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Sam's a winner. He gets the job done. I think he's in better shape than he was when I had him in Milwaukee.


George Karl

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I think he did a super job. He left the program in much better shape than when he took over.
CRAIG ANGELOS It was similar to when George (Karl) came to Milwaukee,
RAY ALLEN (Assistant coach) Phil Crowe got him on the bike when he was injured, and (Adams) came back 100 perc...
CHRIS STEWART I thought I was in better shape. He had so much weight to cut. I thought that if I got him into the ...
KYLE GILCHRIST His stuff he had in Milwaukee was the same stuff he had tonight.
BRIAN MCCANN That was vintage Elliott. He spotted his fastball well on both sides of the plate and had all three ...
BOBBY HOWARD He doesn't act like he's 22, ... I think the one thing about him is every time he goes out there, he...
JASON KENDALL He doesn't act like he's 22. I think the one thing about him is every time he goes out there, he's g...
JASON KENDALL Karl was no glamour boy. But even during this first meeting I discovered he had something better. Th...
AIDAN CHAMBERS He hasn't pitched in a week and I wanted to get him as much work as I could before spring break. He ...
JAY HARPER I don't know that we'd be asking that same question ... he had a start in Milwaukee that was awfully...
JIM TRACY I know Henrik Larsson personally and I have met him more than once because he played in Holland. He'...
FRANK RIJKAARD But when he has done this, let him not say that he knows better than his master, for he only holds a...
WILLIAM BLAKE I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have o...
ED GILLESPIE People thought he got the job because he was my stepson -- at the time, I was the president of the C...
EDWARD COLLINS He really did a good job. He had a good attitude. He was in here early every day. I would venture to...
BOB HILL In camp we watched him and felt he was a good football player and he just gets better and better.
GREG MARSHALL Trust me when I say this: Steve doesn't want anybody's sympathy. In fact, he wants people to make fu...
JACKIE SHERRILL I was in better shape when I went into boot camp than when I came out.
KAI RYSSDAL Samson was a total winner. He was very masculine, very aloof. Particularly girls admired him. In fac...
ALEX EWING I expected a better showing from him. He got tired. He was exhausted when he came back, but he recov...
STEVE ASMUSSEN He was very aggressive. He was working all week on making everything solid. He was up 16-3 over the ...
JADE GRIBBLE We have not done a good enough job just getting Milwaukee on the radar screen, ... People just don't...
TOM BARRETT It was terrific to see this morning. The first thing I saw when I came in was Lance with his shirt o...
DENIS PAGAN He's in better shape now. I think everyone was surprised to see him dunk it.
JAMES ROWE They beat on him and he was able to hold his position. He was real sound and wasn't put in a bad spo...
DAVE COLLEY There was a mixture there and it was a rather pleasant mixture, and I think it helped him a lot in t...
MICHAEL PALIN He was always travelling like the winner. I like the horse, he will only get better.
DANNY NIKOLIC I don't think he ever had a real good feel for his mechanics and release point. Whether it was relat...
BRAD AUSMUS I think he's one of those special backs, the more you feed him the ball the stronger he gets, the mo...
JOE VITT John Spratt did a great job of constituent service. When somebody had a problem, he would jump on it...
RALPH NORMAN Kyle?s in better shape than a lot of these guys here and that?s what I pointed out to them. A guy wh...
MAURICE CHEEKS He had it thrust upon him this year and has gotten better at it. He's done a better job on the night...
DICK FRANTI I'm bigger now than when I was eating meat. My lifts in the gym are better. I'm in better sh...
DANIEL BRYAN He has not done a good job. I think he should go.
RICHARD SHELBY I hadn't gotten him any proper training, and he was throwing the ball better than kids in high schoo...
DAN POWERS I hadn't gotten him any proper training, and he was throwing the ball better than kids in high schoo...
DAN POWERS I think Patrick is better off when he can just concentrate on one guy. He did a very good job chasin...
TUBBY SMITH I think Tommy is better than he ever was. I really mean that. He throws inside now and you just can'...
