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I was glad to be out here. This is my senior year, and we are going back (to state), so I am happy.
JAMES HUMPHREY It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted ...
CARLY PATTERSON I think going into State you'd like to be a conference champ and higher seed so you could have that ...
MIKE DEVANEY We fell short of our goal of making it to state last year. But the girls are hungry to go out and sh...
JEFF FREEMAN My goal all year has been to be a state champ. That's what I'm going for.
CHUY LIRA It was kind of devastating that he'd break it before his senior year. I was hoping he'd be able to c...
CHASE YODER I'm really hoping to win. I don't really talk to her much, but there's a lot of spite. I know it's h...
KELSEY GRUSHECKY I went back to Dallas for a little while to finish my short film 'Rusty Forkblade.' It was n...
EVAN DAUGHERTY My junior year was a stepping stone to my senior season. That was my first full season running. I kn...
A.J. ELLISON He fell in love then. I couldn't ask for anything more. Had he started when everyone else did, he'd ...
LANCE PALMER Everyone is going to say 'I want to be state champ. You only get so many shots at the finals.
TRAVIS BULL It was hard sitting out last year, really hard. But I looked to the future. I don't dwell. I can't c...
STEVEN ANDERSON I was a history major, but that was because it took the fewest requirements of any major. In my soph...
JOHN HAMBURG He made it sound to us like he'll be back. I'm hoping he comes back. I'd really hate to have a senio...
BRYAN CUPITO I wasn't supposed to be back until January, but this was my senior year and I knew we were going to ...
BRETT MILLER It was closer than I hoped for, but you are wrestling a returning state champ. You have to give cred...
BRANDON MACNAUGHT It's going to be awesome. We've never experienced state ? ever. I'm a senior, and it's all I wanted ...
KATIE DALY![]()
I was an avid swimmer and was state champ at age 12.
APOLO OHNO They lost quite a few seniors (from last year), but when you're a state champ you're still the state...
JON CREGOR I thought the process was going to take a lot longer, ... I was hoping it would have clicked by the ...
ROBBY GINEPRI I like what I do. I was hoping to be a closer. I have a short memory.
FRANK GONZALEZ Our goal since sophomore year was to get to state and this year we're going to get to state. I came ...
DANI QUINN These girls have played in two straight state tournaments and I know that's reserved for very few. W...
DON LYONS![]()
But who cares? I can honestly look back and realize that everything happened for a reason. Everythin...
EDIE BRICKELL I was pretty worried that if I didn't have a good season I might not get into a good school. But now...
JUSTIN BRUCKS I was kind of surprised (to be top-seeded in both). But it's my senior year, and there's nothing to ...
GREG HULSE Maybe last year was the year of injuries and things. Maybe from now on, nothing will happen. That's ...
CARLOS BELTRAN I was taking electives, and that branched into theater. Theater led to me taking a break during the ...
WES BROWN Making it to state and making it to the second day, that was a great experience. I had hoped to plac...
BRAD TANZILLO I can't say I'm disappointed. I could not be happier that we got here. Ending my senior season going...
CHRISSY MASTRY![]()
When I gave that compliment last year, ... I was hoping that he was going to retire.
TONY LA RUSSA On 18 I told myself it's my senior year and my last state tournament. There's no way I'm going out w...
DREW MILLER I didn't even know if I was going to be able to wrestle this year and now I'm going to state.
DYLAN JANS![]()
I look into their eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, 'I ...
SEVE BALLESTEROS![]()
I wanted to be champ of the world, but I kept hoping something would happen to Frazier. I didn't...
GEORGE FOREMAN If we're healthy and have everyone back, it's going to be a good match. Golden Valley is the defendi...
DAN ROTON If you're a state champ at this level, you keep wrestling the same guys all the way up. So if you ju...
CURT BERGER![]()
I was nerdy and really into computers. I was a good student until my senior year, when I started tra...
TONY HAWK All you can do his rehab. I have a two-year deal, and I am going to keep going. I think I'll be here...
