Chuck D. Hard Quotations

When we found out that J.P. would not be available for the season, we recognized an opportunity to get David and we went for it, David is a strong athlete who is getting better every day. He can play singles and doubles, he gets you some easy points with his big lefty serve, and he works hard in practice. We will make him feel right at home here in New York.

We're still looking for a fullback, and something might pop up later in the spring. Fullbacks are hard to find, and we'd like to get some of them in here in the future.

Obviously, their coach told them at halftime not to let me get to the post. It was hard to get it in there.

On our road to five (wins), we had to have this one. We told the guys this week that we've played too hard not to get paid. I told them that it's Friday night. It's time to get paid.

I feel we have a lot prove. We're gonna play hard and see how far we go.

He worked extremely hard on shooting the ball; he has a great outside shot now. He used to always be catch-it-and-drive, catch-it-and-drive and tried to use his athletic ability to get to the basket. But now, he is shooting the ball as efficiently as anyone we have.

I think it's a great accomplishment for these guys. To match what last year's team did is a hard thing to do. I don't care what league you are in.

Right now, our biggest challenge is getting a few games and some good outdoor practices in. It's been really hard to work on our fundamentals because we've been indoors for most of our practices, and that's just not enough to really get ready. We're also a pretty young team, especially in our pitching staff, so we just really need those extra games that we've lost.

Paul's worked extremely hard and has shown excellent play in practice and in scrimmages. Paul will probably get that opportunity at another time.

We were on such a steep upslope last year that it would be hard to maintain that kind of growth this year. But still, we're coming off that strong year and still having these huge gains.

It's a real big win. We practiced hard all week. We didn't think about an upset being made, we just played hard the whole time.

It's always been hard to pin him as a partisan. But this time, he has had to do too many partisan things.

It's hard to conceive of something that could hurt New York more than the elimination of state and local tax deductibility. ... We will do everything in our power to defeat this pernicious proposal.

It's very rewarding. You know somebody like Terry works very hard at everything he does. He has had to overcome this handicap all of his life. When he gets a reward for this type of work, it's very rewarding.

I remember Hallie became the second town in Wisconsin to become a five-person board, and that's something Zeal fought real hard for.

He's working hard and getting closer to (2 minutes).