We're disappointed in the loss. It was a good effort on our part and we played a good football team. You have to give them credit. They made the plays they had to make to win.
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Related I give credit to Madison West. They are a very good football team. We are disappointed to not finish... JOE DYE Give them credit. They made big shots when they needed big shots and they made big plays when they n... MIKE D'ANTONI It came down to that they had two chances and they scored on them. Give them their due. We might hav... DENNIS COSTELLO The bottom line is you have to make plays. And give them credit. They made plays when they needed to... JOE DYE It was obviously a good win for us. The kids played hard and made the plays when they had to. CRAIG BRODIE We did just about enough to win this game, but Mora played a good game. They have some good players.... FRANK LUCERO It was a good win. We played well. It was a good team effort. We were right in the middle of the act... DAVID GEATZ We had some guys who made plays on offense. But we had 15 or so negative plays. We had 74 total play... LARRY BLAKENEY It was a great college basketball game, there were a lot of lead changes, the guys were playing hard... DAVE DICKERSON My hat?s off to them. They were very, very good. We had something to do with it, but credit them, th... DEAN KEENER This was a very good win for us. We built a nice lead, and we were able to hold it. We still have so... CINDY TIMCHAL Obviously it was a game where they made more plays than we did. I congratulate Mike and the Denver B... BILL BELICHICK Nelson County played well and stepped up and made plays to win. We had opportunities to force overti... GARY GOODE I give Central all the credit in the world. They battled. They put four quarters together. We know w... NICK LOWE The other team played hard; they executed a great free kick. You have to give them credit. We suffer... FERNANDO CLAVIJO Kyle's got to be it. You take a rookie fourth-round pick and just throw him in. He made plays when h... OLIN KREUTZ It was good for us to get a win to build some confidence for our team. I was proud of the team effor... STEVE WILLIAMS UIS made some big shots. We had some turnovers that really hurt us were self-inflicted. Those were b... HARRY STATHAM Give Lake Catholic credit. They made the plays when they had to, which is what a senior-laden team d... DAVE MUNSON We sent Burns, trying to force them to make the play. They made a good baseball play. It was a good ... JODY ALLEN Taylor is a pretty good team. They have lost only three games and you have to give them credit. They... TODD LAW They just came out and played harder the whole game. They put up the better effort and we made some ... KATIE MONTGOMERY I'm not disappointed in them. I'm disappointed for them. But you have to give a lot of credit to Ben... BRIAN BEAURY We played pretty well. Both teams had glimpses of brilliance. I have to give a lot of credit to Conc... AMY FREETO We just didn't execute the way we were used to executing all year long. Give Pittsburgh credit. They... BOBBY ENGRAM Our kids, all of them, made the plays that it took to win, and this is a big mental win for us. Now ... ANDY BLACKSTON You have to give credit to Valley's defense. They played hard, rebounded well, and made their shots.... LUKE KELSEY You have to give credit where credit is due. Tampa Bay has a pretty good defense. We knew they had a... LINCOLN KENNEDY Part of it was we looked a little rusty, we made some simple mistakes, like passing the ball out of ... MATT HARYASZ Alton has a great team. You've got to give them a lot of credit. They came out here and played on ou... DUSTIN MAGUIRE They just made the plays, we got to tip our hats to them. They're a good team, they went to the NCAA... FLORENTINO VALENCIA This was a good team effort. We played smart and made the most of our opportunities. DOUG HIGGINS They came out in the same defense that we run. They pressured the ball and didn't let us get good sh... STEVE HOLLOWAY You have to give Saint Louis credit because they came in here and played with great poise. Both team... BOBBY LUTZ Boyne City is a very good, disciplined team. The big plays did us in. We controlled the football, bu... BRANDON BRUCE These were two very good teams that played right down to the wire. We had our chances. We were in a ... BRIAN MCDERMOTT It wasn't what we expected. You have to give Montreal credit. They are a very good team. They're an ... MATT CULLEN The next night our team just wasn't up for the game. We made a lot of bad plays. Robinson had a good... ALAN PEACOCK You can't give the other team an opportunity when we have them 21-3 to come back and make it almost ... DREW BREES Those were three big plays. That's the sign of a good team. They made those plays, and they turned t... DAN DVORAK Ritter made some great plays. They caught everything in the world, so you have to give them credit, ... DENNY PELLEY You are always disappointed with a loss, but I'm more disappointed in how we lost. R-B is a good tea... DENNIS CROMER We did what we had to do to win. They (Lincoln) are a tough team - they play real hard. I give them ... MATT GORDON It was a hard-fought game. It was a great win for our kids. We didn't play well early, but they dug ... DON MEYER I was disappointed with our effort in some matches, but the kids wrestled good enough for us to win.... BILL PLEIN I was really pleased with how we played. It was the best we played all year, unfortunately, it just ... ANDREW STACY We had a good effort and we played hard. I thought we played pretty good defense against them. We go... DAVE CONARROE We have to discount the teams they have played and just look at their production. We have to figure ... GARY BARNETT They got after it on defense. My hat's off to them. They did a good job. There were a lot of factors... CORY YEOMAN We gave them chances to come back, and they did. I give them credit. You have to learn how to finish... MATT MALM It was a good, solid effort by our team. In fact, both teams played well and had a solid effort. MIKE MAIER We could tell even during the preseason that they were a really good team. I give them a lot of cred... ERIC GORDON It was a tough loss for us. Humble was the better team tonight, and it showed. They were more aggres... DAVID GREEN We had a four- or five-minute period there where we had a couple mistakes, some miscommunication, an... DAVE SANDERSON I give all of the credit in the world tonight to our kids. They held a very good Liberty team to 44 ... LARRY HERRHOLTZ That's a very, very good basketball team we lost to tonight. We struggled at times, but our guys pla... CRAIG HAASE It was good to get a W under our belts after the tough (season-opening) loss to Prattville. We hit w... JOEY BROWDER It's tough because they're huge and we had a hard time scoring on the interior. Lodi is a good team.... JULIO PEREZ Give them credit. They are the best passing team we've played all year. And their pressure was good;... ED LOUDER They were off their game a little and we were on our game, ... We just played some good football. BRAD KASSELL To beat these guys you have to play almost a flawless game. Give them credit, they made a few more p... DALE BUVID They made a lot of spirited plays. We left our men at times in the first half and they made shots an... GENE AMMIRANTE They are a good hitting team, no doubt about it. I thought Ryan had some of his pitches up today ear... TROY SCHAEFER It's hard to play against a team this good if you're not going to put in the effort, and I don't thi... CRISTY MCKINNEY The better team today beat us. They came out and made the plays. We tip our hats. We did not play go... ERIC KADOOKA 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 It was another good defensive effort and I thought we played pretty well as a team. We made some swi... BRIAN MENY They make a lot of plays. This team feeds on turnovers. Last year they were able to do that. We have... BRIAN GRIESE They definitely believe in themselves. They had a good win in preseason, and a good win over Dexter.... JOEL SANKEY It was hard to keep our composure because we had so many good opportunities but didn't have much of ... GREGG JOHNS Overall we had a great team effort. It was good to get the win under tough conditions. GAIL ANDERSEN We gave it our best shot tonight and it wasn't enough. Give Cedarburg credit. They played a solid ga... RON REICHLE They were a well-prepared football team and they capitalized on the mistakes. Sometimes mistakes hap... CLAUDE BROWN That was a good effort. It was one of the best we've had against a quality team after the first quar... MIKE SILVER We did some good things today, ... It is tough to score in our game. You have to give credit to Yo... BALL STATE They played great today. Everyone contributed to the win, it was a real team effort. JAMES TODD We told the kids at half-time that we could do a lot more than we were doing. We had some turnovers ... BLAIR PHILBRICK Carroll was really focused and we weren't. They were upset at Winterset on Friday and they were read... CARY THOMPSON The team played well against a good opponent. This was a total team effort. It was a nice win. DAWN MURPHY You have to give Midland a lot of credit. They were prepared for all our sets and they came ready to... MARK ADAMS We played a great defensive game. We played with a lot of intensity and a lot of effort. These guys ... DENTON FOX Lewis was a team effort. It takes everybody doing their part on defense. You've got to make pretty g... JOEL WALTON We hit the ball on the nose. Give them credit, they made the plays and Wood pitched really well. DEBBIE HOLCOMBE We had some good looks. We had the shots we wanted, they just didn't go down. We played well all the... LARRY REYNOLDS The team played very well. It was a nice way to start and the kids had good hustle and good effort. BOB MAHOLIC That was a game of two completely different halves. I was thrilled with the way we played in the fir... BRUCE PEARL They played like a team that was desperate to win and we played like a team that was standing around... WAYNE GRETZKY It was a little tougher than maybe it should've been. They made a couple of plays. Give them credit. GARRICK PHILLIPS I was just happy to play. We