I think anyone would be disappointed with a .230-something season. Now I've dealt with disappointment and hopefully I can bounce back and learn from it.
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Related If only I could have got the second one. (The first one) felt good and I didn't think it would bounc... CAROL DUNCAN It is something that we've dealt with and I think he's dealt with it real well, all things considere... BUCK SHOWALTER They had every loose ball, every rebound. We had a lot of panic. Hopefully, this is the kind of situ... CHRIS GIBSON I think there was an expectation created more by Government than anyone that media reform was on the... GREG BAXTER Anyone young can learn something useful from someone with experience. AL CAPP I would just hope Congress comes back from their break with renewed energy to do something about thi... LOIS NELSON I think Adrian is getting some rest now. He hasn't played much in the last two games. Hopefully, tha... CHUCK LONG I thought I had it. My coach (Brian Johnson) told me to hit if off the front of the rim and bounce b... JUSTIN ARMSTRONG Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... NANETTE L. AVERY It feels unreal. You put me in with all these names, you put me with everybody else ? maybe when the... CHRIS SHELTON Hopefully, the younger guys can learn a little bit from this and see what it took to get here. Hopef... EDDIE THIEBE Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational inst... AL CAPP Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational inst... AL CAPP We're obviously disappointed in losing Brian for the year. Brian was having a great season, and he w... BOBBY PETRINO Everyone at the club was disappointed with the Hibs defeat, so it is crucial we bounce back against ... ALEX RAE I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a... ELEANOR CATTON I’m just disappointed in myself.” “Learn from it and then let it go. Dwelling never helped any... KADY CROSS Find a way to learn something from every disappointment. LAURIE NADEL He said we would bounce around. I think it's a great idea and I'm not going to have a problem with i... TONY GWYNN I think a lot of it had to do with fixed income, foreign exchange and derivatives, ... I think there... ANDREW COLLINS We can always learn something from anyone. LORRIN L. LEE I'm a firm believer that games can be won or lost with the kids coming off the bench, and I think ho... KEITH WILLIS From what I saw at the exhibition games, there isn't nearly as much resentment as I thought there wo... ANDREW RAYCROFT I think it's a very healthy thing to learn from what's happened in the past. But only if you... CHRIS PINE Many of these are wonderful companies that we would like to have engineering relationships with. I t... HAROLD HUGHES I can remember when, as a beginner, I was delighted with any ball as long as it would bounce. HELEN WILLS MOODY ive loved an ive falllen but yet until now ive always gotten back up but ur blow to the heart has su... AMBER FAITH HUN Right now, it's a one-game season. Tonight's over. It's just one out of 20. I think we'll bounce bac... ILYA NICHOLAS It's something I set out to do. I wanted to be here from the very beginning to the very end. Hopeful... EARNEST GRAHAM We know it's a championship game and just have to bounce back and put it behind us and learn from ou... MARK ATHERTON We have boxers who are going into Cuba and coming back with new techniques. We need coaches to assis... ANDRE SEYMOUR I want to come back 10 years from now for a reunion and see that banner with my kids. Hopefully we'l... BRIAN HERNANDEZ It's hard when you lose. We have highly competitive guys. I would say they were very disappointed, a... BILLY DONOVAN I think Brian would be an excellent choice. DAVID HOFFMAN I didn't think Hollins had a chance at that ball. I'll be honest with you. I was hoping it would bou... LOU PINIELLA I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I I think maybe ten years from now, I'm hopefully going to be, in like, Tahiti or something. Kicki... COREY HAIM Nobody gave us a chance to be where we're at right now because of last year. This is a make or break... HILLARY LIMBAUGH Drowning his misery with alcohol and junk food was like sticking plaster on an infected cut. It mask... JAY NORTHCOTE I am looking forward to the season. I think if the kids stay focused we can compete with most anyone... CHRIS COBB I think the peace process should soon be back on track, hopefully with everyone involved. MARGHERITA AMODEO I guess that makes us pioneers in a way. But you know people have been doing this at other schools f... JAMES ALDRIDGE That was a big shocker to me on a personal level. I did not think that would ever happen in the midd... ANGELA EHRHARD By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER Hopefully he'll be able to bounce back by next week, at least. JARED PHAY I think he'll be a better goaltender. Not because he was traded, but because of everything he's gone... PATRICK ROY I would not recommend anybody holding their breath, ... Quite apart from the movie question, I think... RENE AUBERJONOIS I think to come back and horseshoe out for a birdie summed up my week really. I don't know whether i... GREG OWEN Derek came back with a lot of confidence and we're expecting more leadership from him this season an... JEFF TAMBRONI I want to deal with somebody who comes from another country to the United States and has a family th... HARVEY WEINSTEIN She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate obser... J.D. SALINGER Father said I have no sense of humor at all. He said I was unequipped to meet life because I have no... J.D. SALINGER You take a really sleepy man, Esmé, and he always stands a chance of again becoming a man with all ... J.D. SALINGER He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor. J.D. SALINGER Written in ink, in German, in a small, hopelessly sincere handwriting, were the words "Dear God, lif... J.D. SALINGER I used to let a lot of unimportant things bother me. I don't anymore. Right now, things are goin... DOUG DAVIDSON I was having trouble with my jump serve, so I went back to the float serve I learned from Brian (Bec... JAKE SCHKUD I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. CRAIG GROESCHEL Imagine if every airport would blast Brian Eno. I bet going through security wouldn't be as diff... PARKER POSEY I would like to thank the fans personally for the backing they've given us this season. They're a wo... STEVE BRUCE Hopefully I can bring some more energy and I can give a couple more goals this season and hopefully ... PETR PRUCHA I feel more comfortable with my defense and, with my offense, I think I can do the job. If I can kee... EDWIN ENCARNACION You know what, I discussed all this and dealt with a lot of it back in Vancouver. And that's somethi... TODD BERTUZZI I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I would ha... SPALDING GRAY IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I reallyam, I would f... NAPOLEON HILL You learn from your mistakes, and I think it's a good thing as long as you learn something. YANI TSENG I plan on holding camps and recruiting once I take a little break. Recruiting should be easier with ... DOMINIC MODISE With these qualities, we can achieve revival and bounce back stronger than ever before. LK ADVANI It was a little too much Blaine Howell and a little too much A.C. Reynolds tonight. We played a litt... TOM SMITH This product is something that will have to be dealt with and livestock is one of the few things tha... MARLIN NILSSON I think the key thing is for [Schweitzer and Campbell] to develop a solid personal relationship. Bec... STEVE THOMPSON We'll be working so hard with a lot of pressure and one funny bounce goes the wrong way. It just cha... DAVE CONTE There has to be a culture where students and parents know that if children come to school and act li... JACK COYLE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I heard some stuff recently from Julian Casablancas, and his solo stuff is amazing. If I could write... HARRY STYLES I think the saddest moments in life have humor in them. I have a memory of coming home from a funera... ZACH BRAFF I think we need to see what the breakdown is, ... Have people backed off a bit from reporting [sexua... CAROLYN BENNETT My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes an... WYCLEF JEAN I don't know anyone who can't learn something from The Little Prince. VERONICA HENRY Obviously, I'm very disappointed. This is a serious matter, it's a very serious matter and serious m... JON GRUDEN Coming from Philadelphia, this is like the enemy, the Lakers. Hopefully they can get back to their w... AARON MCKIE We're all sisters and brothers. So like color and those issues now, if we dealt with it much, much l... BAI LING Anybody would be disappointed (after Robinson chose Patterson) with what I put into it, JOE FIELDS They have been dealt a bad hand the last couple months. But now, hopefully, this special prosecutor ... CHARLES BLACK There's eight, nine teams that have dealt with more than us. We've dealt with our share, and I think... LINDY RUFF I'm disappointed, and I've expressed my disappointment, but there's nothing you can do about it. 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