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We have a pretty good defense. Our defensive coaches do ... JOE CASAMENTO Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA They're an improved basketball team. They're really playing within themselves. I think Coach (John G... KARL HOBBS These kids have to learn a lesson. They need to find something better to do with their time. JUDY EYER You always go into a game thinking, 'If we do these things, we'll be right there. We did those thing... ERNIE NESTOR Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Defense wins games, and our kids came out with great intensity and we did everything we were suppose... JACK RENTKO With Gulf Coast, we always know every game we'll have to do a great job on the backboard, a great jo... SCOTT MCMILLIN They have played a man defense all year and it is a credit to our kids that we forced them to do som... BEN GERLEMAN We were really able to do some intense training. Plus, some of our kids got a chance to learn some d... LEEANN PEPE You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE “My to do list is so long, my grandchildren will have to finish it.” ROSS ELDER We do know reproductive and demographic factors do influence (breast cancer) risk. If you're thin --... JOSEPH MCLAUGHLIN We take and take and take from these kids - and what are they going to do? The bottom line is, you'v... GARY JACKSON The kids work hard on their hitting. It's not just in practice, but they go different places and wor... CRAIG WINTER One of the things that this team has been able to do is really dedicate itself to playing great team... JIM LARRANAGA Now we are seeing what the kids can do, what the team can do and what we need to work on. We should ... BOB KOSKOSKY This is a great level of hockey to watch. We encourage people to come out and watch these kids. They... DWIGHT MULLINS If I'm going to do something a little bit more adult, I'll do it if it's going to be on ... MELISSA JOAN HART We want to bring them a little bit of home for Christmas. We really wanted to do something for these... JERRY WEINTRAUB We changed up our defense a couple of times, which seemed to confuse them. We knew that we had a cha... JASON KOSKI Some of these companies do a great job, while others have a different attitude. MASAO NISHI You have enough time to do everything God wants you to do. CRAIG GROESCHEL This win is a real tribute to our kids. We lost a lot from last season's team and these kids really ... JASON DOMINICK We have a lot of talent, and a lot of younger kids too. It's a great feeling to be part of this team... SAM ALLEN Our girls have been able to do a good job of keeping their composure, and showing great poise. It re... LYNN FREDERICK We wanted kids to have something to do here besides hiking. It's a place where families can get out ... HAROLD JOHNSON Every single person, pretty much, is taught what they're supposed to do: go to school, get a job... AZIZ ANSARI We've been fortunate so far that we've been able to get runs early. When you have the defense we do ... LESLIE STEPHEN The academic bowl coaches do a great job preparing these kids. [The students] never disappoint me. I... JACK HINES The bar is set high. These kids are hungry. If we do what we're capable, we're going to be a team to... ANN MOLSKI The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS We do some good work in Delaware and we have some great wrestlers. We'll able to showcase our kids t... DON PARSLEY We look at what strengths the kids do have and try to build on those assets. And most importantly te... MARK PARKS [Cats] are blissfully unaware that they have only a finite time in which to finish their ‘to do’... JON EDGELL REVISITING THE LIST 1. Kiss Estelle Okay, at least I've met her. She thinks I'm a creep. A... FIONA WOOD We all think of doing something distinctive in life. We all do dream of becoming great and leaving d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You do feel the injustice and inequities of the world that do fall on the shoulders of these kids. I... HEIDI EWING They're a totally different team than what we saw last year. Two kids (Novak and Fiske) have really ... GENO DEMARCO Our big kids did a great job controlling the glass on the defensive end especially. We really steppe... CHRIS EDGE The best part is you can see where the money goes. We're going to have an event on campus with our c... GARRETT GRAVESEN We needed to score a lot of points and, offensively, we didn't do that against Notre Dame, ... But w... TYLER PALKO Mark had the team playing more competitive than the past couple years. The character of the kids wer... LAWAL MCCRAY I thought it was a great game and our kids did a great job. Everything we needed to do to be success... DOUG HANZIE By working closely with these kids it makes you think as a teacher about things you can do to improv... JENNIFER JACKSON So we have one of these for wrestling and hockey - the two most aggressive sports. Those are things ... ATHLETICS DIRECTOR SCOTT RADUKA You can't run a lot of set