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ANIBAL RELUZ Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD![]()
The words you can’t find, you borrow.
We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN Our goal was to just play and keep the game close. We came close, we did a good job of that. It wasn...
CHAD MILLARD We haven't had many games against top teams, and we knew this was going to be a close one. We came o...
ALEX MERRY We had been working on some stuff all year long and we came close in different games. In the first h...
RICHARD BERTHELOT I tried a little too hard early. I pitched like it was a playoff game. We needed to win. The guys ca...
JOHN SMOLTZ We came close, we just couldn't get over the hump.
JAY CARLIN Obviously I was disappointed the City Council didn't enact (the El Paso ordinance). We came close. W...
DR. ROBERT VOGEL I think we could see the Dow close at 11,000 and the S&P close at 1,300. We could get some bad news ...
AL GOLDMAN We made the defensive plays at the end, and that's usually what'll win close ball games like this.
BILLY HICKS In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id...
GARY F EVANS... This is a big win for us. Especially with three straight road games coming up. And it was a big deal...
ANTHONY FARMER We have a pretty close family. Derrick came to one of my Temple games, which was great.
LADY COMFORT It shouldn't have been that close. But we had been losing those close games, so it was a good to win...
AL MCCULLOCK You have to say if we're not the best, we're damn close. I take it that's why we're so close togethe...
DWIGHT SMITH We just made some mental errors at the end of the games. We had some close games that we couldn't qu...
JULIE CRAVEN We try to keep the game close until the end, and then we try to get our points. We've been finishing...
BRUCE DURHAM This was another learning experience for us. We are not going to blow every team out. There will be ...
DEREK COLEMAN I think we're close. There are specific things that allow you to win close games that we didn't win....
KIPPY BROWN![]()
I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON It's tough. We keep losing these close games.
COLEMAN COLLINS Our defense stepped up tonight, ... We are fighting some (illnesses), but we really pulled together ...
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK Our defense stepped up tonight. We are fighting some (illnesses), but we really pulled together in t...
KRISTIN MCCLEESE We're close, but as you can see, we're not close enough. It's frustrating, but we just have to keep ...
ERIC JONES We expected a close game tonight. Spanish Fork came in on a high after coming so close to beating Mo...
ELIZABETH DARGER We've played in close games like this all year, and we're glad we were able to finally pull one out....
DAVE WITZIG We all fully expected to be in Indianapolis despite what happened the last couple games with the clo...
JOSH BOONE We came very close to winning a sectional title.
CHANCE VANGUNDY We have some active reservoirs, so we keep a close eye.
KEKOA PAULSEN We have a right to life, not on it.
DANIEL MELGAçO We don't want any more morale victories. We don't want to just come close. We've come close too many...
DION HARRIS It's good to win close games. You learn from close games. I think it's good to learn from them right...
DEREK COLEMAN This past weekend we had a retreat with the board members and came up with a business plan to see wh...
MARCY ANDERSON We knew what was on the line when we came in here. They wanted redemption from that Christmas tourna...
MARK SANDSTROM That just tells us that, hey, we can win these close games. It just gives us a little bit of confide...
CONRAD BROOKS I don't know what it is, but all of our games have been close, and I think this one will be, too. We...
GORDON ELLIOTT We came back strong and it was tough. We made it close, and like coach said, we have a lot of heart.
DREW STAFFORD When we sort of got close to production, her name kept coming up. She came in and read and she naile...
JONATHAN LITTMAN It seemed we were just a little off. We were close. We couldn't buy one. It's frustrating, to be so ...
MATT KOALSKA We had a lot of close games at the first of the season that didn't go our way and we talked about th...
GERRY FOOS![]()
Same first name as a president and an obscure comic book character. Half-Jewish. Excellent grammar. ...
BECKY ALBERTALLI![]()
We've got exactly what we need to fulfill our destiny!
ABHISHEK KUMAR We sunk everything into it. It came close to going under several times.
HESTON BLUMENTHAL We tried to run. We have to get better at it. Mitchell got close to breaking one.
DAVE MOHAPP It was a good game. We've been in a lot of close games this year and haven't won as many as we'd lik...
DEKE ROUTHEAUX We just came out a little flat. We've done that a few times this year. We can't do it anymore. We ha...
CHAD SPENCE They've been there so they know what it takes to place at sections. We want to be sure we shore up a...
DAVE SANCHEZ Obviously, Sunday is our day. We picked up some hitting after a slow start and we had timely hitting...
JAMIE PINKERTON We did better than we have in the past in the close games. But, it was still very frustrating, becau...
KRISTEN PALOMBO![]()
At that point we close the chapter or we close the book.
TONY BLAIR We've played some tough, close games lately and when teams make a run at us, we tend to get down on ...
