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Related Marcus was great. Jon had the big first half, and then Marcus took over in the second half. Marcus d... GRANT RICE We've got that in mind. We know he has a lot of pressure on him being a rookie head coach. But we do... LEBRON JAMES Coach [Downer] challenged us to pick it up in the second half. We needed to play well in the second ... GARRETT WILLIAMSON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Considering the pressure we put on that guy each year, he responded. He's a winner, and on a big sta... BOB GROSETH This game was lost by us in the first half. In the first half, we needed to put on pressure defensiv... EVAN MASSEY They punched us right in the mouth early, and we never responded. Finally, late in the second half w... JEFF MORROW We knew they'd be with us the whole way. Coach showed us a newspaper article that said they wanted a... JOSH BRANCH We came out with a sense of urgency and we played strong in the first half. They turned up the half-... TIM POOLE If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... We stepped up our defense. We put more pressure on the outside and they only had three field goals i... HENRY FLECK We got to take a look at a bunch of kids. Even in the second half there wasn't a whole lot of pressu... HARV BAINTER Marcus is such a fast learner. For a rookie, he's picked up our offense pretty well. All the pressur... CORY WITHROW He's probably the quickest guy in our league, him and Allen Iverson. He put pressure on our defense ... LEBRON JAMES We made mistakes under pressure in the second half and that cost us the game. DE WET BARRY I think we put too much pressure on Brandon, you know? I take full blame for that. I think we probab... AL BORGES We started off by controlling the game and were well organised and in the second half they did put s... RAFA BENITEZ I'm telling you Gingrich made the difference in the game. He played with a reckless abandon that we ... BILL SCOTT I was impressed. They stepped up big in the second half. We called them out and they responded. JUDD BOSWELL The fans showed their disapproval at half-time, which was right, but we showed great courage in the ... DAVID TUTTLE It was a very poor first half. We were just defending all the time and we were told that we had to p... DIMITRI YACHVILI It was our ability to pressure their guards so they couldn't quite run their offense. Now that was o... FRANK SORIA Andy is still battling the flu. His uniform was drenched in the first half and he started to get the... MARK RYDBOM We know this team wasn't challenged like that before. We said, 'Let's see how they respond to the pr... COREY ROLLERSON we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI We played a lot better in the second half, we just didn't come out with a lot of fire (to start the ... LONNIE GAYLOR That was the best second half I've seen us play ... We scored only three points in the first half, a... JAMES FLEMING Poor effort. Our second-half defense wasn't perfect, but boy, they showed a lot of effort. We found ... RON CLARK We weren't getting some calls, and I think that bothered us in the first half. But we didn't let tha... DEVEREAUX PETERS They put us under a lot of pressure, particularly at the start of the second half. GIUSEPPE PAPADOPULO They came out hungry in the first half, but our guys had a lot of energy in the second half. We didn... LEE CLARK We defended Roeder very well. We held him to no field goals in the second half. But we put them on t... MATT BERGER We came out content in the first half. Coach told us at halftime that was unacceptable, so I just le... MAX FOYE What I told the girls at halftime was that we could get a moral victory because it was impossible to... DALE NEIBAUER We did what we had to do tonight; we had to defend the home court. The pressure was on us. (Clarke c... JAMES LANCASTER We didn't run any special plays for him. He was getting to the open spot. Without him in the second ... LOUIS LEFEVRE We took a lot better care of the ball in the second half. And obviously our pressure (helped). I had... MARK MCCRAY Just at halftime we came out with more pressure and that seemed to turn the tide. I thought the kids... ALAN STEWART They came out in the second half and threw a pretty good wave at us, and we never responded. We were... STEVE MERFELD We looked sluggish in the first half and turned it on with defensive pressure in the second half. We... ANDY CAMERON No, we didn't shoot well in the second half. But that was mostly North picking up the pressure. They... TERRY ALLMON The first half was our half. The second half was their half. Fortunately for us, we had the lead and... CHRIS WATSON We didn't handle the pressure in the second half and had too many turnovers. Kingstree created some ... JACK MUNDY The first half, we just didn't get out on him. The second half ... I don't know if there was anythin... BRAD KROUSE The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN You can put the [hit-and-run on], but the kids have to execute it. That was Mount Carmel baseball. W... BRIAN HURRY It was a real good second half for us. We finally put in our chances. JOE KRANTZ So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I was very, very pleased with Marcus Williams. I thought no one came in with more pressure on him th... LUTE OLSON We think that the investment community has bought into the idea of a second-half recovery, and that'... JOE OSHA At halftime, I told the guys we needed to keep our lead in the second half. A lot of teams that are ... TONY DUCKWORTH A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON The first ten possessions of the second half are important, and I was pleased that we came out and s... JAY MURRAY We probed the areas of the zone we wanted to probe. Marcus was brilliant. Once they cut it [to 21-17... TOM MOORE Coach kept telling us that we're still champions and to start playing like it. We finally did that i... RASAAN POWELL We knew he was a very good player, and obviously he showed that to us again. We didn't do a good job... SKIP PROSSER I challenged the kids at halftime, and the defense responded. Wade and Nick (Morrissey, linebacker) ... DAVE WHITSON Our guys showed a lot of composure. We stopped (defensively) helping as much in the second half. We ... MIKE BROWN I was very pleased with how we responded to open the second half. Napa had the wind and the momentum... ALLEN CARLSON Every time hes supposed to be here, hes showed up, BRENDA JONES We looked back on the (recent game) tapes and it showed how we were letting the (opposing) guards ha... COREY BELSER We just gave up too many points in the first half. The second half we just wanted to come out and pr... RYAN DIX I told the kids that we need to start preparing