“As much as we tried to downplay it, there was no denying the pressure. We talked about it.”
Bud Keene
“You guys asked me before if he was awestruck with the Yankees, and I tried to downplay that. I don't know he was awestruck, but he was terribly excited. He was flying open. Bad. He couldn't find command of his pitches.”
Mike Hargrove
“When I'm around him, he tries to downplay it, like everything is cool, ... But I'm not sure it is.”
Terrell Owens
“All the talk about Eric Heiden — I'd like to downplay that.”
Chad Hedrick
“I think it's better we downplay our chances. I think we should cherish this role as the underdog, because it's the perfect way to ride this race.”
Lance Armstrong
“It's not too bad. You try to downplay it. It's part of being a good team. You have to play in tough environments.”
Cory Schneider
“I'm always cautious to downplay range fires, because if it's your ranch building or grazing allotment that got burned up it's pretty important. But timber fires require a lot more people, equipment, time and money to put out, and so far even when we've had lightning ignition, we didn't get the large fire initiation.”
Tom Wordell