stuff against them; you just have to be able to play. Our kids did a grea... BRIAN CUPPLES One thing I'm really proud of with this team is that our kids don't let their offense affect the way... DAVE THORSON Spring sports have a major disadvantage. We don't have the kids out there to play, they're still rea... ERNIE SUOZZI If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... A lot of those were off sets. Our kids are very good when we run things and do what we're supposed t... DAN SPARROW My job is to help transition those guys to the professional football business. We do this so these k... DAVID CANTER I don't know if there was any extra incentive because of losing to them before. What I do know is th... LUANN GRYBOWSKI Their kids came out and executed better. We got all of our players involved, which is something we d... JASON GRUBB When these kids do things right, they're as fun as any team I've ever coached. We just need to show ... LANCE MOORE You have to do a great job evaluating those kids maybe in the top 25 to 100. So we could (eventually... BILLY DONOVAN Coming into the game we really decided we were not going to let these guys intimidate us. We did a g... KYLE PEABODY We executed on all aspects of the game. We hit the boards, we played defense and did a great job on ... DOUG SEBACH You're not going to be able to find one thing that is going to be the be-all and end-all in obesity ... CATHY NONAS Our kids competed their tails off, ... We didn't do a great job executing offensively, especially up... BOB BARRETT These kids really need someone else, a mentor, to do things with, to get them out, away from the eve... JANET TRINKAUS It?s really important the way we play that we rotate on defense. If you leave on a double, the other... BERYL PIPER Their defense is fast, ... We can't make any mistakes. We have to take great first steps and proper ... HOUSTON NUTT They have very good athletes on their team, ... They have some kids who can really run the ball. We'... DAVE MOORE It went pretty good. We didn't have a bad day at all as a team and had some kids really do well. Our... KIP CONNIN From this point on we're not going to be patient any more. I think we're capable of more. We have ki... DENIS FREEMAN We wanted to push (MIT) around up front and we were able to do that. Our offensive line did a great ... BILL KAVANAUGH These are the kinds of things we need to do to keep this thing rolling. If we can pull our resources... LEON SPENCER Sickles played really good defense. You're not going to beat a team by only scoring 35 points. They ... DOUG APLIN To go out 20 times and be able to come out on the good side all 20 of those times is really a testam... GENE AMMIRANTE We're playing really great team basketball. We're sharing the ball and really getting into it on the... KAREN HAAG She's the quickest kid we have. We tried to get some pressure on their point. With Courtney, we had ... FRANK SORIA Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT The performance is part of a larger picture. Getting up and performing poetry in front of big crowds... KASS JAMES We took the kids to see Grease. We were really just looking for something to do as a family on a Sat... KAREN OWEN I didn't tell my kids, 'You have to play viola, and you have to play piano.' They chose ... ANGELA DUCKWORTH We've really begun to focus on the defense. We want to make plays on defense; we have the kids who c... GORDON ELLIOTT The kids are having a great time. It's something for the kids to do. CRYSTAL LEWIS Anytime you go on the road, it's tough. Our kids have fared well away from home and have done a good... LANCE ANGEL We didn't do a good job of playing our assignments. We didn't play our assignments on offense, defen... ALLEN CREASY We'll take this one and run. We didn't quite play like we should have, but I'm proud of the effort o... DOUG LIPSCOMB What we're trying to do on a personal level is to make connections so that more kids, especially in ... LORNE ADRAIN They have a good team. They are a different team. The trades they made have worked out for them. Eve... DALE HUNTER We did this last year, though. We beat these girls here last year, so we've got to do it again at th... BRIAN DOYON Two of these kids did not have a pulse when we arrived on scene. We were able to resuscitate them on... BRIAN STANALAND Many of these volunteers have come on their day off and on their free time to help make these kids d... SCOTT CLARK When we look it is always forward ,but if we did not think of the past at all we would not be able t... GARY F EVANS... Being able to make music again with these instruments has meant a great deal to these students and t... JULIE MASSEY The kids did a great job. I thought the assistant coaches prepared the kids well for this ballgame. ... DAVE REITTER The discipline that these kids have to show and the workout and the regimen is grueling, but on the ... JACK CONWAY If you're confused about what to do, it's a sign that your enemy is winning. TOBA BETA
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