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We just know now we need to come out strong in the first half. We just came out to play in the secon...
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We felt like we had to come out strong. This is a tough place to play.
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They were just one game out of first in the West and we knew they were going to come on strong in th...
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We were getting frustrated in the first half. We had to come out focused in the second half and play...
DOMINIQUE JOHNSON
We had a good first quarter. In the third quarter, they came out pretty strong.
NEIL HOGAN
We knew we had the ability to come back. We just didn't come out ready to play in the first half, an...
GRANT RICE
We need to come out strong and stay strong, because at the end it didn't play out the way we wanted ...
BILL HAYDEN
We knew we had to come out and withstand that first blow. And not only withstand it, but to punch ba...
ZACH PUCHTEL
We knew we had to come out strong against them. We couldn't play scared. We were completely focused ...
LAURA FALKENBERG
I thought the boys were magnificent, ... They come to compete, they come to play from the first whis...
COLIN CLARKE
We are shopping Eric. Obviously, we would much rather have Eric released. But if we can work out a t...
GREG JOHNSON
We knew we had to come out strong. We just beat 'em to the ball and hustled really hard. That's how ...
KYLEE MCARTHUR
We've had a tendency to come out sluggish on Saturday. However, this weekend was completely differen...
ERIC SNYDER
We knew we had confidence in this game and we had to come out strong and pursue everything.
SARAH WHITFIELD
We didn't play our best game. They played better than us. We didn't come out as strong as they did. ...
AMANDA GONSALVES
I personally felt like I didn't play strong in the first half, and I was not going to have my season...
BOB BURTON
They came out strong in the first and pretty much sealed the game right there. They're not the Stanl...
ROBERTO LUONGO
I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES
Bolton are very difficult to play against and they had a lot of free-kicks and throw-ins and you can...
RAFAEL BENITEZ
This feels great. We had to come out strong, and the first half didn't go the way we wanted it to, b...
ELLIE RADKE
With the (first round) bye, they (Big Blue) hadn't played in nine days and I knew they would come ou...
JACK HUGHES
The first win sets the tempo for the next game (today at 1:05 p.m. in Des Moines). They're going to ...
ERIK WESTRUM
I definitely want to come out and play strong every time. Not to make them out to be something they'...
MATHIAS KIWANUKA
In the first half, we didn't come out very strong. We stepped it up in the second half.
BOONE FREUND
(The Wolverines) jumped on in the second game 36-5, so we knew we had to sustain that first blow. We...
ZACH PUCHTEL
We need to be more consistent. We've had difficulty coming out strong in the first half.
DAVE WOODALL
She was huge. We had a few kids in the first half who didn't come out quite ready or didn't play lik...
CHANCE LINDLEY
That second quarter was critical. We needed to come out strong and reinforce the pace and style of t...
BRIAN RICKER
Wherever we play golf, people come out here to get autographs. They obviously come out to watch us p...
BERNHARD LANGER
We wanted to come out and score and they (Villa Grove) did a nice job on their first play. The fumbl...
DALE SCHURING
We had to come out and play the best tennis we've played all year. I was very impressed with Penn wi...
MARK NOE
Now are the woods all black,
But still the sky is blue.
MARCEL PROUST
It was a nail-biter. Avoca has a strong team, they control the ball well and my girls found out they...
JEFF ALLEN
Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.
NEIL INNES
We knew Eric had the ability. We could see it in the training room. But for a kid to come here who's...
JEFF BRICKER
You have to score the first goal in that situation so they have to come out and play you straight up...
GREG MAUCH
We didn't come out and play real well in the first half versus UNO. In the second half we dominated.
LORI ULFERTS
The idea is to come out strong. This is a conference game, so you have to play harder now.
EMILY JOHNSON
He attacked Eric. Eric had a stab wound through his left arm and was stabbed in the lungs and the he...
GERRI FLYNN
They called him because they were doing a segment on Eric on some kids show in London. They set it u...
BOB RUE
Coming off of two losses we knew we had to come out strong. We knew we had to win this game to come ...
JASON WESTROL
He beat Wahpeton's No. 1 player in the state-qualifier round. Eric had a great weekend. For a first-...
