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This is the fun time of the year. This is what you put three months of hard work in for. All the reg...
JAKE SHULAW They both placed high in district and state competition last season, let alone our regular season me...
LAURA KAUTMAN I think we were uptight for this game. I think we were nervous playing for a district title here in ...
JENNY WATERS Last year's game has definitely been lingering for all of us. We never imagined losing that game wit...
DEREK HAGAN![]()
Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China."
"That expression has never made sense to m...
LISA KLEYPAS [A regular season title] is a first for all of us. It feels good to win a regular season championshi...
LAMAR BUTLER [We need to] continue to do what we've done. I think we've shown through the course of our regular s...
BRENDA FRESE Back in 2008, when we were first preparing to launch Tor.com, I knew I wanted Jo Walton to be a regu...
PATRICK NIELSEN HAYDEN We were 10-10 in the regular season and just turned it on as a team in that tournament. They got a t...
FRED SOSNOSKI We've all played some tough teams and not played up to our potential. I think the district season wi...
ALAN KIRK We were the top-ranked team; it's nice to win the tournament. It's exciting to finish the regular se...
ANDREA GASTON If somebody walked into the gym, they would not have thought they were playing for a district champi...
LEE UNDERWOOD We've had our ups and downs this year. We were in a good place where we were playing really well but...
JENNIFER REYES I think we're playing better basketball. The balance was good. I think what we're seeing now is what...
MURRY BARTOW When I first heard we were going to do the team tournament, this is the type of a match that I thoug...
MARC LORANGER Last year we were pretty disappointed after beating North Judson in the regular season and then losi...
COURTNEY MEYER The girls have done quite well for this point in our season. We were looking at a strong bid for the...
STEVE BORDEN Last year we were in the same position. We needed to beat Rowe to win the district championship. I a...
FERNANDO SEGOVIA We were prepared for (the Southington press). We spent all day (Wednesday) in practice preparing for...
BRIAN FANELLI![]()
These facilities were relatively rustic even for this area of the world. Other inns at least had ind...
ASHIM SHANKER At this point last year, we were in catastrophe mode. We were actually putting in new stuff, playing...
JAY WRIGHT Our girls played well. We struggled some during the regular season, but we were playing our best at ...
CHARLIE LANE Everything about Andrew was hot, from the hands holding him down to the mouth steadily taking Neil a...
NORA SAKAVIC![]()
What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me.
CRAIG GROESCHEL We got going and came out really strong in the first half, and thats what we needed to do. But once ...
EVA LANG Most of the guys were watching the NCAA Tournament (with Connecticut losing to George Mason). It was...
PAU GASOL The champion is really determined by the regular season, because you don't get anything for winning ...
HUGO LUNA I just plain messed up at the district tournament. I lost to guys I beat during the season and they ...
FRANKIE RAMIREZ Our guys have practiced hard all season. And they were really up for the game. It was the first dist...
FRANTZ MATHEUS I thought going into the season, we were going to be somewhere around fifth place, and that's where ...
JAMIE BETANCUR I think it will definitely help us to prepare for the district tournament. It's a little strange not...
NAOMI MARTIN This game will help us get better for the regular season and playing in the Metro South (conference)...
MICHAEL NICHOLS![]()
I'm always preparing for a regular life.
KANDYSE MCCLURE I expected it. We were in the Commonwealth District last year and I knew the teams here were competi...
DEVIN CORNWALL Two more wins. That's what we were telling them before the game: 'Forget the regular season. We've g...
ERIC PULLEN They were looking for more equity within a district and we decided to survey the schools. Some peopl...
CHARLES BREITHAUPT We are a good defensive team, especially for our size. We had a good district and region tournament,...
GARY MUNSEN Last year, we were sued for endorsing religion; this year, we're being sued for limiting the right t...
RICHARD ACKERMAN Last year, we were sued for endorsing religion; this year, we're being sued for limiting the right t...
RICHARD ACKERMAN It might have been the way we finished up the regular season. We made a major run in the tournament....
CARL KRAUSER![]()
I thought that I was the Warrior and Cersei was the Maid, but all the time she was the Stranger, ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When you advance to the Sweet 16 for the second year in a row, playing like we've been playing, you'...
DON LOFTON Spring [season] is for training mainly. Most of the training we do in spring is preparing for the fa...
CHRISTOPHER BAKER They were a good example for all the others for the rest of the tournament.
ALEXANDRE COIMBRA I am extremely happy with the playing (on Saturday). This was a tournament we thought that we could ...
ALLISON SPENCE Practices. We've been conditioning all season preparing for this.
JALEESA ROSS What we really want to see is Michael Vick and Peyton Manning playing in the regular season.
JIM MORA They don't count all the games played, so what do we play a regular season for? And we don't even ge...
BILL FOWKES The second and third lines were outstanding. They played really tough. They're playing really aggres...
