I'm just playing the game the way I've always played it. Go out there, play defense, protect my teammates and create a spark every once in a while - not scoring too many goals but when I do, it's a bonus.
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Related I've always been a forward on the club team I play with and I like playing up front. You get more gl... ALEX WALTERS I did a lot of other things besides scoring the basketball. I got my guys a lot of open looks. I pla... DANIEL GIBSON I feel the nerves before a game, but once I'm out there on the court playing, the nerves go away. Th... MATT DEMLER You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER It always happens sometimes during the season that the power play doesn't score goals, but we have t... ANTTI LAAKSONEN They played the way I want to play - full-court defense, running, scoring, everything to the basket.... JAMUAL WARREN We're just trying to hold teams under a certain percentage. It's a challenge for us and we take it o... JOSH HOWARD You still have to play every night, no matter who you're playing or where you're playing them, and t... BO RYAN My teammates played good defense behind me as they always do. It was a really good team effort. I di... FALLON LUMPKIN Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Sta... TED LINDSAY Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But Im not concerned about ... MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Im not a politician and my other habits are good. Ive no enemys to reward, nor friends to sponge. Bu... ARTEMUS WARD I can be 60 years old, but I can always go back and play like I once did by just playing a video gam... SCOTTIE PIPPEN Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right. GRATEFUL DEAD I was just planning on making a big play. I was just out there playing football and we needed a spar... QUINTON JONES This was the toughest game I've every played in my life. Playing against their big guy, he's just so... JULIAN MCLAIN I'm struggling a little with my game, but I'm getting better. I'm struggling with scoring and my com... IAN LEGGATT You follow it up with another Super Bowl. That?s the best way to follow that up. I set big personal ... DEION BRANCH If you win while scoring goals, then you leave happy, but the most important thing is always the tea... LUIS SUAREZ I knew my teammates could carry the rest of the load. I just felt like I did my best while I was out... IKE NWAELELE I played in different positions as a kid, and it helped me learn different parts of the game, but I ... HARRY KANE It's always a good thing when you have everybody scoring. It makes the defense not concentrate on on... SHANNA MARSHALL The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS We just didn't ever get started and it started with defense. I didn't think we played a real aggress... DWIGHT TAYLOR We've played three good games in a row. We're scoring and playing good defense. LEA HERNDON That's not going to create more scoring chances. Scoring chances are down because that's the way the... SCOTTY BOWMAN I don't play video games. My husband does. He plays sometimes the football, and every once in a ... LAILA ALI I thought the defense played pretty good -- [Colgate] didn't do anything the whole game offensively.... JAMES SHANNON We just wanted to play on him tight. But the main thing was we played together. When he drove, my te... JUSTIN REYNOLDS Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE I guess we didn't make the routine play. It's a shame, we played a decent game. We're still making t... BOB BAUER If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS I went to games as a spectator and I saw the fun that it was. I went to a high school game, went and... KYLE KORVER I like the game the way it was, because there seemed to be a little more respect for your opponents ... JAMES WORTHY When you go through a streak where you don't score, you're passing the puck too much and you're not ... SAKU KOIVU It's double duty. But that's why you play the game. It's fun to go out there and help our defense ou... SENECA WALLACE We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. like a small flame. ... HARUKI MURAKAMI I'm just playing ball. I just try to do what I've always done. I'd like to always try to get up ther... LAUREN GIBSON I love my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while. GROUCHO MARX We knew we had the height advantage. She (Clark) just told me to play my game. It was tough being on... IFEOMA ONUAKU It is a great boost for confidence in a squad when there is not just one or two players scoring goal... HARRY KANE I fully expected them to rusty. We haven't played a game in 11 days. But there weren't too many cobw... BRYAN LYNTON I don't know if we (the defense) have any expectations. We just want to go out there, play our defen... ADRIAN WILSON Sheldon is a special player who can win a basketball game in several different ways. With his defens... JEFF GUIOT I knew in the first half we were not playing Sacramento basketball, ... I knew I was struggling, I w... YOLANDA GRIFFITH I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my te... MIA HAMM Just to keep it simple, not make too many mistakes. Play my game and not get too nervous. It's a big... CARSEN GERMYN Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. We didn't play too much defense and it didn't work out from there. They were able to do whatever the... DARIUS