We certainly felt that we could compete for a district championship. Now we'll have to see how that plays out. It's nice to have that advantage of rest and home court, but once the (championship) game starts, that stuff doesn't mean much.
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Related All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD People who pretend to be your friend lead you up a garden path by saying everything that you want to... GARY F EVANS... You can't be that or that or that... but you can try to behave as that... So, what next!?... DEYTH BANGER I know we wrapped up the No. 1 seed, but that still doesn't mean we don't play hard and we want a co... BRIAN SMITH We expect to compete for a championship. We expect that every year. BILL GRAY It felt good after a long break. It was nice to get everybody into the game. We're excited to be pla... BRITTANY WILKINS We know that we have to go out and try to win the playoff championship. The rest of it is out of our... BRIAN IDALSKI It felt great winning a championship on our home floor. We faced a really determined opponent that h... CINDI SIMMONS We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL First we want to win our district. We want to go undefeated in district. I've got girls on this team... AMY POWELL We had to play this game like it was the state championship itself. That would have been a long ride... JOSH BRIGHT I told the guys before the game that we had already won the district championship, but this is a dif... DENNIS HOGUE We'll see how that plays out. But, for right now, we have a robust mission and are loving every minu... COMMANDER MAJWALTER BRADLEY Stairs to climb are difficult it takes time and effort and going down is easies job... what do I mea... DEYTH BANGER They have been playing well at home this year, and I think home court advantage will help them, but ... DAVE CALLOWAY Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying. We decide to go out walking the wh... TEGAN QUIN Our lives!!! We have just all of a sudden discovered that here we are with something called life see... SUNDAY ADELAJA We don't seem to play well in the opening game of doubleheaders. Our destiny is in our hands. If we ... BRIAN AINSWORTH This was a championship game. To beat them at their place was huge. That's what you have to do to co... ADAM BARRETT We want to win the state championship and the county championship. We still feel like we should win ... JUSTIN BROWN The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL For those who have walked through the fires of hell and rather than fall to its flames, have emerged... SHERRILYN KENYON After I left the Nets, I found out what it takes to not just make the Finals, but to win a champions... JASON KIDD Our lives!!! We have just all of a sudden discovered that here we are with something called life see... SUNDAY ADELAJA If we want to compete for the conference championship, then we have to beat the good teams. This, ri... PAUL TROTH We have a great future ahead of us. We'll get to that next level next year and get to that champions... LOIS HEEREN We are very optimistic about this season. We have a lot of seniors back and we are very athletic and... GARY GRIFFIN Although we are on the road for much of November, December and part of January, if we can pick up so... CHARLIE COLES This is a game that we have to have more than from a revenge standpoint or that we lost to them in t... CALVIN CAGE Ultimately, the seven of us felt responsible for that loss. After the game, you could tell by the wa... JOSH CIOCCO Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU We still have to beat North Iredell in our last NPC game, but in the second half it felt like we wer... BOB BLAKE 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 This sets the stage for the rest of our run. We've got what we've done now, but it's not over. We ha... TRENT BECKLEY We have to re-establish our home-court advantage. This is a huge game for us. JOAN BONVICINI We played them the first game of the year, but that really doesn't mean much. (At that time), both t... BLAKE HOFFARBER We want to compete for the Big Ten championship. With the team we have, I think we will. CEM DINC The Kansas game was one that we felt like we should have won. Tonight was one that we probably shoul... KELVIN SAMPSON We feel proud. We worked really hard. But it's a new season now. What we did in the past put us in g... SHAY DORON Everyone says that you won a national championship for girls, and it doesn't mean very much. But thi... COURTNEY ASDOURIAN I don't wish to imply that there aren't good things about you or that you're not an extraordinary pe... GEORGE TSARGAS "NOW THAT IT'S OVER" To win the championship, that could be the team we have to beat [in the league's tournament]. LARRY HARRISON We could have easily folded. I mean, we're 1-4, we haven't been playing well, and we're down 17-0 at... ANTOINE WINFIELD When you are true to yourself, you will find yourself more easily able to pursue the things that mat... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE The girls have done quite well for this point in our season. We were looking at a strong bid for the... STEVE BORDEN We know there are a lot of good teams gunning for the championship, but we are focused on our job. I... TODD BODINE We lost that game two years ago and we don't want to have that happen again. That game is like a cha... ED TORRES That was the most important game we ever played. That was our freshman year, and we won. That turned... IAN SCOTT 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 The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY The problem with a lot of Indian boys and girls is that they do not approach their partner, they are... APURVA GAGLANI The road to salvation is filled with many false dark turn-offs, if you take those roads they will le... GARY F EVANS... Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never rea... JODI PICOULT We're trying to just stay focused on this game and play this game. We'd like to have a district cham... AIMEE BATES The record is an accomplishment that I'd never thought I'd have. I thought about it midway through t... DAVID BOOKER We love working in the district and we enjoy our jobs, but we don't think that the district recogniz... KATHY PAUL Our immediate goal is to try to win the district championship. We still have five district games to ... RUSTY BRAUNER I can't understand that. I mean we are playing for a championship. I just can't understand that. AMANI TOOMER I don't feel like we were the bad guys. We knew George Mason was a good team. One of our goals was t... LEE HUMPHREY We learned to appreciate the character of that golf course and the great history it had had. It was ... BRUCE LIETZKE We came out flat today. We have been at home for a while but it's no excuse for us to come out like ... JUAN DIXON We have concurred that they are the favorite to win the championship. The individual championship. .... DOUG MANSOLINO We get along off the court, but you have to get used to how everyone plays. We have to adjust as a t... DAVE BLISS They played for a district championship, so they can't be that unimpressive. They have one of the be... MARK ATHERTON I'm hurt. We lost in a championship game of a tournament that was very important for us. We left it ... DANIEL HORTON We really wanted that game because of the loss in the championship game. ALEX CUNNINGHAM I'd rather have that win and get in the championship game. MARK PATTON We had to come out hungry. We didn't have home-court advantage and Collinsville did. Coach told us, ... ERIC HARRIS That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM Not the same way as a Scotty did, but we certainly have guys who can play physical. I don't know how... LARRY ROBINSON That championship is far from over and we will continue to fight hard for it. To leave here leading ... RON DENNIS UIS made some big shots. We had some turnovers that really hurt us were self-inflicted. Those were b... HARRY STATHAM The advantage we have in the championship means that I can ride at each of the remaining six rounds ... VALENTINO ROSSI I expect a hard-fought series from Denver. We got home-court advantage, and that should help. The Nu... ELTON BRAND I'm proud of the fact that about 90 percent of the guys on this team have never won a championship a... CHRIS STEWART We're happy that we're in the championship. But we know to beat Larkin, we're going to have to shore... BRANDON D'AMICO Once he started doing stupid stuff, we just didn't hang out with him that much. Kind of left him alo... JACK HARDER We certainly hope to be able to compete for a playoff spot and potentially compete for a conference ... CASEY CAVANAUGH I don't know right now how that is going to play out but we think that is a positive. Players who we... DAN CROAK We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO This is a win that we can build on. We will have to bring a lot of energy and find our rhythm in the... BOB ALANIZ We know we have to step it up now. One loss and the chance for the city championship goes out the wi... MAURICE GARNER The ladies came out and played well (against Walnut Grove). (In the championship), everyone seemed t... DAWN HILBURN At the end of last season, the only thing I could think about was getting back this year to the dist... JEFF BEERS We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship. DREW BREES This had that championship feel. This was a bit of a dress rehearsal for what we're going to see the... CONNIE CLARK It's very personal for them because we have 84 diamonds on a championship ring that they don't have.... RASHAD FLOYD We are pretty happy about winning a championship. It's always good when you win a championship. It m... PEDRITO ESTRILL We haven't really proved anything yet. We have a long road in front of us, 15 ACC