Colum McCann
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COLUM JOYCE This was a great chance to honor both teams in what turned out to be a really successful season. BETH MCCANN We had a great tournament and we have no reason to hang our heads. We have a young team and that hur... BETH MCCANN She's doing quite well with the team. She really beefs up our defensive line. BETH MCCANN This was good practice for next weekend. BETH MCCANN My parents aren't giving any pressure on distance, ... This will be my decision, totally. It will be... BRYAN MCCANN There is more emotion playing defense, ... If you make a mistake but are going hard, you can still b... BRYAN MCCANN I have offers from UAB , SMU , Northwestern and Stanford, ... Stanford offered toward the end of my ... BRYAN MCCANN [It is the] jobs of groups like us to make sure that doesn't happen. Anytime there is a local screen... BRYAN MCCANN My parents aren't giving any pressure on distance, ... This will be my decision, totally. It will be... BRYAN MCCANN There is more emotion playing defense, ... If you make a mistake but are going hard, you can still ... BRYAN MCCANN I have offers from UAB , SMU , Northwestern and Stanford, ... Stanford offered toward the end of my ... BRYAN MCCANN [Devine] is going to be a great pitcher in this league someday, BRIAN MCCANN It was greatest moment I've ever had on the baseball field. Everything just felt right, and it was a... BRIAN MCCANN You never expect to hit a home run off a guy like that, ... He's the best pitcher in baseball. He's ... BRIAN MCCANN He threw the ball OK. In the second inning, he wasn't hitting his locations like he wanted to. But h... BRIAN MCCANN I was going to go up hacking, ... Pitcher on deck. Two outs. He can start throwing his dirtiest stuf... BRIAN MCCANN He's just a starting pitcher. He's got three pitches, and he can throw them all for strikes. With hi... BRIAN MCCANN I tried to hurry up the throw and it sailed on me. It's terrible. BRIAN MCCANN has calluses older than McCann. The kid was 83 days old when Clemens broke in with the Red Sox. He w... BRIAN MCCANN Class AA is where you prove you can play, where you prove you can hit consistently good pitching. Ev... BRIAN MCCANN He's got great stuff. He's got about eight pitches. I put something down and he throws whatever. He ... BRIAN MCCANN We all kind of put in that extra effort to make sure the job gets done. It's getting progressively h... BOB MCCANN Based on the new rules, Michigan probably now has the strictest mining laws in the country. BOB MCCANN Once that happened, the disputes were resolved and both parties are able to move on. BOB MCCANN The goal is to get this plan into workable shape. BOB MCCANN I was a bit of a late developer, and everyone was saying, 'Whatever you do, don't shave,'... RORY MCCANN In the business I meet some beautiful women, but to be honest, 80 per cent of them are raving lunati... RORY MCCANN You shouldn't intervene. No citizen should feel compelled unless they see something that is exactly ... KELLY MCCANN Down there, basketball is the big thing. Some of my friends that I've known since kindergarten are s... ALEX MCCANN I didn't start playing until I was 12, but I didn't get really serious until I was in high school. ALEX MCCANN The thing that I just discovered, which fascinates me really - my name, McCann, the translation isn&... RORY MCCANN I see a lot of loyalty and commitment. In our businesses we have very little voluntary turnover. CHERYL MCCANN We started this on a whim four years ago. We don't want to make it any larger than it is. It really ... JIM MCCANN His stuff he had in Milwaukee was the same stuff he had tonight. BRIAN MCCANN We see people coming in who want the flexibility. They want to work a couple of days a week. It's ju... CHERYL MCCANN I am pleased, I was a bit annoyed yesterday as I would have caught the breakaways for sure, DAVID MCCANN People actually have come in to see Carol. CHERYL MCCANN We're always looking to advance as many as we can. We're happy with nine, I feel bad for Sammy (Mart... KEVIN MCCANN I was a lumberjack for years, a pub bouncer, I've sung in a band; in fact, I still sing, and I e... RORY MCCANN I'm on my boat, training, rehearsing; I spend all my energy on the job that's coming up, and... RORY MCCANN I'm just about to move to a place that you can only get there by rowing a boat across a loch, wh... RORY MCCANN So much is yet to come. Soon will be blankets and pillows, and books by the bed to make the stuff of... JIM MCCANN Our mentality is that we're going to play the same if it's the seventh game of the World Series or a... BRIAN MCCANN You know, he's one of the greatest pitchers of all time. Just to get a pitch up, out over the plate,... BRIAN