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BART BRYANT He had plenty of time, and I had my pad down. I figured he would try to lift the puck, so I just lif...
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ARNAUD CLEMENT That was my biggest win. It was very exciting.
ANNA TATISHVILI It's really exciting. Not just to win the silver medal, but also the fact that I skated my best poss...
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ELENA DEMENTIEVA Of course, I missed my family and Eugene. I forgot how beautiful this place was, oh my goodness.
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CARA HENDRY This is probably one of the best meets I've had. It feels really good to finish like this because la...
ERIC CROWLEY It was fun. It was really exciting to see her win that day, just looking at her and seeing that I ha...
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NIA LONG I was not far from my best tennis today. I'm really happy with my win and with the way I got it.
ARNAUD CLEMENT It was such an exciting game and I wanted to win so bad. Everybody worked so hard. Everybody wanted ...
CLAUDE GIROUX That had been one of my goals, since I was a freshman. For me to have a good game like that and to h...
ALLIE WOODS I thought it was the most exciting thing I had ever heard in my lifetime. I was blown away.
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FRANCINE RIVERS Today was really exciting and I had a great week. I'll be exempt for the Open again next year and th...
BRITTANY LANG I went to bed the first night knowing I had to win or else that was it. And I also knew it was again...
DEWITT DRISCOLL That win had a lot of heart in it. My seniors really wanted this game.
GENE MORRIS![]()
Not to get too deep on shaving my mustache, but it was kind of symbolic of, 'This is a moment of...
LESTER HOLT This was not a navel-gazing experience. But it did feel like it was worth saying as a tribute [to my...
CAMERON CROWE This is definitely the best win in my whole career. It was the best match I ever played. I'm really ...
IVETA BENESOVA I just find the whole subject so exciting, it really is my passion.
CHARLENE JOHNSON I think its really disappointing. Jim Thome did a lot of good things for this town. It was kind of e...
OZZIE GUILLEN A college teammate (Porter Troupe) called and said they had an opening on the Volcanoes, so I decide...
KYLE WHEELER It's exciting to be a part of the team no matter the role. It's very exciting to be here my senior y...
HANNAH KIRK This is where I am. I am not leaving now. I know it might be hard for guys to focus. But that's not ...
ANNIE HOUGHTON I chose this over Corvettes and 20-year-old blondes. My wife was happy I did.
CHARLES POWELL![]()
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ORLANDO BLOOM I just kind of wanted to relax my senior year and not practice hard and have fun. But once that firs...
DREW VELASCO I really wanted to be on the high school team this year. My brother was on it and my father was the ...
JOE ATWOOD That was my hope, to give Brittany plenty of playing time on the JV team. I really figured she would...
BRENDA ELLIS I knew it was going to be hard. My chest was kind of tight and my sinuses (too). But I don't want to...
GUILLERMO DIAZ I still like second place...it feels like I have another win, ... My swing was really good [the] las...
JEONG JANG Truthfully, I was kind of disappointed. I was hoping I would have swam faster. I was at my peak last...
STEVE KLABAK Me in high school, I was kind of a loner. I had a handful of friends. I'd eat my lunch in my car...
OLESYA RULIN And my life for the first - you know, when I was in my 20s and 30s, I had my career, and I traveled ...
CHERYL TIEGS That's my tempo. My coach has been telling me all year, 'You've got to slow down Rachael, you've got...
RACHAEL GOODWIN I'm playing really good and I'm hitting the ball very well off the tee. The only part of my game tha...
VIJAY SINGH![]()
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JENNIFER LURK There was a fly buzzing around my head and I brushed it away. When I looked down the ball had moved....
AI MIYAZATO I had surgery on my left knee earlier this year and yesterday I was in all sorts of trouble with it,
BARRY LANE I had to be convinced this team could win a national championship and our leaders convinced me it wa...
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This job has explained to me who I am -- I'm not kidding, ... I always knew I was an actor, but kind...
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KRISTI HEAFNER![]()
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IRIS APFEL I was very disappointed with my performance. I had my chances to win, but I just could not get that ...
ANDREW COSTIN![]()
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IRA SACHS I always laugh whenever someone says it's not about the money, ... It's about the money. I had to do...
JEFF ROBINSON Prior to 2015, I had kind of approached every year like, 'Let's hope for the best.' I al...
TYLER OAKLEY
CHRISTY ALTAMIRANO I'm thrilled to be honored like this because this is my first year and I didn't really expect it. Bu...
EMILY MAIER I kind of rushed it on my feet. I was a little nervous because I didn't win it last year (a loss to ...
DEREK REBER
Yes, you’re sleeping in my apartment,” I said. “On my sofa. It was an exciting night, but not ... KELLEY ARMSTRONG I want to win and play my best like I did in my second two sets today. But I've already had fun, and...
GINA SUAREZ This is my first day of work, Day 1 as Donna. I closed my eyes and did it, ... It was terrifying and...
DONNA ROSE When I was in my teens and into my early 20s, I had acne. I used to get those big purple jobs, but n...
