“It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.”
John Wooden
“It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.”
Addison Walker
“It is not how you start a game, it's how you finish. We didn't win. They were knocking down shots and we weren't. They were making plays and we weren't. That's what it's all about.”
Mike James
“It's not how you start, it's how you finish. We have to move on. I have 30 more starts. This doesn't bother me.”
Carlos Zambrano
“We need to start Game 1 where we finished off Game 70 and not let anything go backward. More than anything, it's my expectation we would do everything we did last year that was possible. But we have to build on that. We have to get better.”
Matt Gifford
“They started off hot. But what counts is the fourth quarter and how you finish. It's not how you start; it's how you finish.”
Mike Rucker
“We've had great efforts — that has not been a problem. Finishing games has been. We finished tonight.”
Dave Odom
