Our motto was, 'Let's make history,' or at least that was the unofficial motto. We kept saying, let's do something profound. We did. Well be remembered. We'll be back here in 25 years being remembered for this. We won the state title. We are the state champions.
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Related 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... Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live. The universe may for... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever. SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things... BONO He'll be remembered as a history maker. He won three state championships and set school records. JACK AGOSTINO The future belongs to all who, refusing to look back at the past move ahead with the clock as it tic... ODO SIMON AGBO We thought that by coming together here at South Oak Cliff, we would be the state champions, ANTHONY WEBB We have to get at least two state champions and two others have to place in the top four. If that ha... JOAQUIN BAUTISTA I'm real ecstatic. This the first time we've won in the state team tournament. We did very well. I w... DAVE MCCOY We want to look back and be able to say the 2006 team was 30-1 and won a state title. No one that's ... JEFF WEHLING The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN We want to do well at the state level. We'd also like to go back to New England's. Last year was the... JOE BIENASZ Our motto has been defend, rebound, and run. We did well limiting them to one and done. PETE VASIL I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Always do what you're afraid to do. E. LOCKHART This is our way of saying 'thank you' to the community. We would not be here today if it had not bee... CLEMA LEWIS Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads. ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One DANIEL GILMAN Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... We are this fucking stick in the end... DEYTH BANGER Our boys won state back in 1983. This was our best finish since we were the runners-up in 2002. CINDY VIRDO People are attracted to who we are more than what we do. LORRIN L. LEE Clearly, ethanol is something we are doing now that we can do more of that will provide at least a p... BOB DINNEEN The entire experience will be remembered by us. The crowd was phenomenal and the atmosphere was some... IAN WHITE We want to leave our legacy behind. The teams in the past did a good job of that, but we want to be ... ANTHONY WEEDEN Well Larry, lets do this. Lets just push these trees cause I know there is going to be some in this ... BOB JENSEN The county is securing a lease from the federal government, and they in turn are leasing it to me fo... CHRIS HANNERS Our depth won it without a doubt. If we are going to progress to the state and do well at the state,... BILL LEAGUE Our failures in charity are chained to a narrowed vision of the world that makes too much of the dif... REBECCA GOLDSTEIN We're just looking for a chance to swim good again and have a shot at (the title). We're not thinkin... GARY WEBB This year has been a struggle for us, the way we are winning games. Nothing comes easy. We may have ... DENIS FREEMAN Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unoffic... JOHN M. MCHUGH We are here to create, not destroy. VIKTORIJA GRUMBLYTė I'm already gone. I died that night on the side of that road with my sister. TRISHA LEAVER Perfection isn't everything," she said as she turned and walked away. "I think the flaws are what ma... TRISHA LEAVER With her I'd buried myself, every memory of who I was now, six feet under with the sister I'd put th... TRISHA LEAVER We hate Simple Minds. They were no.1 in our Top Five Bands or Musicians who will have to be shot com... NICK HORNBY Our team understands that we're going to be facing great competition from all over the state. If we ... MATT BEATTY Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS I thought I personally played very well, ... Our coaches kept saying that our goal going into this w... ASHLEY MILES We did well and had the first of what we think are many medal winners to come. We have all these guy... KIP CONNIN They have big shoes to fill. As the defending state champions there are a lot of expectations on the... KEVIN ALBURY We knew we had to maintain our composure, which is something we haven't always done in the past, and... BRIAN METCALF Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD We cannot keep the Jewish state without being a democratic state. REUVEN RIVLIN Now that we won our first state title, we'll always be remembered. Our fan support, we kind of grew ... JENNA SMITH We shall surely be remembered for something; something good or something bad; something mediocre or ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer. AKIROQ BROST Outside... we are just nobody... you could meet me outside... but it doesn't mean that I am DeYtH Ba... DEYTH BANGER Come on... come on... I am waiting for answer... ... Silence doesn't make it... bet... DEYTH BANGER What, the glass is half-full instead of half-empty? Bullshit. What they don't tell you is that regar... T.J. KLUNE We're trying to be the region champions again, but we're trying to qualify for state as well. Those ... CARL BAKER Our ultimate goal is to win the state championship. Beating them (this season) was a huge win for ou... TODD CHENEY They told us we deserved to win a state title. They asked how hard we were going to work for it. Now... LINDSIE WILSON This (win) was huge. Our motto during the second half of league is 'go crazy,' and show people who w... ALISHA HEGLUND We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall take flack from both sides."- Unofficial UN Motto ROBERT LYNN ASPRIN That's a very talented team. They'll do well. I'd love to say we got knocked out by the state champi... AARON MCFARLAND Malcolm was tough at the end, and Adam played well, but we didn't play super. At least we won. I'm h... DICK MCCONNELL Our history, not only in this state, but in most places, was not captured. It's something that's rat... BOB HARRIS Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever... CRAIG CLEVENGER We wish we didn't have to be here. We have reason to doubt our state at this point. ADORA NWEZE We wish we didn't have to be here. We have reason to doubt our state at this point. ADORA OBI NWEZE I don't know what it was this year but there was something about us and we bonded and came together.... CASEY MOORE We stepped up. We had two or three kids that really stepped up and played pretty well, and I think w... WAYNE ALEXANDER To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we ... WILLIAM HAZLITT To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we... WILLIAM HAZLITT In the end, we decide if we're remembered for what happened to us or for what we did with it. RANDY K. MILHOLLAND I'm elated. We needed everything (that we won at state). We had our best tournament we had all year ... GREG ADKINS The Internet lets us do that for first time in the history of computers. It lets us, in effect, make... DAVID ANDERSON I visited my father for the full ten years that he was in prison, so we already had a deep and lovin... SAM SHEPPARD We knew when we won conference we could go to state. And our defense was the difference. DANIEL WRIGHT If students get a well-rounded foundation based on the (state curriculum), we are confident that the... TONY BACA If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL I think there will be some other teams coming here that we can compete really well against. Our goal... DAN LIEBLER This was our three-peat so we can get that up there that we were undefeated for three years. That wa... JENNY COOK If his chronological age was 6 or 7, we wouldn't even be here. We must put our state on a higher mor... HARRY WHITTINGTON If it wasn't for what Troy did in getting to the state finals, we wouldn't have been in position to ... JUDE ROTH We just try to wrestle everywhere and wrestle everyone before state. It's lets us see what kind of c... IAN HEINISCH We contacted the state police just so there were no issues saying that we overstepped our boundaries... JEFFREY HEWETT Two years ago was supposed to be a rebuilding year and we won it. Last year, you think we should hav... MIKE TURNER When we are at the worst times of our lives, when we are battling with something, or struggles, what... RUSSELL WILSON The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've co... WYNTON MARSALIS Voter apathy is a civic abdication. CHARLES M. BLOW That was one of the big issues going into this tournament -- everyone was saying that we haven't won... JOSH PEPPERS Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying. We decide to go out walking the wh... TEGAN QUIN It was something that if we practiced well the first couple days down here we knew this was going to... BRET BIELEMA We realized that this was quite a thing for a school like ours to be in the state tournament. We jus... BERNIE KUBALE We are looking for our identity. The month could determine the type of team we will be. We are playi... BOB DONOVAN I was glad to be out here. This is my senior year, and we are going back (to state), so I am happy. JAMES HUMPHREY I was very disappointed in our slow start once again. We need to be alert and concentrate for 80 min... LARRY FLEMING This candidacy was supposed to be a tool -- to make a point that we want the state to be the state f... AZMI BISHARA
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