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We talk about region games as being playoff games. You've got to win you region games to get to go t...
MARK ROSE That's high school baseball. It's not earth-shattering. It's early in the year, too. They have to le...
DAVE MOATES We need to win out in conference games for a home playoff game.
TIM BARRETT This reminded me of the games we used to play in the '70s and '80s up here with everyone standing ar...
ANSON DORRANCE You still have to play all your games. We would have liked to win the region tonight, but it makes n...
GREG PAYNE We haven't beaten anyone in the playoffs yet, and that's what we have to do. We've won a lot of big ...
BRIAN URLACHER We need to have these kinds of games to prepare us for late in the season.
DARREN MATHEWS You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports fran...
PAUL ALLEN Games like this, you have to give Columbus a lot of credit. They came out swinging the bats very agg...
JOHN RUSSELL For us there is 16 conference games to go and yet, boy, these games this weekend seem really importa...
DAVE LOOS We've got three games left, hopefully, and we set the tone. This is a whole new season, it's playoff...
BRYAN LYNTON Tonight we managed to put all the pieces together and it was just a great win. We needed this boost ...
CHARLES MANCIL What we need to do is start 5-1 and keep it going and get some home playoff games.
TOM NALEN The more playoff games and Super Bowls and things of that nature that you're in obviously is goi...
LARRY FITZGERALD We're very optimistic about both games. But at this point, I think it's way too early for me to pred...
DEREK SCHILLER It wasn't a very good night for us shooting. You have games like this. It's just too bad that it's t...
JOE NOON It's a long, grueling time in this region. Eighteen games of region play to come down to a game like...
DAN MOORE It's fun. It's one of those games that will test your ability. I was watching that '60 Minutes' piec...
MATHIAS KIWANUKA We're frustrated and we should be. How many times do you have to go through this? How many games is ...
PAUL SATHER These kids need this kind of experience, the 10 games. They may travel a little distance, but we'll ...
MANNY ZAFIROS This was like a playoff game for us. I thought if we could get this one and even with Hillhouse comi...
JAY KARLINS I really enjoyed it, ... I played a couple of preseason games, but the atmosphere tonight was totall...
STEVE YZERMAN Am I upset with myself right now? Yeah I am, ... But there's going to be games like this. Just got t...
MATT HASSELBECK Playing these games helps you some with recruiting and with seeing the level you need to play at to ...
CLIFF REED When you hit that many long balls, you'll likely win a lot of your games. We need to cut down on our...
BRIAN GOODMAN![]()
We need to be able to win games like this, ... If you're going to win a championship, you have to wi...
TONY DUNGY This is the best team we've played since Rogers, and they spanked us. We got down early in that game...
MADELYN FLENOR We've started well this year in big games. It got our fans into it and got our kids going early.
GREG LOWELL We expected a tough game, and we were ready for it. We've been second the last two years here, so we...
BRIAN RICKER We got nothing from our big men. (Andrew) Zimmer was in foul trouble all game and they dominated bot...
JAY KARLINS You take away those last nine games from us and we wind up in third or fourth place. (But) you have ...
FRANK CRUZ Anytime you win games and go into a weekend series it gives you a little bit of confidence. I think ...
BRENDA COLDREN Right now it's just too early. It's just too early to start thinking about hitting the panic button....
SEAN CASEY We won't take them for granted. This will be a very tough set of games on the road. They're very phy...
JOE BATTISTA We've played 33 games now. I think we averaged right around this every year (at North Dakota). But i...
ANDY SCHNEIDER They got two from us last year - two close games, down to one-possession games. If you can't get rea...
BETH DUNKENBERGER These are like playoff games. Every game, every pitch, is so important now.
DAVID BELL We're battling for a playoff spot and every game is important for us. The (next) three games, there'...
ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY That's what you work all season for, to get into the playoff games, and you don't want to bl...
RAY NITSCHKE The 2012 Games will act as a catalyst for the development of sport in every region and, in the run-u...
DAVID HANSON You need good goaltending to win big games and both teams got it (Saturday night).