CORRELL BUCKHALTER After touring with David Bowie last year, I was inspired to look at what I wanted to do as an artist...
EMM GRYNER As I was third in the short program, I was hoping to win a medal. But I forced myself not to think a...
SHIZUKA ARAKAWA You are letting this feeling get cold, I cant blame you, you must know you are free to go... Don't y...
ANDRES OLIVER Without a doubt, it's going to be Morse. They look to be KVAC and, possibly, state champions this ye...
BOB JOHNSTON But to make a long story short, I decided that I was going to run, and I announced that I was going ...
GEORGE SMATHERS Stupid mistakes can be fixed. It stinks that it has to happen at the state meet in my senior year. B...
ALEX BEAN![]()
I used to be super trendy and totally sexy. But I look back now and I used to want everything short ...
KIM KARDASHIAN Great tournament, just fell a little short. We knew it was going to be a battle with Gall, and it wa...
TIM WOEHLER I played fullback my junior year and tailback my senior year. It was a power-I offense. I was blocki...
JACOBE KENDRICK You are all I think about. You know that right? You haunt my mind, but in a good way. You are absolu...
MARY PITTMAN I was so looking forward to my senior year. I felt like I had a lot to prove and I wanted that state...
DYMOND SIMON I think we're a year away from going deeper into the state tournament.
CHANCE VANGUNDY I knew he was a state champ that wrestled a lot like me. We had very similar styles.
FRANK CAMMISA I think Jackie's struggling a little bit, I think that comes from her being a senior, this being her...
PAM DECOSTA I'd probably say my biggest yo-yo was when I was finishing up my senior year of college. I lost ...
AL ROKER He is mentally tough, and he wrestled with confidence. He was out to prove he could be a state champ...
BOB ADAMS I almost didn't come back [for my senior year]. But I realized I don't hate the game of softball.
JENNY DOBBERTIN When you win four championships, you create a lot of expectations that you are supposed to be in the...
JEFF GORDON I remain bullish on the tech tape, ... I think short term we might be a little bit overbought here. ...
BRIAN CLIFFORD It's unbelievable. After the ref called the game, I was just thinking about it, and I was just going...
ALONSO JIMENEZ I remember, in my senior year, one of my teachers taking me aside and saying: 'You look really t...
CECILY VON ZIEGESAR I did a little prayer while I was up there. I was just focused on the form and knew it was going to ...
JOEL QUICK We came in with the expectation of Colin being a region champ. District champ, region champ, state c...
JOE RADUN I'm feeling a lot more confident now then I did last year and having way more fun. I'm hoping to wor...
ASHLEY FELICELLI I never did theater. I was a theater major at USC my first year because I didn't get into the fi...
DARREN STAR I just lost a tough match to a good senior. I've still got one more year to come back and get anothe...
KYLE GRAPE They did talk her into going out for track last year and they took state. I think she's going to run...
LEXA LARSEN![]()
I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by...
WALTER PAYTON I came to games all the time as a kid, and I was familiar and comfortable with the campus. Just the ...
ED MCCARTHY I would loved to have finished as a state champ, but I'm glad I improved (from fourth to second) and...
MATT LEE I'm going to look back at last year and say it was the worst place I ever played. I look forward to ...
ANDRE MILLER You never say never, but you look at the situation and you do the math. You've got two guys on three...
ANDREW RAYCROFT He qualified for state his senior year.
ERIC CONCHA Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, b...
LINFORD CHRISTIE [The Nuggets may win fewer than 30 games this year, but you won't hear 27-year-old point guard Andre...
ANDRE MILLER All the time, I was waiting I was hoping I'd be back in Montreal.
ALEX KOVALEV I look back and our best seasons have always been when I had a good number of seniors. That's the wa...
ANGELA MOODY I'm striving for state. Last year, I wasn't even expecting to get to sectionals, but (after) having ...
ALEX BECKA When I first went to Stevens Point, I never thought I'd ever be close to the NBA. I didn't e...
TERRY PORTER To be honest, I was really nervous going into the back. That's why I was so confident going into the...