MCCANN We'll just have to regroup and come back next year. We're really not thinking about next year right ... BRIAN MCCANN Pressure wasn't the problem. Everyone has pressure on them at this level. He threw really well. If w... BRIAN MCCANN The ministry is doing a great job helping people. What happens when the help stops? Is the city taki... TOM MCCANN It's like, it doesn't even matter to me. I just want to play at that next level. DEE MCCANN I'm anxious. Little nervous. You know how it is. You never know until that day comes. DEE MCCANN This takes a lot of pressure off of us. Win or lose we still have the Big East title. DEE MCCANN Step by step. Just focus. DEE MCCANN They were saying they were coming in to take the Big East. I don't see that happening. DEE MCCANN I had my fingernails in his jersey and he stepped away. He's got a lot of speed and quickness, but h... DEE MCCANN My parents aren't giving any pressure on distance, ... This will be my decision, totally. It will be... BRYAN MCCANN There is more emotion playing defense, ... If you make BRYAN MCCANN I have offers from UAB , SMU , Northwestern and Stanford, ... Stanford offered toward the end of my ... BRYAN MCCANN With the magnitude of the game, catching 18 innings, it didn't seem like that, ... If it was a regul... BRIAN MCCANN You couldn't write a better script, ... for any of this. BRIAN MCCANN Certainly it seems like it's better to leave business on the table rather than take on something you... JIM MCCANN I thought yesterday was made for me, but I guess I was a day out. DAVID MCCANN He broke the law in Canada and so if we are going to let him be charged he should be charged here, w... DAVID MCCANN If he gets charged in Canada that will have major legal consequences for that extradition request. DAVID MCCANN We are really strong. We're in a good position. But there is a long way to go in this race, and anyt... DAVID MCCANN [They can be used to react quickly to reports about Taliban and al Qaeda forces in the area, said J.... KELLY MCCANN We're just frustrated because we were told one thing and that turned out not to be the case, JACK MCCANN The county judge (Dale Haas) then told me to go ahead and if nothing worked the county would pick up... JACK MCCANN I was told to talk with the Red Cross, ... I talked with Mark (Massey) with the Red Cross and he sai... JACK MCCANN I was told they would need at least one officer at the shelter 24-7, ... I was told the state (Depar... JACK MCCANN Two weeks ago, an employee with the governor's office called me at my office and said several evacue... JACK MCCANN I didn't murder him, he was already dead when I cut his throat. JACK MCCANN I want to prepare her that, if he's coming back here, there are going to be some problems -- to what... JACK MCCANN Whether anybody agrees with it or not, he has served his sentence, JACK MCCANN I want to prepare her that, if he's coming back here, there are going to be some problems ? to what ... JACK MCCANN It's extraordinarily difficult. It forces challengers to be extremely creative or have deep pockets ... JAMES MCCANN It's vitally important that we succeed and continue to raise money, JAMES MCCANN A lot of different things go into the mix when determining whether or not Roberts is confirmed. The ... JAMES MCCANN The senators will want to ask about views on presidential powers, women's rights and minorities, bec... JAMES MCCANN has a problem with that. JAMES MCCANN God cuts out our path, makes a groove in the clay with His finger, and we poor blind ants slide down... MARIA MCCANN We try to look at what events may occur that will involve Army forces. LYNNE MCCANN This is a larger effort within the Defense Department for language studies and cultural awareness. T... LYNNE MCCANN Our cemeteries are very unique and I know when people come to New Orleans, tourists and all, they lo... LUCY MCCANN There are so many factors driving employers away from retiree health benefits ? ... escalating healt... LAURIE MCCANN The seniors all had a great season, it was an awesome year. Next year we will have high expectations... LAMONT MCCANN It was a really tough tournament. We did well. I was proud of their day, we got a lot accomplished a... LAMONT MCCANN We really didn't know what we had with Shane until after the Sierra Nevada Classic. Some schools hav... LAMONT MCCANN People are a lot more aware that there is treatment for sleep disorders. They are also less willing ... KATHLEEN MCCANN With the growth of sleep centers, a lot are fly-by-night. They're not equipped to provide a proper e... KATHLEEN MCCANN I have friends who are blacksmiths in the north of Scotland, so I took a few master classes with,the... RORY MCCANN
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