Hustled Quotations

I started hustling at 12, my mother hustled ahead of me. I was only allowed to because they knew me.

We're just not a good shooting team. When some teams get down double figures a couple of three's can get them right back into it but we don't shoot well from the outside so we can't come back from big deficits. But give Guilford credit. They beat us to every loose ball and out hustled us all game.

We were a young team this year, but it was a good year. We're better than what we showed tonight. But our guys all hustled and didn't give up. We were just ice cold.

We really hustled and moved the ball well. We cut down our turnovers and played decent team ball.

I was pleased with how the kids responded. I was afraid they would get out there and not hustle at all, but we only had to say something to them a couple times and I love that. They hustled everywhere they went. They seemed enthusiastic about starting.

He hustled all the way and made a super play; that might have been the turning point at the game right there.

He hit a big shot in OT to help get us going. He really played hard and hustled tonight. We played good defense as a team. That kept us in the ballgame.

I thought we played a lot harder tonight than we have been playing. They out hustled us in the first half, but we got after them in the second half and turned it up defensively.

I think we played a bit sloppy tonight, I thought Harwood really hustled and I give them all the credit in the world for just keeping it going. But I think we also played well in spots, I have a lot of faith in this team and we have a great core of kids, I'm looking forward to the playoffs.

Our kids hustled on defense and played hard.

Rebounding. That's one word to sum up tonight. The first half they beat us down the court and they beat the heck out of us on the boards. We hustled, but they hustled hard to every rebound.

I was very pleased with the way the team played, especially they way they hustled and dove on defense. You can't ask for anything more. Sometimes the breaks don't go your way. We still have a chance to make the playoffs. We just have to win out from here. It's going to be a good test for the team.

I was totally pleased. Everybody hustled hard on defense. That's what we do.

That was some of the best defense we've played all year. We hustled on every ball and made the plays on the field. Hodge throws a lot of pitches that we just eat. We're still learning to get the bats going early and stop waiting until late.

We just came out sloppy. We knew if we hustled we'd win, but we didn't even do that. We just played good enough to win. Tomorrow we have to come out and hustle from the beginning.

We couldn't find the groove for our shooting tonight. They out hustled us and we couldn't convert their turnover into points for us.

We never got down. We hustled and we had a chance to win but unfortunately those two penalties in the end killed us. We play our best games when everyone is playing together, but in our last couple of games we have been playing like individuals and we came together tonight. Everybody skated well. We are starting to win a little more. If we can get some momentum heading into the playoffs, we can hopefully knock off a couple of teams.

We worked hard in the first and second periods, but kind of let up in the third. They hustled more than us.

We are always happy with a win. I want to give Sayre credit. They hustled all night; they really played hard.

We knew we had to come out strong. We just beat 'em to the ball and hustled really hard. That's how we handled their physical play.

We were scrappy. We hustled for every loose ball. If we hit free throws we win going away, without everybody in the stands having a heart attack.

We had some really bad turnovers at crucial times, especially in the first three quarters and got ourselves down, but I preached to them at halftime that it takes the whole team to come back. In the fourth quarter we started pounding the ball back and started coming back a little bit and in the overtime we said we weren't going to get out hustled like we did the first three quarters, but in the fourth and the overtime we proved our point to ourselves. It was a total team effort tonight.

Turlock is a much more experienced team and they have a lot of big girls. Our girls stood in there against them and competed. They hustled and played as a team.

We got a little kick down the sideline and they were converging on the middle. The ball went to the sideline and they didn't jump on the ball. Caleb hustled down and recovered the ball and here we are with the ball inside their 20-yard line.

We got a little kick down the sideline and they were converging on the middle, ... The ball went to the sideline and they didn't jump on the ball. Caleb hustled down and recovered the ball and here we are with the ball inside their 20-yard line.

We gave it a good fight today. Our team hustled and did a few things well and a few things not so well that we will work on, ... We made a few mistakes defensively and they capitalized. They made some really good plays.

We just hustled to the ball. We never gave up. We hadn't been playing the air balls that well, but we were pretty even with them tonight.

