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We were playing not lose instead of playing to win. When you play not to lose, then your offense is controlled. We made some poor decisions. It's not over until the fat lady sings.


Glory Slater

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It's not over until the fat lady sings.
KAIZER MOTAUNG At the end it felt like we played not to lose instead of playing to win.
MIKE DAVIS I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.
ERIC DAVIS We used to go into games not to lose, instead of playing to win. Now, we're like, let's beat this te...
CHERLANDA FRANKLIN We were playing not to lose. Whenever we play not to lose, it means that guys aren't being aggressiv...
ANDRE BARRETT (Coach Rod Fisher) told us that we were playing not to lose and that we were not playing to win. We ...
ERICA SIMPSON For a while there in the second half, we played not to lose instead of playing to win. We had a chan...
JOHN CALIPARI Tonight we didn't get the big hit and we had too many errors. We have to execute at the plate and on...
AMANDA BUSSELL It's never over 'til the fat lady sings. Those are some of the plays we made.
DENVER CROMER Now we are going in there expecting to win. We are not just going out there playing not to lose. We ...
ASHLEY HAYNES We played extremely tentative. We played not to lose instead of playing to win. We had a number of t...
DAN ROIGER I felt like we played a good game for the most part. But near the end, we played not to lose, instea...
JOHN GAY We didn't execute they way we had been preparing to. Basketball is about effort and execution. The e...
CRAIG PIPPEN Instead of treating it like another game, they treated it like a championship. Instead of playing to...
HERMAN GOODEN We'll continue to lose good people if something's not done. We just need to start making some of the...
DAVE WATSON It isn't over until the fat lady sings
AMERICAN PROVERB We were really aggressive early on. Then in the fifth inning the roles changed and we found ourselve...
JEFF PAUL Give Indiana credit. They played a heck of a ballgame. We just had to start playing to win instead o...
KATIE GEARLDS We made some really bad choices and mistakes. We started playing fast instead of playing the way we ...
BRUCE LARNER You have to look at not only who you would like to win but also who you'd like to lose.
DAN MACLENNAN I think after we lost that lead it took a lot out of us emotionally. After taking that big lead, it'...
DEAN BELLANTI I think we were playing scared to lose. It was not our effort, but that we were worried to fall behi...
KYLE BRODZIAK We made some very poor decisions on offense. We shot the ball way too quick instead of running offen...
BOB LASBURY Play to win, not "not to lose".
DONDI SCUMACI I told them after regulation to not give up, and keep playing hard. We didn't come here to lose.
BLANCHE ARAKAKI Those last four minutes we played not to lose instead of to win, that's something we can't do.
MARK TRAKH There's a lot of emotion in senior night. It was in the way the seniors talked to the team. We were ...
ASHLEY EDGAR The purpose behind playing a game like chess is not to win or lose, but rather to learn by doing.
JIM GENOVESE We were taught that you are not supposed to play with your food. We are playing with food!
AVIVA EDELMAN Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it.
CHUCK NOLL It was almost like we were playing not to lose. In the second half we were more patient offensively ...
JOE CARRINGTON You never know, ... You stay with it until the end. It's like Yogi Berra said, it ain't over until i...
CHARLIE MANUEL It's very frustrating when you're not healthy. Dom was playing good. We had a good win over Barry wh...
TONY LONGA Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and do not play when you are prayin...
CHARLES WILLIAMS IF YOU CAN'T THANK GOD FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, THANK HIM FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ESCAPED!
NOT SURE i believe in love. lust. sex. romance. i don't want everything to add up to the perfect equation...i...
NOT REAL A conservative is a liberal who just got mugged and a liberal is a conservative who just got arreste...
NOT SURE If you are constantly looking in the rear view mirror, how will you ever see what is in front of you...
NOT SURE We didn't play well, but the good news is we made the big plays at the end when we had to. Poor team...
BILL RYAN Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about ...
SEAN COVEY You hate to lose a game that way, but if not, we might have been playing here all night.
GREG BOWERS I think we just want to consistently play good volleyball. It's not ever fun to lose, but if we're p...
MAX KLINEMAN It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings
JULIAN SCHNABEL Sometimes when girls expect to lose, then they lose. When you have to teach them the game of basketb...
AVERY SWARN We improved immensely on offense, but we'd score six runs and lose seven to six. Some of it was on t...
JENNY PARSONS We have to be in control and not be nervous. When we were up 4-3, we kind of stopped playing and jus...
MARKUS NASLUND Not playing, you lose your confidence. I'm starting to get my rhythm back and starting to get my con...
JASON HARRIS The ocean is the lifeblood of our world. If we were to lose our fish that we appreciate so much by o...
AARON PEIRSOL The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings.
DAN COOK The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings.
DAN COOK The opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings
DAN COOK This is a fight which you cannot lose, you must not lose -- we must win it if Australia is to remain...
BOB HAWKE ...think of the solution, not the problem. If your mind was filled only with thoughts of why you wer...
TERRY GOODKIND Win or lose, playing at all is winning.
WOLFGANG NORDING A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose ...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO I learned a long time ago that you can play to win or play not to lose. I always think it's better a...
GLENN MASON Its Not Over Until You Win....
LES BROWN Winners play to win. Losers play to avoid defeat. Losing teaches you how to win; winning teaches you...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO We are in a win-lose kind of relationship with communities that have the power to annex. When they w...
JEFF LANG We made some bad decisions. When you don't win, you're tense. You probably don't think the same way....
MICHEL THERRIEN It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.
GRANTLAND RICE We play fair and we play hard. If we win the game we win, if we lose the game, we lose.
JASON WILLIAMS You can’t win unless you try to win, but you can lose by trying not to lose.
JACK CAMPBELL If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, ...
DEREK JETER When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.
BORIS SPASSKY Nobody likes to lose. Down the stretch, we have to know we're playing for something, anything, just ...
YAO MING We tend to not appreciate what we have until we lose it.
LORRIN L. LEE We kind of started the game playing on our heels, playing not to lose. But we bounced back from that...
BROCK BLASSINGAME When he comes back he has to get used to playing. It's not like he's had a lot of snaps.
HERMAN EDWARDS Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.
EUGENE ORMANDY We were flat after not playing a game for the past two weeks. We didn't play how we are capable of p...
DARIAN NASH You want to go to the playoffs with a bit of a swagger. It's not to the level we want it to be. When...
JERMAINE O'NEAL When you're playing a good team, you need to play all 60 minutes. Not 45, not 50, not 53; you need t...
DEREK MILLER When we win, we win together. When we lose, we lose together.
BUCK KICINSKI We never played like this before. We were playing on their level, instead of playing how we know we ...
LATOYA WILLIAMS To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate t...
DEREK JETER When you're not swinging well, you lose that [swagger],
BRUCE BOCHY ...

