The way we look at is when [the Detroit brawl] went down on Nov. 19, we thought we had a chance to be champions. The core of our team is 25. With long-term contracts. They will come back at some point.
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Related Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD They've been in the top 10, top five in the state. They had beaten us by 19 (points) a few weeks bef... CHERYL DARPEL 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... At one point we had a 19-3 lead on them, and I think we had them back on their heels a little bit. T... DWIGHT FRITZ We were arrogant, we thought we were safe because we had our production contracts with the big studi... JOY BACON Once we settled down, I thought we had a chance. But when we were down nine points a few times with ... DON BUGBEE It's definitely disappointing. I told the kids afterwards that they need to learn how to finish. We ... ANDY HUBBARD If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL When we looked at the bills, what (the district paid) didn't agree with the contracts, and we were t... BRUCE MYERS We had a hiccup on Wednesday, but we hope to continue our dominance, so when we go to Waterhouse we'... DONOVAN HAYLES Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever... CRAIG CLEVENGER At the core of who we are is the roots of those that have influenced our lives the most and the impa... AJA GRAYDON We have a shot to make the playoffs, which is where we hoped to be. Looking back at early November, ... TOM WOOD When we got that goal I thought we had a chance. Even with five minutes to go, I thought we were goi... DAN LABBATE If you look at what we are doing in Green Bay, we are trying to get positioned to be long-term compe... KATHLEEN WALTERS I was very impressed with my team overall this year. When you get a chance to really look back at it... KRISTI HEAFNER The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN The style we play n we know at some point the other team is going to make a run. We have to keep our... BILL LEWIT We had five receivers on the front line and it was a semi-hands team, ... We had one or at least two... JOE AUSTIN We had five receivers on the front line and it was a semi-hands team. We had one or at least two sho... JOE AUSTIN A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON With Champions TV we are establishing a new brand as a starting point for Premiere's free-to-air TV ... GEORG KOFLER We went at it with a business-type attitude. We had a great week of practice and the wrestlers knew ... MARK MEARS We didn't play very well at the Christmas tournament. And we had to make some changes at half becaus... JOE SHOEMAKER I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than... NEIL GAIMAN We had a heck of a first half. We were down eight, came back and took the lead at the half. At halft... JOE MASLEH These kids went 18-0 as eighth-graders at Merritt Middle School when I came back to Indianola. That ... CHARLES COLE We actually had a team meeting at one point (during that stretch). We talked about what we needed to... ASHLEY KEY They feel if there was a problem on the one side, we don't want to take a chance in the long term. B... JAY OFSANIK Carlos is a valuable member of this team and we look at him the way we look at all of our players: E... DAVID SAMSON There's going to be the regular scrutiny and judgment of whether a particular company is worth inves... ALAN HEVESI We just had to keep our composure and play as a team and we couldn't go wrong. We were down 10, came... MARION JONES We were out on night-vision goggles and using forward-looking infrared to help our search. Unfortuna... GRAHAM BUSCHOR The way it works, ... is I did not look at a roster. Everyone had to earn their way on to the team. ... CHRIS WHITE Our biggest problem when you look at this team is 15 out of 19 kids are freshmen and sophomores. We ... DOUG FOOTE We were a little upset initially. Detroit is a city of music legends, and we thought it would be rem... ARETHA FRANKLIN Ohio-designated youth hunting day is Nov. 19, where the youth will be allowed to hunt with a guide a... KIM ARBAUGH We need to look at what is going to be the long-term future of our Guard when states need to rely on... MARK WARNER I'm proud of my kids, because they fought back and they didn't lay down. We got back in the game and... JOE LAYNE It was some concern. We went with the thought that we couldn't get it all back at one time, so we ch... CYNTHIA PHIPPS I think we backed down from them. They became the aggressor at that point, and instead of us respond... ANDREW BOOTH It's crazy. Last year we thought we'd have a chance at the states but we had a bad season. This year... DONNY BUNCE It comes down to wrapping up. There were some plays there we didn't wrap up. We set our stage for wh... ANDREW CONNOR They went on a couple of little runs. You can only overcome so many of those. We fought back and gav... ERIC BRYAN Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS Our team played very well (although) in the first half we had some mistakes. We went down at halftim... HERB FULLERTON we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI At some point we had to change. [This win] is our turning point. DAMIEN SINGLETON We should have had it won by half-time, but