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Related The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL 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... we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI We'll go into the game with a mindset that we can win. We have to do that. But we'll have to play a ... KEVIN FURTADO I don't know if we (the defense) have any expectations. We just want to go out there, play our defen... ADRIAN WILSON The guys did a great job defensively. This just goes to show you can win a game scoring one goal if ... BRYAN BRIDGES What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER We were solid the whole game on defense. We came out a little slow on offense, but the defense playe... GREG AMUNDSON Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD You want to try to have the best game you can have because you will never get the chance to play a h... BOB BURTON I was pleased with the job we did in game two. I felt like we really found our rhythm, and the guys ... JOEL WALTON We had a very intense week of work. We had a lot of things to correct after the New Prairie game. To... BOB SCHELLINGER I know everybody in the country knows we play on defense. If we go out there and do what we're suppo... JIMMY WILLIAMS I thought the double play we turned was the key to the game. We said coming into this game that defe... ERIC WEDEMEYER I don't think they're expecting me to go out there and score three goals (per game) this year, and I... JASON LUNDMARK I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Our defense won the game. Offense can win you games, but to win the Big Daddy you have to play defen... CURT REED We do rotate people in a lot, but everybody knows how hard they have to play. That is an advantage w... EMILY WESTERBERG Our coaches emphasized defense tonight and an up-tempo game. They just tell us, 'Go as hard as you c... DARRYL FEEMSTER This win was big for a lot of reasons. I told the guys that you will only have one opportunity to pl... BRIAN RILEY We went into [the opener] feeling both would play, and we'll go into this game probably with the sam... DAVE CLAWSON Everything went well. It was important to me because I wanted to test it [back] out in a game situat... COREY MAGGETTE We had a really strong first half. Our offense played pretty well, except for the first drive. I tol... BRANDON TYLER That's what we went out there to do today. We went out there to prove that we could play defense. MARDY COLLINS We start off the season playing man-to-man. That?s our main defense. All through the tournament we p... GERVAIS BARGER The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN We wanted to show him we can play a little defense, too. DIETRIC SLATER We started off decent on offense with that first drive but we went down hill from there, ... They ha... BLAKE MITCHELL I think we kind of got some respect tonight. I think everybody sees how the defense can play. Everyb... JIMMY WILLIAMS The first half, our defense was great, we did everything coach wanted us to do. It was definitely fu... BRANDON JENKINS Losing Grant was a key in this game. Dan was nervous out there and made an error early on, but then ... JOE RODEGHERO A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We know this will be a tough game. They are talented and they really get out and pressure the ball. ... JASON WILLIAMS We always feel like we can beat (anybody). We have the talent. It's just the chemistry. We need to p... ERIC DEVENDORF Our defense has been the fuel for our offense all season long. We intended to come out strong and pl... BRENDA ELLIS We wanted to give a special effort, we wanted to win this game for him. We talked about it, and came... BRET HEDICAN We're a team and we go out there and we battle together, but when it comes down to it, the three gam... LUIS CASTILLO We got some good shots. They just didn't fall. But we were playing great defense. There are going to... FARRIS LOWERY We did play well, but we just couldn't get the ball to go in the hoop and you're going to have night... BARRY BORCHERS They had a situation on their team, but this was about us. The main thing was we wanted to get bette... DONALD COPELAND We went to a zone defense and the guys came out and played it well. They came out with a lot of enth... JACK NELSON We didn't play too much defense and it didn't work out from there. They were able to do whatever the... DARIUS MILES I know he used the term 'fast and furious' a lot, but that's really the way we approached the game o... ORLANDO PACE This is another great opportunity for our guys to play against top competition in one of college bas... CRAIG GIBSON The defense played well enough for us to win the game, ... That was a very poor performance on offen... WALT HARRIS We talk about our offense might slump a bit, but defense never slumps. You have to play defense all ... JAY MELTON Sometimes we just can't get over the hump. Like I said, we're just going to come out to practice and... DUSTIN SALISBERY We just seemed like we didn't get our offense running