch the lead out in the first half. Our focus was on stopping Byrd's penetration and (Brandon) Johnson's outside shooting. McCall just killed us inside. He's a heck of a player; he's come along way.

Keith Gunter

That (Saint Mary's) was a tough game for us, on the road and a hostile environment. I think I really grew from that game. I kept my composure and we executed down the stretch.

Anthony Farmer

The Mann's Stretch series is working, too.

Robert Lugiewicz

We've been fortunate to be in position every year where we have big games down the stretch with a chance to win the regular season. This is no different.

Tyler Azzarelli

We had some tough foul calls against us down the stretch that hurt. We didn't lose our composure, and some of the guys who have been noted for that showed a lot of maturity.

Jim Roffler

Schwartz takes the helm of a ship apparently departing a long stretch of turbulent waters and picking up speed. If he's a smart leader, he'll keep it going in its current directions and build upon its current momentum ... and Jonathan Schwartz is nothing if not very smart.

Michael Dortch

We kind of let them hang around and get some confidence, but down the stretch I think we made some good decisions and some good defensive plays.

Joe Balogh

You've heard me say it before: There needs to be more desperation in the room, more passion. In the past, our niche was we worked hard no matter what. That's been our identity. This last little stretch, that hasn't happened.

Willie Mitchell

Now I'm going to put my eyelashes on and stretch my legs out and do a show.

Nana Visitor

Last time out we really had a bad stretch in the first half to start the game. They really shot the ball well against us.

Jeff Neubauer

We have to have that road mentality, where you're not going to win or lose in a 5-minute stretch. Just ratchet it up and stay disciplined and stay strong and hope at the end of 40 minutes you've made enough plays.

Larry Krystkowiak

We're getting to the point where we can almost tell where they are going to occur. If you have a long stretch of water and the wind is blowing toward shore, all that energy has to dissipate back out.

Ron Kinnunen

October was our peak month, but we're in the downhill stretch now.

Craig Levy

Madison looked very comfortable shooting. The bottom line is that if we can get that third wheel in the scorebook each week, we could be tough down the stretch.

Bob Kirby

We needed all those foul shots for sure. We obviously came up with some clutch foul shooting down the stretch. Not only that, we overcame a big East Aurora crowd and we adjusted well to what the officials were calling.

Cal Saunders

This was an even game, except for the final three or four minutes. They executed better down the stretch than we did. The girls have nothing to hang their heads about.

Mike Reed

That was a big stretch of the game. They were playing us tough and they were likely to get more confidence the longer they were able to play us tough. That seemed to take the wind out of their sails a bit when we busted it up to about 10.

Robin Selvig

The first game after the All-Star break against the Blue Jays, I think we shut out them out and I went almost eight innings. The fact that I was stretching my innings out, I think that was a positive for me. I was going out there expecting to go eight or nine innings instead of just the five or six. I had the mentality of going eight or nine last year.

Casey Fossum

It would be a real stretch to claim this purely factual statement about how our court system operates is indicative of how Judge Roberts would address the abortion issue, or any other issue.

Tasia Scolinos

A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth.

Christopher Wren

We didn't hit our free throws and down the stretch we made some key turnovers. But our kids did play hard.

Wayne Shelton

We've had this kind of stretch before and bounced back. There's just a little more at stake right now. There's still a lot of baseball left and we know how to come from behind.

Nick Swisher

I sat right off the leader and was in a good spot to get by her in the stretch, which my [mare] did just briefly. But right at the wire, she came back and nipped us. It was a great race for both of them.

Robby Albarado

I feel good. It's OK. I was running good enough to make the bases. I felt it a little bit yesterday, but I'm fine. Once I start stretching and running again, I don't feel it.

Ruben Sierra

Boring. 7:30 games are so late, and we're on our own until pre-game meal. We just watch TV, usually go for a walk, stretch a little bit. Watch more TV. The older guys give us a little advice about how to deal with the road. Matt [Reis] and Jay [Heaps] are always giving us advice.

