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It's good to win close games. You learn from close games. I think it's good to learn from them right...
DEREK COLEMAN Players win games, teams win championships.
BILL TAYLOR You need good goaltending to win big games and both teams got it (Saturday night).
ANTHONY PALUMBO We're playing some good teams and the games are close, but no wins. It's not fun that's for sure. Th...
SCOTT NIEDERMAYER Good teams find a way to win and we didn't do that.
CHRIS CHELIOS It shouldn't have been that close. But we had been losing those close games, so it was a good to win...
AL MCCULLOCK They've always been close games, because usually both of us are near the top of the conference, and ...
DAVID MCGINNIS He's a smart, smart guy. He studies hard and that's what separates him from the other guys.
ROBBIE TOBECK It was kind of unsaid, but we wanted to eliminate the buts.
ROBBIE TOBECK Unbelievable. He has two national championship rings. First year (in the NFL), he goes to a Super Bo...
ROBBIE TOBECK Steve came in as a hungry rookie and even as a first-round pick he came in as hungry to succeed as I...
ROBBIE TOBECK It was like I had motion sickness out there. I came back [to the locker room] at halftime. I asked t...
ROBBIE TOBECK He's pitched three games well against three really good teams, he just didn't get the win. This time...
DOUG SANKEY I thought we were the aggressors most of the game. But that's New England. They're a good team. Good...
FRANKIE HEJDUK I wouldn't have believed it. We are on a roll. But if you had told me that our team would be competi...
DOUG RISEBROUGH We do this all the time. We play well against good teams and not so good against average teams. We d...
DON BARTLETT I feel like all three of our games were close. It's hard to win three close games versus any team.
AMY COOKE When you can win two games like this on the road, that's always a good sign.
BARTON BICKERTON It is something we have to address. We aren't going to win many close games by making those types of...
DAN CALLAHAN It's always fun to play against Ottawa, the two best teams in the league. I think it's a good sign w...
ANTERO NIITTYMAKI![]()
I always felt if you were going to be successful, make sure you get good people. You win with great ...
HANK STRAM I think this year more than ever has proven there are teams that might not get in or just barely get...
JIM BOEHEIM We played horrible, but the key is we won. Looking at how Avon Park played in their semifinal with s...
DERRICK KIRCE 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 We always find a way to win. We have won close games all year. I just feel very fortunate to be coac...
JAMIE RAINS We need to win one-goal games and limit other teams to two or less goals. That will always get us a ...
GABE GAUTHIER We've played some tough, close games lately and when teams make a run at us, we tend to get down on ...
JOEL RANKIN These games, hopefully, will benefit us in the end. You can play a bunch of close games, but if you ...
BRIAN REINKE When you play teams that are close to you, you always have good games with them. You know what to ex...
KYLE MAGNUSSON We always have the expectation that we will work as hard as we can to win as many games a possible. ...
DAVE HUBERT It was a good game. We've been in a lot of close games this year and haven't won as many as we'd lik...
DEKE ROUTHEAUX We were pretty close. We had a lot of games that we had a chance to win and couldn't get over the hu...
STEVE WAMMER We just played the top two teams in the conference and gave ourselves a chance to win both games.
ERIC STEEGE Not having that win with all those close games really wears on you.
SHERRI MURRELL We approach Wake as a very good basketball team. There have been more close games in the league this...
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI It wasn't a real pretty game, but a win is a win. That's all you really want. Coach always tells us,...
JUSTIN INGRAM We made the defensive plays at the end, and that's usually what'll win close ball games like this.
BILLY HICKS Good teams, ... find ways to win.
LORENZO NEAL I'd love to go through the history of some of the ugliest games ever and see who's won them. Great t...
IAN GOLD Robbie has some advantages. There's always an advantage to height. He has good speed. The potential ...
LARRY BERRYHILL Brooke hit a lot of big shots for us, especially in the second half. I'm proud of our kids. We've pl...
NATE LAMOTTE Playing the area's best teams has helped us because we've been in close games. Lately, we've been ab...
EDDIE QUICK I think bowl games are good. It's good for teams that aren't in the BCS. It's a good way to finish t...
GARIN JUSTICE That was the first time we were outside and we were playing against teams that already played 14-15 ...
KRISTEN MERLINO There were a few close matches where we might have been able to pull out a win, but we just didn't m...
DARRIN CUMMINGS We have a huge week (this) week. Both of our teams have to win both games.
JASON VENABLE The monkey is kinda off our back. The first win is always the most important. To be so close to it s...
AL WOLSKI They're a very good team, so that was a real quality win for us. It was a very close game and very w...
DALE LATIMER![]()
You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.
SUZANNE COLLINS![]()
Flight is essential, but I can't let my fear show.
SUZANNE COLLINS![]()
I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people. Maybe if I had thanked him at some point, ...
