If we had prepared for them, I'd be concerned. But we weren't prepared. We struggled some on pass protection. But we'll be damn good. You mark that down.
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Related We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL If I go outside, I will be prepared but you inside and outside will stuck again and again without a ... DEYTH BANGER I don't think that was their best game. But we played well. We prepared well this week. We had a goo... DAN GROSSMAN We had some good years (under Hilliard), but couldn't get it done in the tournament. We had so much ... ANNE HAFELI The island annexation will bring some challenges, but we have prepared for them. I am sure there wil... FRANK SCIALDONE We don't want to make people paranoid, but we want them to be prepared. CLAUDIA STEIN The big thing was how focused we were for this week. We knew it would be a good game and we prepared... GREG MCANALLY Be prepared and be honest. JOHN WOODEN That told us we had to be prepared for anything. DORIS MEISSNER They ran the play well. Props for them making it, but we should have been more prepared for that. AMANDA BROWN You have to be prepared to take a spill. SHAUN WHITE You have to be prepared. We knew with their offense they were going to make some third-and-longs. Bu... DEMECO RYANS They can throw the ball very well, but they can also run the ball very well. We know that we have to... BRANDON PERKINS We struggled at that [free throw shooting]. We've normally been a very good free throw shooting team... GREGG HOLIFIELD Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you. TOM LEHRER We felt that we came really well prepared. But we haven't been able to feel comfortable on the ice. MARIA POULSEN But people do travel - we must be prepared. DR CHRISTINA CHISEMBELE It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better tha... SARGENT SHRIVER They have some pretty good guys on that team, ... If you fall asleep on those guys, those guys will ... EARL LITTLE In spurts we played well. But overall we have to play a lot better if we're going to win Friday (aga... DERRICK DELTON Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Life is to be enjoyed, the universe brings what we desire, but be prepared for what you desire. KISHAN S CHAUHAN They did some weird stuff out there. We were kind of prepared for that. We didn't know how much they... STEVEN MOFFETT We prepared for that play in practice, but it's different when you step between the lines in a game.... BRAD HILL We have to be prepared for an election and I think we are very prepared, JAY HILL We're prepared for that, but we haven't had to go there yet and hopefully we won't have to. CYNTHIA REICHELT And when I saw you kissing that girl My heart, it shattered and my eyes, they watered And ... KATE NASH We had prepared for a direct hit on the Sam Houston, but the storm side-stepped them and hit the Sab... ERNIE MURRAY There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are goo... H. L. MENCKEN But you should be prepared for it. BEN ISAACSON If we ask, we should also be prepared to give. STEPHEN RICHARDS We had really good possession at midfield, but we could not get that penetrating pass to get behind ... SAMIR HAJ We are going to need some serious money for us to implement a really good plan for us to be prepared... JEFFREY LEVI Pass protection didn't look good, and we looked sluggish. Anytime you don't do well it's a concern, ... JOE GIBBS Here comes another one of the stud teams, so we'd better be prepared. We have had a tough schedule, ... CHRIS CICHOCKI Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people. NIGEL SHORT If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FE... MICHAEL BLOOMBERG We played well against a good team. We were missing some of our bigger players, so we struggled on t... DEKE ROUTHEAUX We were well prepared for the storm, BARBARA GRIFFIN If you pray for rain, be prepared to deal with some mud. MARY ENGLEBREIT Weather patterns change; we need to be prepared for that. BILL DORAN We are prepared to make the offer, but we need some more financial information. NADER AGHA Now we know that next year we will have to be prepared for that, ANTONIO CUE We really couldn't have done any more. We trained our hearts out and prepared as well as we could an... DAVID MURDOCH I think the coaching staff down there is one of the best coaching staffs in the league. They get you... MUHSIN MUHAMMAD It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we&... BOB KEESHAN The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN The economic opportunities are huge and the problems are just as large. For those of us who have don... BILL BROWDER We've mentally prepared for whatever is going to happen, but I think we've done enough - if we skate... AARON LOWE Most definitely, it's good to have a reminder before you play a team that will actually beat you by ... CHARDE HOUSTON It's not cheap to pull off one of these drills. But it's one of those necessary evils where, if we'r... DOUG MEYER Weather patterns can