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When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice...
SHAWN JOHNSON I was ready. I didn't know if I would play. I was feeling sick all day and the coaches knew that. Wh...
DERMARR JOHNSON Coach Jordan told me I have to step up. I was always ready.
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ANDREW MARTIN![]()
He told me that if I hung up, he'd do it. He would commit suicide. He told me that if I called the c...
SIERRA D. WATERS I thought I had it. My coach (Brian Johnson) told me to hit if off the front of the rim and bounce b...
JUSTIN ARMSTRONG Coach Arena has told me to be ready for Wednesday, ... so I am hoping I will get an opportunity to s...
JEFF CUNNINGHAM In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and woul...
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI I was a little frustrated. But Coach did a good job telling me not to worry about it. She told me ju...
ALISON BALES When I was a sophomore in college, my father called me at the fraternity. He told me he no longer ha...
TERRY J. LUNDGREN I have to admit, when I saw [Wallace] come out I knew he was going to give me a good challenge. I kn...
JONATHAN MOORE Coach (David) Keyes called me that when I was a freshman,
CHARLES TURNER I was feeling the pressure before I went to the line. But I knew I had to make those free throws. I'...
JOSH WRIGHT Coach just told me to calm down and realize it's a game. She told me that when I go back in I'm just...
LORI SMITH I had never met him before. He came up to me before the game. He was a really nice guy. He told me h...
ADAM DAUKSAS When I reached Vaucouleurs, I easily recognized Robert de Baudricourt, although I had never seen him...
JOAN OF ARC I told him that I don't think I'm ready, but the big thing he and coach Conley and Sonny all said wa...
GREG ODEN They told me during last night's game that I might be starting today. I did my normal day before rou...
JASON MARQUIS If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a...
IRWIN THOMAS Brian Kerr told me that I had made a good decision by returning to Palace,
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DOUG THOMAS![]()
When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I ...
JENNIE FINCH![]()
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MARILYNNE ROBINSON I never saw him. I asked coach, 'How did he do that?' My teammates said I was dribbling like crazy, ...
LEANDRO BARBOSA I never saw him. I asked coach, 'How did he do that?' My teammates said I was dribbling like crazy a...
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ROSA PARKS I had a bunch of missed calls from Coach Nolan. I thought maybe Thomas had gotten hurt. But then I c...
FRED LYLES Coach Trap told me before the game I had to be efficient with my pitches because our bullpen was a l...
IAN HARRINGTON I was just listening to my coach. He told me to quit thinking about my shot and just shoot it n let ...
JASPER WILLIAMS I figure if he's going to use me, he's going to use me when he needs me. And that's what he did. In ...
ALBERT PUJOLS It was a big job. The old quarterback left me some big shoes to fill when I stepped in. He did an ou...
CLAY ONEY I had played in a tournament with the captain of the University of Minnesota's golf team, and he...
TOM LEHMAN In the first half, I couldn't find my shot. I was struggling, but coach told me to keep shooting.
COURTNEY WATKINS I know I'll never win championships here like Coach Colombo did for all those years, but he told me ...
ED NOTTLE I was tired, but I had to fight through it. My team needed me, and when my name was called I stepped...
BRANDON HEATH I wasn't the most gifted field player. Coach tried me in goal, I did all right, so he kept me back t...
MICHAEL SMITH I knew he was trying to hit me, ... I asked the umpire to do something about it, but he did nothing....
ANDY SLYKE I knew he was trying to hit me, ... I asked the umpire to do something about it, but he did nothing....
ANDY VAN SLYKE![]()
When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other ...
TERRY BRADSHAW I'm mad at Coach Snoop. He was so cool; he told me to play my heart out and to play everything I've ...
XAVIER BERNAL![]()
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ALVIN LEE I told Coach during the walkthrough right before the game that if we got inside the 30-yard line to ...
DANIEL RUMLEY Once I hit my first shot I felt comfortable. And Coach was confident in me. He told me to keep shoot...
