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Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many.

Publilius Syrus

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.

Phaedrus

We thought our offense would play a lot better. We thought we would score more points.

Jay Cutler

That was kind of like our offense -- they're expecting run, run, run. That's when the tight ends catch the ball.

Kris Mangum

I love defense probably more than I love offense.

Brian Dozier

We made three consecutive mistakes on offense that allowed North Allegheny to tie the game. The whole match shifted from that point. It would have been a whole different match if we could have won that game.

Jeff Beavers

There's a big difference between third and 10 and third and 4. I can call an offense if you give me that (third and 4). Our biggest improvement needs to be getting the sticks in our favor.

Robert Nunn

Our offense is centered around power.

Larry Bowa

We executed the offense much better in the second half. We were a little tight. We had guys just running around and not getting to spots.

John Mielke

I think the goal woke them up a little bit. Ironwood has a lot of athletes, but it's just a dump-and-run (offense), and it's not a style we're going to see much. Against that style, it's better just to sit back and let them come at us.

Marc Hefke

Sometimes I think he knows the offense better than coach [Norm] Chow.

Jason White

We heard they were going to come out as a fast-paced offense. They came out and beat us on all aspects of the game and their offense was clicking on all cylinders.

Jeremy Jones

We've always had the offense, it's just defensively we had to turn it up a little bit better. We held them to 16 points at halftime, which I was pretty pleased about.

Bethany Irwin

When it's the postseason, you have to come out with your best or you're not going to win. (Millbrook) was so tenacious on offense and defense.

Greg Nero

Our defense makes up for our offense. Everyone plays better offense when they play defense.

Orlandor Westbrooks

It's huge when your offense gives you a huge lead. It calms you down and you can go right after the hitters.

John Koronka

That's a good thing, ... And if we're settling for field goals, we might not have won the last two, especially the Washington game. It was big our offense came through.

Jason Elam

Bakersfield took us out of our offense in the first half. We got down big, but it was big for us to cut it down to single digits. ... The second half was a different game.

Pat Fuscaldo

We think we can play with them. We've got to be able to fire off the ball on offense and play good defense. We've also got to be able to run the ball. That's my philosophy.

Monty Stumbaugh

We need to keep building on what we have. We're executing our offense, but there are still a lot of little things we can improve on.

Brittany Tucker

It was all about getting comfortable with our offense, I didn't want to go out and try to do too much. Now I'm getting more opportunities to shoot and I'm getting more comfortable with shooting.

Ifeanyi Koggu

They seem to be getting too many odd-man rushes lately, and good defense is going to lead to good offense and we just have to concentrate on that.

Darryl Sydor

We don't like to depend on only one or two people in our offense. It's working better when everyone contributes and is a threat.

Debra Pegram

We're trying to get there. Everything is new to me, the terminology, the offense. I'm grasping it pretty fast.

Cedrick Wilson

He got the guys in and out (of the huddle). He kept the offense moving down the field. I thought he did a really good job for us today.

John Stocco

He has the greatest understanding of the offense. He's got excellent hands, and he's got great running ability as well.

Marc Trestman

We need to keep them off the offensive boards and limit them to one attempt (on offense).

Dan Spellman

The real offense here was in the producer's decision to add insult to injury by turning a contestant's gender expression into the butt of a joke.

Damon Romine

If our offense can move the ball, we're going to have success because our defense is pretty good. We're not great, but we're pretty good on defense. By the endo the season I hope people label us as a great defense.

Brad Franchione

We didn't do a very good job of executing our half-court offense in the second half, but fortunately, we had built such a big lead that we were able to hang on.

Mark Hurt

To complete a pass was a minor miracle for us. The offense is anemic right now. That's the only way to describe it.

Gene Nudo

He got us some goose eggs and gave our offense some time to come back.

Greg Chandler

The offense did a good job in the two-minute drill to get down there and use up all the clock. We found a way to get it done. We've had some ups and downs this year, but this team has a lot of heart.

Adam Vinatieri

Their defense came at you and their offense was very crisp.

Mark Mazzon

We missed a bunch of shots early in the game. A lot of that was because of their defense. They have good athletes who move their feet and make things tough on offense.

