We played average. We were lucky to get two out of three. We could have easily lost Saturday's game. The team isn't there yet but they'll get there.
Quotes about saturdays (16 Quotes)
I always do an all-night horror marathon on Saturdays where we start at seven and go until five in the morning.
We all know that the championship will be decided during Saturday's games, but we need to focus on first getting the job done at Eckerd. This team has been through a lot this season and we've fought through every challenge to the best of our ability.
Saturday's win enhances our reputation and ability to attract a bigger supporter base. Another factor is that we've already had three million free-to-air (television) viewers this year, and that gives you satisfied corporate sponsors and satisfied members throughout Australia.
Australia will be disappointed after losing to England. Eddie Jones will come to Dublin with the view of turning things around. But we also have a lot of work to do after Saturday's match.
Finishing eighth is remarkable for this team. We had a lot of ups and downs, but to pull it together and do as well as we did in the tournament was unexpected. When we hit adversity, we sometimes drifted. In Saturday's game with Whatcom, we surged through that and got a win to get to the last day, which was our goal.
Saturdays and Sundays, America in the year 2009 does not in some ways differ significantly from the country that existed almost 50 years ago. This is truly sad.
When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement.
But if I wasn't playing, I would drink Saturdays, then Sunday, then Monday. Then I would try and train and it was no good, then have another drink just to pass the day away.
The first thing with Clint is that he likes to play the game. He trains exactly how he plays and goes hard every day, so on Saturdays he gets the benefit. He's always trying new things, new tricks. The biggest thing is to try and point him in the right direction about when and when not to use the tools he has.
After talking with the doctors and our medical staff, I am going to be very careful not to bring Renaldo back until we are confident his knee is completely recovered and able to withstand the physical demands of SEC basketball. A final decision will be made closer to Saturday's game time.
There's a big mind-set difference. The mind-set comes from the way you work and the way you practice. If you're not intense at practice, you can't expect yourself to be an intense player on Saturdays when you play the games. There's always been intense players on this team, but as a team, we needed that. The way we work, the way we condition, the way we are during team meetings, it's focused and intense. And I know it's going to carry over to the football field. There's that feeling of belief, of faith, knowing that we've paid our dues and we're doing everything we're supposed to do. It's going to pay off.
Anyone who bought a ticket from that store for Saturday's draw should be holding on to it very tightly, especially if they are out and about on holiday.
I told the team after Saturday's game that we needed to come out and attack right away early in the ball game. It set the tone for the entire day and made them go to their bullpen right away in the second inning.
It was certainly a lot better than last Saturday's performance and maybe the lads have recovered their self belief. I've made it clear however that there's no point in us raising our game against Rangers and Celtic if we can't produce results against the teams in the lower part of the league. I know its going to be a roller-coaster ride for the rest of the season - there will be plenty ups and downs but I'm enjoying every minute of it.
Saturdays on Radio 2 will be real appointment listening with Jonathan Ross in the morning, comedy for lunch followed by Chris's new show in the afternoon - and then Dermot with a new exciting music show.