I am very encouraged by the direction of our relay swimming. At the NCAA Championships, relays are double points and it's huge. These girls are getting it.
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You have made legitimate points. I... DAVID WILKINS I'm ecstatic over the two relays, especially the 200 free because that is our shot at state. It's se... PATTI HOCH Our performances in the relays today were a testimony to the Stanford tradition to be at your best w... LEA MAURER The girls are all playing so much better. We are getting far enough into the season that the girls a... COACH LORI BELL I am ready to double in Commonwealth Games and world cross-country championships if given the chance... AUGUSTINE CHOGE Our middle schools went up double digits for the most part, which is outstanding. We have elementary... DANIELLE CLARK Given that our first quarter is usually negatively affected by a number of seasonal factors, I am en... JOHN ALLISON It's really devastating. This is not a country that can't afford to feed its seniors. Even with thes... PAUL ASH We are very pleased and encouraged by the tentative ruling. 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JOSEPH FINK Girls are only complicated because they don't want to explain but they still want to be understood EMILY THOMAS I'd like to play (NCAA) Division I golf somewhere. I'd like to do well there and make the NCAA champ... CARLY WERWIE I am proud of how the team is improving each week. However, we didn't finish the meet tonight. We ha... MILES AVERY You are the architect of your life. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA We are pleased to present the excitement of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships live to o... MIKE ARESCO The last relay was amazing just because they weren't expected to break a record. Our relays were def... MATT FINNIGAN Our audience is all the girls who made Britney a huge star. Those are the girls who bought the book.... VIRGINIA MADSEN The international community should be very alarmed by these events because the situation is getting ... BABA GANA KINGIBE I am looking forward to getting healthy and defending my year-end No.1 ranking at the WTA Championsh... LINDSAY DAVENPORT We are very pleased with our double-digit retail and wholesale sales growth and continuing strong ma... ROGER FARAH Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that... MEG WHITMAN I want to be important. By being different. And these girls are all the same. SYLVIA PLATH It has a lot to do with the coaching that these girls are getting at the select level. The select pr... ERIC SHELTON Wake Forest is honored to once again host the NCAA Championships. I believe our staff at Wake Forest... JENNIFER AVERILL In philosophy, you have to reckon with the implicit level of an accumulated reserve, and thus with a... JACQUES DERRIDA As much as any secular atheist or new ager wants to claim how wonderfully loving humans are, and how... JUSTIN STECKBAUER My immediate goals are to do well at the U.S. Championships and compete well in Europe this summer. ... ANDREW ROCK I led off our 200-free relay last year and I had a great time [swimming the 50-yard distance]. I dec... COLIN MURTAGH It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. 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