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Related We gave them a lot of points early from their press. We played pretty well in the second half. We ha... MARANDA BROWNSON There's a different feel this time of year for us, and I'm sure for them as well. Since it's been al... DAN ROLFES I was never upset that we had lost four in a row because we played some good teams during that stret... DAVE REASBECK It gave me and the players a chance to see some of the other teams in the district and a lot of good... CHARLOTTE JONES We were a whole different team since the first time we played them. INDY UHLENHOPP I've played them forever. I've played them ever since (we were 10). HANNAH JENSEN I think we probably played our best game of the year. We had to against a team like that. A lot of t... MIKE WALDO I would say this is a turning-point in our season we want to come in this weekend and show them we'r... AMBER BOWMAN Hopefully we've improved since we played them the last time. JOE KRANTZ I think with the players that we had coming back who played last year, that really helped us a lot t... GINA MITCHELL We got some nice performances. There were some good teams in this tournament, and we played a lot of... DAVE LIPE Last time we played, Coates got a lot of rebounds against us. We switched it up a lot tonight to con... ANDREW ENGEL We played pretty well. Both teams had glimpses of brilliance. I have to give a lot of credit to Conc... AMY FREETO We've been playing well this month ever since the new year came around. And tonight we played well, ... FRANK DOYLE We were a lot looser tonight than we were the last time we played them. We moved the ball well and g... BENNY HARRIS The guys have been gone for a year, so we lost them for a year. Since they got back, due to certain ... KRISTIE WATERFIELD The fact that we played them last year and beat them by three, I'm sure that's an incentive for them... JOSH MEEKER Both of the games that we played against them were real good and luckily we got them at home. We're ... MATT GONZALES Coach stressed that a lot after the last time we played them. They beat us on the glass pretty bad t... FRANK RUSSELL I've been playing with them since I was 10. We played AAU together and then we came here. DHANMITE SLAPPEY It was good to see Ames and Valley early, because we play them a lot. Quite a few of the teams we we... TOMMY THOMPSON I think everyone played pretty well today. Our team lost a close one last year, so we wanted to come... MALLORY VOELKER They were down the first time we played them, but the next year they were much improved. Last year, ... JASON TICE They only lost one kid, a quarterback, who didn't even play against us when we played them last year... JAKE BLAIR We've played a lot of close games with these guys all year. And we seem to have come out on top in m... DAVE BRUNDAGE We played really good defense, turned them over a bunch of times and got easy baskets on the other e... JEFF CHRISTENSEN I can't remember the last time this school got this far. We played them hard every game this year. DAN MCGOWAN I think with the sophomores playing in their last home game, they were a little more focused on that... DAVE STRICKLIN I was pleased that we came out ready to play. We played well together and played with a lot of inten... CHAD ALLEN They're a pretty good team. They're got more size than Utica and they try to score mostly inside, bu... BOB SCOTT They've played a lot of big ballgames, and until somebody beats them, they are the sectional champio... ROGER GERLACH They played with a a lot of heart and played the way we asked them to, GREG HARRIS We've got the best squad to do it. We've been unfortunate in the three games we've played against Ba... JOE COLE They were playing on a whole other level than the first time we played them or since I've seen them.... BOB BURTON Its hard to lose any game and especially one that's so close. The fact that we didn't come away with... BARRY GEBHART We played pretty well against them, but we didn't have any answers for (MWC player of the year) Bran... DALE LAYER We went against one of the best teams we've faced all year, and played one of the best games we've p... AL ALDRIDGE We played them twice this year and on both of those occasions we were able to physically dominate th... JIM CALHOUN We played Huffman earlier this year, but both teams are playing a lot differently at this point. We ... CAROL SIMS When we turn on that tape, we see them beating Cincinnati, we see them beat Pittsburgh, we see them ... BILL BELICHICK Teams have been coming at us all year. We get everyone's best shot and the last (few) games were no ... MARK FEW Last year we got ragged on quite a bit, but I thought we were pretty good. The difference is this ye... JUSTIN DUCHSCHERER All of them have been working on this since May of last year and I think this evening shows the resu... BARBARA KELLER After we played them, we knew we didn't play well, but then after watching the film, we knew we play... BRANDIE HOSKINS We've played them year in, year our. We don't look at what their record is. ... They're one of the f... GARY RANKIN It's always fun to play against Ottawa, the two best teams in the league. I think it's a good