We're looking forward to playing Omaha for the first time. Almost everywhere else, we've been two or three times. It will be nice to play for a fresh crowd.
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GEORGE CONLEY [Playing against our rivals] will be great. We wouldn't rather play anyone else, especially since th... THEO BRUNNER It really shocked me at first. I got to know them well and was looking forward to playing for them, ... JASON FOX It would have been easy for us to give in about two or three times when we had opportunities. The ki... ED SERVAIS I'm looking forward to it. I knew she was playing, and I thought it'd be pretty cool if I got paired... CHRIS COUCH I'm looking forward to the 200m and will stamp my mark there. MARLON DEVONISH To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy "To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to re... HENRY N. BEARD To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS I haven't played with Tiger, or in that kind of a field, for a while. 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I'm busy, so I'm not looking for something else to do. This... JOE BEASLEY We are looking forward to having a fresh new look for Rod Laver Arena and the Melbourne Park site fo... GEOFF POLLARD Playing a team four times, that's tough to do. We were able to beat them the first three, but not th... ADAM CLARK We're looking forward to it because we can play longer. I believe we're ready to do what we have bee... GENE LOUIS I guess I am attracted to older women. I'm looking for a 40-something who has had her heart brok... BRYAN CALLEN The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS There was a time there in the mid '80s to the '90s there that we played six finals, three Ca... MARK MESSIER It's nice to go to the locker room with a two- or three-goal lead. And the nice part about it was we... ROBERTO LUONGO I was just looking at the jukebox. Just playing records. She said, You want to play with me? I sa... 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KATHI GLIST Our match with North Bend was outstanding. Both teams played very well and all the games were very c... CARL BONE The key is to treat outbreaks early. If you wait two or three generations you could be looking at 50... DAVID HUNTER This low rate cycle has been going on for three years now. It's not uncommon to see people who've re... DOUG PERRY That means a lot and they've always been really good. They've been to Omaha three times already. I t... ERIC BERGSTROM It would have been nice to win this one, but Hastings had a nice team. There were no easy points out... TOM SANVIK This will be my first time going to Cancun. Some of the girls have never flown before. We're looking... ROSEANN HAWLEY It has been a lot of fun preparing for the game. This is one everybody has been looking forward to f... BOB BIGGS Every time we play him in the last two-three innings of a game, we're pushing him. It wouldn't be a ... TONY LA RUSSA It would have been foolish for two or three labs to carry this out at the same time and compete with... BARRY WANNER I play about three times a week for a couple of hours at a time. BEN QUIRE I basically go to the gym three times a week to do weight training for one or two hours. TAKERU KOBAYASHI I was really looking forward to playing with the Chicago guys. Especially Will Walker, he was someon... CHRIS SINGLETARY They have been there from the start and it will be really tough to lose the three of them. I know al... KYLE WOODCOCK It wasn't the biggest crowd we've had, but it was still a great crowd, and we wanted to give them so... JOEL IRWIN We're playing on a nice course for the America East Tournament. We have that to look forward to. GARY SKRINAR This is something we've been looking forward to for many races -- Richmond. We wanted to get a good ... KURT BUSCH Philippe has been a consistent performer for our hockey club, and we are looking forward to the next... DOUG ARMSTRONG There's a great deal of stripping away; in early drafts, I may say the same thing two or three t... DONALD HALL They kind of knew us almost by our first names. We were a little deeper. They had two (forward) line... MIKE ROUTHIER I'm more excited for Wednesday, I'm going to be honest. I'm not looking forward to two-a-days. DESMOND MASON It is my first final of the year so I am excited to be playing in it. I am looking forward to tomorr... MARTA DOMACHOWSKA We meet two to three times a week for practice. KATHY CUNNINGHAM For me, they got back to just playing basketball. I think they got a little too mechanical. Even if ... GLENN TAKARA They had a power play five or six minutes in that really disrupted what we were trying to accomplish... BOB GAINEY The entire experience will be remembered by us. The crowd was phenomenal and the atmosphere was some... IAN WHITE Playing something like that is always a sense of achievement ... It's nice there's a station that's ... CARLOS PENA We just talked about going out there and playing. It will be nice to get revenge for the girls, but ... DEAUNDRE MUHAMMAD He's been a two-year starter for us and he'll be a big factor in getting this team together. He has ... TRACY SEBASTIAN The only time we'll have to play a Broward or Dade team is if we play them in the state championship... ERIC PATTERSON
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