RITA MORENO We did it last year, so we know we can do it. It was kind of exciting.
BILL VICKROY
When I was younger, I was a rave kid trapped inside a singer/songwriter's body. But I kind of fi... CHARLI XCX I kind of signed my life (over to Green Bay) this summer and had all my stuff here. I really didn't ...
BEN STEELE I figured it was water based, it was chance based, it was time based, it was my kind of thing. It's ...
LAURIE MCLEOD It was an exciting round for me, most encouraging round that I played this year, because I finally w...
BART BRYANT He had plenty of time, and I had my pad down. I figured he would try to lift the puck, so I just lif...
CRISTOBAL HUET I knew I had my chances this week, but with the strength of the draw here this year, if someone told...
ARNAUD CLEMENT That was my biggest win. It was very exciting.
ANNA TATISHVILI It's really exciting. Not just to win the silver medal, but also the fact that I skated my best poss...
KRISTINA GROVES I do think I'm lucky I met Michael. Not just Michael Douglas the actor and producer with two Osc...
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES
One of the skills I had to learn and become proficient in is kissing a man. I had never kissed a man... DWAYNE JOHNSON When I was really little, I was on a Pop Warner squad. I did it for a year. My dad was a Pop Warner ...
ASHLEY TISDALE I didn't have that thing that Michael Bolton did; my star power - my charisma - was not a match ...
DAN HILL My parents are doctors, both my sisters are doctors, so I figured I'd just be a doctor too. Some...
BEN SILBERMANN
I suddenly had this really mad desire to have an affair with a woman. I was divorced. I was childles... CAROL LEIFER I remember when I was in film school. It was my second year, and some kid did - had this really over...
JEFF BAENA Lucky enough, I kind of figured if it did flood, I was going to be gone at least a week,
JAMAR NESBIT I created my lane. No one can ever run my lane because it's mine. I'm the Michael Jackson of...
YOUNG JEEZY It's really a great start to the year no matter whether it's an exhibition or not. I was trying to p...
ELENA DEMENTIEVA Of course, I missed my family and Eugene. I forgot how beautiful this place was, oh my goodness.
AMANDA JUSTESEN I had to learn that I knew nothing. I also had to learn that it was okay to think for myself and tha...
ARIN MURPHY-HISCOCK I figured something out in 2004 and last year kind of carried it over. This year, I'm trying to be c...
CHIP AMBRES My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her amo...
CASSANDRA WILSON
One of the first times I ever performed in front of a big group of people was at my kindergarten gra... CHANCE THE RAPPER When I did this three years ago, it was like death. When I did it last year, it was like near death....
JOHN HOWIE It was really exciting. I had a lot of fun. Last week was tough, I really wanted to win that first g...
CARA HENDRY This is probably one of the best meets I've had. It feels really good to finish like this because la...
ERIC CROWLEY It was fun. It was really exciting to see her win that day, just looking at her and seeing that I ha...
ASHLEY POSTELL When I did 'Don't Look Back,' I no longer had Time-Life looking over my shoulder, so I c...
D. A. PENNEBAKER I have a four year old and I'm telling you we did Nickelodeon last night and he embarrassed me. ...
NIA LONG I was not far from my best tennis today. I'm really happy with my win and with the way I got it.
ARNAUD CLEMENT It was such an exciting game and I wanted to win so bad. Everybody worked so hard. Everybody wanted ...
CLAUDE GIROUX That had been one of my goals, since I was a freshman. For me to have a good game like that and to h...
ALLIE WOODS I thought it was the most exciting thing I had ever heard in my lifetime. I was blown away.
JOHN ARVIN Oh, my goodness, yes, this is what we live to see. This is our bread and butter. We study this. To s...
GAME MCGIMSEY I had no idea. It was so hard waiting (before the awards ceremony). It was really suspenseful this y...
HANNAH NOEL It?s been kind of mysterious, really, ... Maybe if I was on TV, pleading my case, I?d be better off....
SCOTT SKILES That was huge for us because to that point right there I wasn't sure what kind of kids I had this ye...
MARCELO ENRIQUEZ I never lost four like that. Last year, before this game, I lost my defensive coordinator. He went t...
GLEN MASON I did ('Dumb & Dumber') when my career was kind of floundering, ... . . . I knew it was a comedy onl...
JEFF DANIELS I was really throwing my fastball on both sides of the plate and throwing my change-up a lot more. T...
JASON JENNINGS
... As far I did it... I lost playing against my computer... and I won against my computer. So far t... DEYTH BANGER It was an exciting round for me, the most encouraging all year. Because I made some birdies, which I...
BART BRYANT Up until midway through my freshman year, I just thought it was kind of something high school studen...
BOBBY JOHNSON I'm a wrestler, and I kind of got low under their legs. This was Parents' Night, and I wanted to win...
ERIK HANSEN
I know this is insane, but I somehow wish I had been in Auschwitz with my parents so I could really ... ART SPIEGELMAN In my mind, I really wanted to play, but my ankle was really bothering me. I took some painkillers a...
