It's a quick reminder that at any minute you've got to be ready. When I look back at that last week we played (in San Diego), I'm really glad I got in and got the jitters out. I could only imagine going in for the first time ever in a playoff game. You never want to see anything like that happen, even to an opposing player, let alone your teammate. But it's part of the game.
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We never really got anything going. We took a game from them that were... CURTIS HAGGINS I really didn't feel that nervous. Once I got my first at-bat out of the way, I was pretty loose. It... DREW MEYER I think the emotions of the game got to me at first and I was too strong. But after that, I settled ... JOE ALLARIA Any competitor would be frustrated in that moment... but it certainly made sense what Coach Kubiak d... BROCK OSWEILER This game almost had a tournament atmosphere, the way it was played. The last time we were up there ... BARRY BORCHERS Our ball pressure was very good and we rebounded well. I wouldn't say we played a great game, becaus... SHEENA ADEN I'm going to be a jerk, but I don't care. I didn't say anything all week. We let guys slide and got ... ZACH THOMAS I was really young when I swam at Ridgewood. I don't remember much besides that I was a little kid w... MATT DIEHL In that first half, they came out and hit us a little harder than we expected. 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PATRICK SURTAIN Sometime when you're playing a team that's not so strong, you tend to have letdown. I was concerned ... ANGELA MOODY We've talked about having killer instinct and putting teams away. But we gave up a goal in the last ... JASON JAFFRAY We had a good effort and we played hard. I thought we played pretty good defense against them. We go... DAVE CONARROE We really came out strong in the second period and that gave us the game. Warren Ross played an amaz... JOEL CORMIER You've got two countrymen going at it and neither guy really blinked until we got into (overtime) at... KEN HITCHCOCK When you've got an early lead like that, you don't want to back off at all. But I think they just ke... WADE REDDEN We've got to be able to play at a high level for an entire game. And I feel like we showed what we'r... BRENNAN TORGERSON I'm Asian-American, and I was the only Chinese girl growing up in a white school in San Diego. S... 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BEN OLSEN This is the team that took me when probably no one else was interested. Maybe there were other teams... BRETT HULL Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN I knew we wouldn't see any more adversity than (Thursday) night. I knew if we could keep our composu... BRIAN CANTRELL We're not going to look at this game in the way that, if we lose, it's the end of the world. But, de... GAVIN PROUT In the first three games it seemed like everything they hit that hit the tape rolled over for them. ... JOE LOIACONO I had some jitters before the game. I'm not going to say I didn't when I did. I've got to play bette... BLAKE POWERS Everybody has to be on the top of our game to get to San Diego. Your baseball's got to be flawless. ADRIAN GONZALEZ Even with Fordham and Lipscomb, we've been talking about taking it one game at a time. We've got a s... SUE SEMRAU We come out after the game and look back at 6-1, it's unbelievable to me. They're going to happen. W... WADE DUBIELEWICZ This was a big win for us, but we've got to learn to play more consistently for the entire game. I t... HALEY MCINTYRE I want to be in the game. When the last minute is on the clock I want to be in the game. LANE LARIVE
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VAN JOHNSON Coincidence is important, the convergence of different ideas. DRIES VAN NOTEN Clothes is just something you put on to cover yourself... fashion is a way to communicate. DRIES VAN NOTEN I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best. TOWNES VAN ZANDT One must work and dare if one really wants to live. VINCENT VAN GOGH I believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say. WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN I write early in the morning at the computer, and people think I'm crazy, but I still use my Mac... WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN If you are interested in writing, get out and live your life! Do a lot. See a lot. Keep your eyes an... WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rew... WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN I've run my whole life - for more than exercise, for mental health. WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was gr... WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend ... WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that t... WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN What sort of person you grow into should not be achieved by default, and often that's exactly wh... WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through l... WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authori... VAN WYCK BROOKS The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me... VAN WYCK BROOKS If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad j... VAN WYCK BROOKS It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led ... VAN WYCK BROOKS Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means. VAN WYCK BROOKS Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wh... VAN WYCK BROOKS The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses. VAN WYCK BROOKS The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. VAN WYCK BROOKS Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright. VAN WYCK BROOKS Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion. VINCENT VAN GOGH Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I ... VINCENT VAN GOGH I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed. VINCENT VAN GOGH The way to know life is to love many things. VINCENT VAN GOGH Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. VINCENT VAN GOGH Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wris... HARRIET VAN HORNE One who roams the channels after dark, searching for buried treasure. HARRIET VAN HORNE The people under our system, like the king in a monarchy, never dies. MARTIN VAN BUREN One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by se... VINCENT VAN GOGH There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most hone... MARTIN VAN BUREN I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend. GUS VAN SANT There is no blue without yellow and without orange. VINCENT VAN GOGH The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these... VINCENT VAN GOGH It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and a... VINCENT VAN GOGH If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the... EDDIE VAN HALEN I am interested in the interaction of a group of people who have a common goal, or a common obsessio... STEVEN VAN ZANDT