Boards Quotes

You've got to protect the middle of the ice. The guys on the boards are not a concern. It's hard to win when you're making mistakes like that. - Tomas Vokoun

Young people are being elected for School Boards all over the country. - Birch Bayh

You worry about generating quality shots. They just kind of grind you away. They don't lose many battles along the boards. - Scott Owens

You wish you had replay (boards) today because that's an unbelievable play. - Terry Francona

You must think of failure and defeat as the springboards to new achievements or to the next level of accomplishment. - Les Brown

You know what's getting me to play better? Not thinking at all. I think right now I'm in a good place where it's like 'just play. Don't worry about what's going to happen, what might happen. Do what you're good at and everything else will fall into place.' I can play defense and I can rebound. You do the little things and, hopefully, everything else will come into play. Whether it's getting on the boards, diving on the floor ... whatever I can do. - Willnett Crockett

You knew they were going to hit some deep shots, and we just had to keep grinding and grinding. I thought Donald Brown on the boards in the second half really mixed it up. I thought we played with great energy in the second half. - Pat Flannery

You have to know where he is all the time when you play those guys. Because of that, other kids on their team get open looks. He's just a very, very good high school basketball player. I was very impressed with how hard he worked tonight. Not just the way he score, but he was tough on the boards and was a leader out there. - Troy Graefe

You have to defend Geary Claxton with somebody like him, somebody 6-foot-5, 215. You've got to mirror him. If you go with too much size, he's going to use his quickness to get to the basket, post up and spin. If you go with someone smaller, he's just going to kill him on the boards. - Matt Painter

You have to control the defensive boards if you want to win at this stage. I'm concerned about ball control and being on the boards. That's a way you can control the tempo of a game. - Pat Summitt