KATIE OLSON He kept telling me he was ready and his dad told me he was ready. After we missed the extra point, I...
BILL SCOTT Once I got there and started skating every day, I knew I had to make a full commitment. Somebody tol...
ALLISON BAVER Coach (Mike Stoops) just told me he was going to bring me in and work me hard. He is going to get me...
CAMERON NELSON During fall camp, Fran came to me and told me he wanted me to play fullback, ... I said, 'Sure, Fran...
LADAINIAN TOMLINSON![]()
The first real unhappiness I remember to have felt was when some one told me, one day, that I did no...
LUCY LARCOM One of the first speaking roles I had was in a film called 'Svengali', with Peter O'Tool...
TOBIN BELL I thought he was kidding when he told me he was going to do it. It was surprising.
JACQUE JONES![]()
When I arrived, I felt the spotlight shining brightly on me, and I knew the sharks were ready to str...
PETE MARAVICH I knew coming into this series which game I was going to pitch. I knew it had a chance to be the swi...
CURT SCHILLING The first two or three plays he was in I was about ready to reach out and choke him. After the game,...
ROY WILLIAMS If it wasn't for coach Smith I don't think I would be where I am now. He taught me all about the gam...
ANTONIO WEBB I didn't even realize they called a technical on me until I was told later. That's absurd, that's al...
TOM PENDERS I saw the way Downie had played all game and I knew he was a player who played with an edge. We exch...
JACK JOHNSON Wellington has been there for me throughout the years, ... I've had my problems. He never told me wh...
LAWRENCE TAYLOR We had the punt team going in, so I had to go in and do my job there. When I came back after the pun...
JOE TERESHINSKI We had a little incident after Friday's game (against Mount Vernon). My punishment was to do a coupl...
MANUAL CASS I remember at the beginning of the season I told coach I felt a lot of pressure, but she told me to ...
MADDIE HUMPHREY Coach has faith in me. I knew he was a great coach. No one has such trust in his players.
DOMINIC JAMES![]()
It was a great feeling (to sit out) because I didn't feel good at all, ... I was telling Coach when ...
ALLEN IVERSON Back when I knew he was mine, only mine. Back when I knew he loved me, and only me. I miss back when...
JENNY HESTOR![]()
No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're p...
MARILYN MONROE He was in agony the whole time. I wasn't even aware of it, he just told me. I knew he had back probl...
ED MCCOMISKEY He told me that, ... He said, 'I know what you can do. You can play any position and when we need yo...
CRAIG MACDONALD In spite of all the terrible things that happened to me, I did not allow Hitler to make me feel less...
JACK MANDELBAUM He told me I had a hell of a game after the game. He's been really encouraging.
WILLIAM ANDREWS I think early in the year, it was real bad for me to find my role because last year, I handled the b...
DION HARRIS It's a damn shame that when I finally fall in love that it had to be after I died." He dropped his h...
JANAE MITCHELL He expects to be back within a week or so. He told me he had his hurricane go-bag all packed and rea...
HOWARD RUBENSTEIN It was like starting over. I had to prove myself again. It was an adjustment. I didn't know coach (M...
JARRETT SPARKS I just sat there and I just knew I had faith. When they interviewed me on TV, I told them we had the...
DARIAN GRUBB I was struggling a little bit earlier in the game, but Coach told me to see the ball because I was a...
KATIE CAMPBELL We came into the game knowing that the bullpen was going to have do some work, so it was good to be ...
BRAD THOMPSON I knew pretty much he was going to put me down, but I was close all week.
DUCE STALEY I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was c...
GUILLERMO DEL TORO He was asking all these questions, wanting to know what the deformity was. I asked him why he needed...
SUE BAILEY![]()
A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money.
DOLLY PARTON It was something I wanted to do right away. I was so thrilled to be on the team. I knew I had a good...
ANDREW KUECHLER I do two things," she told me. "I remind myself that it's not all about me. And I focus on the good....
JULIE CANTRELL I knew more about Texas than the Texans and when they told me I would find summer here I smiled know...