are not going to hang our heads after this loss, because in the end we ... JAY THOMAS Cassie Lassen played the best game of her career by far. She just stepped it up and played at the ne... BARRY BORCHERS We were nervous coming in. We knew they were going to be in better basketball shape than they were t... JOE LAYNE We're certainly in position to be a good defensive football team, ... Offensively, we have to be bet... JOE PATERNO I almost feel like it was the same game as when we played them the first time. We got way ahead and ... JOHN CAHILL They did a good job of collapsing on me. Offensively and defensively, you have to give them a lot of... JOE REITZ I think we didn't play our style of basketball in the second half. I don't know what happened, but y... ALISON LACEY That six really caused a big problem, the ball change really made a big difference. They got a harde... CHRIS GAYLE Chapin is a good team. They made some key plays down the stretch. We had our chances. We don't have ... GEORGE MAYA There were times tonight when this team could have folded its tent. We're not as good as we think we... KARL DORRELL You have to make plays if you want to win, especially against a quality team like Wyoming. Down the ... CONNIE YORI We didn't play as good on defense as we wanted. But sometimes we were just right in their face and t... JAJUAN SMITH
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INGERSOLL I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought ... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL There are times when a falsehood well told bridges over quite a difficulty, but in the long run, you... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL If there is any God, there is only one way to please him, and that is by a conscientious discharge o... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The literature of many lands is rich with the tributes that gratitude, admiration and love have paid... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Voltaire made up his mind to destroy the superstition of his time. He fought with every weapon that ... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and an... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life. ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by being made judges their prejudi... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. ROBERT G. INGERSOLL A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact wi... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own impriso... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitte... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful to the doctrine of th... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, m... ROBERT G. INGERSOLL Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to b... ROBERT G. INGERSOLL Happiness is not a reward -- it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment -- it is a result. ROBERT G. INGERSOLL The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. -R. G. Ingersoll. R. G. INGERSOLL Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell. ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL To prevent famine, one plow is worth a million sermons, and even patent medicines will cure more dis... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The careful reader of the New Testament will find three Christs described: - One who wished to prese... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion into po... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Homes make patriots. He who has sat by his own fireside with wife and children will defend it. Few m... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL These contradictions are gross and palpable and demonstrate that the New Testament is not inspired, ... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL A good way to make children tell the truth is to tell it yourself. Keep your word with your child th... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL How poor this world would be without its graves, without the memories of its mighty dead. Only the v... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL I find that in this day and generation, the meanest men have the lowest estimate of woman; that the ... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The sacred books of all the world are worthless dross and common stones compared with Shakespeare... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL So far as I am concerned, I think more of reasons than of reputations, more of principles than of pe... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith. ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Give the church a place in the Constitution, let her touch once more the sword of power, and the pri... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppres... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He w... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Perjury is the basest and meanest and most cowardly of crimes. What can it do? Perjury can change th... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak,... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL