Ben Smith Quotes (36 Quotes)

The goalie might get in the head of the players. That's credit to their (Sweden's) team spirit. When goalies play well, it gives their team more reasons to compete, and Sweden did compete.

It's important to the community.

I think anytime you can give yourself flexibility in this type of an event, it just gives you a way to take care of the unexpected.

We are excited with the talent assembled for our U.S. women's national team. The festival featured a deep pool of players and really highlighted the tremendous development of women's hockey in the United States.

When you don't score on five-on-three, as a coach you feel haunted. That gave the Swedish team another lift and they played with even more determination.

One night in late spring nearing dusk we walked out our front door to hear the chirping, squeaking sound of bats. At first we thought they were coming from our neighbor's house, until we walked around the side of our own house, to find bats squeezing out

In Shelley's case ... she's left parts of her body in rinks all over the world. Now it's up to the players left in the program not to fill that footprint -- those are special players -- but just to be able to line up alongside it.

Cammi has been an icon in women's hockey. Shelley scored the winning goal in Nagano Japan, the biggest goal we've ever had.

Nobody came into our camp thinking they've got it made. That might not have been the case in 1998 and maybe even 2002.

The players named themselves. They stepped forward with the way they played. I think we'll start to take on a personality now.

I thought Finland played with maximum energy, while we started at about 80 percent. When Parsons got our second goal, I thought we started to play at our speed, and we really got our energy back.

I hope we don't see you again. Have you seen enough of us

Today was one of those games that lives up to the billing that these are the two best women's hockey teams in the world. I think the people who came here today certainly got their money's worth.

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We are a first-half team. ... Trying to hold a lead for 55 minutes is tough to do. We played hard today and so did Apple Valley.

That's as tough as it gets. She just missed out. Talk about resilient. I've probably had to cut her more times than any player I've been around, and she just keeps coming back.

Obviously, Canada is the No. 1 team on our hit list. But our team is shaping up quite nicely for a strong run at the (gold) medal.

They were nice to put a team up against us that was spirited and you could tell by the reactions that it meant as much to those kids as it does to us. Hockey is hockey. I think the people liked it. It seemed like a nice crowd and just a wonderful evening.

This Canadian team is too good for us to make mistakes that turn directly into goals. That was a tough way to start.

We start from the goal out, (and) we've got goaltenders that have both won at the world championships and have both beaten Canada. We're pretty strong and physically savvy on defense, and I think we've got a lot of strength down the middle. We've got a lot of options at the center position, and playmakers on both sides of the puck.

I didn't see any podiums out there today so I think we'll stay calm.

I think we need more women in our leadership positions. I hope that day is coming, and I hope it comes soon.

It isn't the same game it was four years ago, or even one year ago. We're a much different team, and the Canadians have made changes as well. The rest of the world is getting better every day. You've got to meet those challenges head-on, or you're going to get caught from behind.

She has not had the easiest time staying on the straight and narrow. When you have a lot of talent, you might take things for granted.

It's fun to watch. To see someone grow, not just as an athlete, from a teenager to a mom. She's a great player who continues to be a pivotal player for the team.

I think they're ready to except the responsibility of being the leaders of this team. The natural feeling for players is to hang on too long. But time marches on. We're setting the clock to players that are playing at the highest level right now.

I love Franklin Field I'm hoping this protest will drawn national media coverage.

We came to play today. ... I think we came together as a team and played well. We just want to take it one game at a time and keep moving on.

The calls are always tough. We had the whole fall season to kind of figure this thing out. You want to get everybody healthy when it gets down that close so they can all show you what their value is. It becomes clear, but then what enters into it is the emotional human side. That's always gut-wrenching for everyone.

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Like all players, if they choose to try to play forever, their number is liable to come up. And in this situation ... (Cammi) and Shelley didn't have a chair when the music stopped.

In the scheme of things, there was plenty of time.

This is not the final product. The final product won't emerge until we go into the village in Turin Italy. The players know that.

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You could probably tell from the early beginnings maybe a tenseness and the pressure that was on the home team. We never have that luxury.

She had size and strength beyond her years. But I remember being at the training center in Finland, assisting her dialing home so she could talk to her parents.