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What was a very good sign was after our good start we never let up. We really put the pedal down, and that was quite pleasing to see.


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BRANDY CORBETT To come back again and for us to not let up after trailing by four was really good to see.
ROBERT ABALOS We had a really good start in our neck of the woods. Last year was a very different year.
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DAVE POWER That was good, and what was really good was to see him make one under pressure in overtime when we h...
BILL DOBA Our penalty kill was as close to perfect as it could be. In their zone we were tremendous and our pr...
ALEX AULD We came out with a lot of energy and got off to a better start, which was what we wanted to do. We w...
DOUG EVANS I thought our defense down the stretch was key. That was a very good team we faced. We couldn't stop...
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DON FERRELL I don't know. I was very worried about the situation. The bus forgot to pick us up, and we were scra...
JOE SUBOTICKI We knew that sooner or later our shots would start falling. Sometimes kids get frustrated. It was go...
LOU PALKOVICS We wanted to split our relays up and see what would happen, ... It was a good way to end the meet.
MICHAEL PHELPS We travelled up to Melbourne and watch Monette -- it was good to see what the atmosphere was like.
HOLLIE DYKES The good thing was we scored a goal first, they got the equalizer and we never gave up. Let me rephr...
DAN TOBIAS We hit the ball well (Tuesday), which is good to see. We had a lot of girls take some good swings, a...
DAN CAMPBELL That was kind of like a dry run. We never had it up here (in Northern California), which was actuall...
CHARLES CORSIGLIA Their defense was just as good as ours. We both played physical. It was a very physical game and our...
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PATRICK DAVIS We played very well. It was close early, but we pulled away down the stretch. We had very good balan...
GARY SHARPE I was really happy with where we finished, ... It was a good way to start the season.
DAN STONE What was pleasing was the fact that it was a blow-out month across the board, from start to finish. ...
BRUCE HOBERMAN Our defense was able to get a lot of turnovers and that led to some easy baskets. And it was good to...
DAVID MIRLY We wanted to come out and put our foot down and let people know that we are a good basketball team.
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BRUNO JUNQUEIRA It was a very exciting time, ... We carried Chuck [Knox] off the field after the win. The franchise ...
JOE NASH It was up and down for us; we played some good, some bad, some mediocre. We played very good defense...
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ANDREA GORSKI We played them tough in the first half. It was good that our guys stepped up and played hard, but we...
DONELL MORGAN We got the young kid Williams some touches, which was good, and I thought we ran the ball hard. But ...
BRIAN GRIESE This was our Super Bowl and the girls responded very well. And it was good that we made some key fre...
JAY HARPER I think he did really good, ... That was a tough group of receivers to start off with, and it was go...
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KIP JANVRIN The feedback we were getting was that we were looking pretty good. When they started adding people a...
PAT TOPPING It was a very well played game. We settled down after a couple of innings against a very good pitche...
ANDY MARTIN The rules only applied to
people who couldn’t afford different rules.
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SHAWN BAUMGARTNER It was good to see us put together a big inning and then we just turned it over to our pitchers.
CLYDE METCALF It was good to see Ames and Valley early, because we play them a lot. Quite a few of the teams we we...
TOMMY THOMPSON We really got after it defensively, and I thought that was the key to the game. Our defense was real...
RONNIE ARROW It was just very chaotic. I was proud that even though we were 3-13, we were still very competitive....
WAYNE GANDY We showed good resilience. We never gave up. This was in our building, before our fans. There was so...
DUNCAN KEITH I thought getting off to a good start was important. I felt our defense was pretty good and we limit...
GREGG FORD We'll take the win, but we still don't think we played very well. We had 12 hits, but we made 4 erro...
JEFF PETROVIC It was very tough, even though it was a good wicket to bat on, but a big credit to the Aussies, they...
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BRIAN FANELLI I just think considering all the things we had to deal with, we feel very good about what the kids d...
DAVE BOYCE He looked really good. I was quite surprised that he looked so good. It was a really nice delivery.
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LORIE COOK It was a good way to start the season. We have a totally different team this year. It was good to se...
DAVE WEISFELDT The race was very good. It was quite competitive. I really thank God I was able to emerge as the win...
CATHERINE NDEREBA That was a good sign. It means I'm keeping my fastball down. That's what I wanted to concentrate on ...
RYAN MADSON We did have a very solid fall, which is a little bit unusual. A couple years ago, we had a real good...
BUDDY ALEXANDER It was a frustrating day for us really and that was down to the way Leeds performed and they were ve...
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LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD We started really well. Playing on the road isn't easy and getting a good start is so important and ...
CURT FREDRICKSON That was a really good start for him.
MIKE ANTHONY It was a good Milan. We played well after being only partially convincing in previous games. We wast...