to play in a playoff atmosphere. We have to be able ... DAN FONTAS We came out pretty fired up in the second half. We stepped up our effort on defense and that's what ... KATIE WILTON We tried to contain Fitzpatrick and Conrad, and we did it in the first half. Then they were playing ... CHUCK STEWART Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice; yet if all men became just, there would be no ... AGESILAUS THE SECOND The girls responded well and forced turnovers in the second half. GENE RASMUSSEN It's like we never left. We'll probably put more pressure on ourselves than anybody else will. JEFF CAIN Before we came out on the floor for the second half, we huddled up and I told the team it wasn't goi... JIMMY LANGHURST We talked about that at halftime. We felt him with us there in the second half. MARCUS HUNT Overall, I was pleased. [I'm] just disappointed we didn't put it away in the second half when we had... COLIN CLARKE This game is always a big one. We were lethargic in the first half, we didn't execute well and showe... JEFF BEEMAN The first half was us putting pressure on them. They were committed on defense, though. In the secon... CHAD ZMOLEK Coach wanted us to have a game like this, to get out and get after people at the defensive end. We d... BRANDON JENKINS It was a tough loss. We didn't play real well in the second half. We certainly had it going in the f... JEFF APPLEMAN I've never seen [Eureka Springs] play that hard. They brought the game to us, but we responded and d... ALAN BARTON I was really happy with the way we responded in the second half. I was pleased with our free throw s... FLAVA SIRK They beat us in every statistic possible in the first half, and we were only down three. We showed a... JEFF MORROW He's always showed the potential. We just challenged him. He creates mismatches using his speed and ... LEON WHEATON We weren't executing in the first half and their (slow down) style of play kind of bothered us. Coac... COURTNEY SIMS It was frustrating. We knew we could play with them if we could handle their pressure, and we couldn... CALEB HOLMES Today they just blew us out of the water. When we didn't come out in the second half and put points ... JUSTIN HARTWIG Lampkin had a fantastic game off the bench. We were ahead the whole game, and in the second half, we... DOUG GALLOWAY I thought we started to move the ball up the court faster than we had been. I think our size was a d... CHUCK VALLERO We hadn't been making stops all season. Coach Bowden showed us replays of the third downs. And third... CHARLES BENNETT We didn't do a good job on him the whole game. In the first half, he drove to the basket and made fr... BARRY GEBHART It's never good to be behind, but it is good to respond to that pressure. And we did. We came back. ... AL MELNICK He's just a load in there. We did a good job of putting pressure on the ball in the first half and k... BOB WALSH We played with a lot of emotion tonight. Coach Boots told us not to even look at the score in the se... DAVID NOUR The first half was the best basketball we've played all year. I don't know if we came out a little l... TONY HARRELL I am proud of the effort the girls showed in the second half. We couldn't get that break we needed t... GARY KENNEMER In the second half we came out and changed our lineup. We came out with renewed enthusiasm and passi... BOB REASSO (A) 2-0 lead at half-time was good boost for us. We played well with short players and put on a lot ... ANDREW CSETER He (Fleck) had 12 in the first half. We held him to six in the second half, held Bruce to two in he ... KURT GODLEVSKE Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD The first half was all scrappy, but we settled down in the second half and started running through o... CONNOR DRUMM I challenged Angelina during the third quarter. She went out and put up some big numbers in the seco... MYRON CORBETT In the first half, we were a little passive on offense. In the second half, Hooper stepped up big, a... ANGIE LUCIER We know we can score. We had the capability to one-strike score. We had the capability to drive down... CRAIG WHELIHAN
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MARCUS AURELIUS The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts. MARCUS AURELIUS Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music... GREIL MARCUS And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher... MARCUS AURELIUS If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. MARCUS AURELIUS Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault o... MARCUS AURELIUS A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions. MARCUS AURELIUS Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life. MARCUS AURELIUS Our life is what our thoughts make it. MARCUS AURELIUS If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your est... MARCUS AURELIUS We fight our way through the massed and leveled collective safe taste of the Top 40, just looking fo... GREIL MARCUS Rock 'n Roll is a combination of good ideas dried up by fads, terrible junk, hideous failings in tas... GREIL MARCUS Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life. MARCUS AURELIUS The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing; the main thing is to stand firm an... MARCUS AURELIUS Your life is what your thoughts make it. MARCUS AURELIUS And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last. MARCUS AURELIUS Do every act of your life as if it were your last. MARCUS AURELIUS Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig. MARCUS AURELIUS Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. MARCUS AURELIUS If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you ... MARCUS GARVEY The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec. MARCUS DOLENGO Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, ... MARCUS AURELIUS Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. MARCUS AURELIUS No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of... GREIL MARCUS Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the go... MARCUS AURELIUS I have often wondered how it is everyone loves himself more than the rest of men, but yet sets less ... MARCUS AURELIUS Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already. MARCUS AURELIUS It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the l... GREIL MARCUS If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own ... MARCUS AURELIUS A man's life is what his thoughts make of it. MARCUS AURELIUS Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, t... MARCUS AURELIUS To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits... MARCUS AURELIUS One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, th... MARCUS AURELIUS The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid. MARCUS AURELIUS