I think I'm in pretty good shape with a six-shot lead. This is what I came here to do. I won't change anything I've done the first few days. It's working.
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Related I got a best time in my freestyle for my relay. This is the first year I've actually done well in fr... AUSTEN RANDOLPH I think we came over here with confidence. I had a good feeling coming in. I think they realized wha... BILL RZEPKA I was in bed for two days. Today is the first day I've actually eaten or done anything. I felt prett... JAMIE ALLISON I am really astonished at the amount of work we do. The only trouble here, they wont [sic] let us st... ELLEN SWALLOW RICHARDS I was completely out of basketball shape, but once I got up and down the floor a few times it came b... RICKY MARSHALL This is what I think is modern. It's like wearing a couture jacket with a pair of jeans. KARL LAGERFELD The season has been going pretty good. I think I have a pretty good shot at the state title this yea... MITCH BAKER I know im awesome because if i was superman the first thing i would do is build a suit made out of l... NATHAN ELMO MELO I haven't slept much in the past few days because I think we are all pretty excited to get out there... BRENNAN BROWN What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me. CRAIG GROESCHEL Cornell came off the bench and gave us a big lift. We had a lot of guys step forward, which is what ... BENNY HARRIS What I want to do is just get myself in shape here. I came to the best spot in the American League. ... STEVE SHIELDS Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky ... AUDREY HEPBURN Im not a politician and my other habits are good. Ive no enemys to reward, nor friends to sponge. Bu... ARTEMUS WARD I've decided working with people with disabilities is what I want to do for a career. The days aren'... HEATHER UNDERWOOD I immediately said to myself Ive got to do something, ... Ive got to help as many as I can. I am not... AMY COLLINS I really think we do a pretty good job of working with pesticides in this country and that's one of ... GEORGE GRAY I Don't Like What I Do, I Love What I Do! JOHN PETERS First concert I ever went to was a group called The Yardbirds. Eric Clapton is the lead guitarist. RON BARBER When I first came here they told me I have a chance to fight for the spot. But I can't do anything b... IDREES BASHIR I'd done some work with Bill in the past. And Bill hired me! He came back and said 'yeah, I'll direc... ERIC NEWMAN Its amazing, I cant ask for anything more as a birthday gift, ... Ive wanted to win a big race like ... BOBBY BUTLER He wants to take a shot at it, and I think he realizes this is a pretty good opportunity. LENN SAKATA Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But Im not concerned about ... MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it t... E. L. DOCTOROW It's true, I really haven't done anything too special. I haven't done anything. I've made a few play... DARNELL BING Just getting that lead early is key. Especially out here, because as long as you have the lead, you ... DILLON DOUGHERTY I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't thi... WAYLON JENNINGS I think Eric feels having me here to make that transition will help. Transferring over terminology a... MATT CHATHAM I came in here with my head up, I didn't want it to end. This is the best thing I have ever done. YACOB BURTAMEKH I think he didn't feel like he needed any assistance, ... I think he felt that with his Notre Dame b... TYRONE WILLINGHAM What our trainer said is that he thinks if she sits out for a few days, she'll be good to go. I thin... THERESA ADAMS I am really proud of how far this team came this year. I really want to give our players a lot of cr... BILL CALLAHAN I am so sad this effort has gotten to this place. I think that I came in this morning with certainly... ANNABETH SURBAUGH I felt like I ought to be doing something, and here I am doing something that is fun and that I like... DEANE DOTSON I had a few responses from all over the world. I didn't know what to do at that moment, but I just r... DENIS PETUKHOV I've never been through anything like that before, ... They pushed you so hard. Seven days a week fo... TOM MURPHY i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL I had a pretty good shot of adrenaline working at that time, and all I wanted to do was to get on th... DAN LANKHEIT I think I could have done much better. I've been practicing a lot better, but it's my first pretty b... KIMMIE MEISSNER What I do now is I train in the mornings, and people ask me why I do it. I do it for two reasons: fi... LEO VARADKAR As I started working out and getting in shape just in case I was coming back I was like, you know wh... TOM NUTTEN You know, I think this is the first time we've ever done anything normal together. SUZANNE COLLINS Now that he's got this Collective Bargaining Agreement done for another six years, I guess he feels ... WARREN MOON I think it got us a little tentative, especially Eric. He knew if he picked up his third there that ... BRIAN KERN [Tuesday] is the first day I've actually eaten anything or done anything. I felt pretty good on the ... JAMIE ALLISON Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they thr... HARRY S TRUMAN I have type one diabetes, and I've had it since I was 10 years old. When I was first diagnosed with ... LYNN RICH I was pretty confident, but Tim Thomas and I played in the same league over in Finland. I think he k... JUSSI JOKINEN The car was a little tight. We just need to make a few tweaks and I feel we'll be in good shape for ... BILL ELLIOTT I don't think I would change anything. I think we've