GREG LADOUCEUR
I had not had the opportunity to really come out and tour through, but it certainly is first class i...
ROGER MILLER
They had us on our heels and to come out of the first period with a 2-0 lead was phenomenal. We know...
CAL ROADHOUSE
My first record came out in 1961 and then I had one come out in 1962 and then I had two that came ou...
HASIL ADKINS
We're happy with that. Temecula came out strong in the first half, and they should have won.
AMY LITTERAL
I wasn't pleased with our defense in the first half and I challenged them at halftime to come out an...
HEATH COWAN
I told the girls we had to come out and have a good first, and they came out and played good defense...
ACEY SHAW
We knew they were going to come back. You can't underestimate a team like Marist. We stayed strong a...
JACQIE STORM
He came down for a visit and liked it and decided he was going to come here. A big factor is Eric Pa...
HARRY STATHAM
Boston College is a really tough team, obviously. Really athletic and big and strong. But we're goin...
ANDREW STRAIT
We couldn't wait to get to tonight's game because we felt that Roncalli loss devastated us. We had a...
JIM O'HARA
I know what happened. Everybody knows what happened. I had to come out strong.
APOLO ANTON OHNO
I just tried to weather the storm. That's going to happen often when you play on the road. Teams com...
ROBERTO LUONGO
We knew Madison Central was going to come ready to play. We had to match their intensity. They're re...
LUTHER RILEY
For the first game of the year I thought our guys played well. They came out strong and really took ...
BILL SULLIVAN
That run was huge. We knew we had to come out in the second half (Monroe led 28-21 at halftime) and ...
MARISSA YOUNG
We knew we had to keep fighting because we knew they are a tough team and would keep fighting to com...
BRETT AMES
We played a strong first half, but came out flat in the second half. They were big and strong, but o...
PAUL ALTHAUS
They were an awesome team. They had a strong sweeper and a strong forward. We had Sam (Miller) marki...
COREY JOHNSON
When we were there at the beginning of the year, they handed it to us pretty good. We have to make s...
ERIC THURSTON
I'm definitely proud of how the girls came out and played with intensity and heart. This after a 27-...
JULIE MATTSON
We hope they (Saints) don't come out ready to play, because they are already in the (NAIA) tournamen...
ANTONIO VELOSO
I think there's going to be a lot more emotion for them to come out and play a little harder. They w...
ED HINKEL
We need to find a way to play the first half like we play the second half. We didn't make too many a...
BRIAN GILBERT
We knew we had to come out and play with more passion in the second half. Omro had a great game plan...
DEAN VANDER PLAS
We played well in the first game, we just couldn't come up with the big hit. Eric was just dominant ...
ANDREW BRADLEY
We didn't know what they were going to play on defense, and we had trouble in the first half. We mad...
LARRY DOLAN
They are starting to believe they can beat people. We were able to come out and play pretty well in ...
CURT SHAW
They fed us a lot. The coach at Davis said they want me to come in and play my first year and be a s...
BROCK ZYLSTRA
He's really come out strong. He's been very steady and not flamboyant. He keeps the ball constantly ...
CAROL EVANS
They want you to come out and play them, that's fine. They had a two-point lead, had some momentum. ...
BAILEY HARRIS
At first we played a little scared. In the second half, we had nothing to lose. We wanted to play wi...
AARON WILSON
We knew they were going to come out strong. Ray was really on tonight. We knew that we had to get a ...
BRIAN MCDONOUGH
We knew that (Guilderland) was a great team so we had to come out of the gate strong.
ERIN GRAY
They tried to man us up. We felt right out of the gates they were going to try to press me and Eric ...
LEE EVANS
It's the same old thing. Whenever they focus and come out ready to play, they can play, but they ten...
ANTHONY SMITH
I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody e...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO
Linn-Mar made a little run on us in the first game and tied it up, but we were able to get back into...
CRAIG PITCHER
Hopefully we will come out an play better in the first period. That basically put us out of our game...
ELISEO SALDIVAR
Our backs are our strongest unit. They had speed, strong headers and can come forward.
BILL CARUSO
We wanted to come out here and play strong and play hard and we thought we were going to beat them e...
COREY PARKER
Eric Bryant and Ethan Berlin, the creators of 'Bunk,' asked me to come get involved in very ...
KURT BRAUNOHLER
Ashley had two really big wins to close out the tournament strong. Her play was definitely the highl...
COLETTE QUAM
We really emphasize how big these Western Division games are. We are the Western Division champs and...
COREY PARKER
Performance-wise this was an outstanding meet in many events. Eric had some really big jumps. He mad...
CHARLIE HUGHES
We didn't expect to come out that strong. I think we just kind of startled them by shooting so well ...
KASSIE TILLER
If I have to play an obnoxious character, try to find a redeeming feature of him. The most obnoxious...
FRED WILLARD
It's working out. The talent's great. The kids are great. Adidas is good about making sure the best ...
DAN OWENS
Everybody on the team had confidence because (Johnson) is very strong and we knew he was going to pl...
BRANDON BOWDRY
In the first half, our defense was erratic and we had a lot of shots rim out. But in the second half...
KAREN STEPHENS
We knew they'd come out — with the atmosphere of the game and electricity in the air — they'd co...
A.J. HAWK
The kids had no place to go after work so they come out here to play cards, work on cars or snowmobi...
BILL KREMLACEK
It's tough, trying to figure out how fast they are and how strong they are compared to people that w...
BOB BIGGS
He is one big, strong guy. We better come to play.
GARY SPRINGER
We didn't come to play tonight. They came out and played harder than we did.
CHARLES JONES
A vote for Ginny Strong is a vote for (Superintendent) Eric Witherspoon.
LINDA WESTERGAARD
Norris and Harris is probably the best doubles team to come out of the conference in a long while. T...
ALLEN HORNTHAL
She has really been coming around with her play. She has had some good rebounds for us. She had a st...
LUKE WINDY
I don't think a player can ruin the image of a team,
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The well adjusted make poor prophets. A pleasant existence blinds us to the possibilities of drastic...
ERIC HOFFER
Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.
ERIC GILL
Prosperity is not just having things. It is the consciousness that attracts the things. Prosperity i...
ERIC BUTTERWORTH
Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
ERIC HOFFER
The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil ...
ERIC HOFFER
Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.
ERIC HOFFER
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achie...
ERIC BUTTERWORTH
A decision without the pressure of consequence is hardly a decision at all.
ERIC LANGMUIR.
When being dishonest, people can still tell the truth. Be mindful of the treacherous that do not lie...
ERIC PARSLOW
Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but...
ERIC HOFFER
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
ERIC HOFFER
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
ERIC HOFFER
There is no such thing as a lack of faith. We all have plenty of faith, it's just that we have faith...
ERIC BUTTERWORTH
They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspi...
ERIC HOFFER
There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his ow...
ERIC HOFFER
Facts are counterrevolutionary.
ERIC HOFFER
Where you are in consciousness has everything to do with what you see in experience.
ERIC BUTTERWORTH
Substantive abandonment of convention is evidence of mastery.
ERIC PARSLOW
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opini...
ERIC HOFFER
A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
ERIC HOFFER
Man was nature's mistake --she neglected to finish him -- and she has never ceased paying for her mi...
ERIC HOFFER
Truth and honesty are quite different. What a person believes to be true always follows when honesty...
ERIC PARSLOW
The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in th...
ERIC HOFFER
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
ERIC HOFFER
Evil, and evil spirits, devils and devil possession, are the outgrowth of man's inadequate conscious...
ERIC BUTTERWORTH
The one thing that a fish can never find is water; and the one thing that man can never find is God.
ERIC BUTTERWORTH
God can only do for you what He can do through you.
ERIC BUTTERWORTH
Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God.
ERIC BUTTERWORTH
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
ERIC HOFFER
Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, ...
ERIC HOFFER
The birth of the new constitutes a crisis, and its mastery calls for a crude and simple cast of mind...
ERIC HOFFER
To the old, the new is usually bad news.
ERIC HOFFER
The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.
ERIC HOFFER
There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.
ERIC HOFFER
Our present addiction to pollsters and forecasters is a symptom of our chronic uncertainty about the...
ERIC HOFFER
To make of human affairs a coherent, precise, predictable whole one must ignore or suppress man as h...
ERIC HOFFER
The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to ...
ERIC HOFFER