Matt Berger

Our offense has been almost non-existent. Some way, we've got to find life in the bats.

Steve Jump

We wanted to stop them first and our offense would come easier. I think our defense really started it.

Ashton Gibbs

[The offense] did start to click a little better. But we've still got a long ways to go. It's a new offense, they're still learning it.

Paul Morrell

They completely rattled us and pushed us around. We're so used to starting our offense with Dionne that our offense just broke down.

Abbie Letz

That took us out of most of our offense.

Tom Heithoff

We have to be more patient and get things in the flow of the offense.

Bill Pilgeram

We did a pretty good job on offense, but we didn't think we played defense as well as we should. Some of that is adjustments we have to make, and some of it is kids who need to do a better job.

Ron Rood

We just never got our offense going. We knew it was going to be tough and we didn't focus like we should have.

Al Thornton

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

Blake Powers

We think he can come in and be a decent guy to compete for that job. We need to get better in our passing game. We didn't have the most prolific offense, and we think he can definitely help us in that area.

Wes Meier

Our defense did a great job, given our offense an opportunity to tie the game. We just couldn't get it in.

Doug Johnson

We obviously got pushed out of our offense and we didn't execute very well. I've got to do a better job as a coach ... but these kids have responded to everything we've done and I think they responded to everything tonight.

Mike Strong

I was trying to learn the offense, trying to find out who I was and trying to get myself to fit in. I feel a lot more comfortable now.

Larry Turner

We played a well-rounded game -- good offense and defense. We are excited to clinch at least a share of the league title.

Rob Parker

You can see what it does for the lineup having him in there, as far as runs are concerned. He makes everyone more comfortable on offense, and defensively.

Kyle Crookes

I thought we should have been able to beat Grand Blanc. We didn't come out and produce on the scoreboard. I was disappointed that we didn't execute on the corner kicks. I thought we didn't muster as much offense as I thought we could have.

Bill Ripke

You just try and focus on the next hitter and try and get an out. The fourth inning was horrible for me. But our offense did a tremendous job of picking me up.

Tim Wakefield

I got a lot of reps, which I was happy about. I feel comfortable with this new offense and we had some fun with it. It was real basic today, but it is definitely something we can more forward on.

Kirby Freeman

Offense wins games, but defense wins championships.

Becky Novacek

That adds a whole new dimension to our team. It makes us a complete offense.

Don Byrd

This team has a really good offense, but the defense just clicked.

Tyler Bailey

The best way to counter that is to keep their offense off the field. We have to hold onto the ball on offense and grind it out. Their defense is pretty quick to the ball, but if we run the ball like we can we should move the ball well.

Dan Grasser

It's just fun to be out here playing football again. I'm just out there trying to have fun and get my job done and do whatever I can do to help the offense.

Brandon Barrett

Our offense is going to be much slower than we predicted.

Sean Georges

It all comes down to being dominated at the line. We left so many big holes for them to run through on offense, and we let their defense have too much penetration. We're just so young on the lines. We've got to be patient and keep improving.

Greg Peele

When the defense picked up, then our offense got involved too. We knew what we had to do.

Rashonda Mayfield

Sometimes that happens. We just have to keep moving on offense. We just start standing when we get the lead and we don't move the ball like we should. We have to keep the ball and everybody moving.

Toussaint Tyler

We had a lot of hits, but we just couldn't get them at the right moments. As soon as we can get past the past I think we (the offense) will be able to move forward.

Amy Pikas

If you try hard enough, you can keep teams below their average. ... If we're going to be a winning team, we've got to rely on our defense because our offense isn't going to do it.

Dorothy Gaters

We held a highly potent offensive team to 16 points in the first half. The defense was getting it done. It was the offense we were lacking.

Jim Delmar

All are good defensively and I think we will get more offense from those positions than we did last year.

Luther Bramblett

We came on strong after halftime. We got couple of big turnovers and really cashed them in. Our defense played well and our offense started to move.

Jim Sparks

We defended so well. They had a hard time running their offense.