JIM DAKIN I believe there was a fear that damage would be done to the fire district if that were to happen, .....
JERRY BELL We're prepared for this game. Last year we were just happy to be playing. This year, we want to win....
JAMES SHULER you were the only beautiful thing in whole university which attracted me towards college, but now yo...
PRASOON DWIVEDI It gave me a better idea of their ideas for the school district. The key point that many of them mad...
CHARLES COLEMAN Given where we were just a couple of years ago, playing for a district championship is just amazing.
BRIAN GUEST Although we may not have finished as high as we wanted, we were also going into the tournament with ...
EZRA MORSE I think we were ready for the challenge of what was in front of us. We did what we've done all year.
JAMARR SANDERS![]()
The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing.
JENNIFER NIVEN The beauty of this tournament is that it is the regular season, so there's not the typical level of ...
BRIAN JAPSEN II We were so young last year and this year playing with the same group has helped. They are playing re...
ANITA MCLANE I think it's really more of a pride thing. I think their guys and our guys want to be the first to w...
DAMIAN SEGURA When I'm playing the 1-guard, teams do a great job of just loading up and preparing for my drive...
KYRIE IRVING We were in a position where we could go out and do it. That's what we were playing for. ... Whether ...
LORA STAVENESS For his first year playing varsity and his first time in the tournament, Mike has been playing great...
DAVE SPINALE We had a rough season with injuries and do not have a deep bench. We used seven players all year. I ...
RAY BIELIZNA We said this is the end of the regular season. The tournament is totally different.
BUZZ PETERSON All three are hitting over .400 for the season. Chris and Charlie were first-team all-section last y...
DENNIS DAMP When we were at the drawing for the tournament seeds last week, we were praying that we wouldn't hav...
DAVE KLINGEL We were a team without a lot of respect all year. I guarantee there wasn't many picking us third (in...
CHRIS ALLRED Seeing we were playing M-A (in the tournament championship), it was a good test.
DENNIS HASHIGUCHI Eat for lunch, but let something for dinner.
ERBLIN VUKAJ![]()
Jesus Christ wants to show His love for this world through us, Christians.
SUNDAY ADELAJA If you are among the good fellows chances are that you will be among the blemishes for the wicked ar...
APURVA GAGLANI It's hard when you have things but lose them, it's even harder when you feel that you're being left ...
GARY F EVANS... Starting today, must forget what gone yesterday,appreciate what remains today & look forward what ca...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA![]()
call it chicken salad
SARAH DESSEN![]()
Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and s...
SARAH DESSEN I thought for sure we were a top-10 team in our district.
CHANCE VANGUNDY![]()
I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
OSCAR DE LA RENTA We've worked hard all year to put ourselves in this position. We have to focus on preparing ourselve...
MIKE RUTTER For the first time, I stopped caring about the regular season in college basketball. College footbal...
DENNIS DODD If we win by losing ourselves, by losing what we were fighting for, then we never really win.
MEG COLLETT That kind of did take some pressure off. We were worried about not making the conference tournament ...
ANDRE MCGEE All the normal people of the ages and generations that contribute to helping and doing their bit for...
GARY F EVANS... It's been key for us all year to score early and get our kids going. Last year you could tell in the...
TONY COUTURE We're playing for the team, playing for the school. The nerves are flaring right now, I want everyon...
MAC GIFFORD You look back at the '95 season, and a lot of those guys were getting mega minutes. Michael Jord...
SCOTTIE PIPPEN![]()
The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it...
THOMAS S. MONSON If you make it to the Division III tournament you're going to see tough opponents. The only way to p...
CHRIS BUNCH In my mind, we were preparing not to have him since workouts in the spring. If we did have him, it w...
BOB BRATKOWSKI I went over a year without playing baseball. At 39, not playing for a year, a year and a half, there...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ With the World Baseball Classic, this year is a bit different. Our goal will be to win the tournamen...
ICHIRO SUZUKI Everyone knows exactly what it's all about now. Especially with us losing, you learn. I think in the...
DONNIE EDWARDS They're healthy, they're focused and they're back playing the way they were playing earlier in the s...
GARY CLOSE![]()
In a day and age where it seems like women want to be with unstable, psychotic, manipulative freaks;...
C. JOYBELL C. Are you saying I'm not a badass? Then all these tattoos were for nothing. What shall I do?
CHELSEA M. CAMERON I anticipate this district tournament to be a very competitive tournament. If we are able to get pas...
ERIC SHELTON I like where our team is right now. The last thing I want is for us to get complacent (during the la...
GLENN SYLVEST![]()
Told me if I did not smell of the fire then I smelled of the frying pan.
HILARY MANTEL I love playing in September. This is the fun time of the year, what you play the whole season for. Y...
JASON GIAMBI the neighborhood did not know what the school board and the district were thinking.
