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VICTOR ANDERSON I think we're still getting into form. Today was OK, but we're not where we want to be. I didn't see...
BRIAN WINQUIST Their goalie played unbelievable. He made some big saves on us, but I thought just the chances we we...
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TOM IZZO we
sat there
smoking
cigarettes
at
5
in the morning.
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BARB HEITKA We were quite happy with that. We had made a bit of money.
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BILL CLARK We're not quite where we want to be right now. But we'll give them everything we have.
GREG ANDREWS Never eat anything bigger than your ass.
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JOE DOERKSEN There was a point where we were losing a lot of close games. We were right there, but we were losing...
MIKE RUCKER There were some matches that we thought we should win that we ended up not winning. It made the diff...
GEORGE CROOKS We were rough around the edges there, not where we need to be.
AL BORGES I felt like in Tampa Bay a lot of people thought we were overachieving.
BEN ZOBRIST Our defense was horrible in the beginning. But we started to gel a little better, which opened thing...
ERIC LARKIN We were getting the ball where we wanted, but we just weren't scoring.
DANNY STARKEY They got in some pretty big plays. I thought we were stout in getting them into third down and in se...
EVAN BENJAMIN I thought our defense was starting to figure them out. We like to play fast, but I thought we were p...
ED ORTEGO Voter apathy is a civic abdication.
CHARLES M. BLOW Tonight was a game where we were locked in defensively and aggressively dictated what kind of shots ...
FLIP SAUNDERS Emotionally our tank wasn't full yesterday. But we rebounded today with a lot of energy, a lot of ju...
BOB MOTZKO We took a fair bit of stick after the first two games and, to be honest, we were very critical of ou...
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JACK NICKLAUS I thought we did a good job limiting the touches their post people got. We were giving up a lot of s...
GREG GOODLEY The tempo was exactly where we wanted it. I think a few people were getting nervous, but we were doi...
BRIAN ADKINS I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our st...
KEN HENSLEY A lot of people thought we were going to come into this game scared. Early on, we made plays. But in...
AARON GIPSON We thought, hopefully, we could out discipline them, but they were still able to fly by us a lot on ...
LUKE CUMMINGS Last year we got ragged on quite a bit, but I thought we were pretty good. The difference is this ye...
JUSTIN DUCHSCHERER I thought they made the plays. I just thought they were more aggressive and we were less aggressive.
DICK HUNSAKER I thought we lost a lot of juice. I thought they were quicker than us tonight.
DWANE CASEY There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way th...
BRUCE BERESFORD I'm sure a lot of the young guys were thinking we were going to go out there and do some conditionin...
BILLY VOLEK There were a lot of weekends where there were just no winners. Even in July, our best month of the y...
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AL HARRISON We didn't want to stay in California. It was obvious that costs were going to keep on climbing there...
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RALPH FIENNES I thought we were flat offensively. We were still making a lot of mistakes. We really need to come o...
DOUG WINSLOW There were times in the game where it was tough because there were a lot of penalties and 5-on-3s. I...
LUKE RICHARDSON I can't say we were able to accommodate every issue, but we answered and made accommodations where w...
JAMIE WILSON I was worried that we were getting back into the snake-bitten mode again. The second period I though...
JACK PARKER We were close but not quite good enough.
DERRIKE COPE That surprised me, ... I thought they both would have reacted better and played better. There were s...
BOB STOOPS We were a young team, ... I remember going out there, we were a young team and (the coaches) we were...
HAROLD HORTON He went over on his ankle quite badly but, nevertheless, we were quite happy to put the young goalke...
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KATHY WIESEN The last two years with the Eagles were pretty intense times. There was a lot of drinking and we wer...
GLENN FREY I thought their guards played a lot better than I thought they could. I thought we would be able to ...
ERIC SCHMIDT It was defense. We were getting a lot of stops.
KYLE SHILOH I thought we grew a lot mentally. We were challenged to make sure we adjusted mentally.
CONNIE CLARK We were made a mockery of in the first two months and here we are in September still playing for som...
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AMY HECKERLING I've found that music allows years to fold like an accordion over each other, so I guess you don...
AMY GRANT When I go on holiday, I wear wedges. They accentuate your leg, honey, and you have to look good on t...
AMY CHILDS Our uniqueness makes us special, makes perception valuable - but it can also make us lonely. This lo...
AMY TAN We can stop the cycle of animal homelessness and save lives by opening our hearts and homes to a lov...
AMY JACKSON Happiness is not always through success. Equally, the constant pursuit of success is sure unhappines...
AMY CHUA I just don't do the treadmill; I hate that. I do Pilates and yoga. I've recently joined aeri...
AMY JACKSON Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a...
AMY TAN I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, ...
AMY POEHLER I always liked my teachers, and I was in a lot of after-school projects. I was a Girl Scout until my...
AMY SEDARIS As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other peop...
AMY POEHLER When you read about the lives of other people, people of different circumstances or similar circumst...
AMY TAN People talk about this 'bucket list': 'I need to go to this country, I need to skydive.&...
AMY TAN My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was ...
AMY TAN It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.
AMY TAN I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what ...
AMY TAN I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of ...
AMY TAN I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to ...
AMY TAN There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being ri...
AMY TAN I write because I know that one day I will die, and thus I should experience as many deliberate obse...
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