It seems that all the hard work these athletes have put into their season is paying off, and everyone is skiing at the top of their game when it counts the most.
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Related We've worked hard since we started and all the work is paying off. Most of the players have played i... CHARLEY JURIS All the hard work and effort the kids put into the season has paid off. Everyone who participated ha... KAMERON KENNEDY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY It was a real good honor to get the invitation and be out there with guys at respected schools. It j... DANIEL RUMLEY These seniors have been working hard the whole year in practice. That hard work paid off for them to... DUANE WITTER It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN All the hard work that has gone into creating and growing our weekly Guilty Boxing cards is paying o... JAY HASSMAN When I die it will be game over,... but I know one life is short, to be selfish is not the best deci... DEYTH BANGER A lot of these athletes, their objective is to sustain their quest for the next Olympics, not having... PETER CARLISLE The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board. D.M. TIMNEY He put a lot of dedication into this season. He went out to Iowa in the off-season ... he was all ha... FRED PERRY I never put much stock in preseason polls, especially when it is the first season in a new conferenc... BOBBY PIERCE You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... SUFJAN STEVENS All the hard work we've put in the past three years is all paying off right now. We've busted our bu... MARQUIS TAYLOR I am Happy and satisfied with what I am.
10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will... NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar... GARY F EVANS... Wrong? So you are saying, I'm wrong okay then... It's not possible every time to be right, one ... DEYTH BANGER On television, I have watched countless athletes from different countries, sports and Olympics stand... HANNAH KEARNEY Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS I'm happy for the boys. I've been with the senior class now for six years and their hard work is pay... BART WITTE It's a honor for the athletes and [their] thanking them for all the hard work that they have put in ... DEAN HAYES I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER Bernice is not nice. They have five athletes that can get it. When you look at Grambling, you're mor... HANK THOMPSON You still really fight for good parts. It never stops. It's never a breeze. The people at the to... STEVE ZAHN It is hard to put aside partisanship. It is hard to give up the easy wisecracking jeer that divides ... STEPHEN VINCENT BENET The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same wa... TOM PETERS She seems to enjoy skiing; you can see it. When you want something too hard, it doesn't come out goo... ANTE KOSTELIC We have an outstanding group of kids this season. They are young, they are there every day for each ... JOE MCGEE (Xavier)It seems to me that everything these wemistikoshiw do is in threes.They are obsessed by that... JOSEPH BOYDEN THREE DAY ROAD Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. You should regard each meeting with a friend as a sitting he is unwillingly giving you for a portrai... HOPE MIRRLEES When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t... THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT The Eastern game was such an emotional one that to come out of it and come over to play at Ballard i... JEFF MORROW Ryan Scott played about the best doubles game of his career today. We are happy that his hard work a... GRAEME COX It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER All of those years of hard work are paying off and both those guys have an excellent shot at going a... DAVE SURITA A stronger, more flexible body will tolerate a fall better. The underlying message is that snowboard... DEAN WALKER It's all about the chance to compete. Everyone went home with a ribbon. There is a feeling of accomp... CARLA PETERSON We put in work all season. Not just during the basketball season. We work hard during the basketball... BLAKE HOFFARBER To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ... GARY F EVANS... Time is so important.'so spend time doing something that you love.' make the most of it and Let the ... NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO We really put in a work ethic that season. Sometimes I feel bad that we worked them so hard, but it ... BRENT LISKAI It is almost never when a state of things is the most detestable that it is smashed, but when, begin... ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE Our kids really started to jell, and we played our best basketball at the end of the season. That's ... JOSH KENDRICK Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON We knew coming into this season that every game would be hard-fought in this league. We just meshed ... KAWIKA SHOJI Four years of hard work and dedication is finally paying off. PRESTON LEMASTER They have put so much into this. It's so rewarding to watch all of their hard work come to fruition. JENNIFER BRYANT It's amazing how these kids are getting their bodies in shape in January and February. It's amazing ... CURTIS MCGRIFF While both these statements refer to eggs, the main difference between these two rather irking state... CHRISTINA ENGELA We are better than we were last season, and I'm happy to say that we have all our players at the top... CALLIE OREBO Why be greedy when you can have it all. ANTHONY T. HINCKS Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do SOTONYE ANGA It was a great feeling to be named an All-Star starter, to know that my hard work is paying off and ... KAWHI LEONARD One thing that is always the same is we have an excellent group of young men who enjoy the game and ... BARB MANCUSO There's something that these athletes, beyond their physical talent, are doing that could be benefic... STEVE SHENBAUM Nowadays, it's hard to find the best horror and to be interesting and to be afraid of it! DEYTH BANGER It's harder for us to crack into that top 15 at the international stage. So this [Commonwealth Games... ALEXANDRA ORLANDO Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. It seems that all the Packers need to do to win this game is reduce their penalties and finish drive... CLIFF CHRISTL It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts. SIDNEY MADWED It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts. SIDNEY MADWED I'm embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the... NOEL