The VLRA struggled fiscally, never passionately. It always seemed like we had a relatively small group of extremely passionate restaurant and hotel owners without the means to accomplish what we were trying to do.
Al Gobeille
Related Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... It just seemed like we were trying too hard against Michigan. We obviously didn't come out and do wh... EMILY HOWARD It's always nice to have a big-game shooter like Amy. What was nice about her this season is that sh... BRAD HEMPHILL As always, access to restaurant owners is the biggest challenge for marketers. Getting their attenti... MARK VAUGHAN What we're trying to do is monitor the group as best we can, ... We had a group that was getting pre... CHARLES RAMSEY The Yale group was doing the Harold. So by our senior year we were trying to do the Harold. Again, w... RACHEL DRATCH After we cut it to five, we made mistakes. We were rushing our shots, and trying to do it all by our... KURT GREENE We felt like we had done as much as you can do with the slasher genre. We were trying to find the ne... KEENEN IVORY WAYANS Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The idea of a fringe festival came along and it was a no-brainer, it seemed perfectly suited to our ... LAWRENCE KAMPF The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be E. LOCKHART You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE We've had this program for a number of years now, called 10,000 Small Businesses, where Goldman ... LLOYD BLANKFEIN We were spoiled in many ways, but we were always taught to understand the value of the dollar. If th... DONALD TRUMP, JR. The future belongs to all who, refusing to look back at the past move ahead with the clock as it tic... ODO SIMON AGBO They're trying to do it illegally, ... You have a small group of power brokers in this party that wo... JESSE VENTURA It's great for the organization, and certainly we all know what he's done. Both parties are extremel... LOU LAMORIELLO In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id... GARY F EVANS... We were trying to get K.B. coming off a screen, but everybody in the state of Tennessee knew what we... MARC HIGDON If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO I think this class is the epitome of what we were trying to accomplish when we developed the 'One of... JAMES BENNETT I've always had the idea that we were conducting a military operation. It always seemed to me to be ... LINCOLN KIRSTEIN At this point, we're not closing down by any means. What we have to do is look for ways to be more f... LEON SPENCER Absolutely. Right down from the gas to get here to the operation of my business. And what can we do ... LEO LUCIER I wasn't really thinking about it until it was time. During the game, it was frustrating, because it... BRETT BRACKETT By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in... JACK KEANE It was a tough game against a real good team. It always seemed like they were one step ahead of us, ... BILL CAHILL We had some strong cars throughout the year, but it seemed we were never able to piece it together, SCOTT DIXON We are a small group with a big heart trying to make a huge difference in our world the best way we ... DAVE PARKER I love Franschhoek, and straight off the plane, I went to the incomparable Quartier Francais, on the... JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT That change devastated restaurant owners. It shifted the spending patterns of many restaurant patron... DEBORAH DOWDELL What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER The power play is always a weekend by weekend thing. We have a good understanding of what we are try... JEFF KAMPERSAL We have taken the Hotel and Restaurant Owners Association to court to pay us royalties. They are equ... ACHILLE FORLER We had a great holiday package that included a room, breakfast gift certificates with downtown Staun... CAROL SIMON Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as ... TERRY PRATCHETT I expected them to make a comeback. They're Tennessee. But we had so much depth, we were able to kee... LINDSEY HARDING I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON It's extremely good for small-business owners, in particular underserved groups like minorities and ... JOHN TAYLOR I think they had the swagger we usually carry. It seemed like we got frustrated, and we let down ins... ALEXIS HORNBUCKLE It was definitely a roller coaster ride. But we had faith and we were all trying to be accepting of ... SCOTT FORTUNE Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI This has always been a small agency with a big mission. But these days, especially, we have to stand... KAREN MILLS It was very difficult at first because of a new coach and a new starting five. But to their credit, ... CHRIS SNYDER We've always had it in our minds that in five years we had to be champions, ... Of course, we would ... ANTONIO CUE I had mentioned we were in the restaurant