Team Quotes - Page 32

• I'm a firm believer that the wild-card teams, because they're grinding it out until the final days, have a tremendous amount of excitement. That excitement carries over into the playoffs and really helps.

  Tim Salmon

  Finals, Cards, Helping

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• Keep winning and get to the postseason, I won 20 games and they just dumped one beer on my head. It feels good because I'm helping my team win.

  Dontrelle Willis

  Beer, Winning, Games

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• When you think about great teams, The Beatles and the Pythons immediately spring to mind. The Pythons were as much a part of their time as The Beatles.

  Robyn Hitchcock

  Spring, Thinking, Python

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• People realize that we're certainly faced with an abnormal amount of adversity. The Cincinnati faithful is still going through a healing process with what transpired with Coach Huggins in the fall. But over the 20 games they've seen this team, I think they appreciate the fact that this team continues to fight, even though they're not always happy with the result.

  Andy Kennedy

  Fall, Healing, Adversity

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• Sometimes you give birth to something or you're part of a team that gives birth to an idea, and it grows and has a whole life of its own, and you feel grateful. It's just so humbling.

  Glen Hansard

  Gratitude, Grateful, Ideas

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• As captain, I must always be an example to my team-mates. I'm calm and I don't have any problem with the coach or with the club. My only goal is to be ready whenever I have the opportunity to play.

  Alessandro Del Piero

  Opportunity, Play, Goal

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• As always I am focused on training and coaching my team.

  Rafael Benitez

  Coaching, Training, Focused

  "No more excuses: the buck stops with Rafael Benítez" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2009.

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• It's just that [the Hawks have made] a lot of changes. A lot of their great players have moved on. They have a lot of new faces and a lot of young guys who are going to be a part of this team for a long time. It'll take time. They've got a nice little core to start with.

  Mike Modano

  Nice, Player, Long

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• You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelona's - you want to play those teams.

  Jermain Defoe

  Real, Player, Want

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• I am doing my job and trying to win a game for my team. I shouldn't be getting racially abused; it's silly.

  Jermain Defoe

  Jobs, Silly, Winning

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• The state team is committed to working with our federal partners in meeting the needs of Floridians who were affected by Hurricane Wilma. We want to be as thorough as possible in this vital endeavor.

  Craig Fugate

  Needs, Want, Hurricanes

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• Sometimes you're blessed with teams that are incredibly talented, but there's chaos. But sometimes you're blessed, as I have been this year, to have kids who think the same way you do.

  Jim Calhoun

  Blessed, Kids, Thinking

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• Every team is flawed. There hasn't been a truly complete team in a while.

  Jim Calhoun

  Flaws, Flawed

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• I have no problem with anyone storming the court. But storm the court after the opposing team has gone to the locker room. Once the opposing team is out of the area, put them all (the fans) on the court.

  Billy Donovan

  Storm, Fans, Gone

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• Nobody could say it is not gross misconduct to fight on the pitch with team-mates and get yourself sent off.

  Gordon Taylor

  Fighting, Mates, Gross

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• There are three great international team sports in Australia: cricket, rugby (two codes), and Pom-bashing. But the greatest of these is the last, and it is time we prepared ourselves for the greatest celebration of Pom-bashing since Bodyline, the 1930s cricket tour that became an international incident. That one rankles to this day and is otherwise known as the longest whinge in sporting history.

  Simon Barnes

  Sports, Two, Australia

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• I had 11 years of managerial experience and four years of coaching before I managed a big-league team. To me, it was important, because I learned a lot through trial and error. And it's tough to have to go through trial and error when you're a big-league manager.

  Jim Leyland

  Errors, Years, League

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• I am honored to be selected as Canada's flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Over the past 16 days we've had some outstanding performances by Canadian athletes and it is truly overwhelming to be selected as the flag bearer amidst the most successful Canadian Olympic Winter Games team ever.

  Cindy Klassen

  Athlete, Successful, Winter

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• It was something I really wanted to do. I can't imagine what it will be like to carry the flag and walk through the doors of the stadium. I'm thrilled to lead the team.

  Chris Witty

  Doors, Flags, Imagine

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• I've never seen anything like that before. Usually when home teams break up no-hit bids, the crowd cheers the hit and cheers the pitcher. I've never seen them boo before.

  Corey Koskie

  Cheer, Home, Crowds

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• When it comes to fully understanding how to strategically move all the pieces on the marketing and distribution chess board on a worldwide basis, Jeff Blake is always thinking two moves ahead and that gives Sony a true competitive edge. He is the studio's secret weapon and while he would be the first to credit his fantastic sales and marketing team, there are few executives here that deserve more credit for our successes during the past several years than Jeff.

  Amy Pascal

  Moving, Past, Thinking

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• The only problem is getting comfortable with myself. It's different for me, a different team. I have to try to do the best I can, working, trying to get comfortable in the left field and with my teammates, too.

  Alfonso Soriano

  Trying, Comfort, Different

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• It's just fun to go out and compete. It doesn't matter what your record is or what the other team's record is. You're playing in an NFL game, and you are out there competing with great players.

  Jamie Martin

  Fun, Player, Nfl Games

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• My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen.

  Michael Strahan

  Sports, New York, Winning

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• Experience tells us that few matches are won on the back of one or two good sessions of play. To win a Test match most teams have to win and outplay the opposition for extended periods of time.

  Justin Langer

  Winning, Play, Two

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