RICHARD H. DAVIS I went up to him after the game and told him I think he did a great job on me, his teammates did a g...
ACIE LAW I have to say that Grieg's relationship to Kees' property is problematic. Michael Grieg told me that...
DANA GIOIA He's always doing stuff like that in practice. I knew he was going to get the ball to me. He told me...
CURTIS BROWN [Contrary to speculation, coach Doc Rivers says he didn't demand that the Celtics retain Blount.] Th...
DOC RIVERS![]()
Then I contacted Ken, then he called me back, then we had a great meeting. Then he called and asked ...
AUSTIN PECK I practice hard in order to be ready for when the coach needs me and I believe that against Croatia,...
FRAN VAZQUEZ![]()
The worst was relizing that I’d lost him for nothing because he’d been rght about all of it-- va...
CLAUDIA GRAY I knew I'd conquered America when Mike Tyson told me I was one mean lady.
ANNE ROBINSON I was about ready to quit, ... and he started licking my face to make me snap out of it. He knew I w...
GEORGE MITCHELL It was a good game for me, with the situation I was in. I think I did what they wanted me to do, so ...
CODY GLENN He talked to me and told me that everything was going to be all right. He told me to just keep worki...
BOBBY WASHINGTON I just got addicted to getting better. My coach gave me a goal to get a tip dunk in a game - you kno...
STEVEN ADAMS My first job, which I had to take when not more than fifteen, was assistant to a fruit peddler. It s...
VASH YOUNG![]()
When I was 17, I got a call from Konnan. He told me that he was about to start up a new promotion ca...
REY MYSTERIO When I saw him in Florida, all I really knew was he had good feet. We were told he had some tools an...
CRAIG RAMSAY
JOHN WILKERSON When he told me he was going to be a cavalry scout, I just knew. I just knew.
BETTY VEZINA
When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice... SHAWN JOHNSON I was ready. I didn't know if I would play. I was feeling sick all day and the coaches knew that. Wh...
DERMARR JOHNSON Coach Jordan told me I have to step up. I was always ready.
DENAE STUCKEY The coach told me I had to step up when Danny Cloud went out. He told me I had to do my best, not tu...
BRANDON COLLINS I just went out and did what my coach told me to do -- wrestle the entire match. I knew I had him ab...
ANDREW MARTIN
He told me that if I hung up, he'd do it. He would commit suicide. He told me that if I called the c... SIERRA D. WATERS I thought I had it. My coach (Brian Johnson) told me to hit if off the front of the rim and bounce b...
JUSTIN ARMSTRONG Coach Arena has told me to be ready for Wednesday, ... so I am hoping I will get an opportunity to s...
JEFF CUNNINGHAM In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and woul...
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI I was a little frustrated. But Coach did a good job telling me not to worry about it. She told me ju...
ALISON BALES When I was a sophomore in college, my father called me at the fraternity. He told me he no longer ha...
TERRY J. LUNDGREN I have to admit, when I saw [Wallace] come out I knew he was going to give me a good challenge. I kn...
JONATHAN MOORE Coach (David) Keyes called me that when I was a freshman,
CHARLES TURNER I was feeling the pressure before I went to the line. But I knew I had to make those free throws. I'...
JOSH WRIGHT Coach just told me to calm down and realize it's a game. She told me that when I go back in I'm just...
LORI SMITH I had never met him before. He came up to me before the game. He was a really nice guy. He told me h...
ADAM DAUKSAS When I reached Vaucouleurs, I easily recognized Robert de Baudricourt, although I had never seen him...
JOAN OF ARC I told him that I don't think I'm ready, but the big thing he and coach Conley and Sonny all said wa...
GREG ODEN They told me during last night's game that I might be starting today. I did my normal day before rou...
JASON MARQUIS If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a...
IRWIN THOMAS Brian Kerr told me that I had made a good decision by returning to Palace,
CLINTON MORRISON I didn't think I had open court. All of the sudden, I looked forward and didn't see anyone between m...