Phil Weaver

I'm disappointed with our effort tonight. I didn't feel that we played hard until midway through the second half. You can't do that and expect to win. This is a 40-minute game. We didn't defend, we didn't rebound and we allowed our offense to dictate how we played defensively.

Dee Romine

She did a nice job running the offense for us and setting things up.

Terry Kukesh

This is a serious offense; there are serious consequences and it deserves consideration and we wanted to look at every angle before making a decision.

Jim Oliver

We showed good pressure on defense, and good movement on offense, both of which are our goals each time we play. So that was good to see.

Scott Wofford

That's what I want our offense to do, not to dwindle away at the end of the year when it's most important.

Chad Pennington

To put him under the gun in his first game, Shea did well. We didn't really throw, but we didn't really need to. But he ran the offense well.

Doug Luke

For four days we played really good defense, all five guys on the floor. And on offense we can hurt you in a lot of different ways.

Rich Utter

They jumped on us in the first period and we came back well in the second to cut it to 3-2. We got some offense going, but defensively we didn't play that well.

Dave Lamarre

It was definitely a wake-up call as far as our offense is concerned. What I got out of that situation was no matter what you have done the week prior you can't ever get complacent.

Cornelius Bonner

We played well I was real pleased. Danielle had an excellent game, a real solid game. Won a lot of balls and got our offense going.

Glenn Mcaninch

A lot of our offense comes off of our defense, and we like to change it up and go with whatever's working. A lot of our points come off transition.

Chris Iannarone

All things considered, the Eagles are the team I want to be with. I'm familiar with the guys and with the offense. I think it's ideal for me, but I don't know if the Eagles feel the same way.

Dorsey Levens

We've got to improve tremendously on offense. If we shoot just 10 percent better, we probably win.

Sarah Elliott

I think the sky is the limit for this offense. I feel like I can contribute and be a part of it.

Peerless Price

Champlain Valley is not the kind of team that you can come back from a big deficit like we were forced to do tonight. We have got to find our offense.

Layne Higgs

I'm pleased with where we're at on offense. We lost some kids to injuries and so we had to move a couple guys around, but I think we've managed to handle that well, ... We just need to do a better job of cutting our turnovers down.

Paul Hartman

There was a time when he was thinking offense, offense, offense. Now he understands the value of defense and he?s one of our better defenders.

Howie Dickenman

They're a good football team. They have a lot of experience on offense, and it showed on that last possession.

John Horner

We were expecting a victory but things happened. We aren't going to point fingers. You have to win on everything, offense and defense.

Lawrence Gordon

Against good teams, you need to have your offense running.

Denise Boos

We had so many errors serving tonight. We had a tough time battling back. Freedom gave us free ball after free ball. We just couldn't run our offense.

Jennifer Connolly

They executed their offense real well. We were in the game into the fourth quarter, but they hit some big shots at the end of the game.

Ruben Patterson

I think we have to play 48 minutes. We have lapses on offense and on defense.

John Wilkinson

We were trying some different things on offense and trying to share the basketball a little more in the first half. In the second, we just tried to be a little bit more aggressive and we got going a little bit in the fourth.

Johann Jones

Hopefully, those tests help me pick up the offense a little quicker.

Kevin Curtis

The offense has been consistent as it's ever been.

Budd Ditchendorf

I haven't circled the date yet, but I am keeping a close eye on it. I am excited, because this is a good opportunity for me. They have an offense that fits what I do best.

Billy Miller

Jeff has more experience running the offense but Brandon brings a style that is hard to defend and he makes things happen out there. I don;t know that I'll name a starter until probably the day before the game. They are very close and what I'm hoping is that one of them will breakout by midseason.

Bruce Miller

He's the guy that gave us the lift. You have to find some life somewhere whether it's on offense or defense or pitching and he gave us some life. That allowed us to sit back and swing the bat a little bit.

Tom Lechnir

There wasn't one thing, but a collective effort. When one guy breaks down on offense, the entire play is shot.

Stephen Alexander

The court finds the fine is inadequate because it doesn't reflect the seriousness of the offense.

Deborah Robinson

Our offense needed to step up and give our defense a breather, go down and put points on the board. And that's what we did.