CARLO ANCELOTTI I was able to hit some free throws down the stretch and our inside play was good. Andrew was the dif...
JAMAAL MAGLOIRE I think Ricky Williams had his time in the limelight. And I think it was good for what it was worth,...
RICKY WILLIAMS She was doing a good job. We just never seemed to settle down.
LARRY DEEKS It feels fantastic to finally get started after all the build-up. We are not quite used to the ice y...
DAVID MURDOCH It was really nice to see her come out and run a smart race and get first place. It was nice to see ...
PETER RAAK I was pleasantly surprised to see things came as close as they did. We had some really good performa...
DENEEN KELLER After the way we played in Madison on Tuesday, this game scared me. But the girls really played well...
GREG VOCK Our start was a great start. It definitely propelled us and we came out with confidence. That's alwa...
TROY SCHWEMLEY From our house we see the Northern Lights quite a bit. But this was really something.
STEVE ERICKSON He really enjoyed his racing. He knew what was going on and was a very good man to work for. He was ...
JOE MERCER That first half was a disaster for us. That was the worst we played all year. We had our worst shoot...
BRIAN RICKER We'll take it into practice and see what happened. We can't let it happen again. It was not a good a...
JOE FUSSNER It was a very good game by two very good teams. We just manufactured some runs and just put somethin...
TOM ANDERSON It was very, very good defense. And offensively, we did a good job of setting the tempo to our likin...
CINDY ANDERSON After that conversation everything was very positive. I thought he really bought into what we were t...
LARRY BROWN It was just a tough, up-and-down game. It was a tough game for us but that's what we needed to see -...
DUANE JOUBERT It felt good. It was a good start. It was a confidence builder. Physically, I felt OK and I didn't h...
FRED TAYLOR It was up-and-down, a pretty good tempo and we were able to open up a pretty good lead and maintain ...
GEOFF BROYLES My perception is that pretty much all the teams will be after us now. We just have to hold our compo...
STEFON JACKSON We let one man beat us. And that's not the sign of a very good team.
JOE MCCARTHY What was very alarming to us is when we get our end-of-the-year statistics in. Although we are down ...
PETE SMITH That was a great defensive effort, because Wyoming is a very good team. They set so many screens and...
DON FLANAGAN It was a good showing for our team and it was a great atmosphere. It was a great game for everybody ...
BENJAMIN BETTS He was doing a good job. We never really hit it real good all day.
AL CARTER It's a good start for the team. We knew this was going to be a very competitive tournament and that'...
JOE RODRIGUEZ We played really good defense; that was key. We rebounded really well, and our press created turnove...
JUSTIN ROPER Our defense was outstanding. After being not very good at it last year, (Saturday) night was a good ...
JOE MACK We targeted the Llanelli line-out and it was especially pleasing to see Scott and Ally Kellock come ...
FRANK HADDEN We had four or five really good chances at the end. They didn't let themselves get down in that quic...
STEVE HUDSON It was a really good game. We played very smart and did what we had to do to win. Ridgeview is a goo...
HOLLY PICKENS We never gave up. That's just not our character. We knew we still had it, but we knew we had to pick...
KRISTIN RILEY After we put that first one in, we settled down a bit and played our game. The defense then was able...
ANATOL POPOVICH The guys were really excited. We just tried to change it up and grab momentum and we did. We are rea...
BENJI SONNICHSEN It was very encouraging. It's good to get them experience because you never know when we get to nati...
ASHLEY KELLY That was very good to see.
JEFF AUVINEN We think we could improve in our batting, which has been letting us down. But we have seen some impr...
DELROY MORGAN They play with each other pretty well. The press has bothered us all year, and we were able to capit...
HARRY MASCH The girls all ran well and we had a good showing. It was nice to see Megan come back and put in a go...
DAN TUCK Our offense wasn't really in sync tonight. We had some good looks and we didn't put the ball down. D...
CURT DE HAAN Our start was very good. The first 10 minutes were pretty impressive.
DALE LENNON Under the circumstances, it was a profound effort. I thought our pick-and-roll defense was horrendou...
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FRANCIS BACON Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
FRANCIS BACON Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwre...
FRANCIS BACON The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
FRANCIS BACON Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.
FRANCIS BACON The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.
FRANCIS BACON The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.
FRANCIS BACON Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosp...
FRANCIS BACON Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
FRANCIS BACON Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.
FRANCIS BACON Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion.
FRANCIS BACON What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.
FRANCIS BACON It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in...
FRANCIS BACON Truth is a naked and open daylight
FRANCIS BACON Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit...
FRANCIS BACON There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is reall...
FRANCIS BACON Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, o...
FRANCIS BACON If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
FRANCIS BACON Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT