Lamar has always made a lot of big shots in his career. He is a great shooter and he knows how to make those type of shots. It was great to see that ball go through the net. As soon as he released it, I knew it was going in.
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Related He has a lot of confidence. I watched him knock down shots like that in the past. Steve is a good sh... JUAN DIXON Mike has been playing better but he hasn't always been a great free throw shooter. Those were big fo... LAWRENCE THOMPSON JR His challenging of shots and blocking shots made a big difference because in the first half, when th... LUTE OLSON Everyone in the gym knew he was going to take those shots. A lot of guys say they want to take the b... DREW TAYLOR He took jump shots with a hand in his face. He shot the ball a lot but when he had to make them he m... BOB HILL In the second half, his disposition was different at both ends. He made great decisions, he played u... RICK CARLISLE It didn't hurt that he made a lot of shots. It didn't hurt that he's a great ball mover. It didn't h... MARC IAVARONI He's a good shooter. We'd like him to take more shots, but being a sophomore, I think he has it in h... DAVE NEWTON That was just a great play. We knew they were going to bunt the ball, obviously. It was one of those... CHARLIE SMYTHERS I didn't realize how great his shot is. When he has point-blank shots, it's tough to see. BRENT JOHNSON When he let it go, I knew it was good, he knew it was good and I think the whole entire Clemente Cen... BILLY MIMS As soon as the ball hit the bat I was going. I was lucky it was a chopper. I just ran and hoped to G... JOEY GATHRIGHT This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS Pierce thrives in those situations. He looks forward to his team being down so he can take the big s... MAURICE CHEEKS He'll do well at states. No one knows him. He has great shots, and he's in great shape. It's going t... BRIAN KAPUSTA We're going to miss Damon. He was a great shooter. . . . He got what he wanted, but he gave up a lot... SHAQUILLE O'NEAL He's a great, great player. He just didn't make shots (on Wednesday). They didn't do anything to tak... BRAD JONES It seemed like he missed his first 50 shots. Then he came through. That's what you do with a shooter... DON SHOWALTER Some of the shots [Allen] made were incredible. When he's got it rolling like that, he's the quickes... RICK ADELMAN What can I say? He shot the ball well. He was shooting wide-open shots. And when he shoots shots lik... JEFF KUCKELMAN He's had the flu but is a tough guy and played through it. He made some big shots and free throws an... DAVE JOERGER You look great," he said. It made her smile, even if it was a lie. "I'm as big as a house... KRISTIN HANNAH I knew that as soon as I touched it, I was going to shoot it. Once I released it, I knew it was good... ARCHIE MIAWAY Once he made that 3, it was like, what are you going to do? Their guards made shots and didn't turn ... ED WICELINSKI I don't think anyone expected he was going to pitch as well as he has his first four starts in the b... BRYAN PRICE So much of our offense fell on Warren's shoulders, and we knew he was always going to be prepared. I... BRUCE MATTHEWS He's easily the best shooter on the team. We put all of our faith in him making those shots. We knew... ANDY WINDSOR He had a great day. That kid is going to be the best kicker in this conference really soon. I see wh... LANCE HINSON I thought he was going to shoot it but he made a good pass and it was nice to see it go in. I didn't... DANIEL SEDIN He made a tremendous pass, right between two guys. It was on my backhand, so I had to pull it back. ... JIRI FISCHER He did a great job. He didn't trying to feel it enough where he was forcing bad shots. For the most ... MARK ATHERTON That was a big, big part of the game. She (Davis) is a great shooter, and she doesn't miss foul shot... PETE HOLLON Tony had a great offensive game. He hit some big shots. I'm not sure how many rebounds he ended up w... CARLOS BOOZER Jorge did a great job of reading it. He took off as soon as Sullivan released the ball. That's what ... HAL LANIER It was nice that he was able to hit those shots because everyone else was cold against their zone. H... BILL SAMBROOKES Sam was terrific. He made big shots again. It's an unbelievable knack that he has. MIKE DUNLEAVY It was amazing. I grew up watching him play, and now to get to witness it first hand was incredible.... CLAY OGDEN Jerry has been great to work for as a principal, because he is a good friend as well as a leader tha... GRANT KUKUK The third quarter was the turning point. The third quarter when Kobe hit those shots. Those were gre... YAO MING I thought he really had to work for his shots. He's just a heck of a player. Those kinds of players ... DON SHOWALTER I thought it was a special goal knowing how important it was at that stage of the game. The game was... JOEL QUENNEVILLE His stamp is on so many things about the festival. He was a great personality. I see it as a great p... ALAN FLETCHER It was not very long afterwards that Michael woke up one morning with a curious feeling inside him. ... P.L. TRAVERS We knew coming in that was basically what his game was. He did a good job hitting some big shots for... DARREL MITCHELL I don't think we brought our 'A' game, but goaltending was a big factor. Jeff was great tonight. He ... BRYAN LERG Whatever setbacks he had faced in his life, he said, however daunting or dispiriting the unfolding o... AMOR TOWLES He is a great shooter, so you have to make him take tough shots. We tried to contain him, and to do ... JAMIE DIXON We named a lot of our signature dishes after his plays. He was a great story teller. PAT HOGAN When I think of Joe in the dressing room, it's always with a cup of coffee and a cigarette. He was a... YOGI BERRA He started pushing the ball a little deeper. He needed to get some depth on his shots. He showed gre... ASHER COHEN When I saw him get the ball, I knew it was going to be close. So, I was just trying to go as hard as... JOEY GATHRIGHT It's Senior Night, so it was a big emotional game against a (region) opponent. Juan played great. He... PETER ARNOLD I hit a lot of great shots, kept the ball in play and made a quite a few putts, JAY HAAS We did a much better job of contesting his shots. He did a really good job at creating space and was... CLIFFORD ROBINSON He took 13 shots a game, and he could have taken 25. That's just the type of player he was. It was n... JAY KELLER He does a great job of moving off the ball, and when the shots go up he finds that seam and seems to... CHAD CLUVER It has to be Champ Bailey. His ball skills are outstanding. He can break on the ball. He can re-dire... AARON BROOKS He never really hurt me with his shots because he is not a big puncher. But he is a brilliant boxer.... ALEX ARTHUR He didn't see a lot of shots, but he played neat and tidy and was strong in the third period. DAVE ALLISON It has been amazing to see how Trent has grown as a music artist, his lyrics have taken on a new mea... DOUG HOWARD Kevin is a great player, like (Villa substitute Juan Pablo) Angel. He gave me a great ball and it wa... MILAN BAROS When the (college) coaches were recruiting him (earlier in his career), the comment they made time a... DAVE CASSAW I knew he'd make it because he was so committed and dedicated to his craft. He knew what he wanted a... BOB HOPKINS The kids did a great job of sticking it out down the stretch. Stanley has waited his turn all season... CHAD ANDERSON I kind of saw his legs spread a little, and I knew he was going to shoot it. He wasn't going to (fak... ERIC WRIGHT He is just doing great. As my husband said, he has a twinkle in his eye . . . It was scary, but fort... PAMELA WILLEFORD Everybody in the program knew what type of player he was, and we all knew he was going to have a gre... RYAN APPLEBY The first shot I took in the game, he blocked. After that it was in my head that his arms were way l... DEVIN TARRANT He was a great competitor and what Dan wanted to do was win, ... and as long as he felt he was getti... DON SHULA When he was in a game, he put his mind, body and soul into trying to win it. He was animated, but th... BILL GRANGER He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in h... JAMES HOGG I'm not in the least surprised that Andy is doing really well as he has always been single-minded an... JAMIE MURRAY He's always been a very good shooter. He takes high percentage shots. He's always been pretty good a... ED GOETZ Michael, to me, he was an assassin. He was one of those guys that prepared himself extremely well an... DAVID ROBINSON He was the best shot-maker in Arizona basketball. There are more people more athletic, but he knows ... BOB FREDERICKS Michael Redd is an outstanding offensive player. He made some big shots down the stretch. BRIAN HILL We made the move knowing Marcus is an explosive player. We feel like if he gets enough touches, that... GERALD BROWN I just try to feed off of Devon. That's how my game is, I just try to compliment him. He hit some sh... JOSH CHAVEZ He hit two big shots and that steal was a huge play. He did everything right and played great offens... ED CLENDENEN He was great about going right ahead and doing it. At the end of the Cross show, he did a Beach Boys... DENNIS CRAWFORD That was before the three-point line. He was a tremendous jumper for his height. He could dunk a vol... JIM BAUER It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER He?s a hard nosed player. He plays a great up and down game. It was a great shot on the first goal a... BOB HARTLEY I believe he was a hero and he did try to apprehend the shooter, and I understand that he probably d... LUCIA JACKSON When I was a little boy, Marvin Hagler was my idol. He got no respect for most of his career. His fi... JAMES FREY I never knew a person who reacted so wholly and rapidly to a changed situation as Estraven. I was re... URSULA K. LE GUIN It was great to see our team execute, move the ball, take great shots, play defense, it was nice to ... C. VIVIAN STRINGER Tyler has pitched in a lot of big ball games in his life as a young kid so he's been in those situat... BERNIE WALTER He's a great player to have. He was looking to penetrate and knew his shot was off. I think he was h... CHANNING TONEY He made some huge saves. Some great saves on shots from the point. Even on ones he had trouble seein... JOSH FODOR Charlie has an unbelievable knack of scoring. It looks like he's not playing hard but that's just hi... MORRIS PETERSON I knew when he released the ball it was good. We never quit. BOO HARDY When a guy's 6-8, raises as high as he does and fades on his shot, you just try to do the best that ... DWYANE WADE It has a lot to do with his senior confidence. He was a little woozy the last couple starts, especia... AB DETTORRE Shaw was outstanding. To his credit he hit some big shots with a hand in his face. GREG MCDERMOTT He just lost it in a hurry. I thought he was throwing the ball as well as he had all year, working b... BOB MELVIN We come and go as Michael does. He is a great ball handler. His dribbling and passing skills are exc... TODD WILLIS He was missing a lot of shots he usually makes. He's human. There's no other way to explain it. CALVIN CANNON Our guys did a great job. They passed the ball well and shots went in. Guys make shots and it become... DOUG KRAUSS They want to have a big movie star in that role. I'm sure a lot of other people were considered. He ... BRUCE VILANCH
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Because they open our eyes, touch us, excite us, extend us. MICHAEL MORPURGO The most important thing is to live an interesting life. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open. Talk t... MICHAEL MORPURGO Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers. MICHAEL MORPURGO It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still... MICHAEL MORPURGO Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you wi... MICHAEL MORPURGO Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a schoo... MICHAEL MORPURGO Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through ... MICHAEL MORPURGO Something I learn every time I stand in front of a bunch of children, I learn never, never to undere... MICHAEL MORPURGO Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at a... MICHAEL MORPURGO It is really important that focusing on things such as spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwritin... MICHAEL MORPURGO My legacy would be that you don't have to give up anything. You can be chic but have a sense of ... MICHAEL KORS Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you. MICHAEL POLLAN 'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable... MICHAEL SHEEN One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle. MICHAEL PALIN The first sign of real obsession with music was with an old wind-up gramophone that mum had thrown o... GEORGE MICHAEL A lot of children are interested in fairies, especially young girls, and Tinker Bell is the ueber-fa... MICHAEL SHEEN Once something is a passion, the motivation is there. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER You use words like 'introvert' and 'extrovert,' various traits of a personality. A l... MICHAEL FASSBENDER No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother. MICHAEL FRANTI To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest... MICHAEL JORDAN Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-h... MICHAEL LEUNIG Practically every movie that shows the pope or even a bishop as a character, and in much of western ... MICHAEL NOVAK I had very little fear about it, but basically, my straight friends talked me out of it. I think the... GEORGE MICHAEL Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and ... MICHAEL ANTI One of the most unusual shuttles operates at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Site in Texas, ... MICHAEL FROME A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of. MICHAEL BOLTON Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach ... MICHAEL BOLTON The entire business world has figured out how to make huge buckets of money without hiring us to wor... MICHAEL MOORE As a kid, I watched 'Bugs Bunny' cartoons, and for some reason Pepe Le Pew, the indomitable ... MICHAEL PATERNITI I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River... MICHAEL KORYTA The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional pow... MICHAEL MANDELBAUM I used a kind of gray-green early on in my practice for painting steel, to make it look more like it... MICHAEL GRAVES With 'Black Rain,' I spent a lot of time with homicide detectives, and I spent a lot of time... MICHAEL DOUGLAS Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around. MICHAEL STIPE I've always loved going to see Broadway shows. I've seen 'em all: Rent, Chorus Line, Cat... MICHAEL SHOWALTER To this day, I believe the unity of the world's countries in the fight against terror is more powerf... MICHAEL DELONG