Jason Smith Quotes (54 Quotes)

If I do make the team, I feel like I can be prepared to do whatever they need me to do every day. I'm excited about it.

I think today was a good indication of what our season has been like. This game was up-and-down. I saw San Diego State coming at me with a double team, and I don't think I handled it very well.

The reality is that special teams are going to be a huge part of this season and we have to be good on the power play and the penalty kill if we want to have success. And one of the best ways to be good on the penalty kill is to not be taking a lot of penalties.

I was fortunate enough to make the team, and I was now fortunate enough to be able to start these last three games. I don't really have an answer. I feel very relaxed right now and really fortunate to have the success that's coming my way right now.

His goal is to make the finals. My goal is for him to make the state meet in both hurdle races.

Hope we hear a lot more of that. He's a very creative player who is gifted around the net.

We just didn't execute the way we wanted to on the penalty kill,

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When he first got to the NBA, a friend of ours and myself would always go see him play on the road.

If you aren't executing and you're spending all that time in the box, it's tough to have success.

It's going to take determination and hard-nosed defense. We've got to get back to what we were doing at the beginning of the year. We've been working on our defense a lot, and we're looking to make a run in this tournament.

He's a point guard but he can also play the two guard position. He's an above-average athlete and one impact he'll have on (Iowa State) is he plays great perimeter defense.

I have to play like I normally do, I can't be worrying about getting into foul trouble.

He (Rees) is not the quickest guy in the world and he is not overly skilled. His tactics to try and make an impact in the game are to try and put the players from the other team off as best he can.

We've got to get our team right. We're coming out slow, and the only time it seems like we play good is when we're down, and it shouldn't be that way at all. That's the mentality of a losing team.

The pressure has really been off us this time, I thought last year there was a lot of pressure going into a three-peat scenario, that might come later on.

I don't know if the fans saw me or the guy next to me on the big screen, but I could hear them cheering. I felt like I was a football player. I couldn't wait to get to the bottom so I could hear it louder.

I heard about it a little over a week ago, and I'm excited, but almost a little embarrassed. It's great to give back to the community that brought me up. I love it here.

This is not a tax sale. The (financial) river is wide and deep. Morning Star Management continues to do huge capital improvements in these buildings.

I looked to the outfield. They were playing no doubles. They were playing deep. The ball off the bat, I thought I could make it easy. It turned out to be, obviously, a stupid play.

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It's obviously going to be important. As a team we realized that we can't spend time in the penalty box with a team like Detroit because of their high offensive power and the gifted players.

I hope all my talents are coming out so they'll be able to see and evaluate enough to make a decision whether or not they want to keep me.

It's more of a reactionary position. Sometimes, to be honest, I feel like my feet are a little slow until I get thrown in there a few innings or so. I feel like I don't react to the ball well enough. That's just a matter of taking ground balls, and during BP just taking live-game-type action. That's what I was doing today, to try and overcome that.

We've got a great opportunity to do good things. For sure. The expectations have gone up.

I was fighting an uphill battle. ... It was definitely time for a change, and I think voters saw that it was time for a change.

Looking up at the stands is really encouraging. This is the biggest crowd I've ever seen for snowboard cross. I'm so excited snowboarding is getting more and more venues at the Olympics.

I think so. I hope so. We want to be a team which will play 60 minutes night after night and for the most part, we've been doing that.

I did go slower off that takeoff, but that's each person's choice. I felt I had to do that to get a good landing. Unfortunately, things happen. That's racing. That's why people like to watch it.

I think this season, a lot more than last season, I did some things very well and some things very poorly. We lost our wind somewhere in the middle of the season, and we never really regained it.

Paul (Horvath) has a strong opinion about taxes. Every year he pays his taxes right before the (county tax) sale. This is nothing new with us. This is how Paul deals with taxes. He paid his taxes at this time last year.

This course is real active, there's not a lot of places to generate speed. The roller sections are real quick. You just have to roll through it.

The fish, after their eggs are taken, are brought to us. We start feeding them again, getting them reconditioned so they get their strength back. Then we reintroduce them, where they're fished for sportsmen, or they return to the ocean and return again and keep the cycle going.

We know how good a team we're playing against and how competitive the guys in that room are, how experienced they are.

This is the most exciting time of the year. This is why we all play. Dealing with injuries is a part of it.

We go to tournaments all over the place, and I'd rate this one with any tournament that we have been to. It has been very organized and I'm pleased with the competition we've gotten to face.

We'd take mushrooms or whatever so we could be in time when she opened up the bread.

You hope your kids are thinking, 'Hey, those other guys aren't much faster than me. I can do this,' ... Maybe we don't have any state-ranked teams in our conference this season, but we sure can have a fun meet.

We took them for granted last time. We had a chip on our shoulder and didn't really think they were going to do anything to us.

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When you look at the shots clock it might look like a one-sided game, but it was a pretty good hockey game and we had opportunities to put the puck in the net. We created some turnovers and got pretty good chances and hopefully we can capitalize on those chances (in Game 2 Sunday).

I know coming in I didn't put any pressure on myself. I said, 'Just do what you're capable of doing and relax and have fun.' So far, I've done that. I haven't put any undue pressure on myself. I think it's translated into being more relaxed -- being able to have fun.

All my interactions with Todd indicate he is a man of integrity and honor. He always spoke for what he thought was right.

It's definitely a little crazy. You're going down course as fast as you can with three other guys. That's got to be a little crazy. But we're all professionals, we've all been doing this a long time. We know the risks involved.

I just seen him two days ago, and I was telling my girl he's a good guy, a cool cat. It's sad.

New skates are so much lighter for comfort and speed, and guys are shooting the puck so much harder. Sometimes something has to give.

If a person can be glad and sad at the same time, that's where I'm at. I am honestly relieved.

I had so much on my mind before the Olympics, and I needed some time to recharge my batteries and have some fun while I can. I gained a lot of confidence at the Olympics, and I'm feeling strong.

I'd cut the ropes that bind me, if someone would free my hands.

He was very familiar with Coach McDermott and Northern Iowa during the original recruiting process. That helped, plus he just felt like going to Iowa State would be a perfect fit.