Sloppy Quotations

The professionalism of wire service reporters is constantly being tested because reporters know that if they're late or sloppy on a story, it will show up because the competition is likely to be not late and not sloppy.

It would be good if teachers could genuinely understand that black English is not mistakes, it's just different English, and that what you want to do is add an additional dialect to black students' repertoire rather than teaching them out of what's thought of as a bad habit, like sloppy posture or chewing with your mouth open.

I don't like to look sloppy. I'm a girly-girl.

Sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought to sloppy legislation.

Wrongful convictions happen every week in every state in this country. And they happen for all the same reasons. Sloppy police work. Eyewitness identification is the most - is the worst type almost. Because it's wrong about half the time. Think about that.

Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.

Natural gas emits only half the carbon dioxide of coal when burned, but if methane leaks when oil companies extract it from the ground in a sloppy manner - methane is far more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide - it can wipe out all the advantages of natural gas over coal.

I was a sloppy kid, wanted to be just wild.

I'm kind of a sloppy feminist. Any ideology makes me a little nervous because there's some point where it doesn't allow for the complexity of things.

Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.

We still missed too many serves and we played a little sloppy in games one and two. We played better in games three and four and there were streaks where our blocks were real good." ()

We started off kind of sloppy with some fundamental errors. But I was obviously very pleased with the pitching and, defensively, we played good ground-ball defense. And the outfield stepped up and made a couple of big catches.

When we were running our sets and moving the ball, we did well. We got out of control and a little sloppy and they came back on us.

Very few times do you get to get as many people quality at-bats in a game situation as we have gotten in the last two days. The negatives are you don't want your team to play a sloppy side of baseball and take things for granted, and we've done that as well.

We're just short-handed. They were coming off the bench with All-Americans. We were coming off the bench with trainers. We had to make it a sloppy game because it was the only way we could play right now.

When you saw that Ecsktein went down that's when you know the field is too sloppy to play on.

We did not do a good job in managing their pressure. There was a lot of running around and too many quality chances. Definitely the most sloppy game in this stretch, but fortunately, the power play came up big for us.

We really felt all along that the Corps was a group that we could absolutely trust. They wouldn't do sloppy work, or allow sloppy work. They realized that this community basically lives and dies on the strength of those levees. Now, what's happened -- it's like finding out that your mother lied to you all the years of your life.

We made a lot of mistakes and played sloppy at times. They do a good job forcing turnovers in their press.

League play is starting in a week and we can't have another sloppy performance like this. Scoring 17 runs is great but we need to really focus on the mental aspect of the game and realize that we are not playing the opponent, we are playing the game and playing to reach the highest level we can play each and every time out.

She's taken a liking to the 6 ? down the hill and we're all set to go, weather permitting. She ran on a sloppy or muddy track on a couple of occasions and (has) not given very good efforts. We would probably choose to skip the race on any kind of an 'off' track at all.

She's taken a liking to the 6 ½ down the hill and we're all set to go, weather permitting. She ran on a sloppy or muddy track on a couple of occasions and (has) not given very good efforts. We would probably choose to skip the race on any kind of an 'off' track at all.

She's a filly that's shown quality without having to be on a sloppy track to do it. Like everyone else, I'll be interested to see if she's able to do the same thing on a regular, fast track.

She is so quick. If someone makes a slow or sloppy pass, she'll definitely make them pay.

Of course it's alarming, we wouldn't be human if we weren't a little upset about this. We were far too sloppy and we didn't play with the urgency we needed. We got what we deserved tonight.

On offense, we were sloppy a little bit... couldn't take care of the ball, and had some penalties. You don't get to win many of 'em doing those things.

I was pleased with the effort our kids put forth from the start of the game. We got a little bit sloppy at the end and we need to be sharper. We need to keep getting better.

If we do things right we're just as good as anybody in the NFL. But when we don't do things right, we can look sloppy and ugly. So the biggest thing for us is doing things right play in and play out no matter how many plays we have out there.

I don't know what happened to us. We got sloppy and we're usually a good fourth-quarter team.

Because of the fast fractions and the sloppy condition of the track for the Wood, I don't think you can conclude the horse doesn't want to go the (Derby) distance.

From the engineering point of view (the brain) looks sloppy and gooey and slapped together.

I don't think I could have ever had a career as a pianist because I never ever wanted to play the notes the way they were written, I was too sloppy to learn them quite right.

He's been able to get out of a jam but the next inning, that's it. He hasn't been able to build on that inning, gets a little sloppy and he falters.