at least this was an improvement on our last game. We we... GEZ BAGGOTT Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M We had storms come through and we had 25 mile per hour winds. I went down to the lower lake and with... BOYD DUCKETT 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 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 We hate Simple Minds. They were no.1 in our Top Five Bands or Musicians who will have to be shot com... NICK HORNBY The easiest way to look at it is that if you're currently inspected by the state, you will continue ... HEALTH OFFICER HILDE PERALA We're actually more in a deficit than we were at the height of the drought when the lake was at its ... DALE CRISP There at the end when we had to foul, boy it didn't seem like a rebound could come our way. We block... JASON WALLACE When we die our deeds shall be left for humanity to judge & our flesh shall become dust for humanity... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) This is our moment when unity should be the thing that we all strive for - oneness, ... When you loo... KWAME KILPATRICK Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powe... BEV PERDUE We just skied amazingly well (Tuesday). As long as we can keep the team together and keep our heads ... CHRISTY SALONEN From the Buddhist point of view, it is true that emptiness is a characteristic of all of life - if w... SHARON SALZBERG Every single one of our athletes has had a good summer of training. We will be ready to contend thro... DAVE UHRICH We had to do some other things at that point, but we were still OK and had a chance to win the game. DAVE SCHULTZ What was missing is the fact (the Cowboys) had 25 first downs, they were 9 of 16 on third down, and ... TOM COUGHLIN At some point in our lives we make a decision, he thought, a choice that, though we don't understand... ANTTI TUOMAINEN It started when we gave up 36 points in the second quarter. We were playing uphill from that point. ... JASON KIDD I thought we should have had at least three more turnovers. Colorado State, they tried to run the fo... GLEN MASON Van-Far has a nice team and Smith is a really good player. We were down only five at the half, but w... JIM MCEWEN We look forward to a long-term partnership with W. P. Carey and appreciate the flexibility this tran... BOB KAUFMAN We knew we had the lead at halftime and they would come at us with an horrendous push. They are a tr... DARRYL BURROWS I look at the Senior Al Gore that I had the chance to serve in the Senate with. A great human being.... BIRCH BAYH We know we will have the same mental breakdowns that every team will have, we just have to hope they... WELDON NELMS After the fact, we will look back on the Enron episode as a period when we put corporate governance ... ALAN GREENSPAN When the women come for their hour-long appointment, often times when they come through our front do... DANA HARRISON We had some good looks. We had the shots we wanted, they just didn't go down. We played well all the... LARRY REYNOLDS We did a really good job with our patterns out of the back. We didn't do very much with the ball out... STEVE JENNINGS The defense is young and fast, plus they have a lot of options down low. The strength of this team i... GERRY HOLLY We called a timeout and tried to make sure they didn't look at the scoreboard. You know a team like ... DAVE SCUDDER Stark County's defense had a lot to do with how we ran our offense. We had no open looks on the peri... JEFF PARSONS When I was fifteen, a companion and I, on a dare, went into the mound one day just at sunset. We saw... WILLIAM FAULKNER That's really the number I look at. As long as this team is built the way it is that number [points ... BOB HILL Their defense caused us to make a lot of turnovers, but I felt like we had come a long way. Then we ... DREW TROST And when I saw you kissing that girl My heart, it shattered and my eyes, they watered And ... KATE NASH When I look at this team, I still don't feel as though we are very far away. I think for us to get c... BRIAN WESTBROOK When we get down inside the red zone we have to come away with points, ... There was a little confus... BOB BENSON When we had the lead in the fourth quarter I thought we rushed our shots. Nothing good can come out ... DAN BOLLINGER Our hope is that we will be able to work out some long-term issues for dealing with low-income assis... ANTHONY SWINGER I thought we had some costly errors at the wrong time, but the bottom line is I thought our kids cam... ALAN JOHNSTON You look at Barbara, Will, all of us, this is when Connecticut starts to play. When the tournaments ... ANN STROTHER I look back at history, and some of the worst governments we've ever had, you know one of the fi... SHERROD BROWN The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Power plays and penalty kills are all about momentum. In fact, that's the way the game of hockey is ... CHRIS DUNCAN Carmel obviously is the better team, but we gave them way too much respect. If we were to win, it ha... GREG DAVIDSON This is the offense we saw all year. We got spoiled with this group. We knew they'd come around, and... ALAN EMBREE Early on, they stuffed the ball right down our throats with a couple high-lows. But eventually I thi... ED LEEMAN