JOEL RANKIN![]()
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'll do whatever needs to be done to help us win. I was talking to Adrian about this and we both agr...
KYLE MCCULLOCH This community is just real close - we don't forget where we came from. I wanted a part of him to be...
LARRY PADILLA It was a sales job. We didn't get the Cadillac, but I think we came pretty darn close in getting man...
JEFFREY WILLIAMS We were close. We need to find some way to get over the edge. We had an opportunity to win and didn'...
JAMIE PINKERTON We acknowledge that we're not getting the full picture, but at least we get close. We acknowledge ou...
WREN ELHAI We knew they were a great defensive team coming into this. We knew it wasn't going to be easy. We ju...
DARNELL LAZARE We played in a lot of close games last year including an 11-10 double overtime loss to Army which ma...
ADAM PASCAL We know we have to win some (road) games to keep pace. Whether playing at home or on the road, you'v...
JACQUES MARTIN I am excited that the Big East is about to begin. It is a whole new level of competition. From our g...
JACKIE DEMPSEY I think we are ready. We had to play good ball to win, especially at the close of district and we di...
BRIAN DEVILLE All I want for my birthday is to beat Simeon. Last year we came close, and this year we are more exp...
MITCHELL MOORE We always find a way to win. We have won close games all year. I just feel very fortunate to be coac...
JAMIE RAINS We feel like those [close] games have prepared us for our area tournament. We've been in several clo...
TONY PITTMAN We set some high goals. We wanted to sweep everything. We came really close. If Kelly had landed on ...
BUD KEENE It doesn't put more pressure. We know that we have to win some games on the road to keep pace. You h...
JACQUES MARTIN We were so close in some of those games that we easily could have been 17-3 at the end of the season...
JOE BRENNAN We keep losing these close games, but five or six bounces, and we could be 4-0.
COLEMAN COLLINS We always have the expectation that we will work as hard as we can to win as many games a possible. ...
DAVE HUBERT We need to find a way to pull out a win. We are 0-4-1 in overtime games this season. We need to pull...
BRIAN PLOTKIN He was probably our most bummed out kid because we came so close to playing for a sectional title. W...
BRIAN HUTTON Last year, we came so close and knew a few plays made the difference. This year, we don't want to ha...
INDY UHLENHOPP He came really close to hitting me. If he would have hit me, we would have fought.
JAMONT GORDON![]()
The guys that were here, we remember that maybe we came close twice. Once at their place and once he...
JASON KIDD Because we came so close, we're actually seeing more people energized about the campaign. We have a ...
DON WHITFIELD I came close, ... But close isn't good enough.
JOHNNY DAMON We got some baskets in close and that opened up things on the outside. We came out of the gate stron...
DAN WATERMAN Last year we beat them, but it came down to the last relay — this year shouldn't be as close. They...
DAVE HOLMES Last year we beat them, but it came down to the last relay this year shouldn't be as close. They ...
DAVE HOLMES We try to have lettuce coming off every day. It's amazing how close we can get it despite of nature.
CHRIS BUNN In a close game, you're going to have to win or lose at the line. We got it done enough.
LANCE WATSON Maybe this is payback for all those close games in the past few years. It feels great to win this ga...
BRYAN CUPITO We hit some big shots in the fourth quarter. But we missed a lot of free throws which kept the game ...
DAVE SCHMIDT The last three or four games we've had some close games, and the fourth quarter we have pretty much ...
BRET TEUTKEN We came out in the third period, played them straight up and knocked it to one. We had ample opportu...
BARRY EGAN In the past few years, we haven't even been this far and now that we're so close (to a section champ...
LAUREN JURIC I do have confidence we can win a close game.
KRISTI HARRELL It's all finally coming together. We are thrilled that we are this close to opening and can't wait t...
BOB CANNON It'd be nice to win both. I don't know if we've ever done that here. It should be really close. We h...
JOSH DOMMER We don't have a winner's mentality. We've lost so many close games. If you win those games, then whe...
GENO PARRISH I don't know if we got a little comfortable when we got the lead or what. They made a little run at ...
ERIC SITZE We had our chances at the end. That was a great game . . . This team is still learning how to play c...
BOB LYONS It was nice to have a game like this. We lost some close games because we couldn't score runs. I thi...
GREGG WIKIERAK We are close, ... but I think everybody around here is tired of hearing the word 'close.' We just ne...
JAKE GROVE We won some close ones. They won some close ones. We went back and forth on that. The guys had a lit...
JASON HAFNER One thing with this team is we keep believing. Some of the close losses broke our back, but I feel l...
BRYCE SHELDON I think we are very close to being washed out at this point.
NICK ANGILLETTA This doesn't wrap up the conference numerically. But it gets us very close. Everybody else has at le...