Not I...

...

Not I...

You lose.... not I!
DEYTH BANGER I tell [the kids] to just go out and play the way you can. Right now, we're not playing up to our ca...
CHRIS TIPPINS Before, if you didn't show up for practice, nothing would happen. Now we know [Slater] will flip out...
ASHLEY LEWIS This team is a great team, and a team that knows how to win. Our coaches put us in position to win w...
DAVID GIVENS Anytime you win when you're not playing your best, it's the mark of a good team.
CHRIS CARLISLE I knew coming in that playing this team, win or lose, was going to be good for us. We needed this, w...
BILL STRAND It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.
DARRIN WEINBERG They were fired up. They started playing with more energy. We usually play down a team so much that ...
ANDREW LINDSEY You win some and you lose some. Tonight was one of those nights we just didn't play well and lost.
BOBBY WRIGHT We're not thinking about losing. We know that we have to win to keep playing. We have to get back to...
COREY BREWER We understand that we can't overlook anybody. On one of our good nights when we're hitting on all cy...
LANNY SMITH I'm disappointed for the kids. We didn't wrestle to win, we wrestled not to lose.
COACH DOYLE NAIG The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad ...
BRIAN O'DRISCOLL When you're up by four in overtime, you should win. But in that last minute, we made some very poor ...
JEFF BEEMAN They got momentum right away and I really thought our mindset hurt us. We were all of sudden playing...
BILL PILGERAM Beverly played like they had nothing to lose and we played tight and nervous. It was flat-out nerves...
MARIO TRUTANIC Lifes biggest fear, is fear itself. Fear makes you lose your sense of trust. Fear (not hate) is the ...
RENATE VULLINGS There is no need to lose weight for some one because only those ask you to lose some weight who can ...
NAVJYOT KAUR I think the strength of the man is to have the right balance. Not to be so high when you win; not to...
CLAUDIO RANIERI We weren't going to lose, especially not at home. That's when we play our hardest. We knew we were N...
DIEGO RIOS Whoever said, ''It's not whether you win or lose that counts,'' probably lost.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA At halftime, what I talked to them about was their shooting. We couldn't buy a basket and (San Juan)...
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