MATT BENOIT The thing I am most proud of is what we accomplished my senior year. We had lost 11 seniors and ever...
ARTHUR HAMLIN I've had bad district state-qualifying meets for three years, so that's what I'm especially hoping. ...
LISA MARZOCCO I couldn't go without playing my senior year. It was supposed to be a big year so I could improve my...
JEFF INGRAM She worked so hard and wanted to get back and have a great senior year. I was so happy that she over...
PENNY DEAN Our goal heading into the season is going to state. We have the numbers and talent back this year to...
JULIE CLARK I told the kids afterward that we were very successful in what we accomplished all season, because i...
MARK MCKENZIE![]()
I was hoping I was going to get an ulcer. I was hoping to boost my research career by developing a b...
BARRY MARSHALL (West Memphis) was 1-5 coming in and I knew they were going to beat people in our league. I was just...
ROGER FRANKS I kind of fell backwards into acting. I was studying to be a high school teacher. I look now and I u...
NATHAN FILLION My main focus at the start of the season was basically to have the best senior year possible for Sou...
JACKIE STILES We're not going to make another step up like that this year. Minot's too tough. But it's like that e...
BRENT NEWMAN The kids that were the up-and-coming seniors that were hoping to have a great senior season and play...
BOBBY BURTON I don't think anyone wanted to be short going into that number,
NORMAN ROSENBERG It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of w...
CARLY PATTERSON I had a lot of teams and other people tell me that I was going to be a first rounder and that convin...
ANDRAY BLATCHE I tell you, he is a heck of a player. We were hoping he was going to fling that ball into the stands...
JOHN GIBBONS She hasn't given me her decision on what she's going to do, but I'm hoping it's to stay here, finish...
JANEVIA TAYLOR Well, you know, she was something different. But I don't begrudge her anything. I can look back at w...
DAN WHELDON I was doing Hamlet in the off-season, and I had a specific idea in my mind about what I wanted that ...
MICHAEL SHANKS![]()
I understand it's promotion, but no one ever gave me a chance. No one ever thought I'd be th...
STIPE MIOCIC![]()
I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in lo...
E. O. WILSON
JAMES HUMPHREY It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted ...
CARLY PATTERSON I think going into State you'd like to be a conference champ and higher seed so you could have that ...
MIKE DEVANEY We fell short of our goal of making it to state last year. But the girls are hungry to go out and sh...
JEFF FREEMAN My goal all year has been to be a state champ. That's what I'm going for.
CHUY LIRA It was kind of devastating that he'd break it before his senior year. I was hoping he'd be able to c...
CHASE YODER I'm really hoping to win. I don't really talk to her much, but there's a lot of spite. I know it's h...
KELSEY GRUSHECKY I went back to Dallas for a little while to finish my short film 'Rusty Forkblade.' It was n...
EVAN DAUGHERTY My junior year was a stepping stone to my senior season. That was my first full season running. I kn...
A.J. ELLISON He fell in love then. I couldn't ask for anything more. Had he started when everyone else did, he'd ...
LANCE PALMER Everyone is going to say 'I want to be state champ. You only get so many shots at the finals.
TRAVIS BULL It was hard sitting out last year, really hard. But I looked to the future. I don't dwell. I can't c...
STEVEN ANDERSON I was a history major, but that was because it took the fewest requirements of any major. In my soph...
JOHN HAMBURG He made it sound to us like he'll be back. I'm hoping he comes back. I'd really hate to have a senio...
BRYAN CUPITO I wasn't supposed to be back until January, but this was my senior year and I knew we were going to ...
BRETT MILLER It was closer than I hoped for, but you are wrestling a returning state champ. You have to give cred...
BRANDON MACNAUGHT It's going to be awesome. We've never experienced state ? ever. I'm a senior, and it's all I wanted ...
KATIE DALY
I was an avid swimmer and was state champ at age 12. APOLO OHNO They lost quite a few seniors (from last year), but when you're a state champ you're still the state...
JON CREGOR I thought the process was going to take a lot longer, ... I was hoping it would have clicked by the ...
