Bob Hamley Quotations

He's a leader and a true professional that does a lot for me and the team on and off the floor. It's a credit to my team that I'm even going, so it's fitting that they are there as well.

He's done it the last three years so he's well-versed in the travel.

He wasn't getting the points that many people were used to seeing him get early on. But we thought all along that he'd been playing just as well or better than before.

We've talked to him about what he's going to see (this year). He has to expect maybe he's not going to get as many points as last year because a lot of teams will focus on him.

We've talked about what we have to do to be in the upper echelon in the West, and beating Calgary is one of those things. We haven't completed 60 minutes in a game and we need to get four full quarters in.

We didn't play very well in our last home game (against Colorado), so we really have to pick it up this week. We had one of our best games of the year in Philadelphia last week, so hopefully that momentum carries over.

We only play Calgary three times, so every game will be crucial for us. The experts say it's Calgary and Arizona in the west, so, obviously, it's a very important game early.

We've been really having trouble finishing. We're getting our opportunities but not making the most of them.

To add players like Murray and Blasdell is great for us. We're like the NFL in that every weekend is a dogfight. Adding experienced players who know what it takes to win is invaluable.

This was a total team effort. Our offense produced, and our defense really shut down their big guns.

We're very excited. There is a little bit of animosity, a little rivalry between Calgary and Arizona because of the amount of times we've played during the season and obviously what happened in the playoffs. So, we're excited for the challenge. It's still early in the season and to have a game like this early on is great for our team.

We're very encouraged by our second half, we challenged them at halftime and we weren't very happy and we do we control our own destiny.

You find out more about people when you lose than you do when you're winning. We're trying to find our identity.

We're disappointed, but you learn more about people when you lose, and we're still trying to find our identity. We have to get back to basics.

I've taken this thing on full time, so I take the losses a little harder these days, more than I did when I had to go back to a 9-to-5 job on Monday. But I'm going to force myself to enjoy this.

People don't realize that in lacrosse you need an even number of left-handers and right-handers. Matt is a lefty who is very fast and has a lot of skills.

They're very hungry. They've got some kids who've got a lot to prove.

They played last night, and we were supposed to be the ones with energy, but we weren't. We have to regroup. Colorado's beat us twice this year, and it's about time we turned the tables.

It seems like when a team plays the night before in back-to-back games that they're even better on the second night.

It's a one-game shot, and anything can happen. We were dominated by Colorado in the regular season, and we have to be prepared.

I told the guys that we couldn't win in the first five minutes, but we could certainly lose it. This group deserves to be in the playoffs and to be in a game for all the marbles.

Dan is such a big body and he's learning the game so well.

You talk to any coach in this league and special teams are huge and they came through for us tonight.

They came in here a desperate team. They played desperate and we didn't. We have to look into the mirror.

I'm very happy for my family. I have a 15- and a 12-year-old so it's very important that we know where we're going to be for the next few years.

He's taken a bigger role in the dressing room, taken a bigger role by taking pressure off of other players.

Character and heart go along way in the playoffs, and we've got a lot in our locker room.