BOBBY COX When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But...
DAN QUAYLE He just keeps going and going until he gets the job done.
JAKE SHULAW He was one of the guys ... there was this perfect communication with him. When I heard he was gettin...
BOB GOLIC He had a sense of urgency. He knew his weight and body fat were too high for him to play a lot of mi...
ALLAN JOHNSON Our quarterback came out of Sunday's game amazingly well. We gave him the award for being the tough ...
JOE GIBBS When he was in the police officers squad car, he was shaking, after I had even put a coat on him.
CASSANDRA NAUS He's not in shape yet. Once he gets in shape, he'll get there.
JACK TURNER I really don't ask him for a ton of speed in the morning. I think he can sit just off of it. For his...
DOUG O'NEILL He's a lot better from where he was last year. I think all the reps he is getting are helping him ou...
BOB COLE I think they're blown out of proportion. It's not about what he did or didn't do, it's about politic...
JOY CHANDLER Now that he's got this Collective Bargaining Agreement done for another six years, I guess he feels ...
WARREN MOON My brother went to New Orleans when he was 19, ... Hes 72 now.
BARBARA UPTON From 1964 to 1969, he was the best player in the country, ... It's sad as hell, but I don't think we...
DENIS LAW I give [Tomes] a lot of credit. I called him this morning when he was in class and told him he was g...
BRUCE MARSHALL I think when we went to San Diego and he had all of that adversity, it really brought out the best i...
AMANI TOOMER I know that he's a better player than he performed on Sunday. And now, if he gets a chance to be the...
MIKE HOLMGREN We should have done a better job against their first two pitchers. Kirby-Jones had real good stuff, ...
CHARLIE PULEO The next time I contacted him I asked him how the fan arrived and was it working, and he told me the...
DENISE JORGENSON My father, we bumped heads when I was younger, much younger... I had different ideas that I shared w...
ZIGGY MARLEY I think he's going to be better this year; he's more mature. In the past, he was a young horse and a...
ALEX SOLIS He was probably better than we saw him over in Kansas City. He was good.
BUDDY BELL I had told him in the beginning, 'You take care of my girl.' I wish he would've taken care of her a ...
CAROL LEE I think the media has done a good job portraying him being a bad person, when in reality he's not.
LAMONT JORDAN Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera s...
GARY COLE He was just too good. If you are going to beat him, you have to beat him in the first round. He gets...
OLIVIER ROCHUS Matt hustles a lot and is just a great athlete. He doesn't have outstanding basketball skills, but h...
GARY BALLESTRINI Oh, scratch that. He draws our opponents' No. 1 receiver every week and he has six picks. He talks a...
LARRY KEHRES I love playing for Ray. I just hope he gets better. I know he'll be better when he can. With Ray, th...
GRANT WISTROM When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But...
DAN QUAYLE I think he ran a huge race. I know Prado was in tight. I rode tight a little bit, but I don't think ...
JAVIER CASTELLANO It's frustrating for him. But I think it's important for our guys' frame of mind to win a game befor...
ROYCE WALTMAN These things are always easier to say in retrospect that you shouldn't have done it. We did it becau...
PETER MAGOWAN I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jac...
HARRY S TRUMAN He had a very good trip, and it was a good ride. I saw when he got position he was in good shape. I ...
EDUARDO INDA I've never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. A...
ASHTON KUTCHER In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician.
DAN MAFFEI Well, obviously I'm not Mark Wahlberg - I have much better abs and I look much better in a pair ...
ADRIAN GRENIER I think he was given the job on an interim basis, and he was somehow 'next in line' for the job.
MICHAEL GOODSON He does real well. We're very happy for him. We had no clue he was going to be our leading scorer. H...
BILL SACCO Keith had it a little better than most kids here because he had two parents in the same household wh...
JEFF HILL Fangio . . . I saw him when he was on the wane and he was still better than most. And Jim Clark and ...