MILES We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL I am not a coach, and I just go out there every day and do my best. LEON MURRAY League play is starting in a week and we can't have another sloppy performance like this. Scoring 17... JUDY SHAUBACH The Army game was just a difficult game to play. It was a consolation game with just flies in the bu... DON CAHOON I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let m... MIA HAMM I don't feel too much pressure. The way I look at it is, I'm playing hockey. I don't add that pressu... ANDREW KUECHLER I like having the pressure on me. My teammates played a great game tonight, and I just did my job. BRANDON STEPHENSON I'm just coming in to do whatever Coach wants me to do. I'm here to support my teammates. Playing 13... JEFF BLAKE It means a lot to me that my coaches and teammates have a lot of faith in me. I just want to go out ... DONELL TAYLOR Spencer just had an outstanding game with a double-double (29 points and 11 rebounds), while Darius ... CRAIG PIPPEN I came in the league as not a shooter, not a scorer. My game was to play defense and make my teammat... JASON KIDD Wednesday was just one of those days where I guess nobody was ready to play. We had all those turnov... DAVID LIGHTY It's great to have a player like Jenny on your team, but it's also hard because you do expect her to... LIZA KELLY I became obsessed with scoring goals. I scored a lot of goals last year just using my speed to get b... CALEN CARR It's said that guys don't like to play defense anymore and it's going toward the offensive game, ...... EDDIE BASDEN It was the best game we've played in a couple of weeks. We played good defense and went back to the ... GARY GALLOWAY I played my own game and created some scoring chances. Of course it feels great but it's just one ga... JARKKO IMMONEN Northwestern has been scoring a lot of goals, so I think they will be a handful for our defense, but... EMILY FRANCIS I view every game I play for England as it could be my last, so I go out there and enjoy it. It's th... GRAHAM THORPE It is not for me to say whether I have done well enough, personally I believe I have not done too ba... ROBBIE FOWLER That's the way things go once in a while. We were bad in the first period. There were too many chanc... KIMMO TIMONEN Start seeing a way for yourself. Stop seeing a way for others. APURVA GAGLANI I haven't played for a while in the league so it was nice to get back out on the field, but it was e... SIMO VALAKARI Without a doubt, I think there's always a chance of me relieving. But the way I see it, it's kind of... CHUCK JAMES The Bulls have no baggage. They're just going out there and they're free and they're just playing th... DWYANE WADE We played well the last two periods. But it's only human nature to be down a bit when you're not sco... GREG VANNELLI I'm not saying we are playing our best, but we're playing well. Consistency. Discipline. We're not g... CLEM JODOIN I really thought my first two (takers) were sure goals and that is why I put them in there, but my l... WILL ARANGUREN I have always loved the game, ever since those days playing in my aunt's yard. I grew up idolizing M... BRENDA JACKSON I guess we just didn't come to play early in the game and that's my problem. We have got to be ready... JEFF BAMBULE We went on a short run there and extended the lead and then just kind of took a deep breath. We have... GENE WATSON I've done my part, played my hand, even thrown in my cards when I had to. I've bet what I didn't hav... KAMI GARCIA It feels great to me, like it's not even broke. I just tried to go out there and play hard and not w... MATT TRANNON You've got to be cool and collected all the way. You're not going to throw five touchdowns every gam... D.J. SHOCKLEY My mentality is just a little different now, because in high school I had to do a lot of scoring, ..... MARIO CHALMERS Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER Wrestling has been a way of life with me day in and day out. I won't get too far away from it. I mig... DAN GABLE Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. ... DEREK JETER I've always been timid. I wait for the mating signal, yet I want to show my interest, but I'm too go... ANTON LAVEY We just play pretty good defense. The girls just do such a good job. In the first half it was big to... BECKY CARLSON I just try to let the game come to me and get my teammates involved. If there's a good shot there, I... ERLANA LARKINS We did play well, but we just couldn't get the ball to go in the hoop and you're going to have night... BARRY BORCHERS We're playing the system well right now. It's just a matter of scoring goals. COLBY ARMSTRONG I really went in there putting everything I had had left. But, he has a strong mind and came back an... JOE CHAPMAN When I see him, his frame filling the doorway, I do not feel passion, excitement. I can't remember i... JODI PICOULT This is the way it?s going to be every game. I told the guys to embrace it, not fight it, then go ou... PAT FLANNERY I wanted to be out there with my teammates. It just doesn't feel right when you're not out there. JOSHUA JOHNSON We play difficult teams every game, all year long. We made it by sticking to our motto. We call it o... DAVE PUGLIESE I think he needs me to make shots and things like that. And I know I?m going to knock down shots, bu... MARSCILLA PACKER
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