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I've seen an increasing willingness to hire Canadians for lead roles that shoot up here. When I started, they would always just fly in L.A. people to do the lead roles.


Brandon Jay McLaren

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BRANDON SANDERSON A lot like Dave Matthews or John Mayer, I kind of stick with the acoustic genre.
BRANDON JONES Same old, same old. Nothing special, but he's absolutely ready.
BRANDON MACNAUGHT Next weekend is the weekend we have to wrestle perfectly. We didn't wrestle perfectly this weekend, ...
BRANDON MACNAUGHT It's one of those things where you don't worry about individual wins and losses, you worry about the...
BRANDON MACNAUGHT If it isn't broke, don't fix it. You want to prepare the same. ... I haven't seen any added pressure...
BRANDON MACNAUGHT I would assume every coach's ultimate goal is to get a guy to states. I've been fortunate to have a ...
BRANDON MACNAUGHT To do it in this section is quite amazing and it hasn't really sunk in yet. To think that's he the f...
BRANDON MACNAUGHT Previous studies have measured general pain and heavy backpacks. But, they have not correlated backp...
BRANDON MACIAS Even at 10 percent [of body weight], the pressures were still high, and that hasn't been quantified ...
BRANDON MACIAS It seems like the right shoulder becomes loaded more.
BRANDON MACIAS The backpack should be positioned high on the back.
BRANDON MACIAS I had two months of not doing anything except wonder how my arm was going to feel. But I'm back thro...
BRANDON LYON I struggled a little bit, but I've been talking to 'MD' (pitching coach Mark Davis ) quite a bit the...
BRANDON LYON It just seemed like I would give up a couple hits, then start falling behind hitters and I would try...
BRANDON LYON I'd have liked to finish out the year stronger than I did, ... But there's always next year, and thi...
BRANDON LYON It actually motivated me more. It was an intense match already, but that made it even more intense.
BRANDON LOW He's very fast, and very strong. He almost has the same style as before, but technically he's a much...
BRANDON LOW It's a huge relief. It's a fairy tale ending, it's everything I could ever ask for.
BRANDON LOW After that takedown, the crowd got really loud and I felt it was my match from then on. I think that...
BRANDON LOW That's a match I really wanted. I'd never beaten Justin before - in high school or in Little League ...
BRANDON LOCOCO Getting beat on every day that year helped make me the wrestler I am today.
BRANDON LOCOCO With the best match of my life, I'm not sure if I could beat Grayson - he's that good. But again, I ...
BRANDON LOCOCO I'm proud of what I was able to accomplish this year and in my career. Looking back, I would've like...
BRANDON LOCOCO My goal for the season was to win a state title, and I knew the best way to do that was to push myse...
BRANDON LOCOCO I know I was more nervous about Jake's matches in Columbia than I ever was about my own. And, I know...
BRANDON LOCOCO When I first got here, [a new contract] wasn't the main issue the main issue was getting the trade ...
BRANDON LLOYD He was the first one down there. I thought, He's going to fight me for this. So I figured I'd just g...
BRANDON LLOYD We grew up a lot today. But the way we're going to measure our growth is how we play next week (at T...
BRANDON LLOYD It's just trying to earn Coach Sullivan's respect,
BRANDON LLOYD It's a good offense, and it's easy to pick up the general scheme, but the details will take months a...
BRANDON LLOYD They didn't dislike me, they just weren't feeling my style. I was loud and laughing and joking all t...
BRANDON LLOYD The running game deserves the attention, ... We're going to be left with a lot of one-on-ones on the...
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