SHEILA ALLEN
JAKE SHULAW They both placed high in district and state competition last season, let alone our regular season me...
LAURA KAUTMAN I think we were uptight for this game. I think we were nervous playing for a district title here in ...
JENNY WATERS Last year's game has definitely been lingering for all of us. We never imagined losing that game wit...
DEREK HAGAN
Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China.""That expression has never made sense to m...
LISA KLEYPAS [A regular season title] is a first for all of us. It feels good to win a regular season championshi...
LAMAR BUTLER [We need to] continue to do what we've done. I think we've shown through the course of our regular s...
BRENDA FRESE Back in 2008, when we were first preparing to launch Tor.com, I knew I wanted Jo Walton to be a regu...
PATRICK NIELSEN HAYDEN We were 10-10 in the regular season and just turned it on as a team in that tournament. They got a t...
FRED SOSNOSKI We've all played some tough teams and not played up to our potential. I think the district season wi...
ALAN KIRK We were the top-ranked team; it's nice to win the tournament. It's exciting to finish the regular se...
ANDREA GASTON If somebody walked into the gym, they would not have thought they were playing for a district champi...
LEE UNDERWOOD We've had our ups and downs this year. We were in a good place where we were playing really well but...
JENNIFER REYES I think we're playing better basketball. The balance was good. I think what we're seeing now is what...
MURRY BARTOW When I first heard we were going to do the team tournament, this is the type of a match that I thoug...
MARC LORANGER Last year we were pretty disappointed after beating North Judson in the regular season and then losi...
COURTNEY MEYER The girls have done quite well for this point in our season. We were looking at a strong bid for the...
STEVE BORDEN Last year we were in the same position. We needed to beat Rowe to win the district championship. I a...
FERNANDO SEGOVIA We were prepared for (the Southington press). We spent all day (Wednesday) in practice preparing for...
BRIAN FANELLI
These facilities were relatively rustic even for this area of the world. Other inns at least had ind... ASHIM SHANKER At this point last year, we were in catastrophe mode. We were actually putting in new stuff, playing...
JAY WRIGHT Our girls played well. We struggled some during the regular season, but we were playing our best at ...
CHARLIE LANE Everything about Andrew was hot, from the hands holding him down to the mouth steadily taking Neil a...
NORA SAKAVIC
What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me. CRAIG GROESCHEL We got going and came out really strong in the first half, and thats what we needed to do. But once ...
EVA LANG Most of the guys were watching the NCAA Tournament (with Connecticut losing to George Mason). It was...
PAU GASOL The champion is really determined by the regular season, because you don't get anything for winning ...
HUGO LUNA I just plain messed up at the district tournament. I lost to guys I beat during the season and they ...
FRANKIE RAMIREZ Our guys have practiced hard all season. And they were really up for the game. It was the first dist...
FRANTZ MATHEUS I thought going into the season, we were going to be somewhere around fifth place, and that's where ...
JAMIE BETANCUR I think it will definitely help us to prepare for the district tournament. It's a little strange not...
NAOMI MARTIN This game will help us get better for the regular season and playing in the Metro South (conference)...
MICHAEL NICHOLS
I'm always preparing for a regular life. KANDYSE MCCLURE I expected it. We were in the Commonwealth District last year and I knew the teams here were competi...
DEVIN CORNWALL Two more wins. That's what we were telling them before the game: 'Forget the regular season. We've g...
ERIC PULLEN They were looking for more equity within a district and we decided to survey the schools. Some peopl...
CHARLES BREITHAUPT We are a good defensive team, especially for our size. We had a good district and region tournament,...
GARY MUNSEN Last year, we were sued for endorsing religion; this year, we're being sued for limiting the right t...
RICHARD ACKERMAN Last year, we were sued for endorsing religion; this year, we're being sued for limiting the right t...
RICHARD ACKERMAN It might have been the way we finished up the regular season. We made a major run in the tournament....
CARL KRAUSER
I thought that I was the Warrior and Cersei was the Maid, but all the time she was the Stranger, ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When you advance to the Sweet 16 for the second year in a row, playing like we've been playing, you'...
DON LOFTON Spring [season] is for training mainly. Most of the training we do in spring is preparing for the fa...
CHRISTOPHER BAKER They were a good example for all the others for the rest of the tournament.
ALEXANDRE COIMBRA I am extremely happy with the playing (on Saturday). This was a tournament we thought that we could ...
ALLISON SPENCE Practices. We've been conditioning all season preparing for this.
JALEESA ROSS What we really want to see is Michael Vick and Peyton Manning playing in the regular season.
JIM MORA They don't count all the games played, so what do we play a regular season for? And we don't even ge...
BILL FOWKES The second and third lines were outstanding. They played really tough. They're playing really aggres...
JIM DAKIN I believe there was a fear that damage would be done to the fire district if that were to happen, .....
