My league debut was at Leicester and it is a case of just get on and play; don't panic about it and enjoy the experience. They just need to play their natural game and hopefully the older boys will look after them a little bit.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES It was a little bit of a rivalry game, and it was fun. I always love to get excited for Sunflower Le... ASHLEY GUILE To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN I settled down as the game went on at least, I think I did. Timing was the biggest part of it. I jus... COREY CRAWFORD We knew coming in that it was going to be a good game, and it was. In the second half, we let them b... KATHY PORTER It's always a big game and we're excited for it. It will be fun to play them at home. Their post pla... COURTNEY CLAPP It will be another difficult league game for us. It will be a real important game for us. They play ... ANDY JADOS I just tried to play my game, to attack her and get a little bit into court and get her on the move,... ANA IVANOVIC After the game there was no celebration. Every one of them knew they played horrible. I just wanted ... DENNIS BAKER I am hoping we can get close to that this year and hopefully play a little bit smarter. And be able ... DOUG DEXHEIMER In the second half, after their PK, we finally stepped it up. At halftime I told the boys to play li... BRYAN WINKLER We just need to play our game and hopefully we'll get some good performances out of Brandon, Coop, a... JOSH SATIN I'm just playing my game, getting the ball from Sibley, just doing my job. Blake and Jon's ability t... CALEB PEARSON We haven't put it together. We've been inconsistent [and] very sloppy defensively, which concerns me... MARK MARQUESS This season ... that was a little wild. You can't do anything with them at that age, so you just let... GARY WARD She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself. ELIZABETH TAYLOR The Eastern game was such an emotional one that to come out of it and come over to play at Ballard i... JEFF MORROW We're just fired up to play them. We've got a little bit of a vendetta against them, and it shows. E... BARRET JACKMAN We just have to be smart and play our game. And look at it as a great way to get ready for the Big T... BRAD HUNTER Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. They may have blitzed a little bit more. That's what you do when you have a quarterback change -- yo... JOSH MCCOWN This is just to get the kids ready to play. It's not about the score of the games. We want the boys ... RICHARD PETTY Hopefully we can defend that a little bit better. But they play well and they play with a lot of emo... TONY DUNGY We've got a lot of new players and it is going to take time for them to come together. We dominated ... CAMMY MATHER Bath have got their backs against the wall after two successive losses. They wouldn't want to lose t... JULIAN WHITE You just have to find a way to get past this first game sometimes. On Saturday, maybe we'll settle i... LARRY JUST They came here just to play ball and I still don't think it's really hit them that they are here. Th... LISA WHITE I had to get inside the court more. I was a bit defensive at times so I just tried to play my game. SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA Brunswick is much improved, and to play them on the road in kind of a hostile environment after an e... JEFF HERRON But Little League can be a great experience for kids, as long as they want to play--and don't play t... YOGI BERRA I know it's a cliche', but we're taking it one game at a time. We just play on one level all the tim... JAY MELTON It was a good experience for me. To get out there and play with guys older than me, it was a really ... JUSTIN JOHNSON The thing that's nice about them is their unselfishness and their will to win. A lot of kids want to... FRED SKROCKI This is my fourth final and I just hope to enjoy myself and play my game. Previously I haven't been ... GAEL MONFILS We just need to concentrate on one play at a time, see the ball and catch the ball. I think our defe... KRISTEN BUTLER It will just be my and my teammates. We'll try to enjoy the moment, play hard and keep winning. DONTELL JEFFERSON We all thought we could beat them. Nobody really had faith in us or hope in us, so we kind of had a ... DEMETRIS NICHOLS We just need to go out there and play our game, and not worry about how our opponents have fared aga... CONNIE CLARK My name gives me a little more publicity, but there is some pressure living up to the standards of a... WILLIE MAYS Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it&... CHRISTINA HOFF SOMMERS Our field was a little bit wet, so we sent our sophomores (to Richards) to play a game, and our fres... DOUG SUTOR We didn't even talk about the game afterwards. I just told them to enjoy it. We were a little intimi... CHRIS WOODS Who'd have thought the key was to relax a little bit and just enjoy it? CORY SULLIVAN The key to the game for us will be blocking their blitzes. We're going to have to step it up on defe... DANIEL MALY You always get excited for any game. There has been little bit of hype. We're just eager to go out t... LUCAS CAPARELLI Let's face it, we had to play the best game we've had in three or four years and have them off a lit... DALE MEIER It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER It was a little cutter that was up and out over the plate. I just tried to get the barrel on it and ... CHAD TRACY You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS At the end of the game, we had it just where we wanted to. The play was executed perfectly and we go... GARY CHAPMAN We just need