Michael Parkhurst

We had a lot of open shots, some we didn't hit. But we hit some big ones in a stretch to get ahead.

Caroline Williams

We've been playing a lot more disciplined lately, not taking as many penalties. When you do that, it gives everybody a chance to play and gives them opportunities out on the ice. That's been the biggest part … since we've been on our little winning stretch here.

David Hukalo

(The tip-in) was good. It was called not good, but it didn't come down to that. We didn't take care of the basketball, and (WSU) made more plays down the stretch than we did.

Matt Margenthaler

San Francisco is one of the most progressive cities in the world, and our combined offerings will stretch the possibilities of what a mobile network can do for residents, businesses, municipal government and visitors.

Donald Berryman

In the stretch where they got back in it — and you have to give Lincoln-Way Central credit for doing that — we started shooting the three without investigating the inside. But for the most part, I thought we shared the responsibility offensively, and that was a key.

Lawrence Thompson Jr

We were a bit sloppy in the first half but finally started to take care of the ball in the second. We made the free throws when we needed to down the stretch and shot well in the second half.

Scott Hyland

What a credit to this horse as hard as I spent him in the first heat to come back and run the other horse down. At the top of the stretch, I thought if I could keep him straight he would win.

Dave Palone

It was a great battle, they just played too well down the stretch. You could see why they are No. 1 in the country. They're a great team. When we got the doubles point by no means did we think we had them. We knew that we were at least in the match.

Billy Chadwick

Intuition is linear; our imaginations are weak. Even the brightest of us only extrapolate from what we know now; for the most part, we're afraid to really stretch.

Ray Kurzweil

Down the stretch, it came down to experience. We played hard, but experience showed at the end.

Michelle Hall

(Carolina had) that stretch run of the (regular season), three road (playoff) games and the injuries. It all piled up for the Carolina Panthers.

Howie Long

It was just back and forth and nobody could ever get the upper hand. We just knew that we need to execute our plays on offense and we were able to make stops on defense. We knew that they were going to be making plays down the stretch.

Dustin Maguire

In the fourth, we did a nice job of putting on some pressure and that helped us get some easy transition baskets down the stretch.

Curt Lamb

For us, it's been a really good stretch lately and we just wanted to (make) the last game before the Olympic break a winner and even though there were some bad plays on the defensive end, we still managed to win the game. Sometimes, teams need games like this when you don't play your best, you find a way to win.

Vinny Prospal

We didn't handle the pressure very well. And then they hit big free throws down the stretch and we missed some - that really was the game. But I think our kids learned a lot about ball pressure.

Gene Smith

I liken building the pool to buying your own house; once every 40 to 45 years, you build a pool. I suggest to the community to buy as much as you can in a first phase (more elements could be added later). You try to stretch your own house within reason.

Tim Schmalenberger

This is a really nice filly. I just had to put her in a good spot, and at the top of the stretch I had a lot of horse. She ran big today.

Cornelio Velasquez

We've thought for a long time this housing cycle was a little different from those of the past, in that it would stretch out a little more. The sell-off in housing stocks has been overdone, since we don't think 30-year mortgage rates ... will put the brakes on housing.

David Jordan

When we went to the half-court trap it bothered them and we picked up our defensive intensity. We were able to get some steals. We kept running the offense and got great shots, sometimes they just didn't fall for us but we had a good stretch at the end of the quarter.

Becky Carlson

We made some big 3-pointers and we win games when we shoot the ball well on the perimeter. We did a much better job boxing out in the second half and we were able to limit Plymouth's second shots. It's time to start taking care of business and we needed a win like this to build some confidence and get us ready to play well down the stretch.

Brian Baptiste

Come on, Josie. Let's see you stretch.

Anne Larson

We had a decent stretch of offense and defense. But we didn't maintain it.

