Season Start Quotes

It's nice to get comfortable with the plays before the season starts.

Real Madrid go for everything right from the start of the season. They always fight for the three competitions.

Barnsley have started off the way they mean to begin.

At the start of my two years at Juventus, I had big plans for the club, but it turned out that the Intertoto Cup was the only medal in my desk drawer when finally they told me to pack my bags. We started the first season really well, and Conte was so important for me.

It doesn't seem like the season really gets under way until you have your home opener

Every first episode of a season has been crafted like another pilot.

There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and quit playing when I was 40, so it's kind of in my blood.

I know about having days off. They can be helpful sometimes, especially late in the year. It's just key to go out there and establish early, especially in this park where they can put up some crooked numbers early.

Pretty much any day is a good day to go to the ballpark, but that first day of the season is special. It's spring. The grass is green. Pessimism is impossible - at least, until the other team scores.

It is always nice to get your first goal of the season.

Though all festivals are important, this Cannes Festival starts off the season.

There is no other way to start the season than to win the Daytona 500.

I scored nine goals for Hull and a hat-trick for Scotland in the first half of the season, you don't do that and then become an average player overnight, so I know I can contribute to West Ham.

The Mets just had their first .500-or-better April since July of 1992.

The first game of the year is always an in-season adjustment game.

You obviously want to start the season out with a big game and to follow it up by continuing to get better.

At the beginning of the season, you're still getting your fitness levels up, and those first few games are quite tough.

My emotions are strong when I start the season.

If you look right from the beginning of the season I've been very competitive.

I know Penny Toler and coach Ross have worked hard to put together a strong team this year, and I am ready to start the season with my teammates.

I've worked at St James' and in the first game of the season there the fans will lift the players.

Monaco was my first race of the season and I spoke with a number of people and all seemed to be very optimistic.

The opener is always very difficult every single year. It Really doesn't matter whom you play. The opener is difficult because you've got more time to prepare for one game than you do any game the rest of the year because you've got all spring, all summer to prepare for this opponent.

The Carling Cup may not be quite the same level as the FA Cup, but it is the first trophy of the season, so you definitely want to be in it.

Early in the year, you never know how teams are going to be.