Chad Pennington

Yesterday, I told the girls we needed to score nine goals to win. That's exactly what we did. We knew we were going to need a little more offense in the playoffs.

Chris Murin

I really didn't expect a whole lot of offense at 9:30 in the morning from either side.

Dave Trembley

They have an explosive offense and we have a pretty good defense. But the biggest key for us is taking care of the ball. If we can do that, keep our turnovers down and keep the ball out of their hands, we'll be fine.

Travis Jordan

...With 9:36 left in the game, in retrospect we might have gone for two because we ended up with three more plays on offense the rest of the game. It's a lot easier looking back and analyzing going for two.

Dennis Franchione

We changed our defense from the first game. We took (Erin) Kerner away in the middle of the court and she's their offense. You take her away and it hurts their team.

Kerri Burke

That's the thing about him. He's the ultimate competitor. He practices as hard as anyone I've ever been around, and he lifts weights the same way. That's the reason this offense is so good.

Brandon Stokley

She disrupts a lot of teams' offense because of her height and her arm span. She does a lot of things defensively for us.

Rich Bixby

We played good defense (all game) and ran our offense (in the second half). When we do that, we can win.

Brian Alexander

If you look at our production in the last couple of games, we definitely haven't been the Alabama offense that we want to be.

Kyle Tatum

I think mentally he should be OK. Before he left here he had a good 95 percent of the offense. So if he was doing a little bit of studying, he should be OK.

Tim Spencer

The second half we were a lot more aggressive on offense. They kept fighting and didn't give up.

Diann Durbin

We're looking forward to getting out on the field and putting some new things into the offense and work on the defense. We have a lot to do.

Robin Ross

We really passed the ball well and it allowed our offense to click.

Vicky Groat

We played much better tonight, especially on offense. We really came out to play.

Bobby Peeks

We got a little better understanding of their offense.

Dave Baron

We were trying to start (our offense) away from her, but it wasn't as easy as just saying it.

Nina Johnson

Defense has carried us this whole way - that is what we do best. Our offense comes off of our defense.

Derek Parker

Usually, our defense keys up our offense. It's not that our effort wasn't there on the defensive end. We just needed to go up to the next level.

Ken Bublitz

The Bears treat offense, ... as if it's bubonic plague.

Tony Kornheiser

We improved from last week. It was a pretty even scrimmage. Our defense did well. Our offense dropped some passes and made some mistakes, but it was pretty even.

Rich Lichtel

We aren't going to change a whole lot. Our offense lends itself to getting the ball inside so it's something we try to do every game so I'm sure we'll do the same on Thursday.

Dennis Ruedinger

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

Curt Reed

The offense we run is based on Princeton principles. You take what they give you.

Scott Haebe

We're going to be patient on offense again and work it around. If we have the ball, they can't score. We just have to control the tempo.

Gary Chapman

Mark did a great job for us last year. He started some games as a sophomore and his quick feet and accurate arm allow us to be more diverse on offense.

Brian J. Moran

We had three players on the starting offense out of position.

Chris Hutchens

Our offense needs some tinkering to make a few things happen.

Pete Mackanin

We had phenomenal pitching, and when you can take their offense and shut it down like Ashley did, that was awesome.

Clint Myers

I wanted to get a checking line out against the [Scott] Gomez line. I thought that if I could do that, we could probably play our first two lines and maybe manufacture some offense.

Tom Renney

Complete the ball, moving the chains and being decisive with the football. My role is to help move the offense. To have a run game like we have, it takes a lot of pressure off.

Matt Schaub

It was nice to see some sun. I have no doubts that better weather will be just the tonic for this offense. We moved the ball well and our execution overall was good. Better weather makes everyone looser.

Marissa Chovanec

Our offense responded well on the first two drives.

Kent Briggs

In this game there are so many rules favoring the offense. To see a little defense being played is a good thing.

Derrick Brooks

If we start missing some shots, we need to run our offense and get the ball to whoever has the hot hand.

Nathan Kirkpatrick

Tonight, we passed the ball really well. Our passing and digging allowed us to really get into our offense tonight. Consequently, we got a lot of swings and hit the ball well.

Carl Bone

We make big stops when we need them. And we're getting better with our (offense). We're just trusting that it will work if do it. The offense has been so key for us.