ANTHONY PALUMBO I do love video games. But after a while, you feel like you really need to get up and do something.
PATRICK CHAN He's not only big and strong, he's got moves. They were just better than we were tonight. They're go...
DEREK AVERY It has been an exciting year (2005) for me, and now, I am looking forward to doing well in the Asian...
DAVID NICOL We start district Tuesday. The games we missed out on are games you just won't get to prepare.
CYNTHIA ZEA![]()
That's how he pitched early in the year. He just got in a funk. In the middle of that funk, he had a...
TONY LA RUSSA This event is set up to prepare the athletes for the area games that will take place Feb. 24-25 in A...
CAROLYN SCZEPANSKI It's eight games to the playoff and you have to get a second effort on everything. It was a great ef...
MARTIN ERAT It was kind of hard. I've been in a few playoff games before, so I'm use to the crowd yelling and st...
JUSTIN SPARKS April watched the rain a beat. “You need a lift to California, and you need money to do that. I’...
RENEE BLOSSOM We've had a lot of games this year that we had no chance to win, so you can't lose games like this w...
ATSUYA FURUTA We stayed in it and we kept fighting back and fighting back. We missed some free throws down the str...
BRIAN RUSH I want to take this opportunity to ask for your vote and support. Together we can make a difference....
JOE BACON Three games in now, and our power play isn't producing and it's costing us games, ... We're going to...
PETER LAVIOLETTE We need to play like this every night. We lost, but we played hard and aggressive. If we play like t...
ANDRES NOCIONI These games, hopefully, will benefit us in the end. You can play a bunch of close games, but if you ...
BRIAN REINKE We're disappointed tonight, but we're still right there. We're dead even and we've both got some big...
LYNN BURKEY We've got the core of our team coming back next year, and playing games like this really helps. It h...
DEBBIE SKELLY![]()
Sometimes, you have things happen that make you scratch your head - like winning 57 games after Darr...
TONY LA RUSSA That's the refreshing part about it. This is someone who has gone to work every day for 1,400 games ...
DENNIS SCOTT I'm approaching this like this is my Finals, really. We got three more games; if he puts me out ther...
ALEX ACKER (Mayfield) has been stepping up for us. He had some big games in the region tournament and he picked...
HARRY MARSH It was a good game to get us going and prepare for the rest of the games in the tournament.
DANIELLE SANTOS [So big games in baseball or football? Which are more compelling?] In sports, there's really nothing...
JOE BUCK We haven't been beaten [at Spartan] in two games this year. The playoffs are going to be fun. I thin...
COLIN CLARKE The last few games, we had been getting a lot of shots and chances, tonight that didn't happen, but ...
DARRYL SYDOR I just wanted to come to a playoff team and help them win games. Philly's the spot.
LEE NAILON I didn't think we were real sharp, real crisp (early in the game), and if we weren't careful, we mig...
TOM RENNEY [Yawney called it] too early ... He took a step towards it. With only eight (preseason) games, unfor...
CRAIG ANDERSON Games like tonight are real frustrating, when you get great pitching like we did and only scratch tw...
JOSH WILLINGHAM I attribute that to a lack of playoff experience. Playoff basketball is a little bit different. We h...
DARRYL ADAMS I made the decision that I was going to play tonight. This was huge for us. Going on the road and wi...
LAUREN JACKSON Your offense looks good when you're shooting well and tonight we did that. The last few games we wer...
DICK DELANEY We expected a playoff atmosphere in here, we got one, and we responded. It was a challenge, but I wa...
IKE TAYLOR We're battling for first place with Ottawa, so all those games are going to be huge. Then Toronto an...
DEREK ROY In the tournament we've gotten better defensively ... in our first two playoff games, our defense ba...
MARK ADAMS We talked about it. We've been giving up too many chances and we have to bear down if we want to win...
BRENT SOPEL The previous games were both games of spurts. But, I believe our boys were more determined to get it...
TROY YOUNG (Drug testers) on your front door at 6.30 every morning, it's not the best way to prepare for the Ga...
BEN KERSTEN Tonight wasn't one of our better games, but we managed to find a way.
