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Related We feel like we can play with anybody. Our chemistry is coming together real good. BRIAN ALEXANDER 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... I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD Sometimes we just can't get over the hump. Like I said, we're just going to come out to practice and... DUSTIN SALISBERY That's why we play the game. You have to come out and play the game. Anybody can beat anybody. You h... BETH DUNKENBERGER We beat Florida twice; we beat Kentucky. We play hard, and we can play with anybody in the country. BRANDON WALLACE The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN I don't know where to go. I don't know what comes now." "Don't worry," Will said. "We'll figur... LAUREN OLIVER If we play the we are supposed to play, we can beat anybody. We just aren't doing that right now. BRAD WILKERSON This team can beat anybody. We've beaten some good teams. We just don't always play the way we can. SARAH SOUTHERN We know we can play with anybody in the country. We just want to play and keep playing. If we play o... DARIUS WASHINGTON JR A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We need to come out and play as hard as we can. We have to play together, limit our mistakes. MATT DURGIN We need to push the tempo, get it inside, play hard on defense, and do what coach asks us to do. We ... EARL CALLOWAY Our problem is not on offense. Our problem is defense, and until we realize that, we're going to str... ALLEN IVERSON We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO We've been playing together so long, we know we can overcome anybody or anything. It's our defense. ... JAKE NIELSON If we play this hard, we can beat just about anybody. DEVARIO HUDSON we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI When we're playing well, we're usually on the run. If we can rebound and play solid defense, things ... DAVE PERO The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN We've just have to make sure we get back on transition and stop penetration. Memphis was real encour... JASON FORTE Coach stressed in preseason that if we played hard and played together we would be hard to beat. And... ANTONIO FITZGERALD And when I saw you kissing that girl My heart, it shattered and my eyes, they watered And ... KATE NASH We just have to keep playing hard. We can't get all excited about where we are now, then come out an... KAREN AIROLA Our goal is to go to Los Alamos (2-1, No. 7 in 4A) and take care of business. They're a good team ..... BOB ALLCORN We feel like we had a down year last year. We want to come out and prove that we can play with anybo... ANTHONY MONTGOMERY Both of our teams are very similar. We like to go inside, they like to go inside. We have good shoot... DEB BABER 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 We need to communicate more as a team and play an entire game of basketball. We can't take breaks an... KADIE RIVERIN We just wanted to come out here and prove we can play with anybody. WES MILLER We've got exactly what we need to fulfill our destiny! ABHISHEK KUMAR They are an athletic team. We will have to box out well, and keep them off the offensive boards. We ... GREGG DOWNER We know they're gonna come out with a lot of energy because it's the championship and they just lost... BRIAN CHASE I told them that if they play to their potential, on any given day they can beat just about anybody.... BECKY EMRICH We feel like we can get a few yards of offense on any play. We just felt the smart play was the fiel... MIKE SETTLES Our defense has been the fuel for our offense all season long. We intended to come out strong and pl... BRENDA ELLIS Forget our record. We feel like we can play with anybody. We can say we got our first win behind us.... KIRK MORRISON All we need to do is play our game and not freak out. Our defense and offense are good and our goali... BUBBA SCOTT I think I'm up for the challenge. This team has a lot of potential. If we play good defense we can b... DONNIE SMITH It's the imperfections that make things beautiful JENNY HAN We need to regroup and get back in the hunt. We felt like we beat a good Hawaii team last week and I... JACK BICKNELL When we hit on all cylinders like we did today on offense, defense and special teams, I know that we... BURTON She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART We just have do what we have been doing all year: play our style of hockey which is good team defens... JOSH SOARES All you can ask is that the kids play hard and play a good defensive game. The defense played well e... CHRIS GARVIN It shows that we can play defense. It's not just all about Alyssa. It means we can play even on a ni... LOU WEJNERT We can play harder and we need to play more on the edge like we did to start the second half, BILL LAIMBEER Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever. SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON The future belongs to all who, refusing to look back at the past move ahead with the clock as it tic... ODO SIMON AGBO Each team is different, and we need to learn to play against each different defense and each differe... KATIE KROGH When you tell me your story or about yourself I understand who you are and are able to share who I a... BRENT M. JONES Jim is a good friend of mine, but we want to beat their tail off just like anybody else we play. BUDDY GOULDSMITH We've heard a couple things about how they hit the boards and play defense. But we hit the boards an... JUSTIN REYNOLDS We are shopping Eric. Obviously, we would much rather have Eric released. But if we can work out a t... GREG JOHNSON The tempo, and offense to defense transition, is not a huge issue against the 1A schools we play, bu... CATHY ALEXANDER We have depth. We know that anybody can come in and play and have good games. Tonight, I thought eve... ALISON LACEY We just need to come out focused and ready to play. We are a truly talented team and our offense has... ERIN SULLIVAN I think we have the talent to win if we play well. GORDON HARTWELL It doesn't matter who we play. We think we can beat anybody right now. DANILIO HUTCHINSON We just tried to come out and play team defense. Smart defense. BOO DAVIS If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL Our goal is to play better than their defense, ... That's most important. And that's every game. We ... ANTWAN PEEK We're starting to come together and play better. Our defense has been pretty good all season. We jus... LISA KIRK Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever... CRAIG CLEVENGER In the second half, we played better defense. And the defense started the offense. In order for us t... COURTNEY HARRIS It's going well, we want to play together and we show that on the ice right now. We have good chemis... JOCHEN HECHT We couldn't come up with the key hits. And we weren't mentally prepared on defense. To win, you have... BRIAN AINSWORTH We play seven kids and if we have to, we'll play eight. We need other kids to step up. We have such ... BOB TURCOTTE The positive side is that we put together about 12 minutes of play where our offense, defense and ki... BILL SNYDER A win is always the answer to get the bad taste out of your mouth. Beating Iowa is a great feeling. ... AMBROSIA ANDERSON We have plenty of guys on offense who can play, we just need to find 11 who can do it together. I'm ... BRAD FRANCHIONE If we go out and play the way we're capable of playing, we can beat them. We can beat anybody we wan... GERALD COX We all come together in the recording studio and just play, then I take it and put lyrics to it. We ... BO CARWILE If we play hard, play 'D' and play together, we can be a great team. That's why we're 13-0. But if w... BRUCE WEBER We knew they were big, and we knew we had to play our best game to win this. I felt like every singl... KYLE KALIAN We've learned we've got enough team speed on defense that the best thing we can do is make them run ... BRAD FRANCHIONE We have to play well as a team. If we play together and follow the game plan, we'll do fine. If we d... DON CHANDLER I think that my team this year has a lot of team chemistry, and they play well together. And we have... CARI STRANGE If we come and play for 48 minutes the entire game, we can compete with anybody. We've got to come a... JARRETT JACK We know that we can play with any team. We have great pitching, fielding and hitting. It just needs ... JACKIE DEMPSEY I was kind of nervous for a second but I knew we had some time left. But we are a great team and whe... CORY JACOBS Defense is always the key to our success. I knew we were going to play well today. All week we had g... JENN OLINGER As individuals, no one played badly. Everyone played hard, but as a team, we didn't click together o... SARAH CALLAGHAN That team is full of talent, ... We really won on the defensive end. If we play together, we can be ... JERMAINE O'NEAL (Elder) has great chemistry. They play the game with great intelligence. We very much understand how... CARL KREMER I always play better when people are watching -- I like the pressure. It just shows that we can comp... MALCOLM SCATLIFFE We didn't play our best again, but we did some things well on offense, got some ball reversals. Our ... DREW LEWIS I feel like the defense finally got to the point where they got tired of getting embarrassed on thei... JAY JOYCE They just came out and were ready to play. They took it to us defensively and they took it to us off... HARRY NISSEN We're gonna play fast, we're gonna play physical, we're gonna play furious, and we'r... JEFF FISHER We didn't come out ready to play. They're a good team and well coached, and you're not going to beat... GREG GARRISON We saw (Broughton) play on Tuesday and we knew they had a very sophisticated offense. We had to make... JAMES RANKINS
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