GALLAGHER They work really hard on their defense. We make it important every single game to put pressure on th... DAVID GERRISH You never get tired of it (being on top of the winners' stand). It just makes all of that hard work ... ABBIE RUSH The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON The fact that we have all five of our drivers in a synchronized swimming kind of situation, where th... JACK ROUSH It is essential that we put an end to steroid abuse and set a better example for aspiring young athl... JIM SENSENBRENNER It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delive... DAN FLAVIN With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i... STEVEN STRAIT I speak the truth. Not everyone who says they are ready to hear it really are. MONIKA ZANDS 32. Before you criticize your parents for their failures and mistakes, ask yourself: “Will I reall... JAMES C. DOBSON It shows the hard work is paying off. I think the guys are stepping up and just playing good tennis ... NEIL KENNER It seems they put all their confidence into their cornerbacks, so we're really going to see how good... MARCUS VICK When I was reading through it all, and seeing who is playing, this is the cream of the crop. There a... DANA KIRK To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all st... SIMONE WEIL We have to. Later in the season, when the top melts down, someone skiing or snowshoeing over it coul... MIKE WARD It was so awesome. The work that we've put in during the season and out of season was great. When it... HERMAN ANDREWS I really didn't expect them to be this far in front of everyone in our league at this point in the s... DAN SPANG The beginning and almost the end of all good law is that everyone shall work for their bread and rec... JOHN RUSKIN I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than... NEIL GAIMAN Life is not all about sticking or stopping your thoughts to old memories but LIFE STARTS when you st... NEHA KOTHARI We're all very excited at the prospect of being one of the top programs in the state. I'm proud of a... NATALIE APOSHIAN The crowd's into the game, and you play well when the crowd's into the game. We feed off their excit... DOUG JUSTICE Whether right or wrong, it is my belief that Christian colleges place their emphasis not on that whi... JAMES C. DOBSON What he likes most about proprietary trading is that it requires considerably less time than other h... FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS NASSIM TALEB It seems that some of the pressure is off with oil, but you'll still have to look at where we are wi... BERNIE MYSZKOWSKI It is potentials plus hard work that leads to greatness. It is my belief that most people irrespecti... CLEMENT OGEDEGBE You wouldn't believe how many of these drivers have animals and how important it is for them to have... LAURA LACY I think the big thing about Chuck is he has done this all behind the scenes with very little fanfare... DAVE LOOS Retailers have worked tirelessly to translate the lessons of years past into improved merchandising ... DAN HESS I feel comfortable with it, pretty much. I just look at it like all my hard work is paying off. I ju... DONNIE JOHNSON That one has to be playing in order to be playing a game seems equally implausible. When professiona... BERNARD SUITS Everybody has to pick their game up. I felt it was on myself to come out and take some shots. It's b... FOLARIN CAMPBELL The key to the game for us will be blocking their blitzes. We're going to have to step it up on defe... DANIEL MALY Dedication is the preparation to success! WERNER BOTHA Sometimes when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when tha... MARIA SHARAPOVA It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and s... THOMAS A. EDISON
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As long as we minimize his pitches, he says ... DUSTY BAKER I talked to him last night and this is the first time he's been in a playoff situation. I just told ... DUSTY BAKER He's had that from time to time. That's the first time he's had it this year, but when a guy comes t... DUSTY BAKER He said he could go one more. But you could see he was laboring out there, throwing the ball high, DUSTY BAKER The guy can pitch, but we had an opportunity to beat him today, just like we had an opportunity to b... DUSTY BAKER He's a guy who wants to come here and do well. It seems the more you try, the worse it gets. DUSTY BAKER Maybe I shouldn't have cursed. I had just given him the highest compliment last week when I said he'... DUSTY BAKER The Board of Supervisors has not formally reviewed the bill, but Beaches and Harbors has the same co... DUSTY CRANE They're externally humble but internally very confident, ... He does everything easy, kind of slow-m... DUSTY BAKER This is the youngest team I've had, which is what I've been yearning for really for years now. The y... DUSTY BAKER I've got a game plan. Some of it depends on how healthy Todd feels, how his legs feel. He's still re... DUSTY BAKER That's what we're here for is to see. Eventually, I think he'll be a fine [No. 2] hitter. I don't kn... DUSTY BAKER I just let them know we want to go one step farther than we went last year. DUSTY PERDUE I can remind Carlos all I want. But when you get out there against Cuba or whoever and start banging... DUSTY BAKER You've got to admire him for not quitting. When you're hungry, you can find a way to do things. He w... DUSTY BAKER Hey, you can't pick where you put them. I try to protect my guys the best I can. If you're in the bi... DUSTY BAKER You would think over the course of a winter -- actually three winters, two winters -- that guys woul... DUSTY BAKER I had Bo. I know Bo has good stuff, especially if he's healthy. He said his arm is good. The guy kno... DUSTY BAKER Wow. You just caught me off guard. One of the most creative minds there has ever been. I was a fan w... DUSTY RHODES They foul off a lot of his fastballs. That was a lucky bad hop for them. DUSTY BAKER I'm sure he'd like to end the year pitching, knowing Woody. If we can get him in there, we'll try to... DUSTY BAKER Woody is the most advanced. Miller and Prior aren't too, too far behind. DUSTY BAKER It's not over with yet. You don't know if somebody is going to offer Sammy a job here soon or what i... DUSTY BAKER You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle... DUSTY BAKER He's got a good tempo, good rhythm going, great control, great movement. When things are going good,... DUSTY BAKER Now with as much parity as there is now if you gain a couple of key players and remain healthy you c... DUSTY BAKER