to fix a few things at practice and hopefully, we'll play harder Thursday. LUKE RUMOHR I'm just tired. The harder and harder I tried, I just seemed to get nowhere. This was a really frust... AI MIYAZATO We have to be disciplined and focused. Now we know what to expect pressure-wise and hopefully they'r... KATHLEEN SINRAM We didn't panic; we just had to relax and play our game. EDDIE GEORGE Julia poured tea gracefully, but it all ran over into the saucers. ELIZABETH TAYLOR It appeared to Harriet that she was always the one who remembered having seen other people. They nev... ELIZABETH TAYLOR Here we are about to play, and I'm not going to be able to play, so I'm a little bit disappointed. A... IKE DIOGU We have to come out and play with some swagger, some aggressiveness. It just seems like sometimes we... BRAD BOYER It's a great time. They're in their own dorms with no parents, only coaches and their buddies. And L... HAROLD REYNOLDS I think the mood in the locker room before the game was pretty loose. We just wanted to go out there... DREW LEBLANC We'll play when we get there, I guess. It's not our fault that we can't get down there. You'd love i... TOMMY TUBERVILLE I always told the girls there is no such thing as girls and boys basketball, there's just basketball... DAVID THORPE Being older it is our job to keep the guys contained. We huddle them up on the court and try and cal... BRENSLEY HAYWOOD I've got to throw that ball higher and out of bounds. It was just a major-league mistake on my part.... DREW BLEDSOE The pressure is really building. Hopefully, when it comes down to game time we can relax and just pl... MIKE ORTNER We look at the positive. If we don't go to the NCAA, we go to the NIT. Maybe we win three games and ... BRENT MURPHY I just got into the corner and got on the gas to try and have good speed when I got to the start/fin... KASEY KAHNE She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN That second goal was just a lot of grinding. Our line grinds it out game in and game out, and it was... MATT HARTMAN It's very nice to do a little bit of the darkness after a little bit of the lightness. Variety i... THOMAS GIBSON I was real upset about it. But I've just got to move on and get ready for the next game I can come b... BRAD LESTER We sent Burns, trying to force them to make the play. They made a good baseball play. It was a good ... JODY ALLEN I think it kind of made them a little bit angry. It was something that we needed, maybe, to get a li... CAROLYN COMPTON It's important that everyone feels they have a role on this team. They told me in 2002 (in Salt Lake... MARTIN BRODEUR It was a hard-fought game and I think we may have worn them down a little bit at the end. It was a g... SCOTT FITCH They got after it on defense. My hat's off to them. They did a good job. There were a lot of factors... CORY YEOMAN Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worr... CRAIG GROESCHEL There are so many things we do in life that define the real meaning of our lives. There are so many ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It is a hard thing to want to come back and play after something like that. Everyone was just really... LORI MILLER When they started to go on their runs, we started looking for someone else to make a play. We starte... LANCE LUITJENS I'll find you, don't worry. My body won't be with you all the time, but you'll always have my heart.... P.C. CAST We just got to play our game when we play them. It ain't all about whose record is the best, and all... JUSTIN REYNOLDS Our goal is to come out and play hard for 48 minutes. We were a little star-struck coming out. Then,... MAURICE JACKSON I tried to polish my whole game and be more consistent with the bat. Just get my mind right, mostly.... CHOO FREEMAN My perception is that pretty much all the teams will be after us now. We just have to hold our compo... STEFON JACKSON We talked about how the crowd could play a part and the way to keep them in the game was for us to s... DAN GONZALEZ It's a rough league. You have to keep your heads in it and just play your game. We have to work as a... GEARY CLAXTON They need to look at the worst-case scenario. If they decide to go variable and it goes against them... LYNN LAWRANCE I'm kind of ready for anything. I don't really get nervous, and I'm not the type of pers... BEN SIMMONS I've got a Minor League game on Friday. I just need to keep the intensity and stay focused and get o... JOSH BECKETT A servant who serves excellently from his whole heart with due courage and humility is never a serva... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Softball is my favorite sports and it means a lot to me. I have been playing it since I was 6 years ... MALERIE HUBER I just have confidence in myself to get my shot off. I just zero in on the basket. If they block it,... CHRIS LOFTON It seemed like it was the same as the D-League, just going out there and playing. It was good to get... AMIR JOHNSON It was my first action. It was nerve-wracking, being a freshman and getting into that game. It was d... ANTHONY RUSSO It was my first action. It was nerve-wracking, being a freshman and getting into that game. It was d... ANTHONY RUSSO We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL There will be some teams tougher than others. But we just need a win. You have to play each game lik... BOB STITT We just couldn't stay on top and pull through with our game. We let them control the pace of the gam... EMILY LOVEJOY They saw what I can do, ... They know I can hit. The injury set me back a little bit, but I will hav... ANDY SLYKE
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