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I still think we're going to be a much-improved football team... RICH BROOKS We want to improve our readiness and preparedness for April. The core of our team is in place. If we... MARK SHAPIRO I'm proud of our guys and we showed that we're a team tonight and we played as a team. EVGENI MALKIN Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL We were still feeling each other out as a team, knowing our specific duties and how we were going to... JACOB CAREY Coach has been awesome about keeping us together as a team. We go watch opponents play as a team. We... ALLIE WOODS One of the reasons we survive as a band is that we are seen as a band of today. We don't want to be ... ANDREW FLETCHER I'm proud of our guys. We showed that we are a team and we can fight and play as a team. EVGENI MALKIN I'm proud of our team. I thought we fought hard out there. They'd won five in a row, and were a Top ... LISA BLUDER We just want to win. We're tired of Monroe losing at football, and we'd love to be the class that ch... JEFF DONALDSON We're working a lot more on our own as far as all the extra things we do. We're not selfish. We play... KATE SALTMARSH I'm very proud of our team, we played well. As seniors, it's a great way to go out. I'm just happy w... JENNECA CROCKER One of the reasons we survive as a band is that we are seen as a band of today. We don't want to... ANDREW FLETCHER This was a good victory for our team. But I feel our team doesn't get a lot of respect. We want more... JEFF WEHLING I appreciate people noticing but the guys need to let that go and understand we have a tough footbal... DAVID BAILIFF I like our chances. We play well together as a team as we believe in each other as players. MEGHAN FLYNT I want to make sure we will have decent amount so that we can function as a team. We want big compan... AGURI SUZUKI I think we?re just looking at it as one game at time. We don?t have any go-to guys, we have a lot of... JUSTIN CHIERA We are not as bad a team as we were tonight. Kathleen just did a lot of things to make us look bad. DONALD STEWART Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER We feel that there are nine winnable games left. And we really want to end the season on a positive ... BRETT BORETTI I think we played well as a team. Our keeper (Ashley White) made some great saves; our defense did w... KYLEE MCARTHUR A lot of it comes from our team chemistry. Last year and this year, we just all like being together.... ELYSE STOLLER We had a phenomenal day and great crowd support but it's a roller coaster for the coach. You feel ha... COACH DOYLE NAIG We respected Rochester from the opening whistle, and they were a tough team tonight. We knew that it... DAVE SARACHAN We want to go out there and make a statement to everyone across the country. Not so much for them. I... DAMIEN RHODES I think we jelled as a team. This camp has been huge for us. We've had nearly 40 practices now, and ... JUSTIN HARTWIG We were more aggressive as a team than we had been all year. Players stepped up today and we really ... BOB WEDIN It was a big-time win for us. We went through a little bit of adversity with our team that we were a... DANIEL FREEMAN Our team seems like it has more of a camaraderie between us than we have in the past years that I've... DAN DELUCIA It means a lot for us to beat them. If we want to go as far as we think we can, they are a team we'r... MARK LEONARD If we can go out and provide a spark for our team, then we feel like we're doing on our job. ANDY BRANDT They have big shoes to fill. As the defending state champions there are a lot of expectations on the... KEVIN ALBURY We talked a lot about the beginning of the year as a team that we were definitely going to rebuild a... DON BUGBEE We worked well together as a team. Keely kept them together out there. JENNIFER WALKER Football is a team game. Individually, you can have breakdowns, but if we all do our job as a team, ... CHAD BROWN What's surprised us is how well the team came together and played as a team. We knew we had the tale... JEFF CLEANTHES We need a little payback for Storm Lake last year. They kind of ruined our season and we haven't for... JIM BOYD You ever think Charlie, that our group is the same as any other group like a football team? And the ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I really like our team - we are a team that (opponents) really can't figure out. We run the football... CHRIS ATKINS It's beautiful. Make it as hard as possible for us. We're not looking for any easy routes to a champ... MARK STEENHUIS I think we probably played our best game of the year. We had to against a team like that. A lot of t... MIKE WALDO It's going to be a hostile environment, but when we go on the road, we know it's just us. That's all... WILL CAUDLE We're not looking at what we've lost. We're looking at our strong points. That's what we've been try... GRANT PRESTON As a people, we have wrestled with Vietnam's legacy for many years, as was and is our duty. Now we w... STEPHEN AMBROSE We told the kids at halftime that the first thing we wanted to see was for them to compete in this k... JAMES BLANKENSHIP We definitely have come together as a team. We just want to prove to people that we can win this reg... JAKE ORCHARD We're a top-three team (in our league), and we're a playoff-caliber team for sure. It just depends o... BOB MACAULEY Our whole team just promised ourselves that we were going to enjoy playing this game that we love to... CHAD PENNINGTON As black people we may feel like we can't make it there. And now I feel like politics is maybe somet... BRITTANY SMITH We never like to lose. We came here today to win. But I am very proud of the team and the way they s... BILL KELLEY We were out here for six months covered in drywall dust, covered in paint, covered in plaster. We pu... YIS GIGAY We're just trying to play the best hockey we can and go out there and get the job done. We played we... DANIELLE GOYETTE I'm looking forward