Detroit is playing good and all four of those guys deserve to be here. But this game has always been about style and flamboyance. I think that will show up more. At the end of a year, when a team wins a championship, they talk about teamwork. At an All-Star Game, it's all about dunks, the lobs and the shooting.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES That's a pretty good team. We feel good about this one. About the only bad thing I can see is that C... ANTONIO VELOSO I don't think you could name another city that was so huge with its contribution, wealth and populat... SUSAN SHERER There was a lot going on at the end of the game. Antonio in the stands was scary, all you could thin... JAMAL CRAWFORD I think we've played a lot of perfect games in here. It's all about the team game, playing within a ... JARKKO RUUTU It's going to be good to look out and see someone that you know, and get a chance to see Chauncey an... BEN WALLACE Don't belive what others tell you. You belive in what you belive; there is nothing better. LYNDA HERNANDEZ The soul that is within me no man can degrade. FREDERICK DOUGLAS I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people. KEANU REEVES Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their... EILEEN CADDY If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, thou art... ANSARI No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty ... EDWIN HUBBEL CHAPIN Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. - Conceits and Caprices. J. PETIT-SENN You can say that you dont care what anyone thinks about you, but in the end, its all that really mat... TIFFANY GARLAND Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us f... RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON I have never been contained except I made the prison. MARY EVANS A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about ... KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR This puts us on the youth basketball map. There's all-star games, but this is the all-star game. It'... WADE VICKERY Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. I'm fortunate to coach an unbelievable group of guys who have been totally selfless. They've been al... BILLY DONOVAN The heartbeat of a football team is the quarterback position and I think everyone who has any intell... RON JAWORSKI This will be fun. This is what it's all about. Game 7. When you're a young kid watching it on TV or ... MARC MAGLIARDITI I'll find you, don't worry. My body won't be with you all the time, but you'll always have my heart.... P.C. CAST I think the guys that get to the All-Star Game deserve a lot of credit. They deserve their opportuni... TONY LA RUSSA She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself. ELIZABETH TAYLOR I do envision championship basketball and when you talk about championship basketball, you talk abou... ISIAH THOMAS That's what we were really excited about at the beginning of the year, the whole teamwork thing and ... CARLY CURRAN We have another game to erase that memory. We need to end on a good note and show what this team is ... LEIGH BODDEN The Detroit thing is such an aberration. It's easy to say they have no starting All-Stars, but they ... BRIAN HILL It's the way we played all year. We're aggressive. An aggressive mistake when you are playing to win... PAUL KONERKO We played them the first game of the year, but that really doesn't mean much. (At that time), both t... BLAKE HOFFARBER They deserve it. They've been wrestling hard all year. Working hard all year. I'm proud of them. Win... DAVE HECKARD That guy has been a rock all year and I don't have to think twice about his game. He's given us a ch... KEVYN ADAMS I can't think of another franchise that has taken this approach. This is a broad-based marketing pus... BRIAN O'ROURKE She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Its hard to lose any game and especially one that's so close. The fact that we didn't come away with... BARRY GEBHART There were times tonight when this team could have folded its tent. We're not as good as we think we... KARL DORRELL I wore black all game and just changed to an old one at the end. I'm superstitious more about not be... DANIEL ALFREDSSON There's just a huge change here, because now we have all kinds of TV cameras and media. But they des... JENNIFER LEWIS Julia poured tea gracefully, but it all ran over into the saucers. ELIZABETH TAYLOR It appeared to Harriet that she was always the one who remembered having seen other people. They nev... ELIZABETH TAYLOR This was the best game we've played all year. The guys understood this was a good Holmes team. Now, ... DAVID ROBBINS I expected them to drive to the hoop. I think it might have been one of those instances where they w... JEFF ACKERMANN Our whole team just promised ourselves that we were going to enjoy playing this game that we love to... CHAD PENNINGTON Ryan was on all day long. He squared up to the ball and that has been his problem this year. He had ... MARK POLLARD The All Australian team isn't always conducive to being good and adept at this game, and Kevin and h... ANDREW DEMETRIOU That's what a team is all about. It's about doing whatever you have to do to compete, scrap and win.... DANNY WIMPRINE We've talked about Chauncey and how it would be a travesty if he's not an All-Star. It's the same wa... FLIP SAUNDERS Our fans won't let this (championship) down until the next year. That's all they will talk about. JAMIE BRAZIL They've accomplished something I haven't. I've been close a couple of times, but I haven't reached t... JIM THOME It's all about practice