sign w... ANTERO NIITTYMAKI This is the best soccer we've played. I think a lot of people underestimated us at the beginning of ... JENNIFER HENDERSON We've been studying them since about November of last year, ... They've been doing the same, I'm sur... DAVE RICHARDSON People last year just couldn't believe they were getting to interact with actors who played such ico... CHESTER MOORE We know we have a target on our back, but we haven't played some of the tougher teams like Connectic... KEVIN PITTSNOGLE We've been missing wake-up calls for early games since last year. Since I've been with the team, we ... DARRELL ARMSTRONG Our kids are playing with a lot of confidence now, and I don't blame them. We've played three teams ... BRAD FULLER I think we're up there with them. They've had a couple of tournaments they've played well in, and we... ERIC NILSSON I think we learned a lot since last year. We need to plant the seedlings where there is more shade a... JOE ENGBECK All the teams were played are pretty decent. We gain confidence from this tournament mostly because ... MATT STONE This was our game. We've been waiting on it since freshman year. We've wanted them for a long time a... JOSH TURLEY I don't think we got organized. With them playing three up top, we hadn't played against that yet th... MICHAEL PARKHURST Brooke hit a lot of big shots for us, especially in the second half. I'm proud of our kids. We've pl... NATE LAMOTTE It was like night and day the way we played. I think we were scared to death of them Tuesday. This t... JOSH MILBOURN There's been incredible change in this team since the last time we've played Mac. We're ready for th... FRANKIE WHITLOCK I thought we played pretty well against Brunswick. Even though the score was 4-1, I thought that was... CAROLINE MATHES We played them pretty even for most of the game. But our power play struggled, and that threw a lot ... LINDY RUFF I feel like every year we've gotten better. Two years ago we didn't any, but we played a lot of clos... ANDY PARKER We were geared up. We played with a lot of emotion and energy, and our defense was outstanding. Once... DAN FRIEND We played them really well the second time. The first time we played them, they had a shot to win it... DICK MCCONNELL There was a lot of trash talking during that football game we played against them. We wanted a littl... AMIR ROSS I think last year was the first season since I've been here that we won a game within the first four... BRIAN DIVELBLISS The last time we played them, they came down and beat us and went to the Super Bowl and became champ... CLARK HAGGANS They're pretty good. We've played some pretty good teams, and they're one of them. BRIAN KEETON We haven't played since our break last Tuesday and I thought that we had some of the best practices ... BRIAN GREEN They were pretty injured when we played them. JAKE PLUMMER I think we have a very similar team to last year. We had a very young team last year yet they had a ... TIM ABNEY We're a totally different team than we were when we played them first. We're just a lot smarter. DEE DAVIS We out-rebounded them tremendously. We played the hardest I've seen all year. I like to see games li... CLAYTON WEAVER We played even keel with them for 30 minutes, and our goal in the last two minutes was to outscore t... DAN SHEPPARD We went up and watched Lanier play (in the state tournament) last year. Seeing them last year, it lo... COURTNEY WARD The last time we played them, they came down and beat us and went to the Super Bowl and became the c... CLARK HAGGANS We've played them three times this year and they have really done a nice job defensively all three t... JEFF TRUMBAUER We weren't ready for them to play zone against us. Last time we played them (a 22-point St. Teresa r... BILL IPSEN We played well against them at Evansville. It was a seesaw battle. I remember that they can hit, but... BRIAN TONER It's always good to get the lead early. We've struggled a bit with that this year. Tonight I thought... ANDY MCDONALD Last year, when they were both on varsity. We just wanted to take it pretty slow and to teach them t... MARK ROSS The rivalry means a lot. I've been watching it ever since I can remember. I can't say I hate them. I... FROSTEE RUCKER He's a senior who has a lot of experience and played a lot last year and he's a kid we count on. TOM ATWELL Last year we went to overtime in a 1-1 tie. We have a lot of seniors [this season] and wanted to win... BENJAMIN OKEYRE We got one back since we lost to them (at Park Rapids). We played well and Redmond hit some big shot... BRET SERGENT We played them better the last time. My hat's off to them. They scored when they had the chances. We... DON TORDOFF We were very aggressive in every game that we played against them. ZABIAN DOWDELL We have River Valley Monday and that's where it all begins. We haven't played them since Christmas a... NICOLE GOODWIN We didn't know a lot about them. We saw them earlier in the year. They pressed a lot. We came out th... JOE DENSBERGER I though Danielle played her best game of the year. We just weren't playing very good defense. We we... MATT FOWLER We had a good effort and we played hard. I thought we played pretty good