DEE BELL
ANIBAL RELUZ Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD
The words you can’t find, you borrow.We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN Our goal was to just play and keep the game close. We came close, we did a good job of that. It wasn...
CHAD MILLARD We haven't had many games against top teams, and we knew this was going to be a close one. We came o...
ALEX MERRY We had been working on some stuff all year long and we came close in different games. In the first h...
RICHARD BERTHELOT I tried a little too hard early. I pitched like it was a playoff game. We needed to win. The guys ca...
JOHN SMOLTZ We came close, we just couldn't get over the hump.
JAY CARLIN Obviously I was disappointed the City Council didn't enact (the El Paso ordinance). We came close. W...
DR. ROBERT VOGEL I think we could see the Dow close at 11,000 and the S&P close at 1,300. We could get some bad news ...
AL GOLDMAN We made the defensive plays at the end, and that's usually what'll win close ball games like this.
BILLY HICKS In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id...
GARY F EVANS... This is a big win for us. Especially with three straight road games coming up. And it was a big deal...
ANTHONY FARMER We have a pretty close family. Derrick came to one of my Temple games, which was great.
LADY COMFORT It shouldn't have been that close. But we had been losing those close games, so it was a good to win...
AL MCCULLOCK You have to say if we're not the best, we're damn close. I take it that's why we're so close togethe...
DWIGHT SMITH We just made some mental errors at the end of the games. We had some close games that we couldn't qu...
JULIE CRAVEN We try to keep the game close until the end, and then we try to get our points. We've been finishing...
BRUCE DURHAM This was another learning experience for us. We are not going to blow every team out. There will be ...
DEREK COLEMAN I think we're close. There are specific things that allow you to win close games that we didn't win....
KIPPY BROWN
I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON It's tough. We keep losing these close games.
COLEMAN COLLINS Our defense stepped up tonight, ... We are fighting some (illnesses), but we really pulled together ...
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK Our defense stepped up tonight. We are fighting some (illnesses), but we really pulled together in t...
KRISTIN MCCLEESE We're close, but as you can see, we're not close enough. It's frustrating, but we just have to keep ...
ERIC JONES We expected a close game tonight. Spanish Fork came in on a high after coming so close to beating Mo...
ELIZABETH DARGER We've played in close games like this all year, and we're glad we were able to finally pull one out....
DAVE WITZIG We all fully expected to be in Indianapolis despite what happened the last couple games with the clo...
JOSH BOONE We came very close to winning a sectional title.
CHANCE VANGUNDY We have some active reservoirs, so we keep a close eye.
KEKOA PAULSEN We have a right to life, not on it.
DANIEL MELGAçO We don't want any more morale victories. We don't want to just come close. We've come close too many...
DION HARRIS It's good to win close games. You learn from close games. I think it's good to learn from them right...
DEREK COLEMAN This past weekend we had a retreat with the board members and came up with a business plan to see wh...
MARCY ANDERSON We knew what was on the line when we came in here. They wanted redemption from that Christmas tourna...
MARK SANDSTROM That just tells us that, hey, we can win these close games. It just gives us a little bit of confide...
CONRAD BROOKS I don't know what it is, but all of our games have been close, and I think this one will be, too. We...
GORDON ELLIOTT We came back strong and it was tough. We made it close, and like coach said, we have a lot of heart.
DREW STAFFORD When we sort of got close to production, her name kept coming up. She came in and read and she naile...
JONATHAN LITTMAN It seemed we were just a little off. We were close. We couldn't buy one. It's frustrating, to be so ...
MATT KOALSKA We had a lot of close games at the first of the season that didn't go our way and we talked about th...
GERRY FOOS
Same first name as a president and an obscure comic book character. Half-Jewish. Excellent grammar. ... BECKY ALBERTALLI
We've got exactly what we need to fulfill our destiny! ABHISHEK KUMAR We sunk everything into it. It came close to going under several times.
HESTON BLUMENTHAL We tried to run. We have to get better at it. Mitchell got close to breaking one.
DAVE MOHAPP It was a good game. We've been in a lot of close games this year and haven't won as many as we'd lik...
DEKE ROUTHEAUX We just came out a little flat. We've done that a few times this year. We can't do it anymore. We ha...
CHAD SPENCE They've been there so they know what it takes to place at sections. We want to be sure we shore up a...
DAVE SANCHEZ Obviously, Sunday is our day. We picked up some hitting after a slow start and we had timely hitting...
JAMIE PINKERTON We did better than we have in the past in the close games. But, it was still very frustrating, becau...
KRISTEN PALOMBO
At that point we close the chapter or we close the book. TONY BLAIR We've played some tough, close games lately and when teams make a run at us, we tend to get down on ...
JOEL RANKIN
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'll do whatever needs to be done to help us win. I was talking to Adrian about this and we both agr...
KYLE MCCULLOCH This community is just real close - we don't forget where we came from. I wanted a part of him to be...
LARRY PADILLA It was a sales job. We didn't get the Cadillac, but I think we came pretty darn close in getting man...
JEFFREY WILLIAMS We were close. We need to find some way to get over the edge. We had an opportunity to win and didn'...
JAMIE PINKERTON We acknowledge that we're not getting the full picture, but at least we get close. We acknowledge ou...
WREN ELHAI We knew they were a great defensive team coming into this. We knew it wasn't going to be easy. We ju...
DARNELL LAZARE We played in a lot of close games last year including an 11-10 double overtime loss to Army which ma...
ADAM PASCAL We know we have to win some (road) games to keep pace. Whether playing at home or on the road, you'v...
JACQUES MARTIN I am excited that the Big East is about to begin. It is a whole new level of competition. From our g...
JACKIE DEMPSEY I think we are ready. We had to play good ball to win, especially at the close of district and we di...
BRIAN DEVILLE All I want for my birthday is to beat Simeon. Last year we came close, and this year we are more exp...
MITCHELL MOORE We always find a way to win. We have won close games all year. I just feel very fortunate to be coac...
JAMIE RAINS We feel like those [close] games have prepared us for our area tournament. We've been in several clo...
TONY PITTMAN We set some high goals. We wanted to sweep everything. We came really close. If Kelly had landed on ...
BUD KEENE It doesn't put more pressure. We know that we have to win some games on the road to keep pace. You h...
JACQUES MARTIN We were so close in some of those games that we easily could have been 17-3 at the end of the season...
JOE BRENNAN We keep losing these close games, but five or six bounces, and we could be 4-0.
COLEMAN COLLINS We always have the expectation that we will work as hard as we can to win as many games a possible. ...
DAVE HUBERT We need to find a way to pull out a win. We are 0-4-1 in overtime games this season. We need to pull...
BRIAN PLOTKIN He was probably our most bummed out kid because we came so close to playing for a sectional title. W...
BRIAN HUTTON Last year, we came so close and knew a few plays made the difference. This year, we don't want to ha...
INDY UHLENHOPP He came really close to hitting me. If he would have hit me, we would have fought.
JAMONT GORDON
The guys that were here, we remember that maybe we came close twice. Once at their place and once he... JASON KIDD Because we came so close, we're actually seeing more people energized about the campaign. We have a ...
DON WHITFIELD I came close, ... But close isn't good enough.
JOHNNY DAMON We got some baskets in close and that opened up things on the outside. We came out of the gate stron...
DAN WATERMAN Last year we beat them, but it came down to the last relay — this year shouldn't be as close. They...
DAVE HOLMES Last year we beat them, but it came down to the last relay this year shouldn't be as close. They ...
DAVE HOLMES We try to have lettuce coming off every day. It's amazing how close we can get it despite of nature.
CHRIS BUNN In a close game, you're going to have to win or lose at the line. We got it done enough.
LANCE WATSON Maybe this is payback for all those close games in the past few years. It feels great to win this ga...
BRYAN CUPITO We hit some big shots in the fourth quarter. But we missed a lot of free throws which kept the game ...
DAVE SCHMIDT The last three or four games we've had some close games, and the fourth quarter we have pretty much ...
BRET TEUTKEN We came out in the third period, played them straight up and knocked it to one. We had ample opportu...
BARRY EGAN In the past few years, we haven't even been this far and now that we're so close (to a section champ...
LAUREN JURIC I do have confidence we can win a close game.
KRISTI HARRELL It's all finally coming together. We are thrilled that we are this close to opening and can't wait t...
BOB CANNON It'd be nice to win both. I don't know if we've ever done that here. It should be really close. We h...
JOSH DOMMER We don't have a winner's mentality. We've lost so many close games. If you win those games, then whe...
GENO PARRISH I don't know if we got a little comfortable when we got the lead or what. They made a little run at ...
ERIC SITZE We had our chances at the end. That was a great game . . . This team is still learning how to play c...
BOB LYONS It was nice to have a game like this. We lost some close games because we couldn't score runs. I thi...
GREGG WIKIERAK We are close, ... but I think everybody around here is tired of hearing the word 'close.' We just ne...
JAKE GROVE We won some close ones. They won some close ones. We went back and forth on that. The guys had a lit...
JASON HAFNER One thing with this team is we keep believing. Some of the close losses broke our back, but I feel l...
BRYCE SHELDON I think we are very close to being washed out at this point.
NICK ANGILLETTA This doesn't wrap up the conference numerically. But it gets us very close. Everybody else has at le...
DEE BELL
The bigger a man's head gets, the easier it is to fill his shoes. 
Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first... 