He got too sloppy on his feet in the first two periods. The early takedowns hurt him. He needed to be sharper. The thing that hurt him was the third false start. That penalty point is going to haunt him for a while.

He gets a little lazy at times on the drills. But he knows what he's doing on the mound. He's a good fielder; he just gets a little sloppy at times. We talked to him about that. He's handled himself very well.

We took some bad shots, and they took some good ones. But nobody took many good shots, did they? We had our moments here and there, but if you score 24 points, you're not going to beat many teams. It was just sloppy on the offensive end.

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We made too many errors tonight and we can't keep playing sloppy and win, especially when we get to the region games. On the positive side, we scored in every inning but one.

I thought we were real sloppy in our clears and our passes and not real sharp. ... Just chalk it up to 12 games in 20 nights. Guys are trying to get a little rest, and mentally they're not sharp.

I thought at times in the first half we were a little bit sloppy but in the second half were we able to develop a nice rhythm to the game. In the second half we put together some nice attacks, which made it a little easier for us to defend. This feels good right now. We played some decent soccer. We think we have some pretty good pieces but we know it will be about hard work, dedication and discipline if we want to continue to have success.

I think the first half we were a little sloppy in different parts of the field, but I think in the second half we were much more solid. Obviously, we could have scored more goals.

I think the field conditions made it difficult for both teams. These games tend to be games of mistakes, because there's going to be a lot of technical errors on the field and the sloppy surface. I think both teams did well in that regard.

I thought we played some of the best basketball that we've played for two and a half quarters. Then we got really sloppy with turnovers. We lost the energy that we had but we closed it out.

I thought tactically we were pretty good, but we were a little sloppy at the end, which leaves a sour taste in your mouth.

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.

I think we were prepared well and we knew what to expect. There were some lapses. It was pretty sloppy out there for both teams.

It got sloppy out there at the end. We pulled through. Guys were able to keep their head - unlike me - and we got a much-needed win.

It got real sloppy in the second half because of the rain, the ball took some funny bounces, fortunately they went our way. Both teams played hard, they surprised us early.

It got pretty sloppy there at the end, but I thought our girls held on and did a great job.

I think they changed their game after that. You start to get sloppy and greedy. We stuck to our game and did the things we believe in. I don't think they're happy with all their penalties. That changed the game.

I think there's an awful lot for us to learn. We were not sharp. We were too sloppy at times with the turnovers and penalties. It's hard to have an efficient offensive game if you have that many negative plays.

I thought we were a little sloppy on offense, and Gabe wasn't very sharp. But you can get better after any game, so that's what we're going to try to do.

Kris Gibb-Smith hit a three 22 seconds into the second half and we showed we were still focused. I was very pleased. We didn't get sloppy and the players were remarking about how we have playoffs to prepare for and we can't let down -- Travis Gorham in particular took on a leadership role there.

I saw how they were kinda sloppy with the pass. So I decided to take a run at it.

Overall we did a good job today. I'm really pleased with the way our guys focused in singles play. My only concern was that we were a little sloppy at our No. 2 and No. 3 doubles and we can't afford to do that in our next match. We just need to keep taking care of winning the doubles point and continue to be strong in singles. I know that the guys are aware that we can still be better.

Our first goal was to be 1-0. We've never been 1-0 before, so that was an important step. It was a bit of a sloppy win. But it's a win. If anything, we sowed we can compete against a Group IV school.

Overall, I was pleased with the way our pitchers stayed in control and our approach at the plate. But our defense got sloppy on us in the second game.

Part of the problem to the ailing economy of Japan is the sloppy hiring practices in the 1980s.

Steals are a double-edged sword. It's good to get the transition game started, but it also results in sloppy defense by taking chances and not seeing the ball as well as we should.

That certainly was an important game for us. We were sloppy at times offensively. The key for us was our disposition defensively. It was there today.

That certainly was an important game for us, for a lot of reasons. We were sloppy at times offensively. The effort was really there and it was great to see. We've got some cobwebs to get out.

I was the guy making all the errors and he was not. He was playing a few good shots. I had a few sloppy points here and there. He made me doubt.

I think Coach was probably a little frustrated just because we were a little sloppy after having a couple days off. I imagine that (today), after having today's practice, will be a lot better.

It doesn't happen often, does it? It's something you never think about. It was relentless, and there's some hard stuff coming in. It was getting sloppy out there.

I thought on both sides of the ball we were sloppy to start this game. My guess would be we were trying to make too much happen on any given play, rather than try to make routine plays.

