"To tell you the truth, at the end of the day, it is what it is...

Gospel according to Steve Fisher, circa 1991

 

He was a real field general out there

 

Just like another coach out on the floor

 

Jones' athleticism and O'Brien's headiness are an unbeatable combination.

 

But we're already looking forward to the rematch ... on our floor.

 

We're going to have to look at the tape.

 

They were ready to play.

 

I take my hat off to whoever started this thread (always better when the interviewee isn't wearing a hat).

 

You throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball.

 

You win some, you lose some, and some are rained out. But you gotta dress for 'em all.

 

Every year between Christmas and New Year's Day, Gene Collier does a column in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette where he awards "The Trite Trophy" to the most over-used and most annoying phrase of the year. It is always excellently done and I make it a point tofind it and read it.

Most - - if not all - - of the phrases used in this thread have found their way into his columns over the years. In fact the phrase, "It is what it is," won the Trite Trophy two years in a row...

 

The best, most over-used and most annoying phrases just take it one year at a time.