CHRIS OSGOOD We've won three games in a row with Cocke County up Monday and we've got a little momentum, which is...
MIKE WRIGHT This is a fun time of the year. We've got a couple of big games coming up against the Bay City schoo...
KURT FAUST This was crucial to get this win. We let one slip away when we were in Minot and we need this win to...
CODY SCHMITZ It was important to score early and play from in front because East is a good team. But defense was ...
JAMEL CARPENTER We need to have better situational hitting. We could have lost all three of those games, so we need ...
TRACY SMITH I was having a good day, ... until you reminded me of losing my senior players and now Skinner. Do y...
GEORGE GWOZDECKY I'm approaching it like it's my Finals, you've got like two, three games more -- if you put me out t...
ALEX ACKER We made a lot of mental mistakes. But we showed what we are capable of doing tonight. We got close i...
JULIE CRAVEN I trained the whole off-season, ... I work out in Seattle with the Huskies. You can do everything yo...
CAM CLEELAND A lot of times, for videogames, you get almost no time to prepare with a script. You've got a di...
YURI LOWENTHAL Obviously it's a big game because of the rivalry and the region title on the line. But as nice as it...
ANITA MCLANE In all likelihood, this is the team we're going to meet in the first round, and it felt like a playo...
BLAIR BETTS I told the kids that we need to start preparing to play in a playoff atmosphere. We have to be able ...
DAN FONTAS April 15 this year falls on a Saturday so the deadline is extended to April 17. And as you may know,...
ILAN KEMPLER It was like, wow. I'd go to all the UTEP and New Mexico State games and there's hardly anyone there....
ABBIE LETZ We have tough region games a tough schedule.
JACKIE BLEDSOE The tradition makes for a great atmosphere. You have both teams fan in the building. These games are...
ED BELFOUR These games are why you have 11 players on a team. This was a team win tonight.
JOEY MEYER I think Brian learned a valuable lesson last week. He was frustrated and I told him, 'They're going ...
BRIAN WHITE I told our kids (the win) wouldn't be as big as a district game, because district games get you to t...
BOB MCINTYRE
MARK ROSE That's high school baseball. It's not earth-shattering. It's early in the year, too. They have to le...
DAVE MOATES We need to win out in conference games for a home playoff game.
TIM BARRETT This reminded me of the games we used to play in the '70s and '80s up here with everyone standing ar...
ANSON DORRANCE You still have to play all your games. We would have liked to win the region tonight, but it makes n...
GREG PAYNE We haven't beaten anyone in the playoffs yet, and that's what we have to do. We've won a lot of big ...
BRIAN URLACHER We need to have these kinds of games to prepare us for late in the season.
DARREN MATHEWS You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports fran...
PAUL ALLEN Games like this, you have to give Columbus a lot of credit. They came out swinging the bats very agg...
JOHN RUSSELL For us there is 16 conference games to go and yet, boy, these games this weekend seem really importa...
DAVE LOOS We've got three games left, hopefully, and we set the tone. This is a whole new season, it's playoff...
BRYAN LYNTON Tonight we managed to put all the pieces together and it was just a great win. We needed this boost ...
CHARLES MANCIL What we need to do is start 5-1 and keep it going and get some home playoff games.
TOM NALEN The more playoff games and Super Bowls and things of that nature that you're in obviously is goi...
LARRY FITZGERALD We're very optimistic about both games. But at this point, I think it's way too early for me to pred...
DEREK SCHILLER It wasn't a very good night for us shooting. You have games like this. It's just too bad that it's t...
JOE NOON It's a long, grueling time in this region. Eighteen games of region play to come down to a game like...
DAN MOORE It's fun. It's one of those games that will test your ability. I was watching that '60 Minutes' piec...
MATHIAS KIWANUKA We're frustrated and we should be. How many times do you have to go through this? How many games is ...
PAUL SATHER These kids need this kind of experience, the 10 games. They may travel a little distance, but we'll ...
MANNY ZAFIROS This was like a playoff game for us. I thought if we could get this one and even with Hillhouse comi...