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People don't want to be inconvenienced, and I understand it. I don't wan... DONNIE DREWER In 35 years we haven't replaced the decks. Will there be inconvenience? Of course. DONNIE DREWER We're here today with both good news and bad news. The good news is we got the funding, but the bad ... DONNIE DREWER We take a real soft approach. We're not affiliated with any church. We stick to the fundamentals of ... DONNIE DEE We haven't had any experience of losing, so we were all trying to think through how we should act an... DONNIE DEE It's a time of fun, fellowship and Bible study. It's athletes meeting together and sharing faith wit... DONNIE DEE It will be tough without Colin and Blake, but this is a team sport and we will need a good team effo... DONNIE DARR The field this weekend will be a strong field full of East Coast schools, some of which are very str... DONNIE DARR Anytime you can post a sixth and fourth place finish in back-to-back weeks and are in position to wi... DONNIE DARR We were really close all tournament and we felt we had a chance to win it. We were able to play in t... DONNIE DARR This is a really good field with a lot of regional schools and a couple big teams. This is a great c... DONNIE DARR I am really excited where the program is heading and the guys are really starting to play well. If w... DONNIE DARR Colin was hurt last week and all he did was chip and putt during practice and that paid off for him ... DONNIE DARR This is a fairly new golf course and is very exclusive. It helps to open the season closer to home s... DONNIE DARR We are really excited to start the season and see where we stand. We need to go out there and see wh... DONNIE DARR We've worked hard for this. Nobody thought we could do it, but we proved everybody wrong in the stat... DONNIE CHEATHAM Defense wins games. Our shot wasn't falling as much as it usually does, so we had to step up the pre... DONNIE CHEATHAM We came out on fire, which is something I was worried about because of the 13-day layoff. We played ... DONNIE CASH They're real young, but our kids came out and executed and took care of business tonight. DONNIE CASH They just made one more play than us. Maynard made a great move to get to the bucket and then made t... DONNIE CASH Our guards were maybe trying to force things (in the first half) some, but they really made some big... DONNIE CASH Our kids played hard and pretty well for 36 minutes. We voted them number one in the sectional, so w... DONNIE CASH Yes, we made some mistakes playing hard, but that will happen sometimes with a team like us. We're s... DONNIE CASH They picked up the intensity tonight. We were ready to play. We just didn't execute the little thing... DONNIE CASH This is a tragic accident that has saddened all of us. These canines receive extensive explosives tr... DONNIE CARTER This is a tragic accident that has saddened all of us. DONNIE CARTER So at this point there is no connection with Iraq, just bad guys that have explosive devices. DONNIE CARTER These are pipe bombs or hand grenades. They have the capacity to kill. DONNIE CARTER When we get a chance, we will show they are wrong. DONNIE CAMM You would think that he would be sitting on pins and needles, but he's the one keeping us all togeth... DONNIE CAMM Not only is he putting lives at risk, but he's hurting the American taxpayer right in the pocket. DONNIE BRZUSKA We've done everything in our power to find this kid alive. If there's something that leads us to go ... DONNIE BRZUSKA (Buchanan) made an unbelievable play. He did a great job blocking the plate. DONNIE BRANCH There was a lot of great baseball, and there was a lot of ugly baseball. It was like a heavyweight f... DONNIE BRANCH You try to get to that moment when someone can come through. We had one of the best hitters in the s... DONNIE BRANCH It's an awesome feeling. At the beginning of the year, people didn't expect much from us. DONNIE AMOS I didn't have my best stuff, but it worked well enough to set them down. DONNIE AMOS I was expecting them to walk me with the base open. I was surprised when they didn't. DONNIE AMOS We get a lot of gratification watching these kids develop and achieve their goals. DONNIE ADAIR And they're traveling very, very fast together and I think last night, we saw a few accidents. DONNIE ADAIR Every night, we're losing a lot of sleep over the Olympics, watching it, yes. DONNIE ADAIR Our depth and comfort at home were definitely big pluses for us. But there are still a lot of things... DONNIE MADZIA It's like a giant arm just swept across the earth like sweeping things off a tabletop. DONNIE KENNAIR It's like a giant arm just swept across the earth, like sweeping things off a tabletop. DONNIE KENNAIR It's hard to guard it all when we have it going like that. DONNIE JONES He really was the unsung hero. DONNIE JONES It's not going to be an up-and-down game where a lot of points are going to be scored. All the littl... DONNIE JONES Everyone was worried about Walter, the players, the coaches. We gave him some time to grieve, and I'... DONNIE JONES The conversation went well. As a coach, you always listen. Obviously, it would take a very special s... DONNIE JONES We never really thought a lot about that, to tell you the truth. We just kept focused, kept working,... DONNIE JONES