games. So I am gla... ANDREW BRACKMAN We have high expectations. Our goal is to become (Imperial Valley League) champions and hopefully ge... GEORGE DAGNINO Everybody counted us out of even getting here. But the girls fought, they played hard, and now, we h... MAJOR CORLEY I was ready to go. Last year missing the championship, I wanted to get back and now we're back so I'... ALEJO RODRIGUEZ I was ready to go. Last year missing the championship, I wanted to get back and now we're back so I'... ALEJO RODRIGUEZ We have a lot of outstanding young talent on this team and we believe we have the group to qualify f... LEO RAUTINS Right now we have the No. 3 seed, but we could get No. 2. It's absolutely important that we can play... KRAIG BLOMME This is much different than that game. That win boosted our confidence, but we have to come out hard... ASHLEY VIGIL We expect to compete for the Big East championship. I believe we're ready for the season. I don't th... JOE JORDANO You can't avenge that this early in the season. Last year we beat them and it didn't matter because ... JOEY PORTER We substituted and we didn't get much out of that. We talked before the game about how guys are goin... DAN DAKICH
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ERNIE HARTLIEB That was really, to me, the passing of the torch, ... This was the second part of it. ERNIE ACCORSI I won this event in 1999, shooting 14 under for four rounds to beat Tiger and a couple of other guys... ERNIE ELS Teams that dominated, that won multiple Super Bowls, all had great quarterbacks. ERNIE ACCORSI It sends a message of hope to thousands of searching parents. We have not forgotten, and we're going... ERNIE ALLEN The person with whom they may be interacting may not be who they say they are. ERNIE ALLEN It's kind of an exploitation or a seduction scenario. We think moms and dads ought to be concerned a... ERNIE ALLEN This is a growing problem, and America needs to wake up to it and do more. ERNIE ALLEN At a minimum what we can do is follow the money. If we take away the profitability, it is going to b... ERNIE ALLEN Just one truck driver knowing what to look for on the road could assist law enforcement in the [safe... ERNIE ALLEN This is a remarkable recovery and we are overjoyed that it had a happy ending. We are thrilled the N... ERNIE ALLEN To eliminate the commercial viability of child pornography, we must stop the flow of money. To do th... ERNIE ALLEN People say it's crazy, but I don't think it is. If we can eliminate the credit-card use, the third-p... ERNIE ALLEN We believe that if we can take the profitability out of this business, we can save the lives of thou... ERNIE ALLEN This (bust) is a very significant event. The multinational approach was really important. ERNIE ALLEN There has been a trend of organized crime moving away from traditional commodities like drugs, tobac... ERNIE ALLEN We provide the information first to law enforcement and then do reviews to see if they follow up. Ot... ERNIE ALLEN [Many of today's pimps have gang ties, and they've moved from murder and robbery to pimping.] There ... ERNIE ALLEN There is a greater and greater demand for younger and younger kids. America doesn't look. People are... ERNIE ALLEN We're trying to mobilize the financial industry to choke off the money. ERNIE ALLEN Some ? a very small percentage, we believe ? did not survive the storm. A larger number are kids who... ERNIE ALLEN [The trafficking in children for sex was once thought to be a problem beyond America's borders. But ... ERNIE ALLEN News directors are first and foremost looking for news, ... So if you look at the recent cases that ... ERNIE ALLEN We recommend that parents take this seriously. ERNIE ALLEN So many children in this situation were not able to tell us or social services who they are and wher... ERNIE ALLEN This is a massive problem, and the numbers are growing, ... We know there will not be a positive end... ERNIE ALLEN We're working on these one case at a time, doing old-fashioned gumshoe detective work. Every report ... ERNIE ALLEN We got a call from parents of a 7-year-old separated from her mother in the storm. We put the photos... ERNIE ALLEN The vast majority of the cases in our judgment are what we would call 'fractured families,' ERNIE ALLEN Date of birth is very important to us. In a sport that's as physically taxing as ours, the correct d... ERNIE ACCORSI Everybody has done what they can. We set up as many plans as we could for as many scenarios as we co... ERNIE ACCORSI We're in pretty good shape. They're going to give us a cap number and we'll be ready for it. You alw... ERNIE ACCORSI I was overwhelmed with him. Not only his story but how he told it. He's such a thoughtful, intellect... ERNIE ACCORSI He's just a relentless 'heart' player with a lot of talent. ERNIE ACCORSI I never like to be too optimistic about contracts because you're really not close until you sign the... ERNIE ACCORSI