FRANK GARDNER He had a winning smile and it was evident that he didn't think he was any better than anybody else e...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR He (Ward) has done this in the past; when he gets going sometime he can be unstoppable.
CHRIS SIMBLIARIS He really did live in two different worlds. He was real good at his job. He knew engineering. It cam...
ELLIOT JACOBOWITZ [Beltran] has it in him; he just has to bring it out, ... I think if he would have had a better year...
WILLIE RANDOLPH The thing about Heath is that when he gets into some jams, that's when he's at his best. When he get...
JOE HUDAK This is a devastating loss for J and our team. J is a proven leader and when he sets goals, he gets ...
RUSS HELLICKSON I think Americans will begin to see a rejuvenated Dan Quayle with great campaign skills, ... George ...
DAVID MCINTOSH I think he had to grow up pretty quick. He hasn't gotten too many breaks. No one gave him anything o...
BEN OLSEN How he (Elian) would feel suddenly being put in the arms of a stranger; what would he think, how fri...
JANET RENO I went up to him after the game and told him I think he did a great job on me, his teammates did a g...
ACIE LAW Sams eventually took over the operation of the Osceola Times, which he operated until about 1952 whe...
BOB FISHER I think he just took it upon himself that he was going to get the job done, and he did. He carried u...
BARI ROGERS Coming in as your first match, since he had a bye, that's a tough draw. I didn't think he was real s...
JEFF STOVER He practiced on his kicking and as you can see he got better at it. When he first came he barely kne...
BRIAN ROLLE No matter where I ask him to wrestle, he never complains. He just nods his head and goes out and doe...
ROBERT NEBEKER I think I'm in better shape now than I was 10 years ago, but it takes a bigger toll - I get back...
ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO He's training real good. When I got him from Leonard Dorfman, he was in good shape and he's trained ...
PATRICK GALLAGHER I think he didn't feel like he needed any assistance, ... I think he felt that with his Notre Dame b...
TYRONE WILLINGHAM He had a monster game. He's done a great job when teams have keyed on him. Tonight he was open and k...
JEFF DIBATTISTO That was one of those anything-you-can-do-I-can-do-better shots. I don't know how you stop him when ...
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KARL MARLANTES I grew up in Oregon, where as a teenager I worked with my grandfather Axel on his i shing boat at th...
KARL MARLANTES Vietnam was the first time that Americans of different races had to depend on each other. In the Sec...
KARL MARLANTES We all want to be special, to stand out; there's nothing wrong with this. The irony is that ever...
KARL MARLANTES War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up failures perpetrated by adults.
KARL MARLANTES It takes people a while to trust you.
KARL MALONE I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We re...
KARL MALONE I have many friends and family members who have served (or are currently serving) in our nation'...
KARL MALONE To catch the ball, face up, look at all of my options and then pass. I was playing hot potato. I did...
KARL MALONE All records are not made to be broken.
KARL MALONE I just want to make a name for myself and get to the next level.
KARL MALONE When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That ...
KARL MALONE You're a professional. You don't need for me to break a film down for you. If you want to st...
KARL MALONE You don't try to do more than you should.
KARL MALONE I think we're a deeper team, a better team, we still have work to do... nothing is guaranteed, b...
KARL MALONE You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know i...
KARL MALONE Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.
KARL MALONE I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do ...
KARL MALONE I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have...
KARL MALONE Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the l...
KARL MALONE I never felt I had the kind of relationship with Magic that I could just pick up the phone and call ...
KARL MALONE You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't f...
KARL MALONE Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, i...
KARL MALONE You work for whatever you get in life.
KARL MALONE Misery loves company. This is a Hollywood soap opera, and I'm not going to be a star in another ...
KARL MALONE For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play w...
KARL MALONE They changed the floor back to old school. They changed the uniform back to old school. Somebody tel...
KARL MALONE I'll make the right decision, whichever one it is. I have to be 100 percent, not 95 or 99.
KARL MALONE I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.
KARL MALONE Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.
KARL MALONE Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it....
KARL MALONE My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk.
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