Michael Uhl

This is probably the toughest seven-day stretch of our year, in two places we haven't played real well. So we really need to buckle down and play as well as we can.

Scott Hatteberg

Kayak polo's a good excuse to put on a skirt and play a sport, ... When you play in a white-water kayak, which is a closed cockpit boat, you wear a short, black waterproof skirt you stretch over the kayak's top edges to keep water from coming inside.

Richard Shelton

We are putting it all together at the most important time of the year. All of us knew we could hang with quality teams, and now we have done it once. We just have to keep playing to our potential down the stretch.

Joe Kinney

There were a lot of little things that went wrong during that stretch. We made some bad passes, they made some key steals.

Ben Miller

When a new president takes over, changes in athletic directors aren't uncommon and the same can be said for coaches when there is a change in athletic directors. But when coaches have been successful, it is a stretch.

Bruce Van De Velde

When things are going bad is when you sit back and observe and see how people react. The thing I enjoyed about it is nobody pointed fingers and when you go through a stretch like that, a lot of negativity can creep in and I didn't see that. I liked that, and you don't see that too much.

Joe Mcewing

Guys hit their free throws down the stretch. We got a few key rebounds and they missed some shots.

Deon Thompson

Down the stretch it's all about execution on defense. We got beat off the dribble, but Sean came in and made some huge blocks for us.

Sean Marshall

Seems a bit of a stretch to me ... but I think there's a straight-faced argument to be made.

Jeff Johnson

We were able to survive after we had a pretty good run on them in the first half. We were able to maintain and make our free throws down the stretch.

Bryce Swafford

[Reactions ? now and stretching into the future ? are likely to include anxiety, irritability, depression, anger,] all the emotions, intensified, ... Maybe guilt. I survived and friends and family members haven't. Why did I survive and not others?

Richard Hatch

When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.

Bill Copeland

We were able to come in here and make the plays down the stretch. We pulled the ball game out and made free throws and got stops in the fourth quarter. That made the difference in the ball game.

Cedric Hawkins

I still think it's a stretch with all of those cars in between. We just have to try to lead some laps and win some races.

Matt Kenseth

I was pretty proud with that effort at the foul line and how we took better care of the basketball down the stretch. Our decision making was much improved, too.

Mike Crews

It was definitely disappointing. I guess the only positive you can take from it is it happened in January and didn't happen in March right before the stretch run. At the same time, we have to get better and we have to start doing the extra things that got us scoring goals earlier.

Jeff Mushaluk

They had opportunities to win. We would come in here, have a lead and lose a lead. Hopefully this is the one we need heading down the home stretch. Sometimes wins like this can turn a whole season around.

Marcus Walton

It seemed like they hit every shot in the beginning stretch of the second half. A few of them were pretty well-contested, but they just kept hitting them.

Rod Wilmont

She couldn't even work through it. She'd try to loosen up and stretch it out, but couldn't. And no question, her numbers would be even better.

Tony Foti

I always said my favorite position was the one I was playing at the moment, but this has definitely been the longest stretch I've been at one position. It's definitely more enjoyable when you kind of get in a groove and get used to the situation that you're playing in. And I think I'm playing better at it.

Rudy Niswanger

We just don't seem to be getting any breaks during this stretch. Teams go through that. I told the kids to keep playing hard and good things will happen.

Jerry Farber

We went 2-3 in this rough stretch.

Tim Reuter

It was important that we won with the district being seeded this year. Other than that, we had good pitching and hit the ball hard a couple of times. We did a good job of running the bases and stretching things out when we had the chance.

Sonja Broyles

It was just what we were wanting, a nice easy half. It was a little maintenance move, to let him stretch his legs a little bit. He did it the right way. He finished up well and galloped out good.

Dan Peitz

We could have done a couple different things down the stretch, but I'm really proud of the way our kids played. It was close all the way.

Brian Schankin

They out-executed us down the stretch. Tanner and Howard had good games, but our supporting cast didn't play well.