We hustled well, got a lot of steals and a lot of opportunities at the basket. I was pleased with our effort. We had some mental lapses but overall, effort and execution, they did fine.

We hustled well and went for every ball, but the holidays caused us to be a bit winded. We had too many turnovers in the second quarter (16) and we're going to have to fix that part of our game for league play.

Brian Knight hustled over to third base where he's supposed to be but he doesn't have the tag-up call. That's the plate umpire's call. I had it lined up. The wrong umpire made the initial call. The plate umpire, which is me, it's my call and I had him leaving early.

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(Evangelical) hustled all over the field. They shut us down. You've got to give them credit. They played with a lot of heart today.

It was an even contest. They hustled us and got most of our 50/50 balls. We just played a little lackadaisical from three days off. We did have excellent defense from Alex Seifert and Carl Tesch.

It was another one of those games where it just didn't feel like we had a real convincing lead. They were a very scrappy team. They didn't have the greatest shooters or the greatest post men, but they hustled very well.

Offensively I'd say we had control of the ball the majority of the time. The kids went to the ball, they really hustled and they really wanted it.

They played their hearts out. I guess they just got tired of losing. They were a little more focused, blocked out more, hustled harder and played better defense. I think everything is kind of sinking in what they're supposed to do. They're getting more experienced each game, and it's paying off.

They outplayed us in every aspect of the game. They got more rebounds, they hustled more than us and they took care of our full-court trap. They just wanted it more.

They got cut(-blocked) at first, but once they got adapted to that and got a feel for how Atlanta was blocking, they showed up and hustled around and did some good things.

There were really a lot of things we didn't do well. We didn't rebound well, they out hustled us. They wanted the game more than us.

At halftime, we really laid into our kids. We didn't play like we have all year for whatever reason. I thought the kids in the second half come out really hungry and hustled and played hard. So whatever we said, I hope I can bottle up and use it again later on.

It was disappointing to see us come out a little flat on our feet. I thought that we hustled -- I think there is a difference between hustling and being aggressive, and we weren't aggressive.

It's a win. But, as expected, both teams played hard, both teams hustled and luckily we had that run at the end that was the difference. It was a matter of we got more down the stretch than they did.

It's a far cry from where a lot of people thought they were mentally. The bottom line is when you're being hustled by agents and a lot of players making direct calls to me - things have changed. People buy in to wanting to be part of the first national team.

That run wasn't pretty, but we'll take it if it helps us win the ballgame 1-0. I think Sarah lost track of the ball, but she hustled hard enough, and they were making some mistakes and we were able to capitalize on that.

Everyone hit big shots. Everybody hustled and everybody was ready to play. We didn't want to lose this one, because this is our year.

It's Bill who's there at the center every day and it's Bill who has hustled and made all the bookings. He's devoted a lot of time to the center.

They beat us between the lines today. They made the key plays and out hustled us to ground balls.

They were after the ball and took their opportunities. Probably what helped the most is they hustled to the ball, they were into it emotionally. They were fired up. It gave them the edge.

Their pressure. ... They just kept coming after us. They hustled us and beat us to balls. I have not seen us get that many balls jerked out of our hands all season.

I don't mean you have to be overbearing, but you have to stay on top of things - read the trades, know what's going on in the town. I call it 'dare to be stupid.' The worst thing they can say is, 'We got nothing for you.' So I've hustled a lot.

The kids came out to play today. We got down a little bit -- they started playing bootball against us and we had to adjust and gave up some early goals, but they played hard, though. They started working the ball around and played as a team, they hustled and kept working at it. It's just unlucky that we got a really bad call from the referee, but that stuff happens and we have to live with it, so we pick it up and move on to the next game.

These guys play real hard. We like to press and break and though we didn't do a lot of it today, we hustled enough to get the win.

All three were just good hustle plays. They just hustled hard and took advantage of high pressure and put the ball in the net.

The girls played hard, they hustled all the way through. We're a good 4-10 team. We are young, and young teams don't finish well.

The loss wasn't from lack of effort. The kids hustled all game.