SUZANNE COLLINS![]()
You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug.
SUZANNE COLLINS![]()
Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.
SUZANNE COLLINS![]()
It's strange to be so physically close to someone who's so distant
SUZANNE COLLINS![]()
Each day i wake and think at last this nightmare is over. But it never is.
SUZANNE COLLINS![]()
Katniss Everdeen, The Girl On Fire!
SUZANNE COLLINS![]()
Smiling is mostly about smiling more.
SUZANNE COLLINS![]()
And here I am, strapped into a tree, a stone's throw from the biggest idiot in the games.
SUZANNE COLLINS![]()
Okay, listen to me, you're stronger than they are. You are. They just want a good show, that's all t...
SUZANNE COLLINS The reasons we win close games is we make free throws, don't turn the basketball over and we defend....
RON HUNTER You have to be good, you have to stay out of foul trouble and you have to win some really close game...
DOYLE WOLVERTON We played against very good teams, playoff teams for sure, maybe candidates to win the Stanley Cup. ...
JAROMIR JAGR I think we're close. There are specific things that allow you to win close games that we didn't win....
KIPPY BROWN![]()
the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone....
SUZANNE COLLINS I don't know that it's a surprise. But it's certainly a good thing when you can (win) against good t...
KYLE SANDERS The governor has always believed that you need to be prepared to win a campaign at every level.
DAN FEE We didn't play well, but the good news is we made the big plays at the end when we had to. Poor team...
BILL RYAN We want eight wins to get into the state tournament and then we'll take it from there. We also want ...
JAMES APICELLI Only two teams will win their last games this season -- and we want to be one of them.
CLIFF HAMMONDS Good teams find a way to win, and we feel like we're a good team. We put so much intensity on our de...
TIM BRANHAM Both teams played hard. It was a good win for our team.
GARY SMITH Kipper is always one of the main reasons why we win hockey games.
DARRYL SUTTER We've played in close games like this all year, and we're glad we were able to finally pull one out....
DAVE WITZIG It's always nice to get a win in conference. We had Geneva and Batavia the first two games, so that ...
BRIAN RICCI These games are very important, because they won't play like the bottom teams. [Rutgers and Villanov...
DEANNA GUMPF![]()
My gymnasts are always the best-prepared in the world. And they win. In the end, that's what mat...
BELA KAROLYI I think that's an admirable philosophy. But one, you have to win some of those games, and playing te...
DAWN ROGERS We always play to win games. If you play for Sweden, you want to win games. It doesn't matter what y...
DANIEL SEDIN I think as a coach, what I have to understand is that the teams we're playing against are really goo...
DAVE LOOS We knew that we were one of the better teams out there. We believed that we were, and we just wanted...
DANNY GREEN We're learning how to win, and we're learning how to close games out. There's no panic on the sideli...
JEFF GENYK We, as a team, are really focused on getting back to the playoffs. As Rifle showed last year as a fo...
AARON FINCH Overall good team win. It was a little close at times, but a win is a win.
HEIDI GWYNN I think both teams settled into 'this isn't our night mode'. The home team has to win those games, a...
DOC RIVERS We keep coming close. We came close at Indiana, we came close at Illinois. We have to get past this ...
COURTNEY SIMS I'm not thinking about other teams or what people think about what we're doing, ... I'm just trying ...
WILLIE RANDOLPH If we can pick up six points from two games then we can close up on the teams above us and make a re...
HARRY REDKNAPP Our tournament record the last seven or eight years proves those games always gets us ready for the ...
GENE CASLIN They're a good bunch of lads - they are good guys and there is a good atmosphere in the changing roo...
CHRIS COLEMAN![]()
Teams in the middle of the pack are going to have to win six, seven games in a row to even be consid...
BOB KNIGHT We know how big these kinds of games are. We have big win after big win after big win against qualit...
JOSH SATIN We have to be aware of the spoiler, we have got to come out and play our game. These teams aren't in...
DAVID LEGWAND We have to win games like this. Great teams can't afford to have slip-ups. We didn't have the right ...
MOHAMED ABUKAR Despite the poor start, we stuck together. A lot of teams would have fallen apart but we stayed with...
PENNY TAYLOR I loved Robbie down there. He was good for me. He was a good skill coach.
ZACH PARISE I used to go to a lot of Harvard games and UNH is always one of the most competitive teams.
BRITANI DUNBAR![]()
We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.
SUZANNE COLLINS![]()
We fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice.
SUZANNE COLLINS My love for these books, at its purest, is not really about Peeta or anything silly and girly. I lov...
ROXANNE GAY![]()
Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death.
SUZANNE COLLINS
DEREK COLEMAN Players win games, teams win championships.
BILL TAYLOR You need good goaltending to win big games and both teams got it (Saturday night).
