(79 quotes found)
“You can't ignore the 800-pound gorilla: There's no shortage of post-9/11 jitters. I don't think anybody likes sitting down next to a stranger for five hours.”
Wes Craven
“The guys were real excited and had some jitters early. It was almost like we were still on someone else's field because we hadn't played here before.”
Bill Moore
“They had some jitters. They know what to expect now, though, and that every team we face could be like [Geneva].”
Scott Parillo
“We didn't have pre-game jitters, we just couldn't convert and we lost our composure before the half. We gave up a long pass before the half, and that's what bothers me the most.”
Brent Guy
“I think you can tell [the jitters] by hitting [Alfonso] Soriano in the head. I didn't feel comfortable until about the fourth inning. Then I settled in, my adrenaline started cooling off. Those first three innings were almost surreal. It was almost a blessing that it was cold because there weren't as many people out there.”
Brian Bannister
“And it wasn't like we were forcing hard shots. We were getting easy shots but we just had some jitters.”
Brian Macy
“I don't think it was necessarily jitters, ... I was just trying to be too fine in the first inning instead of going after the hitters. After I realized that, that's when things started settling down.”
Clay Hensley
“In the first quarter, we had a few first CIF jitters. We didn't move the ball very well and took some quick shots.”
Cari Strange
“I think some of our players have the jitters out in the field. It's the first year of varsity for several of them and some of our veterans are showing a little rust coming out of basketball. We were lucky that the seven errors didn't really hurt us that much. Normally, when you have that many mistakes you're going to lose the game.”
Chad Spalding
“We had the first-game jitters. We had a lot of guys who were playing their first-ever indoor game. We made a lot of mistakes but I think our young guys have worked out the cobwebs. I'm hoping that it's going to be a lot different game than two weeks ago. No, I'm banking on it being a lot different game.”
Chris Wallace
