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I think what it came down to is that our owner wants to win and, in the end, we did this deal because we knew it would make us a better team.


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JESSICA BIRD Ten-year-old boys move differently than middle-aged women, who move differently than athletic guys, ...
BRAD BIRD My first experiences of Colorado travel have been rather severe. At Greeley, I got a small upstairs ...
ISABELLA BIRD I've been holding my breath the whole time waiting for the answer to come because I knew it would be...
AMANDA BIRD Yokohama does not improve on further acquaintance. It has a dead-alive look. It has irregularity wit...
ISABELLA BIRD The Tigris is so fierce and rapid, and swallows its alluvial banks so greedily, that it is probable ...
ISABELLA BIRD The Tibetans are dirty. They wash once a year and, except for festivals, seldom change their clothes...
ISABELLA BIRD There was a fascinating handmade poster scene in Chicago in the '90s, and I became friends with ...
ANDREW BIRD It is a positive move. It is always a much better idea to have a public broadcaster that is less dep...
WILLIAM BIRD Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.
ANDREW BIRD It's one of the first techniques that they learn to soothe themselves.
JIM BIRD [Bush] reflects ... an exceptionally good work-life balance at the level he's at. When I see [Bush] ...
JIM BIRD You definitely can get caught looking and being a spectator. There were just some incredible plays o...
SUE BIRD The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guard...
ROSE BIRD He was an avid reader, would read a book every two or three days. Then I started to notice the same ...
GAIL BIRD [But Bird had a couple of factors working in his favor. First and foremost, he was a businessman wit...
TOM BIRD Without naming names, I think other movies look more realistic but they feel less real.
BRAD BIRD It's not a matchup between Izzy and Sheryl,
SUE BIRD We talk about it and we actually did it this time. When a player's out, you have to kind of forget a...
SUE BIRD I haven't thought about last year at all. We've had to play as the defending champions all year and ...
SUE BIRD What you gotta think about is what they're saying in their locker room. They need to jump on us. On ...
SUE BIRD That's a difference maker. She averaged 24 against us this season. She only had 15, but she can erup...
SUE BIRD It's a different group, (and) something a lot of people didn't think we could do. It's pretty amazin...
SUE BIRD It's kind of nice to control our own destiny, and then did.
SUE BIRD To a person sitting quietly at home, Rocky Mountain traveling, like Rocky Mountain scenery, must see...
ISABELLA BIRD We are going to have to deal with it, we're not there yet. But we do have that restriction and will ...
PAUL BIRD The talk has been around for years, but that was that was the turning point.
BILL BIRD We don't have any problem supporting those candidates. We are very happy some stepped up to the plat...
BILL BIRD The purpose of any school board member is a policy making role, not daily operations. He was not ele...
BILL BIRD You need a professional in that field to manage and run the organization.
BILL BIRD Government does not need to get involved in hauling trash. If it turns out to be a good idea, that's...
BILL BIRD "Suck a dude" ~Flying V
J-BIRD She's all go. Especially against a team like Sacramento, Betty is just really good at attacking the ...
SUE BIRD It's definitely a surreal feeling. There are a lot of teams in the WNBA that just said, 'Whew, Seatt...
SUE BIRD