done a fairly good job of remaining san... WASHED OUT This is our team's first trip up here to the Yard. We wanted to give a good showing for our communit... ANDREW DUNCAN Through Christ all things are possible. We came here today to win this game. We came here knowing th... WAYNE FAIRCLOUGH When I came here I was feeling pretty strong about South Carolina. I knew I needed to take this visi... GAVIN SMITH What they're doing here in Rock Star:INXS is revolutionary. No other band has done anything like thi... MIG AYESA To do that I try and keep myself in pretty good shape physically and I try to lead my life in such a... JOHN FRANKENHEIMER This year has been our vice president's first full year on the job, and I think we've done some pret... FRANK WHITLATCH I'm sure it's a good thing for both of us because we're both pretty familiar with what we do and, wh... ED PULTZ I think there's a couture thing going with Chloe that is not at all what we've seen before. MICHAEL KORS Our young base is pretty solid. We have plenty of young big guys, so I think we're in pretty good sh... KEVIN MCHALE I'm very comfortable with how I look. I always have been. I think I look pretty good. There'... AVRIL LAVIGNE They came through with that, so I had another whole off-season to recover and rehab, but here I am s... ANDREW CLARKE I don't understand it, ... because I've never seen her sick or with anything resembling what she sup... HEIDI FLEISS I don't understand it, ... because I've never seen her sick or with anything resembling what she sup... HEIDI FLEISS Seth and I were having good runs in the early going. Unlike Paul, we came through the first lap mele... JAMES CLAY I spoke to President Bush just a few days ago, ... and told him that I was coming here to be with yo... BILL YOUNG I think we're in pretty good shape catching-wise in the organization. Sandy has done as good or bett... BUCK SHOWALTER I think he meant to be there for a few days, but I gave him some moonshine after the first day and d... JOHNNY KNOXVILLE I can tell you it was six figures. That's pretty good for working part time. GREENWOOD CHIEF DEPUTY MIKE FREDERICK I think a very good system in a world with a lot of passive investors is one in which there are at l... BILL ACKMAN The (Michoud) facility is in pretty good shape. The question is, what does the workforce want to do? BILL GERSTENMAIER Obviously, I didn't play great but I made a lot of putts and battled out there. I tried to do the sa... ERIC COUTURE That week he saw some pretty good defenses, but he also struggled a little bit. He was a little slug... BEN BORRIES I think anything under par out here on this golf course is a good score, CHRIS HAACK I was in good shape when I came here, but it (boxing) whooped me. It is way more physically demandin... AMY AUGEDAHL I guess it's a good feeling not to lose on a shot like that, ... But I wasn't concerned. I came here... MORGAN PRESSEL I don't think of myself as pretty. I am what I am. ISABELI FONTANA Second is not bad, but going out with a one-shot lead, you always want to win as there has been a fe... HENRIK STENSON What we were trying to do here is to find a consensus that this was a good direction to go in and th... BRIAN BEHLENDORF It was definitely worth it. I wouldn't change what it took to get here for anything. ... To get that... JEFF HARRIS This means a lot. We came through some dark days to get here. The kids never stopped practicing hard... BRANDON AMBROSE It is unacceptable. With all due respect to Columbus, I think everyone around the league looked at t... CHRIS ALBRIGHT This was a strong win. I was surprised as a few (hits) that came back over the net. (Southeastern) w... LORI ANDERSON The (Michoud) facility is in pretty good shape. The question is, what does the work force want to do... BILL GERSTENMAIER The first few days my thought was 'there goes our building.' Then I decided I wasn't going to let on... LOUISE DRIVER I think I did pretty good for my first game and now I'm looking forward to my second. I just have to... ANTHONY STEWART [The deadline] came when I was preparing for the Scouting Combine. But it's no big deal; I can take ... DEREK ABNEY Changing speeds was the biggest thing tonight. My change was working well, and I started a lot of hi... GREG HARMON Coming into this meet, I didn't have high expectations. I was just coming in here to have a good tim... KATE ZIEGLER I had missed a few, but when I had an open shot, I was ready. You have to be ready. When you're in p... HALEY MCINTYRE I ran this [West Coast] offense for three years at Carolina, so the verbiage came pretty quick. A fe... CHRIS HETHERINGTON I used to come here in the '80s. I think the last movie I saw here was 'Crocodile Dundee.' I always ... RODNEY DAVIS Utah Valley State is an awesome school. When I came down for a visit I couldn't believe how big the ... BRENT ANDERSON Pretty much this is it. It's pretty much no news is good news. I don't know if there's anything we h... CHARLES MIXSON I think I came through with a decent race. I'm not thrilled with it, but I think it was a good effor... KRIS FREEMAN I won't change anything because I think the most important thing is being yourself and that's what I... AVRIL LAVIGNE I think we're going to be in pretty good shape at the end of the day, but you never know, GEORGE DARDEN We came here to find out what Portland has done with its light rail and downtown housing. MIKE BOSC I think it's a non-issue. They will look at the list in the next few days and I don't expect anythin... BOB NICHOLSON I think Taylor has spent a little more time with this one. We're way past the days of being shocked ... DAVE TELEP
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