and consistency. The team is improving on a daily basis. They will be in the... DAVID HUGHES It's not all about the goalie this year. There are going to be more goals this year, more power play... ANTERO NIITTYMAKI We all want to win it all, but obviously there's only going to be one team that wins it. But I think... GORDIE KERKMAN Starting off my career, I wasn't a good free throw shooter, and I worked at it and worked at it, and... KARL MALONE I played this game to win a championship. I?m a champion and I think the last stop is here, in Detro... JEROME BETTIS I don't think it's a true indication of who wins the game, but it sends the fans home with a clear w... GEOFF SANDERSON I think any kind of win is encouraging. We've kind of played up and down all season - play one good ... DAN FAVREAU Chillicothe is the toughest opponent we've faced all year. Everybody can talk about this and that, b... RICK VANMATRE I'm excited about it. It's been about five or six years since I was involved with the All-Star game,... DAVID LOWERY I'm sure that's something we're going to talk about. I'm not crazy about a tie all-star game. ED SAM That game haunts me a lot. I talk about it all the time. We wanted to win that state championship so... LINDA SAYAVONGCHANH When you're only shooting 12, I expect a much higher percentage. Twelve of 12 isn't that hard to do.... SHEA FLEENOR She really started playing well at the end of the year, that game especially. It?s a tremendous hono... LEA HERNDON Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I think it'll be ok; I think by the end of this year, we won't be talking about PeopleSoft at all, WILLIAM FARMER We will sit down and talk with Neil at the end of the season. He has to think hard about whether he ... GRAHAM RODGERS We lost some guys from last year, but I think they did a good job of keeping this team intact, and w... BRENDAN SHANAHAN It's exciting to be in the big leagues and be playing at this level, but to be playing on a team lik... JEFF MATHIS The thing that always makes me partial to guys like him, all hockey players, is all they ever talk a... LARRY BROWN I think we're pretty resilient. And I think our kids are all fighters. We could have been down and o... GORDY PRESNELL You've got a tremendous weapon in Peyton and what you want to do is take advantage of it. This game ... PEYTON MANNING They were always playing catch-up. I think playing catch-up the whole game, it takes something out o... GREGG HOSTETLER What i like about GOD is that He can let people laugh at you, and when they are done He now raise yo... GOLDEN MASHEGO I think all of the guys have been talking about getting a big win and Florida would be a really good... COLT GASTON That's a simplistic way of looking at it. When someone spends a lot of money at the game and thinks ... MARK STUTZ He has had a rough year, no question about it. But he knows that he's in the rotation now, and he fe... EDDIE JORDAN Individual accomplishments are nice, especially when you think about all the good players that have ... CHARMAINE BELL It's bittersweet. The last time I was in an all-star game, I was in Grade 11 or 12 in high school. T... DUSTIN PENNER Pretty unbelievable. She's a special lady. Forget what she's done on a golf course. I don't think yo... CRISTIE KERR We get paid well, but this is what really motivates most of the players. Some guys might worry about... CLINT KRIEWALDT A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them ar... KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR I'm not too worried about all of that because this year has really been a dream come true for me. I'... KATIE SEEGER I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than... NEIL GAIMAN We were all over them from the start, and Marquette was a tired hockey team at the end. I sold the k... CARL VALIMONT The thing we've been trying to emphasize all along is it is all about the team. Chase has been a big... DAVE CASSAW But I expect they will also change their tactics and starting line-up. Cup matches are all about pla... GORDON IGESUND I love the game, it's the greatest game on earth, that's why I can't understand all of t... ERIC DAVIS This is all about learning on the job. It is a game-by-game thing. But I feel like this team has got... BRIAN NASH Me and the team want to win the state championship. We want to go undefeated this year and show the ... JOE KING We had a lot of incentive to play well coming into this game. We weren't real happy with the fifth s... ED PATRICK People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it. GORDON STRACHAN Ralph Waldo Emerson had this philosophy about be silly, be honest and be kind. I really try to talk ... COLIN SHAHA The citizen is becoming a pawn in a game where nobody knows the rules, where everybody consequently ... ANDREW ELDRITCH My teammates played good defense behind me as they always do. It was a really good team effort. I di... FALLON LUMPKIN If you're serious about it, you have to put in your time. Do more than just show up for the all-star... CAL COCHRAN This was an intense game. It's always tough to play here, and what happened tonight isn't at all wha... MAREK KOWALEWSKI I wanted to be there, on that podium. All year long, I've worked for that. You try not to think abou... TED FABIAN Acceptance Is The Most Happiest Thing Than Expectation BHARATH RAO KADAM We keep things piled up inside, even the harshest response seems appropriate. NCIS I think playing Duke helped us become a better football team, and that's what it's all about. This g... CAL MCCOMBS
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