I told the players that the only people who expect us to win is us. We were down by six at half, but down the stretch, we wore out.


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I mark the reading of 'Look Homeward, Angel' as one of the pivotal events of my life. It sta...
PAT CONROY
But Kipper was awesome and now maybe everybody in Calgary believes we can give this a real shot. You...
CRAIG CONROY
We were really struggling to score the whole game. We didn't get a lot of open looks. Northport's to...
DENIS CONROY
I thought that we looked pretty good. We were really flying in the first quarter. We wanted to take ...
DENIS CONROY
It was a game of runs. What they did a really good job of was denying the other players, other than ...
DENIS CONROY
It was a three-point game when she fouled out. I really didn't feel like we were out of it until Sam...
DENIS CONROY
Our inexperience showed a little bit. Still, I'm very happy with the effort.
DENIS CONROY
To Southerners like my mother, 'Gone With the Wind' was not just a book; it was an answer, a...
PAT CONROY
I'd be a conservative if I'd never met any. They're selfish, mean-spirited, egocentric, reactionary,...
PAT CONROY
He is probably our go-to receiver right now. He's making plays. He doesn't do it right all the time,...
CONROY HINES
They both have more command of what they're doing. They understand the offense better. Obviously goi...
CONROY HINES
Matt gets the start due to game experience. If the roles were reversed, we would probably start D.A....
CONROY HINES
Honestly, I think we've got four really good running backs. (The freshmen) are great kids and smart ...
CONROY HINES
They both did a good job. They did a nice job of taking care of the ball. We would like to avoid som...
CONROY HINES
We've got to find a way to get him the ball. We've been emphasizing the quick passing game which all...
CONROY HINES
When guys get to be seniors, they know it's time to step up. He has practiced hard. Sometimes he was...
CONROY HINES
We got to come through for him.
CRAIG CONROY
I knew he was upset; he didn't say much in the room. He just kind of packed up his stuff, took a sho...
CRAIG CONROY
It eases my soul that I share a house with [Cassandra King] a novelist of such rare and distinctive ...
PAT CONROY
We began our life together at a moment of natural self-pity and defeat that left an inimitable impre...
PAT CONROY
Growing up, my dream was to play Division I basketball. I also knew that one day I would like to be ...
ED CONROY
If the right thing popped up and (other schools) wanted to call me ... I'm not pursuing other opport...
ED CONROY
It's an honor and privilege to come back and be the basketball coach at my alma mater, a place that ...
ED CONROY
It's good to get some good news for a change. I want to publicly thank Don Williams for the effort h...
ED CONROY
The world of literature has everything in it, and it refuses to leave anything out. I have read l...
PAT CONROY
If your parents disapprove of you and are cunning with their disapproval, there will never come a ne...
PAT CONROY
Comely was the town by the curving river that they dismantled in a year's time. Beautiful was Collet...
PAT CONROY
There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory.
PAT CONROY
The fruit tasted foreign but indigenous, like sunlight a tree had changed through patience.
PAT CONROY
I realized early that unless you're willing to kill the innocent, you can't win.
PAT CONROY
But, as I watch this film, I often think that the boy did not know what he was really running toward...
PAT CONROY
We've pretended too much in our family, Luke, and hidden far too much. I think we're all going to pa...
PAT CONROY
It was growing dark on this long southern evening, and suddenly, at the exact point her finger had i...
PAT CONROY
I lived with the terrible knowledge that one day I would be an old man still waiting for my real lif...
PAT CONROY
Every woman I had ever met who walked through the world appraised and classified by an extraordinary...
PAT CONROY
We children sat transfixed before that moon our mother had called forth from the waters. When the mo...
PAT CONROY
In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.
PAT CONROY
Her library would have been valuable to a bibliophile except she treated her books execrably. I woul...
PAT CONROY
When men talk about the agony of being men, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme o...
PAT CONROY
He was one of those rare men who are capable of being fully in love only once in their lives.
PAT CONROY
There are no ideas in the South, just barbecue.
PAT CONROY