That was the best possible prep I could have done for this race. It was just good for my confidence.
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JACKIE SHERRILL I knew I could have won that race, I guess it was just not my time.
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FELIX GOTTWALD I thought it was possible that O.J. could have done something. It crossed my mind. I was thinking ab...
KATO KAELIN Really, it was the best thing I could have done.
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LAUREN WILSON It was just a good confidence builder for the girls.
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DOMINIQUE DUCK it just happened. I wasn't at my best. This year was not good for me. I take things how I take them.
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CARL LEWIS It's good for him and it's good for his confidence. I thought (Sweden) had the best lineup, the best...
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KATE MOSS I'm having a blast, ... This was just my seventh race. I've never done this before. When we got the ...
MARK TURNER Scott and Groves both ran well in their race. It was a very talented freshman class.
BOB SWANK you weren't mine to begin with.
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LEE HANEY I think that was the best game I've played this season. This is something I haven't done before and ...
JAMES REID We have to have the confidence that if we outwork people good things will happen. This is our playof...
BRIAN IDALSKI That was the best part of the game for me. That took so much off my shoulders. It just felt good whe...
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BRITTANY DAVIS Garth was smart enough that he could have done just about anything. He was book savvy, and the thing...
JEFF GWALTNEY Maybe it was for the best that she'd been so foolish, for if she'd known how hard this would be, per...
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MAX ANGELELLI We need to have better situational hitting. We could have lost all three of those games, so we need ...
TRACY SMITH This is the best possible way we could have gone out. I couldn't imagine anything better than this. ...
ERIC MEISTER I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it...
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JOSEPH ROTBLAT Just watching Bette Davis on the screen was empowering to women, I think. Certainly was to me. It wa...
JANE FONDA That was the best start we could have hoped for.
MIKE EAVES I never do things fearing I could do right or wrong. I just do it because I just follow my guts. Thi...
ELODIE YUNG I could have done more to say this is privacy-sensitive material that we felt was important for the ...
KENNETH STARR When I was young, my mom realized I could dance and hold a beat, and I really danced just for fun. I...
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MACK GARNER My filly ran her eyeballs out. This was a tough beat. I don't think I could have gotten any closer o...
ROBBY ALBARADO My filly ran her eyeballs out, ... This was a tough beat. I don't think I could have gotten any clos...
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JAMES KENNY ...the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my e...
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GINA GOBO It was good for me to get that goal and get some confidence. I can carry that confidence into the go...
ANDREW COGLIANO I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done.
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DAVID MILCH I was just waiting my turn and working really hard. I was just waiting for the opportunity that I ha...
KIRK SNYDER I'm so glad that race is over. I was really nervous before the race because I felt like I had someth...
AJ ACOSTA That was easy. She was just cruising around. She tries hard, this old mare and I didn't want to knoc...
VICTOR ESPINOZA I just looked at my opponent and envisioned what I had to do and got it done for the team. I came in...
CHRIS WESTON This is it. That was my last race for sure. I'm really looking forward to what's next.
JEREMY BLOOM I bought my best hat for my wedding. It was a real good hat -- it outlasted my marriage.
BILL MCCOIN Overall, it was pretty much where I wanted to go tonight. My 100 (back) was pretty good, so I have a...
AARON PEIRSOL This was the best we could have possibly played. This is the best situation for us. Everybody contri...
CECIL BROWN What normally happens when you write something is that for a certain amount of time you're absolutel...
JOE STILLMAN When I was 13 I asked my mother if it was possible for this to end - I'd had enough of it. And t...
LINDA BLAIR I was satisfied that I had done my best. She was insane.
JOHN FANTE At the start of the race all I wanted to do was keep the car in the lead and hand it over to Michael...
GUY COSMO This was a good confidence-builder for us. It gets us one step closer to the playoffs.
CHAD ANDERSON My season's been really good so far and this is the best way to (almost) finish it off. This gives m...
TRAVIS SMITH During that red flag, my crew told me Bakker was really fast and he was going to have me for lunch w...
JUSTIN HENDERSON I got my first big paycheck for 'My Best Friend's Wedding.' This was in the days when yo...
CARRIE PRESTON It's really exciting. Not just to win the silver medal, but also the fact that I skated my best poss...
KRISTINA GROVES We were looking for a prep school to do another year. My brother lived in Franklin, Mass., so he cou...
JAKE LOMONACO I tried my best to get it here. I thought this was the year it really would have made sense for us.
JASON MARTEL I remember in the first part of the race I was sixth and I could have gone quicker, but I had to go ...
ALAIN PROST I am very happy to do my personal best. This is great for my confidence.
JOANNIE ROCHETTE I didn't do it to say I wanted to do something for my child. ... If I didn't think it was good, I wo...
MICHAEL KEATON That would be a nightmare for me to have to replace Val. Bethany Hart was ready. I know she could ha...
SHAUNA ROHBOCK It was a move based on me making space for him, which I did not want that early in the race on the b...
RALF SCHUMACHER I think that gave us confidence that we could win titles despite our age. It was motivation for us t...
PETER STOGSDILL Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
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HAYLEY WILLIAMS When I was doing the first 'American Pie' movie, I was just happy to have a job. We had a go...
THOMAS IAN NICHOLAS I had a good start, a relaxed middle, and kept my knees up at the end. It was more or less a perfect...
FLORENCE GRIFFITH-JOYNER That was probably the best race we've had all year for 4-by-4. It was four seconds off our school re...
JEFF KRUMLAUF I think the car was really good for the first half of the race. The rear brake was a problem again t...
CHRIS PETERSON Today was good. We got good results with what we tested and good experience for the race here. The p...
DANI PEDROSA It's so exciting, I didn't think I could do it again. This time I really surprised myself. It was ju...
JACKIE BORKOWSKI That was great because Brandon had been struggling, ... That was good for his confidence.
JAMES ENGLISH It was much better than I expected. We're just considering this as an extension for what he should h...
MARLA MILLER It was a good test for our guys. It's the end of the season with districts only one week away. It gi...
CHAD LATCH That was the best part of the game for me, it just lifted so much off my shoulders. I haven't been a...
CHADD MOORE If you are among the good fellows chances are that you will be among the blemishes for the wicked ar...
APURVA GAGLANI It was very difficult to adapt to these difficult weather conditions. I was supposed to arrive in Ve...
ISABELLA OCHICHI I've been searching my entire career for the perfect race and that was it.
APOLO ANTON OHNO For his time, that was revolutionary. That was the best sketch ever done of Mars.
GREG MEHALL Your father, Jo. He never loses patience,--never doubts or complains,--but always hopes, and works a...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I talked my parents into sending me to Roedean at 16. I had this idea that if I could get into Cambr...
LUCY GRIFFITHS I can't describe what happened. Everything is very vivid within my mind. I knew I could get good res...
ALEXANDRA ORLANDO Everybody won some matches, so it was good for them. It was a confidence booster.
TY ZABEL The money was good while it lasted. The best part was clearly that it changed my view of what's ...
ANDREW SHUE What I was hoping for is that we could see some kind of 'I'm sorry,' but we didn't get anything like...
PAUL HOWELL Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another respon...
WARREN MOON I just want people to enjoy themselves, have a good time Really give them the best show possible tha...
JAY PATEL Kristina did great and our defense was good, but our hitting was just disappointing. We had eight hi...
DIANE NINEMIRE I'm very excited about today's race. I have a solid position on the team this year, so it's great to...
ELLI OCHOWICZ Matt and I are really good friends. And, he always races me clean and I always race him clean. I cou...
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