Quotes by Jeff Tambroni

“I think this team has set a standard for themselves both in practice and in games to be the very best we can be every day we step onto the field. I think its a true testament to the senior class and its certainly a credit to how theyve prepared and approached every day since they walked onto this campus.”

“I think that their contributions to Cornell lacrosse go beyond any statistical analysis or data that you can put in the paper or attempt to articulate. One of the goals of every senior class is to leave Cornell better than when they found it and this years senior class has done so tenfold.”

“Theyre one or two goals shy of being a playoff team and a top-10 team, and I think we understand that.”

“I think everybody is capable of beating everybody else at this point. I dont think theres a team out there that I could actually say, we really want to face them, because they all have something on their team that makes us nervous.”

“Our staff and our team has waited for the opportunity to begin our 2006 journey since the moment we walked off the field in Princeton, N.J., following our loss to Duke in the NCAA tournament. Its been difficult knowing that other teams have been preparing and practicing already, so we are anxious to start.”

“We will need to settle in and mature very quickly. We will need to be very poised in those games and find a way to be successful early, before we hit the Ivy League portion of our schedule. Thats where the maturity of our older guys, as small as that class is, will have to come into play.”

“We have six guys that are in the mix for us and all give us a little something different when they are on the field. It will just be a matter of adjusting for each game to find the appropriate combination that will give us the best opportunity to score.”

“Derek came back with a lot of confidence and were expecting more leadership from him this season and I think hes capable of that.”

“We went as he went last year offensively. We will rely on his leadership and experience in the offensive end to get everybody going.”

“Cam brings a lot of good things and a lot of positives to the field by how hard he plays and how smart he plays.”