DOUG THOMAS
When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I ... JENNIE FINCH
My brother told me I was going to be a poet. I had a good brother. He did a lot of good brotherly wo... MARILYNNE ROBINSON I never saw him. I asked coach, 'How did he do that?' My teammates said I was dribbling like crazy, ...
LEANDRO BARBOSA I never saw him. I asked coach, 'How did he do that?' My teammates said I was dribbling like crazy a...
LEANDRO BARBOSA
When they stood up and I stayed where I was, he asked me if I was going to stand and I told him that... ROSA PARKS I had a bunch of missed calls from Coach Nolan. I thought maybe Thomas had gotten hurt. But then I c...
FRED LYLES Coach Trap told me before the game I had to be efficient with my pitches because our bullpen was a l...
IAN HARRINGTON I was just listening to my coach. He told me to quit thinking about my shot and just shoot it n let ...
JASPER WILLIAMS I figure if he's going to use me, he's going to use me when he needs me. And that's what he did. In ...
ALBERT PUJOLS It was a big job. The old quarterback left me some big shoes to fill when I stepped in. He did an ou...
CLAY ONEY I had played in a tournament with the captain of the University of Minnesota's golf team, and he...
TOM LEHMAN In the first half, I couldn't find my shot. I was struggling, but coach told me to keep shooting.
COURTNEY WATKINS I know I'll never win championships here like Coach Colombo did for all those years, but he told me ...
ED NOTTLE I was tired, but I had to fight through it. My team needed me, and when my name was called I stepped...
BRANDON HEATH I wasn't the most gifted field player. Coach tried me in goal, I did all right, so he kept me back t...
MICHAEL SMITH I knew he was trying to hit me, ... I asked the umpire to do something about it, but he did nothing....
ANDY SLYKE I knew he was trying to hit me, ... I asked the umpire to do something about it, but he did nothing....
ANDY VAN SLYKE
When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other ... TERRY BRADSHAW I'm mad at Coach Snoop. He was so cool; he told me to play my heart out and to play everything I've ...
XAVIER BERNAL
He saw us play a few times in fact. I did this song called I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, and J... ALVIN LEE I told Coach during the walkthrough right before the game that if we got inside the 30-yard line to ...
DANIEL RUMLEY Once I hit my first shot I felt comfortable. And Coach was confident in me. He told me to keep shoot...
KATIE OLSON He kept telling me he was ready and his dad told me he was ready. After we missed the extra point, I...
BILL SCOTT Once I got there and started skating every day, I knew I had to make a full commitment. Somebody tol...
ALLISON BAVER Coach (Mike Stoops) just told me he was going to bring me in and work me hard. He is going to get me...
CAMERON NELSON During fall camp, Fran came to me and told me he wanted me to play fullback, ... I said, 'Sure, Fran...
LADAINIAN TOMLINSON
The first real unhappiness I remember to have felt was when some one told me, one day, that I did no... LUCY LARCOM One of the first speaking roles I had was in a film called 'Svengali', with Peter O'Tool...
TOBIN BELL I thought he was kidding when he told me he was going to do it. It was surprising.
JACQUE JONES
When I arrived, I felt the spotlight shining brightly on me, and I knew the sharks were ready to str... PETE MARAVICH I knew coming into this series which game I was going to pitch. I knew it had a chance to be the swi...
CURT SCHILLING The first two or three plays he was in I was about ready to reach out and choke him. After the game,...
ROY WILLIAMS If it wasn't for coach Smith I don't think I would be where I am now. He taught me all about the gam...
ANTONIO WEBB I didn't even realize they called a technical on me until I was told later. That's absurd, that's al...
TOM PENDERS I saw the way Downie had played all game and I knew he was a player who played with an edge. We exch...
JACK JOHNSON Wellington has been there for me throughout the years, ... I've had my problems. He never told me wh...
LAWRENCE TAYLOR We had the punt team going in, so I had to go in and do my job there. When I came back after the pun...
JOE TERESHINSKI We had a little incident after Friday's game (against Mount Vernon). My punishment was to do a coupl...
