We played as hard as we can. … Sometimes you just get beat. We've got an uphill battle now.

We had an uphill battle.

We've been working since the late '80s to get 49 widened. This will be an uphill battle.

It's going to be an uphill battle. In an election year, it would be enormously hard to get more than token cuts.

I think it's an uphill battle all the way.

We didn't play real well, we played hard, but to beat a team ranked ninth in the state and one that has won seven in a row, we have to take care of things better.