JAY KARLINS I really enjoyed it, ... I played a couple of preseason games, but the atmosphere tonight was totall...
STEVE YZERMAN Am I upset with myself right now? Yeah I am, ... But there's going to be games like this. Just got t...
MATT HASSELBECK Playing these games helps you some with recruiting and with seeing the level you need to play at to ...
CLIFF REED When you hit that many long balls, you'll likely win a lot of your games. We need to cut down on our...
BRIAN GOODMAN
We need to be able to win games like this, ... If you're going to win a championship, you have to wi... TONY DUNGY This is the best team we've played since Rogers, and they spanked us. We got down early in that game...
MADELYN FLENOR We've started well this year in big games. It got our fans into it and got our kids going early.
GREG LOWELL We expected a tough game, and we were ready for it. We've been second the last two years here, so we...
BRIAN RICKER We got nothing from our big men. (Andrew) Zimmer was in foul trouble all game and they dominated bot...
JAY KARLINS You take away those last nine games from us and we wind up in third or fourth place. (But) you have ...
FRANK CRUZ Anytime you win games and go into a weekend series it gives you a little bit of confidence. I think ...
BRENDA COLDREN Right now it's just too early. It's just too early to start thinking about hitting the panic button....
SEAN CASEY We won't take them for granted. This will be a very tough set of games on the road. They're very phy...
JOE BATTISTA We've played 33 games now. I think we averaged right around this every year (at North Dakota). But i...
ANDY SCHNEIDER They got two from us last year - two close games, down to one-possession games. If you can't get rea...
BETH DUNKENBERGER These are like playoff games. Every game, every pitch, is so important now.
DAVID BELL We're battling for a playoff spot and every game is important for us. The (next) three games, there'...
ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY That's what you work all season for, to get into the playoff games, and you don't want to bl...
RAY NITSCHKE The 2012 Games will act as a catalyst for the development of sport in every region and, in the run-u...
DAVID HANSON You need good goaltending to win big games and both teams got it (Saturday night).
ANTHONY PALUMBO I do love video games. But after a while, you feel like you really need to get up and do something.
PATRICK CHAN He's not only big and strong, he's got moves. They were just better than we were tonight. They're go...
DEREK AVERY It has been an exciting year (2005) for me, and now, I am looking forward to doing well in the Asian...
DAVID NICOL We start district Tuesday. The games we missed out on are games you just won't get to prepare.
CYNTHIA ZEA
That's how he pitched early in the year. He just got in a funk. In the middle of that funk, he had a... TONY LA RUSSA This event is set up to prepare the athletes for the area games that will take place Feb. 24-25 in A...
CAROLYN SCZEPANSKI It's eight games to the playoff and you have to get a second effort on everything. It was a great ef...
MARTIN ERAT It was kind of hard. I've been in a few playoff games before, so I'm use to the crowd yelling and st...
JUSTIN SPARKS April watched the rain a beat. “You need a lift to California, and you need money to do that. I’...
RENEE BLOSSOM We've had a lot of games this year that we had no chance to win, so you can't lose games like this w...
ATSUYA FURUTA We stayed in it and we kept fighting back and fighting back. We missed some free throws down the str...
BRIAN RUSH I want to take this opportunity to ask for your vote and support. Together we can make a difference....
JOE BACON Three games in now, and our power play isn't producing and it's costing us games, ... We're going to...
PETER LAVIOLETTE We need to play like this every night. We lost, but we played hard and aggressive. If we play like t...
ANDRES NOCIONI These games, hopefully, will benefit us in the end. You can play a bunch of close games, but if you ...
BRIAN REINKE We're disappointed tonight, but we're still right there. We're dead even and we've both got some big...
LYNN BURKEY We've got the core of our team coming back next year, and playing games like this really helps. It h...
DEBBIE SKELLY
Sometimes, you have things happen that make you scratch your head - like winning 57 games after Darr... TONY LA RUSSA That's the refreshing part about it. This is someone who has gone to work every day for 1,400 games ...
DENNIS SCOTT I'm approaching this like this is my Finals, really. We got three more games; if he puts me out ther...