ANTHONY PALUMBO We're playing some good teams and the games are close, but no wins. It's not fun that's for sure. Th...
SCOTT NIEDERMAYER Good teams find a way to win and we didn't do that.
CHRIS CHELIOS It shouldn't have been that close. But we had been losing those close games, so it was a good to win...
AL MCCULLOCK They've always been close games, because usually both of us are near the top of the conference, and ...
DAVID MCGINNIS He's a smart, smart guy. He studies hard and that's what separates him from the other guys.
ROBBIE TOBECK It was kind of unsaid, but we wanted to eliminate the buts.
ROBBIE TOBECK Unbelievable. He has two national championship rings. First year (in the NFL), he goes to a Super Bo...
ROBBIE TOBECK Steve came in as a hungry rookie and even as a first-round pick he came in as hungry to succeed as I...
ROBBIE TOBECK It was like I had motion sickness out there. I came back [to the locker room] at halftime. I asked t...
ROBBIE TOBECK He's pitched three games well against three really good teams, he just didn't get the win. This time...
DOUG SANKEY I thought we were the aggressors most of the game. But that's New England. They're a good team. Good...
FRANKIE HEJDUK I wouldn't have believed it. We are on a roll. But if you had told me that our team would be competi...
DOUG RISEBROUGH We do this all the time. We play well against good teams and not so good against average teams. We d...
DON BARTLETT I feel like all three of our games were close. It's hard to win three close games versus any team.
AMY COOKE When you can win two games like this on the road, that's always a good sign.
BARTON BICKERTON It is something we have to address. We aren't going to win many close games by making those types of...
DAN CALLAHAN It's always fun to play against Ottawa, the two best teams in the league. I think it's a good sign w...
ANTERO NIITTYMAKI
I always felt if you were going to be successful, make sure you get good people. You win with great ... HANK STRAM I think this year more than ever has proven there are teams that might not get in or just barely get...
JIM BOEHEIM We played horrible, but the key is we won. Looking at how Avon Park played in their semifinal with s...
DERRICK KIRCE 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 We always find a way to win. We have won close games all year. I just feel very fortunate to be coac...
JAMIE RAINS We need to win one-goal games and limit other teams to two or less goals. That will always get us a ...
GABE GAUTHIER We've played some tough, close games lately and when teams make a run at us, we tend to get down on ...
JOEL RANKIN These games, hopefully, will benefit us in the end. You can play a bunch of close games, but if you ...
BRIAN REINKE When you play teams that are close to you, you always have good games with them. You know what to ex...
KYLE MAGNUSSON We always have the expectation that we will work as hard as we can to win as many games a possible. ...
DAVE HUBERT It was a good game. We've been in a lot of close games this year and haven't won as many as we'd lik...
DEKE ROUTHEAUX We were pretty close. We had a lot of games that we had a chance to win and couldn't get over the hu...
STEVE WAMMER We just played the top two teams in the conference and gave ourselves a chance to win both games.
ERIC STEEGE Not having that win with all those close games really wears on you.
SHERRI MURRELL We approach Wake as a very good basketball team. There have been more close games in the league this...
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI It wasn't a real pretty game, but a win is a win. That's all you really want. Coach always tells us,...
JUSTIN INGRAM We made the defensive plays at the end, and that's usually what'll win close ball games like this.
BILLY HICKS Good teams, ... find ways to win.
LORENZO NEAL I'd love to go through the history of some of the ugliest games ever and see who's won them. Great t...
IAN GOLD Robbie has some advantages. There's always an advantage to height. He has good speed. The potential ...
LARRY BERRYHILL Brooke hit a lot of big shots for us, especially in the second half. I'm proud of our kids. We've pl...
NATE LAMOTTE Playing the area's best teams has helped us because we've been in close games. Lately, we've been ab...
EDDIE QUICK I think bowl games are good. It's good for teams that aren't in the BCS. It's a good way to finish t...
GARIN JUSTICE That was the first time we were outside and we were playing against teams that already played 14-15 ...
KRISTEN MERLINO There were a few close matches where we might have been able to pull out a win, but we just didn't m...
DARRIN CUMMINGS We have a huge week (this) week. Both of our teams have to win both games.
JASON VENABLE The monkey is kinda off our back. The first win is always the most important. To be so close to it s...
AL WOLSKI They're a very good team, so that was a real quality win for us. It was a very close game and very w...
DALE LATIMER
You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope. SUZANNE COLLINS
Flight is essential, but I can't let my fear show. SUZANNE COLLINS
I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people. Maybe if I had thanked him at some point, ... SUZANNE COLLINS
You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug. SUZANNE COLLINS
Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor. SUZANNE COLLINS
It's strange to be so physically close to someone who's so distant SUZANNE COLLINS
Each day i wake and think at last this nightmare is over. But it never is. SUZANNE COLLINS
Katniss Everdeen, The Girl On Fire! SUZANNE COLLINS
Smiling is mostly about smiling more. SUZANNE COLLINS
And here I am, strapped into a tree, a stone's throw from the biggest idiot in the games. SUZANNE COLLINS
Okay, listen to me, you're stronger than they are. You are. They just want a good show, that's all t... SUZANNE COLLINS The reasons we win close games is we make free throws, don't turn the basketball over and we defend....