change. We need to be prepared for that. BILL DORAN Harvey did a nice job of playing to our weakness. And we don't shoot well. We had some good looks, s... WALLY KESLING Sometimes, we must face our fears and our enemies on their ground, a place where they appear stronge... IDOWU KOYENIKAN We really feel good. We came here planning on winning five games so we have passed the first two ste... GARY ANDREWS It's very tense work -- we have to be careful. Pirates are very well armed and we have to be prepare... COMMANDER ALEXIS LATTY I told them that we had done something very special, but that we were going to be a very different f... JOE POWEL This is unacceptable, ... If our country had had a coherent energy policy over the last eight years,... JOHN ENGLER I am disappointed by such a political defeat, but we had been prepared for the possibility. KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts. LARRY ELLISON You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence. CARLY FIORINA If values matter in an organisation, you have to be prepared to act consistently. CARLY FIORINA In my opinion, Ontario is better prepared for infectious disease emergencies than we were three year... DR. SHEELA BASRUR We had some repeat miles on Monday, and I was really impressed at how they handled those. That gave ... DEREK HOOD We will be fully prepared. DERWYN JONES A government must always be prepared for the unexpected. PALANIAPPAN CHIDAMBARAM If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to so so from the neck up instead of from the neck... JIMMY DOOLITTLE We dream. We aspire. We hope. Sure, we can get down too. But it's not about that. It's not those mom... ZECHARIAH BARRETT We need to continue to refine our ability to compete. The more we immerse ourselves in the competiti... WALT DRENTH We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is. IRIS MURDOCH Your grandma always was an advocate of thorough preparedness. She would strongly advise staying not ... ANDREW HUSSIE We struggled for a little while. Our team chemistry had broke down, but we got it back. MARQUES JOHNSON Well, certainly it's limiting. How limiting? They've all run the run plays that we are calling. We'v... MIKE SHERMAN We prepared for this game just like we would any other game, ... We knew we had to have another good... ADAM KING Mark pitched well. We had him on a pitch count, so when he struggled a little in the fourth, we figu... TOM ARMSTRONG Bird flu is something we should be prepared for, but even if a pandemic never happens, everything we... DR ANDREA GAMBOTTO Larry played extremely well. He has struggled and he'll be the first one to tell you that. But he's ... NICK IACIANCIO We weren't prepared today. Pine Crest was better prepared mentally and physically, and if we play th... JEFF GOLDBERG I'd like to see us become more consistent on defense, but there were some good plays that kept us in... DAN CALLAHAN We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled. MASON COOLEY Speaking of which, about assuming you had a condom—I just meant that you, with your experience, wo... ROBERTA PEARCE That's important because if you shut them down according to a plan, then you can bring them back fas... DAN PICKERING They weren't shooting particularly well, we were playing great 'D', however you want to say it, I wa... STACY BILODEAU We knew going in that they were going to play very tough and aggressive. They have some young talent... DOUG JACK We have been committed for some time to make sure they have the equipment and training they need for... GORDON JOHNDROE We learned that the impossible is possible, so we have to be prepared for the worst. TOM WILSON I dropped our very first pass, but the first touchdown was a perfect pass from Aaron. The defender h... CHRIS ABEL We finally started playing some defense. We got it down to two points, but then our offensive effici... WILL BLALOCK We played very well tonight, our team was very well prepared for this game. Every game is big and we... SEAN BRENNAN We need to be prepared for a few more months. ANDREW BURNHAM We are going to be prepared for about 100 volunteers. BILL NICHOLS We need to be better prepared, JOE LIEBERMAN We want people to be prepared. BUTCH BEACH It was. Because now that we had a close one, it's good to know that teams can stay with us and we ca... ALYSSA FRESSLE This was inevitable and worse could come. We must be prepared for that. JOHN TAYLOR We will be prepared, despite this hoopla, for negotiations, free of preconditions and with manifest ... CYRUS NASSERI Personally, I don't think they'll stray too far from that. But if they do, we're going to be prepare... JAKE PLUMMER That Friday, we issued a recall, but at that point, we had a situation that already was mushrooming ... MARC ISAACS We've had some problems. If we want to stop the run, we can stop the run. But we might not be able t... LYLE SETENCICH We know that it'll be tougher next week. We have a tough regional next week and we have to be prepar... DAVE SURITA
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