36 Quotes by Mike Woods

It was very unusual because octopuses don't normally come out and hunt during the daylight.

Thirteen years ago we were talking and trying to decide what to do because February is such a bad retail month. We thought about closing because we would lose less money.

They've always had that third big guy, we call him the X-factor and that hurt us. We tried to work on things in practice to neutralize them but weren't able to get it done. We'd clog one hole and another would open up.

They say it benefits teams with deeper pitching staffs, but I don't know. In the old system, you had to go to a third starter or end up using a kid on short rest because you had games Monday through Thursday, then the championship on a Saturday. Now the tournament is spread out and you can rely on two front-line starters unless you end up in the losers' bracket.

It seems like everyone performed really well. We never thought we had a chance to win it this year. We are such a young team that this year was more about experience. That is why it's great to see, when you look at the competition, everyone performed well and gained the experience they needed. Next year, we should be one of the favorites to win Big Ten.

It was a well-played basketball game: they did some nice things with the ball but I didn't think our defense was that bad. We played with a lot of emotion and a lot of intensity but we were fatigued at the end.

It's a lot of relief off of everyone's shoulders, ... Now, we can relax and just play.

It's hard to keep up with him, though.

It sounds like a good thing to me, but you don't necessarily want it blowing into your back yard. For now, I'm not totally sold on it.