Bill Bufton

Down the stretch, we kept getting second shots, ... That's a backbreaker for a team when they're playing so well and after a tough possession we can pull it back out.

Nick Collison

This thing has tentacles that are going to stretch all over the place.

Jim Jitterbugs

I think for most of the game we handled it [the press] pretty well. There was a stretch there where we threw a couple of errant passes. That gave them a couple of easy baskets.

John Goldsberry

For a stretch of 18 minutes, I don't think we could have played any worse.

Brad Bradshaw

Our effort was great, but we just got a little out of sync and turned it over in the third quarter. That was really the ballgame right there. They capitalized over that 3-, 4-minute stretch and that was big.

Ty Crawmer

We didn't play our best, but a lot of that credit has to go to Republic. This was a rivalry game and they were ready to play. I thought we showed some character down the stretch because things weren't going our way tonight.

Brad Barton

The wind really picked up. It mad the back stretch really fast. Our girls did a good job of running through that wind (finished seventh).

Troy Haacke

We try and stretch our styles to stay current.

Claiborne Mason

We were down and we rallied, but we made critical mistakes down the stretch.

Dale Latimer

(Scott) has a strong desire to score. He's a very good one-on-one player and we've noticed that we've been getting a lot of one-on-one chances so far this year. Moving him up to forward helped stretch the defense and gave us a lot of room for chances.

Jeff Lenherr

You hate to lose, but it's a great opportunity to play Mount Vernon and give them a little run for their money. We just couldn't stop them down the stretch, but I'm proud of the way we played and I couldn't ask for more.

Kevin Buono

I think we let up a little down the stretch in the first half. After an exchange early in the second half, we seemed to put it back together quickly.

Vic Ortiz

Consumers are skeptical. It's a stretch to think that a pill cures all those symptoms.

Lynn Dornblaser

We just went through a tough stretch and played five of those games on the road and dropped two at home that we could have won. We could get six or seven wins on this side of the bracket if the kids really buck up and play. ? This team could still be very dangerous.

Randy Dunton

This is going to motivate us. One thing that's good about my team is that when we lose, the girls take it personally. They want to make the adjustments and they don't want to blow it off by any stretch of the imagination.

Janine Tucker

His body needs (the break). It's kind of good because he's a big part of our team. We've won some games without him, but we kind of need him. We know we need him for the stretch. (The All-Star break) just gives him time to rest and other guys to rest, too.

Kirk Snyder

There were not a lot of second chances [for us]. And down the stretch, they got second chances.

Tom Heck

I feel bad for the kids because they did play hard, they did a lot of the right things. Some things down the stretch we didn't do right, like help-side defense.

Craig Turek

You have to make plays if you want to win, especially against a quality team like Wyoming. Down the stretch we made the big plays that we needed to make to win.

Connie Yori

We made some plays down the stretch. While we didn't shoot free throws well (16-for-29) we made some big ones in the fourth quarter. And we rebounded three of our own missed free throws which was very important.

Jeff Beeman

We needed somebody to step up and make plays during the playoff stretch. Hopefully I can continue to do this throughout the playoffs.

Dewayne White

We did a good job of stretching their offense in the second half.

Joe Becerra

We lost the lead in the third quarter, so we started to run more set plays and controlled the ball and the clock. Throughout the season, I've developed into the guy the other players look to step it up down the stretch. I just wanted to make my shots so we can stay on to stop of league.

Dane Burkland

Anything higher would be quite a stretch in my mind. Essex has a fantastic track record, and most observers view them as a great management team, value-added group.

Rich Anderson

Bright side was we scored 60 points, we'd been averaging in the 30s. We were tied at halftime. It stayed nip and tuck. We missed some shots we needed down the stretch.

Monica Wells

If we do well in this three-game stretch, we'll have a shot. We feel good about where we are and how we're playing. Right now, we want to see the guys jell together and continue to play better.

