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What I like about this year compared to last year is that I really haven't had a lot of fluctuation from big highs to big lows, ... When you do that, your team can count on you pretty much every game to make a contribution.


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JEFF LIGGINS I would really like to move up in the standings from where we finished last year. I'm looking for th...
JACK WARNER We had a lot of experience last year. This team is a lot different, but it has strengths that last y...
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TIM ABNEY Our players know basketball is a game of highs and lows. This is a pretty good basketball team we ha...
JOE CONSOLINO Earlier this year against this club, he played well. It's something that I think was important for h...
JOE TORRE With only 12 players on a team and to have lost six of those players - that leaves some big shoes to...
MIKE BLAKE There obviously is a lot of talent on this team. I think it's pretty comparable to last year.
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BILL BREWER I always talk about that big jump guys make between their first and second year, and Kenechi is righ...
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KARL HOBBS Winning seven games last year was pretty big for us, and we made major improvements. Now we hope to ...
JAMIE ROTHE I think we've made tremendous strides in the passing game from last year. You saw us improve every w...
JOEL KLATT You go into a season expecting to contend for the Cup every year. We have a lot of positives on our ...
STEVE REINPRECHT I remember my first road win was pretty big and I got a lot of confidence from that. I think you dra...
BRIAN ELLIOTT You look at the scores, our team is much more competitive than what they were last year. You actuall...
CHARLES MCCLELLAND It's a big difference from last year. We had some big holes in the lineup last year. This year looks...
GEORGE BECK It's a pretty big deal. Really, I didn't think about it until this year when I started passing some ...
KYLE ROTH When I was 52, I woke up after eight hours of heart surgery -- that's a big deal, ... I had my firs...
DAVID LETTERMAN I think it is a well-rounded program this year. There'll be a lot of great racing. The car count con...
HAROLD PHILLIPS We have 41 athletes, 36 of them have qualified and that is a big step up from last year so I think w...
GABRIEL BURNETT I look at this team like I looked at Dallas last year. They had a lot of guys who could do a lot of ...
ALAN HENDERSON Every kick I've had this year, I've felt comfortable with. Coach Groh hasn't had to push me back too...
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TERESA COLLINS This was a big step for us. I think about where we were last year, we didn't even make the WIAC tour...
JOE WERNER One of the big differences between our team this year and last year is that we are hitting a lot bet...
BEAU JARRELL I still do work on my cars, but not nearly as much as I did last year, ... Last year I was almost do...
JOSH WISE Noah has come out of almost complete obscurity. Last year he was getting about eight to 12 minutes a...
MIKE MORAN The team from last year had been through so much together. We came from the bottom to the top with t...
BOBBY JONES I get in that kind of situation all the time, Comrade. It's not a big deal." Anger replaced my fear....
RICHELLE MEAD I don't think he improved that much in the last couple years. The game is improving every year, and ...
DOMINIK HRBATY That trip was pretty important. We had girls from every grade on our team this year and that trip ma...
KYLIE MCCLURE Last year I had the big three, but this year I have the big 20.
JENNIFER HENDERSON The big difference between last year and this year is that last year we would let games like this sl...
PARKER GEMMELL I really want to make this the last stop of my career. I don't want to be a vagabond, so to speak, a...
JEFF GARCIA I learned a big lesson going two and out last year. I learned what not to do. This year I focused an...
SHANE WEBSTER I feel like I?m a big-league guy right now. It?s different from last year. I knew I had to do too ma...
FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ That was a big year for me last year. It's probably the reason I have the opportunity to do this now...
BRIAN FUENTES I've worked with the pitching staff and the coaching staff and really honed in on what kind of pitch...
BRANDON WEBB I committed, and at the time I was so excited. But Alabama is a big school. There's a lot more thing...
DUNCAN BERRY Every year, they're going to have a pretty potent lineup. And I think I ran into them on a lot of da...
TED LILLY Every game is big, ... Especially here in the last
month and against the Twins. It's a team tha...
GRADY SIZEMORE Chillicothe is playing pretty close to everybody. They're a team that is improving. They have a lot ...
ANDY JADOS That has a lot of implications for tech stocks, ... Maybe we've seen the highs and lows of the year.
RON HILL This year they've come back several times. A lot of that has to do with a lot of seniors on the team...
CAM PROCK This is the team that I thought I had last year. This team was capable of being able to do this last...
CINDY STEIN (Central Falls) has everyone back this year. We beat them last year early in the season, then they h...
DICK FOSSA They run the ball well when [running back Fred] Taylor's going well. And they've added elements to t...
TONY DUNGY We got off to a slow start and you can?t do that against any team in this league, not this year. Any...
JEN KURELJA Obviously we have high expectations compared to last year coming off our first winning season in a l...
BRANDON KENDZIERSKI Last year missing states wasn't that big a deal because I wasn't really going to do anything. To be ...