Lara Gray

Our offense is so initiated by guard play. And [the Lakers] are pressuring us.

Trenton Hassell

The commonwealth is confused as to who committed this offense. They are unsure who the shooter was. (Neil) is not the shooter in this case.

Wentworth Vedder

We certainly are disappointed that the execution was not carried out because he is very deserving of it based on the offense. This legal claim is a fairly new legal claim, and the courts are going to have to resolve it.

Roe Wilson

Whenever you have a good offense it definitely helps out the defense. I think it works both ways.

Jason Rixford

We're playing good defense, but our offense is struggling. They hit some big shots at the end, and that's what it boils down to.

Ted Van Dellen

Anybody is free to shoot the ball in our offense. They have the green light if it's a good shot. We've worked hard on helping them identify the difference between a good and bad shot.

Jeff Reis

I thought the offense could do something because they are so talented, that (the defense) would motivate them with our stops, but then I'm not down on them. If (the offense) messes up, I'll fight for them. They're my brothers, and I'll fight for my brothers.

Terrence Royal

He's a big part of our offense.

Chad Hanning

They made a lot of shots and we had a lot of struggles on offense. We had a hard time getting into any kind of flow; they played great defense on us.

Larry Epperly

We didn't play team basketball on offense the entire game. We haven't been playing (team basketball) the last two games.

Alex Estrada

I've never had a varsity touchdown before and to come out and get two on defense is big. It's good to know you can help the team win without having a big impact on offense.

Butch Pedersen

Our middles are very good. We passed really well and that opened things up for our offense.

Tom Peterson

It will be better for speed and more offense. Playing out on the West Coast, that is what everything is based on is speed.

Mike Rathje

We emphasized defense. Our defense had been our Achilles' heel. Now that we're better on defense, we've had a lull on our offense. One of these nights we're going to put it together.

Lance Jacobs

Megan has the ability to make any pass a hittable ball. She has great hands. She has become a lot more knowledgeable this year as far as who to set and where to set them. Because of her experience, we are able to run a faster offense.

Angie Patrick

He's done a very good job as a leader. One of the hardest things to do on offense is be consistent, and he's really done a good job. His passing efficiency (194.0) has been outstanding. He's done a good job of being a disciplined player.

Jim Bollman

We have to work on starting hard from the beginning. We've been focused on connecting with the setter on offense. We need to dominate in the middle.

Victor Batista

It was fun doing a little bit with that spread offense, ... We can spread the ball around to a lot of different weapons. We have a lot of people who can do good things with the ball.

Ray Taylor

They're very aggressive and blue-collar. This season, our offense has just been getting better and better.

Tom Graves

I call them, 'Coach,' when I see them in the hallway. I don't know half of their names. It's going to take me a while. I've seen the same guys for the last five years, especially on offense.

Jerametrius Butler

It's so good to see the Southern offense really coming together. The girls looked great out there playing the ball around and getting everyone involved.

Shaun Soderling

We did a nice job executing our offense. We had nice balance.

Brendan Nagel

That hurt us tremendously. All of our offense and defense goes through her.

Joe Turner

James makes us go. He's the triggerman on offense. He's a basketball junkie, and he plays extremely hard.

Bill Cahill

We were out of sync the whole game. We couldn't get going on offense and we gave up too many points in the paint. We couldn't control the boards. When you can't control the boards, you can't run.

Karim Nohra

Matthew was our setter last season as a sophomore, so he learned a lot about our offense. We wanted to get him more involved with our attack and he's been doing a good job at that, as well.

Rachel Wiatrowski

We came out fired up. We do whatever Coach tells us to do every game. Play good defense, put pressure on and the offense will come.

Robert Kreps

I just wanted to get a pin right off the bat. (Against Boehm) I need to get my offense going and take it to him.

Gordon Johnson

We were out of pitching, that's one thing. But, we still have to play offense and defense. We didn't do either of those things.

Rocky Hubbard

My memories were of our offense kind of being in disarray.

Will Montgomery

We'll work on fine tuning our box offense and our zone defense in preparation for Brookings. We know we'll have our hands full.