ALEX ACKER (Mayfield) has been stepping up for us. He had some big games in the region tournament and he picked...
HARRY MARSH It was a good game to get us going and prepare for the rest of the games in the tournament.
DANIELLE SANTOS [So big games in baseball or football? Which are more compelling?] In sports, there's really nothing...
JOE BUCK We haven't been beaten [at Spartan] in two games this year. The playoffs are going to be fun. I thin...
COLIN CLARKE The last few games, we had been getting a lot of shots and chances, tonight that didn't happen, but ...
DARRYL SYDOR I just wanted to come to a playoff team and help them win games. Philly's the spot.
LEE NAILON I didn't think we were real sharp, real crisp (early in the game), and if we weren't careful, we mig...
TOM RENNEY [Yawney called it] too early ... He took a step towards it. With only eight (preseason) games, unfor...
CRAIG ANDERSON Games like tonight are real frustrating, when you get great pitching like we did and only scratch tw...
JOSH WILLINGHAM I attribute that to a lack of playoff experience. Playoff basketball is a little bit different. We h...
DARRYL ADAMS I made the decision that I was going to play tonight. This was huge for us. Going on the road and wi...
LAUREN JACKSON Your offense looks good when you're shooting well and tonight we did that. The last few games we wer...
DICK DELANEY We expected a playoff atmosphere in here, we got one, and we responded. It was a challenge, but I wa...
IKE TAYLOR We're battling for first place with Ottawa, so all those games are going to be huge. Then Toronto an...
DEREK ROY In the tournament we've gotten better defensively ... in our first two playoff games, our defense ba...
MARK ADAMS We talked about it. We've been giving up too many chances and we have to bear down if we want to win...
BRENT SOPEL The previous games were both games of spurts. But, I believe our boys were more determined to get it...
TROY YOUNG (Drug testers) on your front door at 6.30 every morning, it's not the best way to prepare for the Ga...
BEN KERSTEN Tonight wasn't one of our better games, but we managed to find a way.
CHRIS OSGOOD We've won three games in a row with Cocke County up Monday and we've got a little momentum, which is...
MIKE WRIGHT This is a fun time of the year. We've got a couple of big games coming up against the Bay City schoo...
KURT FAUST This was crucial to get this win. We let one slip away when we were in Minot and we need this win to...
CODY SCHMITZ It was important to score early and play from in front because East is a good team. But defense was ...
JAMEL CARPENTER We need to have better situational hitting. We could have lost all three of those games, so we need ...
TRACY SMITH I was having a good day, ... until you reminded me of losing my senior players and now Skinner. Do y...
GEORGE GWOZDECKY I'm approaching it like it's my Finals, you've got like two, three games more -- if you put me out t...
ALEX ACKER We made a lot of mental mistakes. But we showed what we are capable of doing tonight. We got close i...
JULIE CRAVEN I trained the whole off-season, ... I work out in Seattle with the Huskies. You can do everything yo...
CAM CLEELAND A lot of times, for videogames, you get almost no time to prepare with a script. You've got a di...
YURI LOWENTHAL Obviously it's a big game because of the rivalry and the region title on the line. But as nice as it...
ANITA MCLANE In all likelihood, this is the team we're going to meet in the first round, and it felt like a playo...
BLAIR BETTS I told the kids that we need to start preparing to play in a playoff atmosphere. We have to be able ...
DAN FONTAS April 15 this year falls on a Saturday so the deadline is extended to April 17. And as you may know,...
ILAN KEMPLER It was like, wow. I'd go to all the UTEP and New Mexico State games and there's hardly anyone there....
ABBIE LETZ We have tough region games a tough schedule.
JACKIE BLEDSOE The tradition makes for a great atmosphere. You have both teams fan in the building. These games are...
ED BELFOUR These games are why you have 11 players on a team. This was a team win tonight.
JOEY MEYER I think Brian learned a valuable lesson last week. He was frustrated and I told him, 'They're going ...
BRIAN WHITE I told our kids (the win) wouldn't be as big as a district game, because district games get you to t...
BOB MCINTYRE
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