The sophomores have matured from last year, but we are still a young team. We gained some experience and I think we'll be able to compete a little more than we did last year.
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Related The last two years we have been a real young team. Last year we started seven or eight sophomores, b... GLENN MCANINCH We'll throw it more than we did last year. I think we can throw it and catch a little better than we... BRAD BUSH I think we have a good chance to win county. We have more experience and team depth this year than w... ANDREW HOFFMAN Those young kids have some experience and they're playing better than they did last year. I think th... BILL MURPHY I think we are more poised than last year. We still make a few mistakes, but that is because we are ... BRITTANEY THOMAS We're a little young again. We have some young kids on varsity due to the fact that we don't have a ... GRETA GNAGY Some of it was depth. We had some injuries to key people. I think we have a little more balance this... DONNA MARTIN We had a lot of experience last year. This team is a lot different, but it has strengths that last y... CLINT BURGESS 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 With this team we're cautiously optimistic. It's basically the same team from last year . . . so we'... AL MELNICK We had a small group last year, with seven kids. This year we have six, but it's a tight-knit group.... BOB ROSNICK We were real young two seasons ago and this inexperience carried over into last year as well, costin... BOB PRINGLE We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL I am hoping that we will be better than we were last year. We have a lot of young guys that could he... IVAN SWENDRZYNSKI Hopefully, we have more depth and we'll be more athletic than last year. Last year, this team was a ... DALE OSBOURNE All are good defensively and I think we will get more offense from those positions than we did last ... LUTHER BRAMBLETT It's a total difference from last year to this year. This year's a little more mellow than the inten... GUIDO KNUDSON We might have to do some of that a little more this year. We didn't really hit and run last year, ev... DAVE FARR We have a very experienced team with high expectations. These girls have played in some big games. T... MARK LATURNER We had a young team last year and most of our starters are still with me. This group will be a lot m... JASON RICCI Last year we beat them, but it came down to the last relay — this year shouldn't be as close. They... DAVE HOLMES Last year we beat them, but it came down to the last relay this year shouldn't be as close. They ... DAVE HOLMES We did a lot better than people expected. Last year was more of a disappointment, but we still feel ... MARIANNE MADSEN We lost some key games last year that we shouldn't have. We got off to a great start and then our hi... EDGEY ARBUCKLE For what we had returning, because I lost three starters (from last year) and we have a young group ... JAMES KNOWLES We have a lot more depth, a lot more experience. We'll be a lot more ready for the Big Ten this year... ROBBY WINE This year we are a little better, and I think they were a little better last year [than they are now... AURIMAS KIEZA We're going to change our philosophy on defense. We were a little passive last year. We have some ki... TED JACKSON I think that we have more confidence now because we got so far (last year). I think if we make the c... JENNIFER SALEAUMUA [Despite making the playoffs last year, the team felt it could have achieved much more than they did... ED BRADLEY We're still learning, but we have a lot more experience than we did last year when we were 0-3 in th... CRAIG FAIRE Expectations don't bother us, because we expect to win ourselves. Given our experience last year, wi... CASEY BLAKE We got second here last year. We have a better team this year because of our experience. Last year w... STEVE HILL One of the big differences between our team this year and last year is that we are hitting a lot bet... BEAU JARRELL I definitely think we're a better team than last year. I don't think we're a playoff team yet, but w... ALLYSON WOLFF I think we can contend for a conference title. We are a faster team than we were last year. RYAN HARDEN This team has the potential to be very strong. I have a lot coming back from last year and I think w... BOB KUMMER This has been an unbelievable year, no matter what happens. I did a better job of coaching last year... JOHN CALIPARI We don't have any seniors on our team this year so we are very young. But besides being a young team... ANDREW WASHINGTON From our consumer survey, we found that consumers plan to spend a little more this year than last, .... ELLEN TOLLEY I know we can win this meet. The coaches say they have a really good squad this year, a little bit s... BRIELLE WHITE It's going to be harder than it was last year. We were able to sneak up on people last year, with ou... CHRIS DUHON We were pretty (bad) last year. I definitely think we have a better team this year. BILL BULLOCK Last year, I took a veteran team there, and we finished seventh. This year, I took a young team, and... MARK SAVOIA I'm hoping that we have a better mix of horses and trainers to improve on last year. I think we have... DAN DOOCY We were a young team that just missed on some things last year. This year, most of those guys are ba... GARY TAGUE We are more likely to be -- as we did last year -- sellers of assets rather than buyers. LYNDON COLE We did better against Franklin this year than we did last year, but the kids are pretty disappointed... FRED PIMENTAL Sometimes, I even think we could take it a little more serious, but this is working. I think we're m... BRIANNA GERRIOR Our practices have been pretty good. We've been able to get outside and get a lot of things accompli... BRIAN SHIPLEY Obviously, the $10 million is going to help a great deal. We are certainly hearing from many, many m... ANDREW MELNYKOVYCH We had a whole lot better team last year. We just need some young guys to step up. JEFF JEFFERSON I think we should consider some relief for people, ... We did last year, and I think it ought to be ... JEB BUSH The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Realistically, we want to see an improvement from last year. We're a young team, but we're coming to... BILL BAUER I think everyone played pretty well today. Our team lost a close one last year, so we wanted to come... MALLORY VOELKER We're still in a growing up stage. Last year we relied on a lot of freshmen and sophomores and we lo... LEONARD HAMILTON I think last year, yeah, we were grateful to be here. It was a dream to be here last year. But when ... COURTNEY SCHUSTER Last year, as great as it was, it was like a fairy tale