Clinched Quotes

With the win we clinched the first seed for the playoffs. This was a great win over our rival. In addition to Brad's points he also had 23 rebounds, several blocks and a couple of steals. - Aaron Hill

Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred? - Don Williams Jr

When we were trying to pick a fifth starter back in camp, it was between Saarloos and Etherton, and we weren't quite sure which way we were leaning. So we went to Kendall, and he was adamant about Saarloos. That's what clinched it. - Ken Macha

We're out of the playoff picture, so our role is to play spoiler and also build some momentum going into next season. We've put two in a together row and we've got Lee, who's already clinched the district race. Hopefully, they're looking past us and we could string four together if we can get some breaks. - Neal Raphael

We're 10-5, and nothing has been clinched yet, but we still control our own destiny. If we had to say, 'We hope this team loses and we win,' that would be hard. But we don't have to worry about that. If we can win on Sunday, then we can worry about who we play and where in the playoffs. - Jake Delhomme

We were talking about (Steel), and it just came together at the hospital. She ended up going into labor right before the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh game so we thought the whole thing was fortuitous, so that clinched the deal. - Richard Reed

We played these three games the way we did earlier in the season. We had so much stuff thrown at us, but once we clinched, we relaxed and beat a very good team. - Aaron Rowand

We knew we had clinched in the sixth... But we wanted to win. We wanted to earn it. - Jeff Francoeur