JERRY BELL We're prepared for this game. Last year we were just happy to be playing. This year, we want to win....
JAMES SHULER you were the only beautiful thing in whole university which attracted me towards college, but now yo...
PRASOON DWIVEDI It gave me a better idea of their ideas for the school district. The key point that many of them mad...
CHARLES COLEMAN Given where we were just a couple of years ago, playing for a district championship is just amazing.
BRIAN GUEST Although we may not have finished as high as we wanted, we were also going into the tournament with ...
EZRA MORSE I think we were ready for the challenge of what was in front of us. We did what we've done all year.
JAMARR SANDERS
The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing. JENNIFER NIVEN The beauty of this tournament is that it is the regular season, so there's not the typical level of ...
BRIAN JAPSEN II We were so young last year and this year playing with the same group has helped. They are playing re...
ANITA MCLANE I think it's really more of a pride thing. I think their guys and our guys want to be the first to w...
DAMIAN SEGURA When I'm playing the 1-guard, teams do a great job of just loading up and preparing for my drive...
KYRIE IRVING We were in a position where we could go out and do it. That's what we were playing for. ... Whether ...
LORA STAVENESS For his first year playing varsity and his first time in the tournament, Mike has been playing great...
DAVE SPINALE We had a rough season with injuries and do not have a deep bench. We used seven players all year. I ...
RAY BIELIZNA We said this is the end of the regular season. The tournament is totally different.
BUZZ PETERSON All three are hitting over .400 for the season. Chris and Charlie were first-team all-section last y...
DENNIS DAMP When we were at the drawing for the tournament seeds last week, we were praying that we wouldn't hav...
DAVE KLINGEL We were a team without a lot of respect all year. I guarantee there wasn't many picking us third (in...
CHRIS ALLRED Seeing we were playing M-A (in the tournament championship), it was a good test.
DENNIS HASHIGUCHI Eat for lunch, but let something for dinner.
ERBLIN VUKAJ
Jesus Christ wants to show His love for this world through us, Christians. SUNDAY ADELAJA If you are among the good fellows chances are that you will be among the blemishes for the wicked ar...
APURVA GAGLANI It's hard when you have things but lose them, it's even harder when you feel that you're being left ...
GARY F EVANS... Starting today, must forget what gone yesterday,appreciate what remains today & look forward what ca...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
call it chicken salad SARAH DESSEN
Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and s... SARAH DESSEN I thought for sure we were a top-10 team in our district.
CHANCE VANGUNDY
I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round. OSCAR DE LA RENTA We've worked hard all year to put ourselves in this position. We have to focus on preparing ourselve...
MIKE RUTTER For the first time, I stopped caring about the regular season in college basketball. College footbal...
DENNIS DODD If we win by losing ourselves, by losing what we were fighting for, then we never really win.
MEG COLLETT That kind of did take some pressure off. We were worried about not making the conference tournament ...
ANDRE MCGEE All the normal people of the ages and generations that contribute to helping and doing their bit for...
GARY F EVANS... It's been key for us all year to score early and get our kids going. Last year you could tell in the...
TONY COUTURE We're playing for the team, playing for the school. The nerves are flaring right now, I want everyon...
MAC GIFFORD You look back at the '95 season, and a lot of those guys were getting mega minutes. Michael Jord...
SCOTTIE PIPPEN
The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it... THOMAS S. MONSON If you make it to the Division III tournament you're going to see tough opponents. The only way to p...
CHRIS BUNCH In my mind, we were preparing not to have him since workouts in the spring. If we did have him, it w...
BOB BRATKOWSKI I went over a year without playing baseball. At 39, not playing for a year, a year and a half, there...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ With the World Baseball Classic, this year is a bit different. Our goal will be to win the tournamen...
ICHIRO SUZUKI Everyone knows exactly what it's all about now. Especially with us losing, you learn. I think in the...
DONNIE EDWARDS They're healthy, they're focused and they're back playing the way they were playing earlier in the s...
GARY CLOSE
In a day and age where it seems like women want to be with unstable, psychotic, manipulative freaks;... C. JOYBELL C. Are you saying I'm not a badass? Then all these tattoos were for nothing. What shall I do?
CHELSEA M. CAMERON I anticipate this district tournament to be a very competitive tournament. If we are able to get pas...
ERIC SHELTON I like where our team is right now. The last thing I want is for us to get complacent (during the la...
GLENN SYLVEST
Told me if I did not smell of the fire then I smelled of the frying pan. HILARY MANTEL I love playing in September. This is the fun time of the year, what you play the whole season for. Y...
JASON GIAMBI the neighborhood did not know what the school board and the district were thinking.
SHEILA ALLEN
I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever i... 
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I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about... 
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One of the things you realize with a lot of high achievers: You have to figure out a way to make thi... 