ALEX BEAN We're a better team this year we are in a new district so it is kind of hard to tell what the compet...
GLENN MCANINCH I am strong. Last year was a very difficult year. When you don't do well and go through many injurie...
CARLOS BELTRAN The goals for Virginia lacrosse don't change a lot from year to year. We look at the lineup, start e...
DOM STARSIA I'm going to play a lot next year. I'm definitely going to try to make that team. I knew I had to pl...
FRED COUPLES In a big game like this, you know the other team is going to make a run.
ANDY WOODLEY I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows. When you pinpoint t...
JEANNE MOREAU I know we beat them by a lot. But you can't think about that. They're a new team this year just like...
JENNIFER HUMPHREY Those guys had big impacts on our team last year,
ERIC BROCK That was probably the best and worst weekend of the year. We broke ground and then Dick had his stro...
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TOM CLARK Fifteen offensive rebounds...when did a Dallas team last do that. We put a lot of emphasis on that t...
AVERY JOHNSON You come out your first year and go to the Final Four and you think you are supposed to get there ev...
JOE CHAPMAN He's gotten really big. He's a heck of a player. I loved him last year as a freshman, but when I loo...
BILL HERRION What you have to remember is average fares are at 20-year lows. When you run a fare sale off 20-year...
TIM WAGNER Our defense is certainly very different from last year. We couldn't do too many things last year, we...
GLENN THIEL I think with the players that we had coming back who played last year, that really helped us a lot t...
GINA MITCHELL This game means a lot to our whole team, specifically our defense, because we feel they took advanta...
ERIC HENDERSON But I don't think we're as focused as last year. Last year, we knew what we had to do. This year, si...
BRIAN ROLLE You would not believe the doors that were opened this year compared to last year, based on making a ...
JAMIE NEWBERG Last year, he was pretty much a role player, but this year his role certainly changed. Offensively, ...
DAVE MACDONALD When we hit, we hit big. But when we missed, we missed a lot. When you count five falls for 2 1/2 po...
FRANK KUDLAC It's an adjustment; it's a lot different than back home. My role has changed a lot from last year to...
JAKE LOMONACO I told the team that one run wasn't enough. You can't take a game off in this district, especially w...
BARRY RUSSELL From everything I've seen and coaches I've talked to, he is the real deal - a big-time shooter and r...
BILL PEEPER I got my first taste of it last year. This is a lot of fun. I wish every game could be like this.
BRET MEYER We have a lot of big dudes, and that's different. We got a lot of big guards. We're able to do thing...
JAMAAL WILLIAMS I felt really good. The team is playing really well. That is what the goalie has to do, make the big...
DREW MACINTYRE I can't tell you the feeling of seeing a guy you coached run out and play in a big game like that. F...
BOB NEWTON We're finding ways to win and you have to hand that to our first-year players. We didn't win every o...
DYLAN HUNTER This game had a lot of similarities to our whole year. It was a young team coming off a big win over...
TRENT YAWNEY We had a lot of freshmen last year and our team never really clicked. This year, we know each other ...
DANIEL ANAYA I think the legs are a lot fresher compared to this time last year.
HEATH COWAN I think this team has done a good job, even when we were losing last year, of forgetting about the g...
JAY CUTLER Our strength is the girls will enjoy winning and losing together. I don't think that was always the ...
ERIC STEEGE I had three terrible starts in the major leagues last year. There is no denying that. I threw the ba...
KYLE SNYDER Anytime you can make the playoffs in this district, you have to count it as a good year. It really h...
DAVID PLUNK It's a big difference when you can count that seven points. The extra point can turn a ball game aro...
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MARK TWAIN Man is a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
MARK TWAIN Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat...
MARK TWAIN It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts th...
MARK TWAIN Lenders look at potential borrowers from many angles before extending credit: How much of its income...
MARK ZANDI Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the fe...
MARK KENNEDY There really isn't anything more refreshing then iced Coke out of the old-school glass bottles.
MARK ZUPAN Lucifer spoke thus. Pride took him from heaven, though he sat at God's right hand.' Her voice grew f...
MARK LAWRENCE Of all the various kinds of sexual intercourse, this has the least to recommend it. As an amusement,...
MARK TWAIN Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money of t...
MARK TWAIN I brag on the Democratic Party. We're libertarian on social issues, it's live and let live. ...
MARK UDALL I am quite amazed how, when people earn lots of money, they think they have to spend it on things th...
MARK HADDON Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
MARK TWAIN Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.
MARK TWAIN We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks, if we agree with him.
MARK TWAIN As we all know from the Roman empire, big empires go down if the borders are not well-protected.
MARK RUTTE He was a psychotic. He was a borderline psychotic. He was a terrific, sensational actor, with a magi...
MARK RYDELL