Jim Willis

This is a great win for us not only because it's on the road, but it also keeps us in the Big Ten hunt. We have two tough weekends ahead of us, so this should give us some confidence heading down the home stretch.

Mat Iandolo

The school is letting us leave very early for the game, and that will give us plenty of time to stop and eat, stretch and try to keep the blood flowing and the muscles loose throughout the day. We plan to get there about an hour and a half before the game starts so we can get ready and focused for the task at hand.

Chad Kison

This time, we were able to hang on to a lead as we went down the stretch. That was a good win for us.

Dan Dakich

We had a chance to put the game away and we didn't. They got a couple of offensive rebounds, a couple of our guys fouled out and we just didn't protect the ball down the stretch when we had a chance to put the game away.

Gar Heard

I was stretching the law to suit the design I came up with.

Ted Benna

As long as that stretch is, and with all that speed, I think we'll have as good a chance as anyone.

Bob Bone

This is just a feel-good game, because we've been through a stretch of tough games. First, Shelby then Woodford then Mercer County and we had our little bit of bad luck in that game.

Tony Kays

I thought we could hold it together long enough to make it through the day, but down the stretch our youth showed.

Tim Mayse

By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.

Walter Gilbert

We shot ourselves in the foot. Going 3-for-10 at the line (down the stretch), we should have been down by 40.

Brent Bower

We came to play tonight. We were missing shots and free throws early and we were still only eight points down, We just made plays down the stretch. Coaches coach, but athletes win games.

Ray Lauwers

Obviously Dwane's got a great comfort level with him. We felt like he really came on down the stretch of the year and into the playoffs. We kind of eyeballed him and Dwayne encouraged us to look into doing something with him.

Jim Stack

We're basically guessing how the BLS adjusts for Katrina, which is an even bigger stretch than we normally have to do.

Gina Martin

If you take the system we are trying to reconstruct and patch together, literally band-aid back together, and you stretch it too soon, then it will break again.

Randy Roach

We're going into a tough part of our season. We've got five tough games coming up, starting with Crisfield. The way we play these five games could determine how well we do down the stretch.

Bruce Wharton

Coach told us he was most proud of one stretch where we scored just one point, but they scored zero points.

Shawan Robinson

We've got to look at it in the most positive way possible, and try to recharge. The team's been playing very well. We could just keep playing games every night and it would be a good thing for this team right now. At the same time, we've battled hard to get into this position and it's going to be a fun stretch run.

Nick Boynton

We did not play well in the first half, turning the ball over 16 times. So then we went deep into our bench and the bench got us a 10-point lead from their energy. And I think that's what helped us down the stretch that our guys had fresh legs.

Dale Latimer

I can't say we're tougher, but we're fortunate to be playing with a lead down the stretch. You make a mistake, you're still up four or six. If you're down, you put more pressure on yourself.

Kevin Diverio

I would say this is a stretch. It's good money for the state, for the county, good for everybody else.

Arun Jain

It's a team effort, but we're not where we are right now without Travis. What he did down the stretch is incredible.

Jeff Heath

I thought our defense down the stretch was key. That was a very good team we faced. We couldn't stop them.

Frank Allocco

Extremely mild weather will continue this entire week, stretching the run of mild weeks assuredly to eight. Though cooler, the following week may yet be mild enough to leave a ninth week in the run of mild weeks that have spanned the core of this heating season.

David Salmon

Our schedule is really no different than last year as far as being harder or easier. The difference is some of the teams we don't play were worth some points and other teams were beating them. I thought the kids were really peaking down the stretch and playing really well.

Tim Brewer

What better way to prepare for the tournament than playing a team like Memphis. Playing a team of their caliber will do nothing but help us later on down the stretch.

Squeaky Johnson

Whatever happened to the (missing) money, it wasn't used in the right ways, and there were a lot of things left undone. Doing these projects, we're able to stretch our dollars. Of course, some things we just haven't been able to do quite yet.