ROBBY GINEPRI I like what I do. I was hoping to be a closer. I have a short memory.
FRANK GONZALEZ Our goal since sophomore year was to get to state and this year we're going to get to state. I came ...
DANI QUINN These girls have played in two straight state tournaments and I know that's reserved for very few. W...
DON LYONS
But who cares? I can honestly look back and realize that everything happened for a reason. Everythin... EDIE BRICKELL I was pretty worried that if I didn't have a good season I might not get into a good school. But now...
JUSTIN BRUCKS I was kind of surprised (to be top-seeded in both). But it's my senior year, and there's nothing to ...
GREG HULSE Maybe last year was the year of injuries and things. Maybe from now on, nothing will happen. That's ...
CARLOS BELTRAN I was taking electives, and that branched into theater. Theater led to me taking a break during the ...
WES BROWN Making it to state and making it to the second day, that was a great experience. I had hoped to plac...
BRAD TANZILLO I can't say I'm disappointed. I could not be happier that we got here. Ending my senior season going...
CHRISSY MASTRY
When I gave that compliment last year, ... I was hoping that he was going to retire. TONY LA RUSSA On 18 I told myself it's my senior year and my last state tournament. There's no way I'm going out w...
DREW MILLER I didn't even know if I was going to be able to wrestle this year and now I'm going to state.
DYLAN JANS
I look into their eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, 'I ... SEVE BALLESTEROS
I wanted to be champ of the world, but I kept hoping something would happen to Frazier. I didn't... GEORGE FOREMAN If we're healthy and have everyone back, it's going to be a good match. Golden Valley is the defendi...
DAN ROTON If you're a state champ at this level, you keep wrestling the same guys all the way up. So if you ju...
CURT BERGER
I was nerdy and really into computers. I was a good student until my senior year, when I started tra... TONY HAWK All you can do his rehab. I have a two-year deal, and I am going to keep going. I think I'll be here...
CORRELL BUCKHALTER After touring with David Bowie last year, I was inspired to look at what I wanted to do as an artist...
EMM GRYNER As I was third in the short program, I was hoping to win a medal. But I forced myself not to think a...
SHIZUKA ARAKAWA You are letting this feeling get cold, I cant blame you, you must know you are free to go... Don't y...
ANDRES OLIVER Without a doubt, it's going to be Morse. They look to be KVAC and, possibly, state champions this ye...
BOB JOHNSTON But to make a long story short, I decided that I was going to run, and I announced that I was going ...
GEORGE SMATHERS Stupid mistakes can be fixed. It stinks that it has to happen at the state meet in my senior year. B...
ALEX BEAN
I used to be super trendy and totally sexy. But I look back now and I used to want everything short ... KIM KARDASHIAN Great tournament, just fell a little short. We knew it was going to be a battle with Gall, and it wa...
TIM WOEHLER I played fullback my junior year and tailback my senior year. It was a power-I offense. I was blocki...
JACOBE KENDRICK You are all I think about. You know that right? You haunt my mind, but in a good way. You are absolu...
MARY PITTMAN I was so looking forward to my senior year. I felt like I had a lot to prove and I wanted that state...
DYMOND SIMON I think we're a year away from going deeper into the state tournament.
CHANCE VANGUNDY I knew he was a state champ that wrestled a lot like me. We had very similar styles.
FRANK CAMMISA I think Jackie's struggling a little bit, I think that comes from her being a senior, this being her...
PAM DECOSTA I'd probably say my biggest yo-yo was when I was finishing up my senior year of college. I lost ...
AL ROKER He is mentally tough, and he wrestled with confidence. He was out to prove he could be a state champ...
BOB ADAMS I almost didn't come back [for my senior year]. But I realized I don't hate the game of softball.
JENNY DOBBERTIN When you win four championships, you create a lot of expectations that you are supposed to be in the...
JEFF GORDON I remain bullish on the tech tape, ... I think short term we might be a little bit overbought here. ...
BRIAN CLIFFORD It's unbelievable. After the ref called the game, I was just thinking about it, and I was just going...