He's not 'Billy the Kid' anymore. That used to be his identity. DONNIE JONES ESPN is involved with a lot of home-and-home situations with teams. That didn't happen for us this y... DONNIE JONES We're trying to upgrade and play tougher teams. But you never know how tough they're going to be. We... DONNIE JONES It's kind of a difficult thing to explain. You run into dates, what dates fit into their schedule. S... DONNIE JONES I felt like if I was gonna transfer anywhere, it'd be like I was stepping down. I thought, 'I'm gonn... DONNIE JOHNSON His advice to me was to be patient, keep working hard and it will pay off in the end, which it did f... DONNIE JOHNSON It took me a while to get over the fact that I wasn't going to be a running back. DONNIE JOHNSON I feel comfortable with it, pretty much. I just look at it like all my hard work is paying off. I ju... DONNIE JOHNSON We're all fast and we're all athletic. This year hopefully we can get some interceptions run back fo... DONNIE JOHNSON You caught a 17-pound bass? DONNIE HUTCHINSON Here's what we try to do: not only keep guys off Vilma, but let guys make plays up front. DONNIE HENDERSON It puts a little more pressure on the guards and makes the tackles block the guy on the outside. DONNIE HENDERSON Like I told them at halftime, I really did enjoy watching them play. They were having fun, flying ar... DONNIE HENDERSON I've been fortunate to have been through that before, where the offense struggled and the defense ha... DONNIE HENDERSON Like I tell them, as long as we control our part of the game, the rewards at the end will be big. Ju... DONNIE HENDERSON We don't talk about the struggles of the offense or the quarterback problems and all those things. W... DONNIE HENDERSON It was kind of quiet, and that's not like us. Whatever it is that they use to get fired up every wee... DONNIE HENDERSON I told them to turn the music up. DONNIE HENDERSON He's probably our best defensive lineman right now as far as consistency in training camp. DONNIE HENDERSON That's just two brothers fighting. Isn't that what happens in families? DONNIE HENDERSON The first guy we faced was slow, and we knocked him out in the first inning because he couldn't thro... DONNIE HASTINGS Cody pitched a good game today. We gave up some runs, but he was in control from the first inning th... DONNIE HASTINGS If I wasn't excited about the game coming up I shouldn't be here. You don't have to be from here to ... DONNIE HARRIS It's like any other rivalry except for the fact that the whole county comes to watch the game. DONNIE HARRIS I thought we played pretty well last week, but we gave up big plays. That's my big fear here. We're ... DONNIE HARRIS They like to throw screens and short passes. They'll take some shots deep. They seem to have some go... DONNIE HARRIS We thought he might be too small to play on the team. He worked hard in practice and in the weight r... DONNIE HAND They said they are still going to try out today. DONNIE HAND We don't really know how to handle something like this. I'm not really sure how I'm going to handle ... DONNIE HAND They have quick hands and quick feet and I knew that would be a problem. I still felt like it was ou... DONNIE GRAY I'm trying not to cry. I'm a big man but I've got a big heart. DONNIE GRAY We have played Lexington Catholic this year, and I think that team is far quicker than Lexington Cat... DONNIE GRAY I think she is one of the best ones that has ever been here. She has proved it game in and game out.... DONNIE GRAY She's just a complete basketball player. She can do so many things. DONNIE GRAY (Mason) did a good job setting that bracket up. But we played well. DONNIE GRAY I know there is a lot of responsibility on me. I have to do a better job of communicating and organi... DONNIE GIOVACCHINI We are ready to bust out and it might be this weekend. We have been getting some things done better,... DONNIE GIOVACCHINI That really felt good. I was really looking forward to playing against them and it was a lot nicer w... DONNIE GIOVACCHINI It?s been enjoyable, but I?m still feeling some things out. We are starting to get everyone on the s... DONNIE GIOVACCHINI That's the reason this was such an important game. This gives us an opportunity to host a first-roun... DONNIE ENGLISH We started off slow. Male was getting good pitching and we weren't swinging the bats that well, but ... DONNIE ENGLISH Chas did a heck of a job pitching. He had control of his pitches and was able to put the ball where ... DONNIE ENGLISH We've competed against each other for close to 30 years. We've not only coached against each other, ... DONNIE ENGLISH We had people on base all game (Wednesday), but we didn't score. And we made a couple of errors defe... DONNIE ENGLISH Our kids just had a lapse of focus in the field and at the plate. But I'm proud of the way they batt... DONNIE ELLIOT He's a stud. I love watching him pitch. He reminds me of a guy named Oscar Rivas, who ironically kno... DONNIE ELLIOT He didn't have his best stuff today. He's usually pretty nasty. DONNIE ELLIOT That is the way the league is going, ... Getting linebackers that can run. We definitely have athlet... DONNIE EDWARDS I didn't know who he was. DONNIE EDWARDS I'm like, 'He looks like the prototype linebacker big and muscular, mean-looking.' DONNIE EDWARDS