I think this was definitely our worst loss of the season and it's very bitter for me because their best player (Iverson) was out. I thought we were sloppy offensively the whole game and we weren't focused defensively. I thought from top to bottom it was from every individual, our worst game of the year.

The 3s at the start of the second half put us in a big hole. We made some sloppy passes and they capitalized.

That was fun n a little sloppy at times, but some of the most exciting plays I've seen all year. Coach Fox promised, by the end of the week, 'We'll put a smile on your face.' All the Seattle guys were smiling.

That was a sloppy inning. Take it away, and maybe we win.

That was fun -- a little sloppy at times, but some of the most exciting plays I've seen all year.

That's been our goal. We played a little sloppy tonight. We've got to continue to get better.

I was moving quite well in the first set and then second set I felt a little sloppy, ... You know, played a sloppy game at 4-2 serving with the wind, made a few easy errors. But other than that, came back strong. She hits pretty flat, so it was a little different compared to the other opponents I played in previous matches.

You just don't like to see sloppy play. We're not playing good, crisp, sharp baseball in any aspect of the game right now. Period. It's going to have to pick up. It's focus, anticipation and concentration. That's what it is. We don't seem to really be there right now.

You just don't like to see sloppy play. It's never too early to be concerned.

White Salmon played hard. It was their Senior Night, and they kept battling back on us. We had it up to a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter, but they hit three 3s on us and we got a little sloppy with the ball.

We continue to make relatively simple errors, ... Errors of judgment where players are left unmarked. We have opportunities to clear a ball, (and) we don't do it. We play sloppy balls that end up going to the other team. We've gotten punished for it in the big games we've played this year.

We were two up and cruising but missed chances and conceded two sloppy goals.

We were a bit sloppy in the first period and while I thought that we played pretty well, we were a little nervous in the first.

We were a bit sloppy in the first half but finally started to take care of the ball in the second. We made the free throws when we needed to down the stretch and shot well in the second half.

We played kind of sloppy today. I'm glad for a shutout on the road, but on the other hand, it really showed us things we need to work on.

We really played a sloppy match tonight. I am tired of saying that we did not play to our ability, but it is the truth we made some communication errors and let our guard down. We could have played a lot better tonight.

We got back to what I call Virginia Tech football. I don't know where we've been here for a while, but personal fouls, penalties, sloppy play, that is not us. We didn't win all these games being like that.

We got away with a lot of sloppy play on defense. But we had a lot of clutch plays on offense.

We played sloppy in the second half and you can't do that against a team like Highland. If you do that then they are going to beat you by 30 and that's what they did tonight.

Well, we were still kind of sloppy in the first half. We made a lot of simple mistakes in tackling and, again, penalties.

We played very sloppy early. We gave up too many goals in the first half. But we made some adjustments at halftime and played well enough to win in the second half.

We had a lot of turnovers, and played sloppy with not a lot of flow. That's what Sacramento does, they force you into turnovers.

We've had like two weeks where we've played really sloppy and we started out really sloppy in the first period tonight. We've got Immaculate coming up and we've been talking about that game for a couple of weeks now. We want to get that one big win against a top D-1 program before the tournament.

We came out good. We got sloppy and didn't finish them off.

We have the talent. It seemed that this kind of setup (the pace and round-robin style) favored the offense a bit. But we were sloppy on both sides. We need to come out with more intensity and be better prepared.

We were sloppy today. We got another great effort out of our defense. They're making plays and getting turnovers. Loose balls, tipped balls, they're making plays.

We were sloppy in the first half. We reached too much. We settled for jump shots instead of getting the ball inside.

We were sloppy from the start. That's why we were down 4-1. We put together a very good third but they've got a great goalie and we just ran out of time.

We were sloppy at times offensively. Our turnovers have to come down. Twenty-nine is an epic number.

We were sloppy (against Crook County), and we knew we had to play better today against Bend. Defensively, we really played very well today.

We've been grinding all year. It's been sloppy all year. We find a way to make plays at crucial times. And that's what we're all about.

We got off to a sloppy start. Clewiston is very athletic and they trap constantly, so that makes it seem kind of sloppy. But I was proud of how we handled the (Clewiston) defense. We made some big plays.

Water runs right through it. No more sloppy racetracks.

We didn't score enough runs when we had runners on base, and we got sloppy there at the end. If we keep doing that, that's going to cost us.

We had a nice lead at halftime. Then we came out casual with the ball and sloppy with everything that we tried to run in the second half.