Battled Quotes

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In the news trenches, always he battled to be accurately first, ... Ed Turner was walking ethics.

- Bernard Shaw

(on his drunk driving relapse): "I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable. The arresting officer was just doing his job and I feel fortunate that I was apprehended before I caused injury to any other person. I disgraced myself and my family with my behavior and for that I am truly sorry. I have battled with the disease of alcoholism for all of my adult life and profoundly regret my horrific relapse."

- Mel Gibson

I would have loved to have met Elvis Presley, ... He was the King. It`s very interesting to me; the way he grew up, the demons he battled, how he handled the pressure and how, after a while, it became a burden he couldn`t carry.

- Oscar De La Hoya

That`s a good outing for him. He wasn`t as sharp as I`ve seen him, but he pitched well. He stayed in and he battled and he gave us a chance to win.

- Jason Cook

These two have battled one another year after year in a variety of sports and unfortunately we`ve come up on the short end and it`s grown a bit intimidating to our girls, ... As much as I would like to believe that isn`t the case, I have to say it is.

- Laura Johnson

He got stuck behind people. He battled back and forth and now here he is. This is his reward. I hope he has a great tournament.

- Larry Shaw

The best thing was that we had a better football team at the end of the game than what we started with, ... We made a lot of first game mistakes. (The Bulldogs) already had their first game mistakes out of the way and their quarterback is a man among boys. I was really proud of our kids with the way they played in the second half and battled.

- Steve Taylor

This team has worked hard and has battled through adversity . They deserve to make the playoffs.

- Tommy Aldridge

(No fastball. Average changeup. Nothing special in his pitching arsenal against his former team.) I battled with my cutter and slider, ... I didn`t have great stuff. I tried to keep them off balance with my slider and cutter and sprinkle in a fastball. It did the trick.

- Kris Benson

We made it hard on ourselves again. We let them come back... but we battled back and got the win. We worked hard and pulled together.

- Janne Niinimaa

I just battled out there. The balls just found the holes. I just felt like I was in trouble all night.

- Javier Vazquez

I thought we played very well tonight, and the key thing is that we battled. I don`t think we could ask anymore of them (players) tonight; it could have gone either way. When it gets to sudden death like that you win some and you lose some, and we were very close to nipping a win down here over the #2 team...very close.

- Michael Parker

At first when Barnesville set up in a 2-3 zone we attacked in the high post and had success, I give them a lot of credit though, they battled hard and we had to be sharp.

- Greg Taylor

Sometimes you get down and you feel defeated, but we did not feel that way at all. We just kept fighting back, getting one run here and one run there. Finally, it was the seventh and we battled and pushed across the winning run.

- Jessica Williams

We really played exceptionally against a very good team. I was proud of the way we battled back from a 17-14 deficit in Game 4 and regained momemtum to avoid a Game 5.

- Paul Elliott

Overall our kids battled tonight, and I`m really proud of them. Defensively we did well, but we gave up a few big plays.

- Tim Collins

They battled pretty well,

- Jeff Thomas

The guys battled tonight, they battled all year,

- Mike Young

We really battled back hard and showed that this team never gives up. That`s nice to see.

- Zdeno Chara

Our kids battled and battled, ... and you have to give a lot of credit to Lakeside to be able to complete it without Robinson.

- Andy Buss

It was basically the exact same game. I think it was a little worse today, but we battled back, kept our heads up. I don`t know what happened there (in the early innings).

- Anil Sinha

It`s a game of inches, and he hit it over the fence. It`s one of them things. We battled. The best team won. If it`s another foot to the left, it`s a double.

- Anina Henderson

Up 6-1 and coming in the eighth, I felt that we were going back to Atlanta (for Game Five), ... But they battled hard.

- Anina Henderson

We played a very good game. We started out slowly, falling behind by as much as 17 points, but in the second half, we battled back and made a game of it.

- Ann Lainhart

Tony battling back, he showed heart. He struggled in the Collingdale series. We shelved him, which is why I started (Game 5) in the Collingdale series. I knew we were giving him the ball in Game 1. He has been our go-to guy for two, three years now. He still didn`t have his best stuff tonight, but he battled.

- Anne McInerney

I was chomping at the bit to get in. We battled hard and it was a fair result. It starts us off on the right foot.

- Anne Young

I was chomping at the bit to get in, ... We battled hard and it was a fair result. It starts us off on the right foot.

- Anne Young

No question. He came in when Ryan was struggling. I thought Ryan battled for not having less than great stuff. He (Taylor) picked it up. Then Mason getting their best hitter ... that was big for this team.

- Anya Kamenetz

They may have battled and outfought us in the first half but by the finish there is no doubt we got what we deserved.

- Art Bjork

We knew this day was coming at some point. The game is getting closer. Finland and Sweden have battled us all year. It`s just unfortunate that we had to be the ones that went out.

- Asahiko Taira

Tino really battled inside. He battled against (Joe) Reitz, which was a really good battle all night.

- Athena Starwoman

I thought we really battled and never gave up. If we didn`t dig ourselves a hole at the beginning it may have been a whole different ballgame.

- Atul Sharma

We battled as long as we could. I`m proud of Ben Miller. He pitched his guts out. We just didn`t get the hits.

- Auden Schendler

We battled to get in this spot, and we`ve got to feel proud about what we`ve accomplished, ... We just want to keep it going right now; we just need to keep riding that wave.

- August Hare

Thank God for the rain delay today because I don`t know what the heck was going on in the first 20 minutes. But we came out with a heckuva lot more intensity and we pumped the ball into their end of the field and battled.

- Barnaby C. Keeney

At halftime Mo did a good job. A lot of guys felt like we battled pretty good. At halftime we came in and Mo told us it wasn`t good enough. He said we still had more in us.

- Barnaby C. Keeney