Mark Milum

A lot of times as coaches we do a best-case scenario and a worst-case scenario and we listed as coaches the best we could do is get 12 and we thought 13 was stretching it. The kids did outstanding.

Todd Cheney

We've been juggling our lineup from week to week. This stretch does look favorable. But we have to play at the top of our game.

Weylan Harding

I usually kick it in at about the 300 mark of that last lap and then I try to kick it in again during the last straightaway. You just have to give it your all on that last stretch. It's all about guts right there.

Miranda Heslep

I think ideally we would like to stick with a lineup here down the stretch. That would be the goal, but I'm not going to rule out the possibility of tweaking it if we think we need to at some point.

Laura Halldorson

The hard times are several years behind me now. This is probably the most peaceful stretch of life I've known as an adult.

Amy Grant

We melted down a little bit during that stretch.

Josh Lawrence

I'm really proud of the way they stepped up. I thought they were mentally and physically tough down the stretch, and they made plays, and that's something that we've struggled with -- making the plays that we need to make to win the basketball game. I thought they did that tonight.

Fred Batchelor

It's become the thing to do when you're in Chicago — to sing during the seventh-inning stretch, ... Every day, people regularly ask, 'Who's pitching? And who's singing?'

John Mcdonough

It hasn't sunk in that we lost. I have a bitter taste in my mouth because we were so close (to advancing to the Elite 8). It's going to be hard when reality sets in. Down the stretch we had some missed opportunities that we didn't take advantage of. On the last possession, we had a breakdown in the defense.

Kyle Myrick

Their non-scoring girls stepped up and scored tonight. And they hit 10 of 13 free throws down the stretch and that's hard to come back on.

Lori Blade

It's that time of the season, especially over the stretch of the next few games, where we are going to have to be able to rely on running the ball a little bit. We've got to get it to where when we need it, the running game is there for us.

Mike Denbrock

This stretch in particular is important to get through -- hopefully with a bunch of wins.

Meredith Lazarus

I have to give credit to my strength and conditioning coach and to my quarterback coach for me being in good enough shape to run like that at the end of games. Coach Mike always makes me run after practice even though sometimes I get mad. But I appreciate it because it has paid dividends down the stretch.

Marques Hagans

I wouldn't believed it. I don't know of a tougher eight-day stretch, and our guys clearly met the challenge each time out.

John Danowski

It was hard for me to sit down and not be vocal. (But) down the stretch, I thought they did a nice job of communicating.

Greg Hebden

We were down 10 and I thought we did a great job to tie it up. [Elkins] hit shots down the stretch and we weren't able to do that. Of course, it hurts when you've got two of your better players, seniors, over here on the bench with me.

Aaron Hall

Offensively we haven't done as well as we should have all year long. Coming down the stretch of this season, we're going to need to put some points on the board to help our defense.

Craig Krenzel

It's a win. But, as expected, both teams played hard, both teams hustled and luckily we had that run at the end that was the difference. It was a matter of we got more down the stretch than they did.

Bill Butterworth

I've been beating the drum for defense all season. That is something that as we go down the stretch we need to be able to hang our hat on.

Thad Matta

He's a great player. He hit some big shots down the stretch to help them pull away.

Trey Johnson

We've stressed to everybody that the season gets really tough after tonight. I just can't imagine anybody playing an eight-game stretch any tougher than what we've got coming up.

Steve Bergman

I think the stretching before training and the match, has helped me. As well as being sensible with my eating and drinking.

Richard Gough

It's five? To be honest with you, I didn't count them. We try to stretch them out. It's a game at a time. If it's five, we've got to go out and get six. Half the time, I have to ask the staff what our record is.

Mark Fox

The situations have different issues. Here we're seeing a bending and stretching of the rules. Over there the rules are totally crushed. ...We have an accounting standards board and a fairly strict set of standards. Yes, we're seeing some problems. But by comparison they are nothing like the problems in Japan.