ALONSO JIMENEZ I remember, in my senior year, one of my teachers taking me aside and saying: 'You look really t...
CECILY VON ZIEGESAR I did a little prayer while I was up there. I was just focused on the form and knew it was going to ...
JOEL QUICK We came in with the expectation of Colin being a region champ. District champ, region champ, state c...
JOE RADUN I'm feeling a lot more confident now then I did last year and having way more fun. I'm hoping to wor...
ASHLEY FELICELLI I never did theater. I was a theater major at USC my first year because I didn't get into the fi...
DARREN STAR I just lost a tough match to a good senior. I've still got one more year to come back and get anothe...
KYLE GRAPE They did talk her into going out for track last year and they took state. I think she's going to run...
LEXA LARSEN
I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by... WALTER PAYTON I came to games all the time as a kid, and I was familiar and comfortable with the campus. Just the ...
ED MCCARTHY I would loved to have finished as a state champ, but I'm glad I improved (from fourth to second) and...
MATT LEE I'm going to look back at last year and say it was the worst place I ever played. I look forward to ...
ANDRE MILLER You never say never, but you look at the situation and you do the math. You've got two guys on three...
ANDREW RAYCROFT He qualified for state his senior year.
ERIC CONCHA Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, b...
LINFORD CHRISTIE [The Nuggets may win fewer than 30 games this year, but you won't hear 27-year-old point guard Andre...
ANDRE MILLER All the time, I was waiting I was hoping I'd be back in Montreal.
ALEX KOVALEV I look back and our best seasons have always been when I had a good number of seniors. That's the wa...
ANGELA MOODY I'm striving for state. Last year, I wasn't even expecting to get to sectionals, but (after) having ...
ALEX BECKA When I first went to Stevens Point, I never thought I'd ever be close to the NBA. I didn't e...
TERRY PORTER To be honest, I was really nervous going into the back. That's why I was so confident going into the...
MATT BENOIT The thing I am most proud of is what we accomplished my senior year. We had lost 11 seniors and ever...
ARTHUR HAMLIN I've had bad district state-qualifying meets for three years, so that's what I'm especially hoping. ...
LISA MARZOCCO I couldn't go without playing my senior year. It was supposed to be a big year so I could improve my...
JEFF INGRAM She worked so hard and wanted to get back and have a great senior year. I was so happy that she over...
PENNY DEAN Our goal heading into the season is going to state. We have the numbers and talent back this year to...
JULIE CLARK I told the kids afterward that we were very successful in what we accomplished all season, because i...
MARK MCKENZIE
I was hoping I was going to get an ulcer. I was hoping to boost my research career by developing a b... BARRY MARSHALL (West Memphis) was 1-5 coming in and I knew they were going to beat people in our league. I was just...
ROGER FRANKS I kind of fell backwards into acting. I was studying to be a high school teacher. I look now and I u...
NATHAN FILLION My main focus at the start of the season was basically to have the best senior year possible for Sou...
JACKIE STILES We're not going to make another step up like that this year. Minot's too tough. But it's like that e...
BRENT NEWMAN The kids that were the up-and-coming seniors that were hoping to have a great senior season and play...
BOBBY BURTON I don't think anyone wanted to be short going into that number,
NORMAN ROSENBERG It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of w...
CARLY PATTERSON I had a lot of teams and other people tell me that I was going to be a first rounder and that convin...
ANDRAY BLATCHE I tell you, he is a heck of a player. We were hoping he was going to fling that ball into the stands...
JOHN GIBBONS She hasn't given me her decision on what she's going to do, but I'm hoping it's to stay here, finish...
JANEVIA TAYLOR Well, you know, she was something different. But I don't begrudge her anything. I can look back at w...
DAN WHELDON I was doing Hamlet in the off-season, and I had a specific idea in my mind about what I wanted that ...
MICHAEL SHANKS
I understand it's promotion, but no one ever gave me a chance. No one ever thought I'd be th... STIPE MIOCIC
I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in lo... E. O. WILSON