MANUAL CASS I remember at the beginning of the season I told coach I felt a lot of pressure, but she told me to ...
MADDIE HUMPHREY Coach has faith in me. I knew he was a great coach. No one has such trust in his players.
DOMINIC JAMES
It was a great feeling (to sit out) because I didn't feel good at all, ... I was telling Coach when ... ALLEN IVERSON Back when I knew he was mine, only mine. Back when I knew he loved me, and only me. I miss back when...
JENNY HESTOR
No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're p... MARILYN MONROE He was in agony the whole time. I wasn't even aware of it, he just told me. I knew he had back probl...
ED MCCOMISKEY He told me that, ... He said, 'I know what you can do. You can play any position and when we need yo...
CRAIG MACDONALD In spite of all the terrible things that happened to me, I did not allow Hitler to make me feel less...
JACK MANDELBAUM He told me I had a hell of a game after the game. He's been really encouraging.
WILLIAM ANDREWS I think early in the year, it was real bad for me to find my role because last year, I handled the b...
DION HARRIS It's a damn shame that when I finally fall in love that it had to be after I died." He dropped his h...
JANAE MITCHELL He expects to be back within a week or so. He told me he had his hurricane go-bag all packed and rea...
HOWARD RUBENSTEIN It was like starting over. I had to prove myself again. It was an adjustment. I didn't know coach (M...
JARRETT SPARKS I just sat there and I just knew I had faith. When they interviewed me on TV, I told them we had the...
DARIAN GRUBB I was struggling a little bit earlier in the game, but Coach told me to see the ball because I was a...
KATIE CAMPBELL We came into the game knowing that the bullpen was going to have do some work, so it was good to be ...
BRAD THOMPSON I knew pretty much he was going to put me down, but I was close all week.
DUCE STALEY I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was c...
GUILLERMO DEL TORO He was asking all these questions, wanting to know what the deformity was. I asked him why he needed...
SUE BAILEY
A gypsy told me I was going to do great things. I was going to make all kinds of money. DOLLY PARTON It was something I wanted to do right away. I was so thrilled to be on the team. I knew I had a good...
ANDREW KUECHLER I do two things," she told me. "I remind myself that it's not all about me. And I focus on the good....
JULIE CANTRELL I knew more about Texas than the Texans and when they told me I would find summer here I smiled know...
RICHARD H. DAVIS I went up to him after the game and told him I think he did a great job on me, his teammates did a g...
ACIE LAW I have to say that Grieg's relationship to Kees' property is problematic. Michael Grieg told me that...
DANA GIOIA He's always doing stuff like that in practice. I knew he was going to get the ball to me. He told me...
CURTIS BROWN [Contrary to speculation, coach Doc Rivers says he didn't demand that the Celtics retain Blount.] Th...
DOC RIVERS
Then I contacted Ken, then he called me back, then we had a great meeting. Then he called and asked ... AUSTIN PECK I practice hard in order to be ready for when the coach needs me and I believe that against Croatia,...
FRAN VAZQUEZ
The worst was relizing that I’d lost him for nothing because he’d been rght about all of it-- va... CLAUDIA GRAY I knew I'd conquered America when Mike Tyson told me I was one mean lady.
ANNE ROBINSON I was about ready to quit, ... and he started licking my face to make me snap out of it. He knew I w...
GEORGE MITCHELL It was a good game for me, with the situation I was in. I think I did what they wanted me to do, so ...
CODY GLENN He talked to me and told me that everything was going to be all right. He told me to just keep worki...
BOBBY WASHINGTON I just got addicted to getting better. My coach gave me a goal to get a tip dunk in a game - you kno...
STEVEN ADAMS My first job, which I had to take when not more than fifteen, was assistant to a fruit peddler. It s...
VASH YOUNG
When I was 17, I got a call from Konnan. He told me that he was about to start up a new promotion ca... REY MYSTERIO When I saw him in Florida, all I really knew was he had good feet. We were told he had some tools an...
CRAIG RAMSAY
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