Bob Brusca

I'm proud of the boys, because they have gone through stretch of four games in six days. Our defense did a great job of marking up their top scorers and we got the win. That puts us in first place in the league.

Curt Grottenthaler

It's very tough because we fought hard and we made some big shots down the stretch, you would have thought would put us over the edge. I think the main thing is we have to keep our focus and not hang our heads because we have to go back to practice and get better for Seton Hall.

Anthony Farmer

We've got some quality kids off the bench and that's going to help us down the stretch. We're also starting to define some roles, which is good.

Shawn Szakelyhidi

We stuck with what we do and we made plays. These kids deserve credit. Craig made the big shot and we made enough free throws down the stretch.

Joe Desantis

If he can stretch them out properly that will give him a better chance of being in the finish.

Derek Cruz

We know as long as we play hard and play smart defensively and with the goaltending we've got, we're not afraid that if it's a 1-0 or 2-1 game we can't come out on top. Teams playing down the stretch are playing their absolute best, and that's what we have to give them.

Ben Murphy

We've had games early in the season when we were leading down the stretch. This is a game we finished. We got the shots we wanted.

Josh Childress

We had a chance down the stretch. Look at the stats from the second half compared to the first. I like the shots we were getting. They were all pretty good shots.

Bo Ryan

We did hang around, but we didn't make plays down the stretch. We needed a stop, a couple of scores. We didn't get them and the game kind of rolled away from that.

Tyler Azzarelli

These guys are a great team, speedy and quick, but it was really nice to stretch our legs defensively. Our guards were finally able to step up and attack. It's always fun to play full court defense.

Dana Bruton

We ran out of gas in the fourth quarter. They executed better down the stretch than we did.

Greg Gavich

Our shot selection was poor. It's as simple as that. We didn't make a field goal in the fourth quarter. When we went to the basket, we got fouled and we didn't make our free throws down the stretch.

Kevin Boley

They didn't stretch like they have. I don't think they were trying to wrap and chip as much. They were respecting our offense a little bit. What helped that is we had a lot of possession down in their end.

John Lafontaine

It was good to salvage a split today. We're going through a stretch in our season where we are not playing well and it was important to get that last one day.

Jon Groth

I need to get more comfortable, familiar out of the stretch. Work on controlling the running game a little bit better.

Dustin Nippert

It's very difficult to handle the cats when they are feral, but to choke and stretch an animal and stick a needle into their stomach is not very humane.

Loretta Hyde

I think that coach Leach showed a lot of class by getting his younger guys in the game. They may need those guys down the stretch this season and it is good experience for them. I thought as a team they showed a lot of class and that is something I will not forget.

Lou West

I knew I hadn't pitched out of the stretch, but I wasn't thinking about a no-hitter.

C.c. Sabathia

The main thing that happened tonight was that we found a way to win. We hit some big shots when we needed to, and we protected the ball down the stretch when they were putting on some serious pressure.

Chris Kempf

If you are going to think black, think positive about it. Don't think down on it, or think it is something in your way. And this way, when you really do want to stretch out, and express how beautiful black is, everybody will hear you . . .

Leontyne Price

It gives us a chance to stretch the field vertically, and it's a big asset getting those guys out of there.

Mike Bobo

It's frustrating. We know these are ballgames we should win. We have to try and be a little bit smarter. We have to be smarter in the game down the stretch.

Acie Law

He's the player of the year for a reason. He hit some tough shots down the stretch, especially with the shot clock winding down.

Ryan Keliher

It's going to be a stretch, but very achievable.

Randy Kramer

We play well in the first 15 minutes, but we can't put anything away. When they score, it takes our momentum away. We have our work cut out for us down the stretch, but it's doable if we want to do it.

Mike Wiersema

During that stretch we had just some communication breakdowns because we were switching defenses so much.

Megan Duffy