season. I think we appreciate this a heck of... KYLE WHITTINGHAM We have an 'older' club this year. A lot of sophomores and we have some mature freshman who are goin... CHRIS FINNEGAN The papers will say we're a different team from last year, but we're still the same team. Two people... LEROY HILL We're hoping for a big year. We have a lot of people back from last year and we think we can be bett... KARRI PETERSON Chelsea are not unbeatable. We have beaten them before and we can beat them again. They are a better... RAFAEL BENITEZ We had a horse last year that we raced in this race, and it did not do very well. They are young hor... RICHARD GUERRA We've got experience coming back, we've got some solid players and I'm really looking for this team ... JASON SHIREY We are a different club and we are probably not as offensively as potent as we were last year. We ce... PHIL GARNER I keep saying it, but we are a very young team and I believe we have the players to have a good seas... ANDY ZAVOREK Last year we were a team, but I think maybe we were a little unsure, ... We had a new quarterback, a... MICHAEL STRAHAN I feel like we're definitely better than last year. We had some adversity last season, but everybody... ERIC BERG I'm really happy with the progress they have made. I think we are a lot faster team now than we were... JEFF ARMSTRONG We've had a pretty good year. We lost some pretty good players last season but we're playing well. T... CHARLIE LANE We have 41 athletes, 36 of them have qualified and that is a big step up from last year so I think w... GABRIEL BURNETT We're making them earn every step they get down the court. We had the chemistry last year. We had ev... CAM GIBSON You can definitely tell we have a lot more experience. We're working through some different situatio... DARIN CUMMINGS We have been working hard since last year we did not make the playoffs and we did not do as well as ... BRETT AMES It was a close game. We lost a lot of shooting from last year's team, but we gained some size and I ... GREER WRIGHT We lost outdoor by a point last year, but scored more points than we were supposed to. The team perf... DEB VERCAUTEREN We showed a lot of poise. We've matured. That's the difference between this year and last year. ERICA HALLMAN We're very optimistic, but last year is last year. This was a big step playing a quality team -- and... BOB KALP We are looking to be respectable in our division and make the league playoffs again, ... We have a g... DAVID POTTS It sounds stupid, but we doubled what we did last year. We have some momentum going into next year. ANDRE CARTER Serving is something she's definitely doing better this year than she did last year. She's a little ... CRISTIE BROTHERS I thought our defense would be able to stop the run better than we did last year (a 60-34 loss). Tha... DON BEEBE We won't have plenty, but we will have more than we did last year, ... We are confident we will have... CHARLA BAKER Last year, we started seven freshmen, and this year we will probably only start two. That makes it a... CINDY SNEAD I tell you what, we set a team goal to win the region and I think the team did everything they could... JACK GARRISON We may have kept the base of our team from last year, but I never imagined that the team would be ab... MURICY RAMALHO I don't think we can be disappointed at all. The boys swam faster this year than they did last year. ANITA LEVEKE I think once we get the team on the field, we're better than last year. We're stronger and more bala... NEIL ROBERTS I think it's definitely more pressure than last year. Last year Lance sort of absorbed everything an... TOM DANIELSON We are bigger, faster and stronger than last year. Potential is often overused, but we have that thi... LUTHER BRAMBLETT I think (the fans) are going to talk about it all the time just because they know probably what we c... JUSTIN GRAY We think that more people will buy two football games than they did last year. LARRY PROBST They placed us in a new division this year. We haven't seen any of the schools in our division. But ... JAY CORBY We wanted to finish higher than last year, that was our team goal, and we did that. We took second i... EVAN GREGORY I feel a lot more confident with the team this year. We had a great team going into the season last ... ALEX MOUNT Last year, we were the no-name team and we came out from nowhere. And this year, we have to keep our... ANDREW COLLINS Last year, with a No. 1 seed, we might have gotten a little relaxed. Now everybody's hungry. I think... BRANDON ROY We will have speed on defense. I think we'll be a much better team from last year. But we're not ver... DONALD NELSON The competition is going to be a little more than last year. I didn't think it could get any tougher... SHANE HUFFMAN
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I do know that's not necessarily psychic. But I alway... AMY SEDARIS You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character acto... AMY SEDARIS Sometimes, to keep things exciting, I decorate my house as if I owned a child. I'll toss a tiny ... AMY SEDARIS But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty. AMY SEDARIS My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him. AMY SEDARIS When people tell me they are going to go scrapbooking, I say, 'Why don't you make it yoursel... AMY SEDARIS Books are challenging and inspirational to me. AMY SEDARIS I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop. AMY SEDARIS I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, includ... AMY SEDARIS I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd ge... AMY SEDARIS I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff ... AMY SEDARIS We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people. AMY SEDARIS My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea m... AMY SEDARIS I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life. AMY SEDARIS I got this second chance at life, and I live it. AMY PURDY Smart people often talk trash about happiness and worse than trash about books on happiness, and the... AMY BLOOM People tend to forget that in our country, we'd pretty much all be immigrants, except for the Na... AMY BLOOM I love cooking during Christmas, all smells like the hot apple cider, the hot spiced wine. AMY SMART I've said this before, that, when you're in school and you're the class clown, men are r... AMY POEHLER I read Claire Messud's 'The Emperor's Children,' I read Joseph O'Neill's ... AMY WALDMAN And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant... AMY TAN I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting cl... AMY HEMPEL My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with... AMY CHUA I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. An... AMY ADAMS