HARDING NANA
My strategy was to stay ahead of Michael in the first 100m, then pull away. That's what I did. AARON PEIRSOL Skylar is my first name and Astin is my middle name, and my real last name is Lipstein. When I was 1...
SKYLAR ASTIN
My favorite book is 'Redeeming Love.' It was my first as a born-again Christian, my statemen... FRANCINE RIVERS Today was really exciting and I had a great week. I'll be exempt for the Open again next year and th...
BRITTANY LANG I went to bed the first night knowing I had to win or else that was it. And I also knew it was again...
DEWITT DRISCOLL That win had a lot of heart in it. My seniors really wanted this game.
GENE MORRIS
Not to get too deep on shaving my mustache, but it was kind of symbolic of, 'This is a moment of... LESTER HOLT This was not a navel-gazing experience. But it did feel like it was worth saying as a tribute [to my...
CAMERON CROWE This is definitely the best win in my whole career. It was the best match I ever played. I'm really ...
IVETA BENESOVA I just find the whole subject so exciting, it really is my passion.
CHARLENE JOHNSON I think its really disappointing. Jim Thome did a lot of good things for this town. It was kind of e...
OZZIE GUILLEN A college teammate (Porter Troupe) called and said they had an opening on the Volcanoes, so I decide...
KYLE WHEELER It's exciting to be a part of the team no matter the role. It's very exciting to be here my senior y...
HANNAH KIRK This is where I am. I am not leaving now. I know it might be hard for guys to focus. But that's not ...
ANNIE HOUGHTON I chose this over Corvettes and 20-year-old blondes. My wife was happy I did.
CHARLES POWELL
My childhood was kind of complicated. I have an older sister, but my father, my mother's husband... ORLANDO BLOOM I just kind of wanted to relax my senior year and not practice hard and have fun. But once that firs...
DREW VELASCO I really wanted to be on the high school team this year. My brother was on it and my father was the ...
JOE ATWOOD That was my hope, to give Brittany plenty of playing time on the JV team. I really figured she would...
BRENDA ELLIS I knew it was going to be hard. My chest was kind of tight and my sinuses (too). But I don't want to...
GUILLERMO DIAZ I still like second place...it feels like I have another win, ... My swing was really good [the] las...
JEONG JANG Truthfully, I was kind of disappointed. I was hoping I would have swam faster. I was at my peak last...
STEVE KLABAK Me in high school, I was kind of a loner. I had a handful of friends. I'd eat my lunch in my car...
OLESYA RULIN And my life for the first - you know, when I was in my 20s and 30s, I had my career, and I traveled ...
CHERYL TIEGS That's my tempo. My coach has been telling me all year, 'You've got to slow down Rachael, you've got...
RACHAEL GOODWIN I'm playing really good and I'm hitting the ball very well off the tee. The only part of my game tha...
VIJAY SINGH
I was not weak; I did not cry. But it hurt me, more in a kind of refreshing, thrilling way, than a k... ALYSHA SPEER When I think it's my 20th year, really I guess looking up at the wall and looking at the pictures, I...
JOYCE COMPTON
I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it no... WILLIAM BLAKE It was exciting to represent my school. I was up against third- and fourth-year pharmacy students. I...
JENNIFER LURK There was a fly buzzing around my head and I brushed it away. When I looked down the ball had moved....
AI MIYAZATO I had surgery on my left knee earlier this year and yesterday I was in all sorts of trouble with it,
BARRY LANE I had to be convinced this team could win a national championship and our leaders convinced me it wa...
HOWIE DRAPER
This job has explained to me who I am -- I'm not kidding, ... I always knew I was an actor, but kind... CRAIG FERGUSON
I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Chris... NANCY KERRIGAN I don't sing now, because I had polio when I was 15, bulbar polio. This was when the epidemic wa...
CHARLIE HADEN I'm kind of an animated person. I was given this really big blessing that my voice just kind of ...
AULI'I CRAVALHO My mind thinks of really easy, exciting ways to kill me. If I am not constantly vigilant I will allo...
CHARLEEN L. SCOTT
Heaven, no. I was shy for several years in my early days in Hollywood until I figured out that no on... LUCILLE BALL (My win) had a really good effect on Billy. We take it year by year, but we are expecting big things...
DAVID MALDONADO I was very impressed with my team overall this year. When you get a chance to really look back at it...
KRISTI HEAFNER
I never had to look for confidence because I just wore what I wanted to wear. I would never wear any... IRIS APFEL I was very disappointed with my performance. I had my chances to win, but I just could not get that ...
ANDREW COSTIN
I happened to be staying with my dad and his present 19-year-old girlfriend. So that was really fasc... IRA SACHS I always laugh whenever someone says it's not about the money, ... It's about the money. I had to do...
JEFF ROBINSON Prior to 2015, I had kind of approached every year like, 'Let's hope for the best.' I al...
TYLER OAKLEY
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