exactly the way we wanted to. It was hard to g... BARRY BORCHERS We need to thin out the penalties, but the offense and defense played well tonight. DAN SUNDSTROM They just didn't have their A-game tonight, we can't go up there and expect them to play like that. ... GARY KENDALL Now we have one chance in some case, as in this body but in other body we will have + one because we... DEYTH BANGER I think we?re just looking at it as one game at time. We don?t have any go-to guys, we have a lot of... JUSTIN CHIERA We weren't thinking about it too much. We just have to go out and play. You have to play well to adv... ED PULTZ We knew the offense was struggling a little bit, so we wanted to come out and play the best we could... LITO SHEPPARD You hope and expect that your two new guys can come in and do a job but you never expect that they'l... DANIEL VETTORI We got a 'W' tonight and we're pretty excited that. At this point we have to go game by game. JAMES BLACKMON As a defense, we want to go into every game and have our offense and the rest of the team rely on us... BOB SANDERS We're looking forward to getting out on the field and putting some new things into the offense and w... ROBIN ROSS With our defense, we were able to get the ball out in transition and run the floor, and that paid of... CARLTON GREENE We didn't shoot the ball well tonight, and we made too many mistakes on offense and defense. I'm tha... JEFF GRESS If guys don't step up and play well, that would make it tough on our defense. When you start playing... SCOTT HANNAN We're looking to play our game and go right at them. If we can get better play out of our back court... GARY GIANCOLA We play great for a half, with a lot of energy, [and] we play calm in the offense. In the second hal... ANDRES NOCIONI We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO We know they're not professional guys and we tell our guys to try to remember that. We just have to ... DON MONEY We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL When you are without a great player like Gilbert Arenas, the other guys have to step up and play at ... CHUCKY ATKINS We wanted to push out defensively, play aggressive, try to create turnovers and convert that into of... BRETT MOYER He gave everything to everybody. Except to me. J.K. ROWLING Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying. We decide to go out walking the wh... TEGAN QUIN We put great pressure on the basketball and everyone else did a nice job of defense away from the ba... BRETT MACKEY I was really proud of the way we played this afternoon. Everyone played well and we were very consis... KEVIN MILLER Our defense played well enough to win this game. We just had no offense. JOHN ALLEN These guys pinned their ears back and got after it. I kind of challenged these guys before we walked... COREY SIMON We all thought we could beat them. Nobody really had faith in us or hope in us, so we kind of had a ... DEMETRIS NICHOLS It's going to be interesting. They have a great team. Some great weapons on offense and their defens... AL WALLACE When we're playing well, we're usually on the run. If we can rebound and play solid defense, things ... DAVE PERO In the second half, we attacked and got great contributions. At halftime, I told our guys we have to... EDDIE QUICK We weren't able to play well in any one particular area. We weren't able to score for a while and we... ANDREW COSTON 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 We hustled well and went for every ball, but the holidays caused us to be a bit winded. We had too m... AMY WOLFE We some opportunities in the first half, but missed a couple of passes and dropped a couple. We went... LARRY SANDY All you can ask is that the kids play hard and play a good defensive game. The defense played well e... CHRIS GARVIN The defense played well enough to win. With that kind of offense, those guys are going to put up poi... BEN TROUPE It's been forever since we have had everybody here, everybody healthy and everybody ready to go. Bef... JEFF HAYDEN We left three touchdowns out there on the field, ... To be greedy, you want to hit those plays, but ... TYLER PALKO 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 Obviously, the first game went how we wanted it to go. The second game was pitched extremely well. KYLE CROOKES They sprung a couple of guys once in a while, but we know Dom is there and he's going to make some g... DANIEL ALFREDSSON We felt like we played hard. We stuck to the game plan and played hard. I think we let them get too ... ANTHONY MORROW The best way to counter that is to keep their offense off the field. We have to hold onto the ball o... DAN GRASSER We went back to our basics, and it really paid off for us. We executed our game plan so well that we... JASON SIMPSON Every game we play, we go looking for the win. We are looking for a balance and the more games we pl... ISRAEL COLLAZO When we were patient on offense and got a good shot, we did well. When we played too fast and didn't... PAT AMBROSE
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