defense against them. We go... DAVE CONARROE That meeting kicked of a great friendship with them (the Americans). I've been with them on vacation... DAVE WIGGINS It was good because we played them in the first match of the year and won 6-3. We swept the double t... ALLEN HORNTHAL Definitely we feel we can play with them. Miami, we've played well against them. Detroit, they've pl... CLIFFORD ROBINSON You've got to credit Houston. We tried to find film of a team that was like them that we've played a... DAVE ROSE We're a different team this year, our three seniors captains from that team graduated. Glens Falls h... BILL MARTIN Both teams played hard, and it was a well-played defensive game all the way around. We got the clutc... BILL SIKES When we went to them and told them that we want to do a heritage tour of Hong Kong, a lot of them we... DAVID WONG They have a 3-1-1 half-court trap that sent us into a frenzy the last time we played them. We had be... LOI LUTES
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JODI PICOULT Do you know what it's like to love someone so much, that you can't see yourself without picturing he... JODI PICOULT Take it from me: love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow- beautiful while it's there, and j... JODI PICOULT Love is the most dangerous craving of all, if you ask me. It turns us into people we aren't. It make... JODI PICOULT I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a ... JODI PICOULT Sometimes parents don't find what they're looking for it their child, so they plant seeds for what t... JODI PICOULT I could tell her from personal experience that when people we love make choices we don't always unde... JODI PICOULT When I'm with you, bells go off in my head like a moving truck that's backing up. JODI PICOULT That's the strange thing about being a mother: until you have a baby, you don't even realize how muc... JODI PICOULT Who I am, and what I am capable of doing has always managed to surprise me. JODI PICOULT If you want something to be true badly enough, you can rewrite it that way, in your head. You can ev... JODI PICOULT Sometimes we find ourselves walking through life blindfolded, and we try to deny that we're the ones... JODI PICOULT We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right.... JODI PICOULT It's choice that makes us human. JODI PICOULT What if it turns out that a life isn’t defined by who you belong to or where you came from, by wha... JODI PICOULT When you love someone more than he loves you, you'll do anything to switch the scales. You dress the... JODI PICOULT The only way someone can leave you is if you let them. JODI PICOULT Sometimes I think my whole life has been about holding on to you. JODI PICOULT Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get? JODI PICOULT If it had been easy for Romeo to get to Juliet, nobody would have cared. Same goes for Cyrano and Do... JODI PICOULT Bad is not an absolute, but a relative term. Ask the robber who used the cash he stole to feed his i... JODI PICOULT Just because you keep something a secret doesn't mean it never happened, no matter how much you want... JODI PICOULT It took me a lifetime to realizethings don't get lost if they don't have value- you don't miss what ... JODI PICOULT You can't exist in this world without leaving a piece of yourself behind. JODI PICOULT Some lessons can't be taught, they simply have to be learned. JODI PICOULT You make yourself strong because it's expected of you. You become confident because someone beside y... JODI PICOULT It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it. JODI PICOULT How could he convey to someone who'd never even met her the way she always smelled like rain, or how... JODI PICOULT I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as ... JODI PICOULT I know you love me. The question is, how much? JODI PICOULT What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forge... JODI PICOULT Nobody wants to admit to this, but bad things will keep on happening. Maybe that's beause it's all a... JODI PICOULT In the space between yes and no, there's a lifetime. It's the difference between the path you walk a... JODI PICOULT Love is not a because, it's a no matter what. JODI PICOULT You know how sometimes, your life is so perfect you’re afraid for the next moment, because it coul... JODI PICOULT I knew what it was like to lose someone you loved. You didn't get past something like that, you got ... JODI PICOULT You were in business making meth? Do you have any idea what that drug does to people?" We... JODI PICOULT Campbell" Julia says "Don't do this to me" "Do what?" "Push me off the same cliff twice JODI PICOULT Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves feel better, not us. To be honest, I don't... JODI PICOULT People ask all the time how I'm doing, but the truth is, they don't really want to know. JODI PICOULT Michelle Obama has gone from political skeptic to political partner to a woman with a White House ag... JODI KANTOR One of my favorite stories is from Obama's first campaign: Michelle Obama was out there every da... JODI KANTOR The moral of this story is that sometimes, you can attempt to make all the difference in the world, ... JODI PICOULT