RON HUNTER You have to be good, you have to stay out of foul trouble and you have to win some really close game...
DOYLE WOLVERTON We played against very good teams, playoff teams for sure, maybe candidates to win the Stanley Cup. ...
JAROMIR JAGR I think we're close. There are specific things that allow you to win close games that we didn't win....
KIPPY BROWN
the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone.... SUZANNE COLLINS I don't know that it's a surprise. But it's certainly a good thing when you can (win) against good t...
KYLE SANDERS The governor has always believed that you need to be prepared to win a campaign at every level.
DAN FEE We didn't play well, but the good news is we made the big plays at the end when we had to. Poor team...
BILL RYAN We want eight wins to get into the state tournament and then we'll take it from there. We also want ...
JAMES APICELLI Only two teams will win their last games this season -- and we want to be one of them.
CLIFF HAMMONDS Good teams find a way to win, and we feel like we're a good team. We put so much intensity on our de...
TIM BRANHAM Both teams played hard. It was a good win for our team.
GARY SMITH Kipper is always one of the main reasons why we win hockey games.
DARRYL SUTTER We've played in close games like this all year, and we're glad we were able to finally pull one out....
DAVE WITZIG It's always nice to get a win in conference. We had Geneva and Batavia the first two games, so that ...
BRIAN RICCI These games are very important, because they won't play like the bottom teams. [Rutgers and Villanov...
DEANNA GUMPF
My gymnasts are always the best-prepared in the world. And they win. In the end, that's what mat... BELA KAROLYI I think that's an admirable philosophy. But one, you have to win some of those games, and playing te...
DAWN ROGERS We always play to win games. If you play for Sweden, you want to win games. It doesn't matter what y...
DANIEL SEDIN I think as a coach, what I have to understand is that the teams we're playing against are really goo...
DAVE LOOS We knew that we were one of the better teams out there. We believed that we were, and we just wanted...
DANNY GREEN We're learning how to win, and we're learning how to close games out. There's no panic on the sideli...
JEFF GENYK We, as a team, are really focused on getting back to the playoffs. As Rifle showed last year as a fo...
AARON FINCH Overall good team win. It was a little close at times, but a win is a win.
HEIDI GWYNN I think both teams settled into 'this isn't our night mode'. The home team has to win those games, a...
DOC RIVERS We keep coming close. We came close at Indiana, we came close at Illinois. We have to get past this ...
COURTNEY SIMS I'm not thinking about other teams or what people think about what we're doing, ... I'm just trying ...
WILLIE RANDOLPH If we can pick up six points from two games then we can close up on the teams above us and make a re...
HARRY REDKNAPP Our tournament record the last seven or eight years proves those games always gets us ready for the ...
GENE CASLIN They're a good bunch of lads - they are good guys and there is a good atmosphere in the changing roo...
CHRIS COLEMAN
Teams in the middle of the pack are going to have to win six, seven games in a row to even be consid... BOB KNIGHT We know how big these kinds of games are. We have big win after big win after big win against qualit...
JOSH SATIN We have to be aware of the spoiler, we have got to come out and play our game. These teams aren't in...
DAVID LEGWAND We have to win games like this. Great teams can't afford to have slip-ups. We didn't have the right ...
MOHAMED ABUKAR Despite the poor start, we stuck together. A lot of teams would have fallen apart but we stayed with...
PENNY TAYLOR I loved Robbie down there. He was good for me. He was a good skill coach.
ZACH PARISE I used to go to a lot of Harvard games and UNH is always one of the most competitive teams.
BRITANI DUNBAR
We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear. SUZANNE COLLINS
We fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice. SUZANNE COLLINS My love for these books, at its purest, is not really about Peeta or anything silly and girly. I lov...
ROXANNE GAY
Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death. SUZANNE COLLINS
It's always good to have a story arch. 
Certainly there's a huge appeal to the '60s, because it was such a big turning point to ever... 
I love flying so much. I even like airplane food. No one bothers you and your phone never goes off a... 
The interesting thing about Hain is that he's not a very interesting character. He's not fab... 
I was getting a lot of good work with my wrestling up in Iowa, but I needed a more all-around game, ... 
I'm just fighting a lot of high-level guys. I feel everyone is trying to be tactical, everyone i... 
Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station. 
See, what you're meant to do when you have a mid-life crisis is buy a fast car, aren't you? ... 
The basics win fights. 
When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one the... 