to racing in Nashville this weekend. We didn't have the kind of race we were loo... JOEL KAUFFMAN Because of our name a lot of teams don't want to play us. But we feel like this team can get a lot b... DONNIE WILLIAMS To have them be up 10-0 . . . to keep our composure for as young as we are and inexperienced, I was ... LANCE SCHEIB There's a feeling that our players are misinterpreted and a little misunderstood because of various ... RICK CARLISLE It was a good showing for our team and it was a great atmosphere. It was a great game for everybody ... BENJAMIN BETTS As a team, we want to win just for her. For someone to make a team want to win for their coach is a ... LAUREN JACKSON We were defending a lot better as a team, rebounding better as a team and the tempo was in our favor... MATT FANNIN We played extremely well as a team. Everybody, all 15 kids, played as a team. We played very well. W... CRAIG BIONI The surveys showed an interest in volley ball, football and a marching band. We didn't have dance te... JUNIOR WISE We want a home field advantage for our team, and we want to provide excellent service to our fans. AMY TRASK I am really proud of how far this team came this year. I really want to give our players a lot of cr... BILL CALLAHAN Walpole is a team in our division so this is a good win for us. (Walpole) has a young team but we ra... FRANK BARBUTO We went out there and played a good game against a good team, as opposed to the previous four weeks ... ROBERT FERGUSON ACE is the philosophy that we want our team to follow. Attitude, Character, Effort. If we take care ... DICK QUIGLEY Basically we have a tiny little gland in the middle of our brains that controls when we sleep and wh... DR. MEIR KRYGER This will certainly be a special trip for our program. I know that the guys are looking forward to c... BRYAN SCALES We really figured out where we were as a team coming after the CM game. Our special teams were solid... BRUCE RICH I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve o... PAUL COOK We had a lot of fight in us, but we're struggling. We're in a groove and we have to get out of it, a... AIMEE LONIGRO We have girls on our team who want to skate in [Saturday's] 5,000 meters. As of now, I do not. I don... ANNI FRIESINGER The state tournament means a lot to us. We have been together since grade school going to tournament... JAMIE BRAZIL It's pretty neat, especially with our team doing as well as we are in this tournament. It means a lo... ABBIE RUSH Eventually, we want our whole returning team -- and will have our whole returning team -- in town fo... KYLE SCHWEIGERT We've still got a lot of worked to do. We don't want to be a polished football team in week one, we ... JEFF WHITTAKER Adults like to pretend that our feelings aren’t as big and important as theirs—that we’re too ... COLLEEN HOOVER Coach sat us down after our bad start and told us we needed to come together as a team. JOE AHERN I've told my players that good teams make runs all the time. If we want to be a good team, we have t... DEE ROMINE The nature of our team is that we depend on our doubles a lot. We have a balanced team. For us to be... JEFF HOLMAN It's rare a team has a Cinderella year where they have a lot of losing seasons and then all of a sud... BILL HALL I think I'll know a lot more. That will give us a good feel of where we're at. We've really got our ... BRENDAN MOSHER We hope to keep getting better. We go to North Johnston next week and they're a much improved footba... JOE MATTHEWS We came out strong like we wanted, but they made a run at us and put us on our heels a little bit, a... CINDY TIMCHAL We stayed in there as a team. Even though we were on a losing streak, we stayed together as a team. FLORENTINO VALENCIA This was about a total team effort. We came together and played as a team, and we still haven't play... BRIAN SEYMORE A lot of our users are newcomers to the Web, and we want to make it as easy as possible for them. GARY BAKER We have a lot of young guys, but we feel like we have put together another very good football team. ... DANTON BARTO That's what these kinds of tournaments are for. You kind of want to see where you are at as a team. ... JAMES HETT A lot of things happened out there positive. That's a good football team [Fleming]. I mean, that's a... BOB GRAY As a defense, we want to go into every game and have our offense and the rest of the team rely on us... 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PHILLIPS BROOKS It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the ... PHILLIPS BROOKS Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! PHILLIPS BROOKS Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like ... PHILLIPS BROOKS The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of t... PHILLIPS BROOKS Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurre... PHILLIPS BROOKS The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is th... PHILLIPS BROOKS It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men. PHILLIPS BROOKS Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it. PHILLIPS BROOKS To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made th... PHILLIPS BROOKS Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. PHILLIPS BROOKS Happiness is the natural flower of duty. PHILLIPS BROOKS Just keep taking chances and having fun. GARTH BROOKS In the future, I'm sure there will be a lot more robots in every aspect of life. If you told peo... RODNEY BROOKS When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that th... GWENDOLYN BROOKS Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other eth... GWENDOLYN BROOKS I've always thought of myself as a reporter. GWENDOLYN BROOKS I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker. GWENDOLYN BROOKS Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing wi... GWENDOLYN BROOKS I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, e... GWENDOLYN BROOKS Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. 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