Randy Gross

It's kind of shocking that we came in and knocked them off. But we buckled down on defense and executed our offense much better than usual.

Sascha Hansen

We calmed down (on offense) and took what they gave us.

Brian Cantrell

We started slowly on offense. But out defensive intensity carried us through until we were able to work the ball inside in the second half.

Tim Cline

Their offense compares to who? Ours. They're very similar, really. We need to take away their big plays.

Spencer Havner

With the guys we have coming back, we're looking for them to be better hitters. Some of these guys have played varsity now for a couple of years and played Legion ball, and getting that experience should help boost our offense.

Charlie Lemberger

We expected almost anything from Upper Dauphin defensively. We ran a perimeter offense against it because Tyler feels more comfortable in it and he was getting some good looks.

Kent Houser

I don't know if it was our offense or the flu.

Ron Gardenhire

Defensively, we're just incredible. We just have to find some offense.

Corey Bosarge

The first three games, South dictated the flow of the match. In that fourth game, we came into our own. We were getting into our offense and being explosive.

Josh Rohlfing

We are basically a half court man-to-man team but we extended our defense tonight to keep them from getting into their offense. They are a good team when they can run their offense. We had a quickness advantage and that is what we needed to do.

Mike Cartolaro

To come here and pick up the offense as fast as he did is really remarkable. You have to take your hat off to the job he's done so far.

David Martin

Our offense was our best defense today. We wanted to come out at the first whistle and taking it to them.

Stephen Wren

I'm trying to be an all-around player. You know, find the big guys and reward them for their rebounding. It's going to help my offense anyway. Everyone's going to be happy.

Mark Lyons

It's our way to keep the momentum in our favor. We're going to have ups-and-downs with our offense and defense, but the special teams can keep that momentum.

Daniel Sullivan

I was trying to create offense. It seemed like I caught those guys flat-footed. Maybe it was a long shift for them ... I don't know. I just skated around them, and found the goal.

Sergei Gonchar

We had to run our offense the way we're used to. We came to do what we can do. We didn't know anything about them.

Mike Davidson

Objectively speaking, I?m glad to look at that number. Now, if we can throw out that two- point quarter where we forgot what we were doing on offense, then I guess we?re OK.

Mike Schaefer

I knew one goal wasn't enough. After I scored I forgot about offense and got real defensive.

Lauren Lucido

We need to play great defense. We need to hold them down. Defense makes offense. If we hold them like we've done these last games, it should be a good game.

Mario Roman

On some nights, defense creates offense. Tonight, it did not.

Chance Lindley

You know with the (triple option) offense we run, there's going to be some mistakes anyway. But you can't try and replace a guy like P.J.

Patrick Davis

Danielle is so consistent. The tandem of Shelly and Danielle are an important part of our offense. They compliment each other very well.

Beth Launiere

Overall, the difference in our offense this year is that our kids really grasp the concept of the offense. ... We've got some good senior leadership right now.

Mike Guthrie

We didn't make any big changes or anything like that because we were facing this high-powered offense. For us, it was about doing what we do and doing it well.

Demeco Ryans

You could say Spencer and Austin carried us tonight on offense.

Joe Bair

Monica wasn't feeling well but she stepped up and pitched a great game the first five innings. She gave us a chance to generate some offense.

Andy Fox

We knew what we had to do and we did a good job against their offense. It was a good team win.

Ben Leiker

The better you are on the mound, the better you are as a team. Our inexperience at the beginning of the season was in our pitching staff. You?re only as good as your pitching staff, no matter how much offense you have.

Matt Brainard

We had them on the ropes, and you could feel them losing confidence. We pressured them out of their offense, and they were getting rushed. We were just able to capitalize.

Russell Robinson

We have a lot of experience coming back of playing on offense, ... We have to continue to play tough defense and have more scorers.

Nancy Poole

We're much better off than we've been in the past, ... We're more experienced, and we know what we have to do. We're much further along with the offense than we've ever been. It's on the right track.

Bob Benson

Our lack of execution on offense created very quick transitions.

Jon Evans

That was as good as the offense has looked since I can remember. That was just about perfect.

Charlie Coe