business and they wrote and asked if we'd like to open a r... LIAM DURKEE I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything sp... AUDREY HEPBURN If relationships were hard, mariage was even harder... it seemed like most couples struggled. It wen... NICHOLAS SPARKS We had no idea what we were in for when we started Blue Sky. We just had an idea of what we wanted t... CHRIS WEDGE We've come a long way. We've had our ups and downs since I've been here. The program is back on the ... GRAHAM BROWN 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON By the end of 2008, clearly, the al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And i... JACK KEANE Honestly, at times tonight we had a chance to take over the game. We had a chance to take a lead but... DALE TELLER That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM I feel really reluctant to talk too much about it because this is only the first step in what we are... GLEN SATHER I don't think anybody had to tell Al what to do. Al took it on himself. He played like a warrior. I'... JOAKIM NOAH It seemed like he had a purpose and an idea of what he wanted to do. JASON WEIMER We had to get up and pressure and just cause havoc. I really never was worried that we would fight b... CHRIS CHAFFER We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act l... DORA RUSSELL Other teams started bringing in cheerleaders and it was very different from the kind of wholesome gr... PATRICIA TANNER When we wrote the strategic plan for 2004-05 it most definitely represented a very enthusiastic unde... STEVE BLOOMBERG The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains. TED LINDSAY ...what will we someday do, I always wonder, without the pleasures of turning through books and stum... ELIZABETH KOSTOVA It was amazing to watch him in the darkroom at an advanced age, still get excited when the results w... JOHN SEXTON We always encourage the owners to do it themselves. We don't really want to mow any lots. CLAYTON JOLLEY People are attracted to who we are more than what we do. LORRIN L. LEE We had opportunities to make an album before but they were trying to change what we were doing, ... ... CARLOS GONZALEZ With the magnitude of the game, catching 18 innings, it didn't seem like that, ... If it was a regul... BRIAN MCCANN We wanted to make something that represented what we were actually doing, ... The first album was OK... ALVIN LEE The seniors were the heartbeat of this team. We would have struggled without them. TERRI PARRISH The touring group had never seen Bermuda grass in person. This way we could see exactly what surface... JAY COOPERIDER We couldn't get a cab from the house we were renting. We had to hitch a ride. Then we started to pan... MELINDA SHIRAKI How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL I think the Sixties in some ways is a barrier to young people today. They think of it, you know, wha... BERNADINE DOHRN Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... There’s no need to sharpen your pencils any more. Even the dull ones can make a mark. ZE FRANK What we are trying to do here is encourage property owners to properly place these trees around thei... SCOTT BUTLER We were out of synch. Everything that we had to do (Tuesday) was always an uphill battle. (The Lady ... TOM HALBMAIER It seemed like when we were coming back from Southern Cal, we had to land in Fort Smith and ride the... HAROLD HORTON There are a lot of resources out there for larger businesses, but small business owners have relativ... ANITA BIZZOTTO It got to the point where I nearly pulled my girls off the floor. I'm not quite sure what they were ... DON LYONS It brings home the crushing reality of this war ... and the incredibly high price we pay for what we... ED RENDELL We had a small terrace house for sale. The owners were posted to Singapore and were at a loss as to ... JAMES BAILEY If you own a restaurant or any small business, it's vitally important to be involved politically at ... STEVEN ANDERSON I never intended to stay in New Orleans, ... [But] along the way, New Orleans was really good to me.... ARCHIE MANNING If you're confused about what to do, it's a sign that your enemy is winning. TOBA BETA We were hoping we could get that one over in five innings. We're still looking for that No. 2 pitche... CRAIG BEESLEY The moves we have made during the last few days are geared to grow and improve our team. Trevor is a... BRIAN HILL We pinned when we had close matches tonight. It seemed like when we got them to their back, we were ... ROMAN GUTIERREZ He's always tough, but we had a pretty good approach. It seemed like his command wasn't exactly wher... HANK BLALOCK That's a big chunk of who we are and what we do, but everybody else filled in the gaps. It was almos... ANTONIO DANIELS They had a power play five or six minutes in that really disrupted what we were trying to accomplish... BOB GAINEY We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together. BILL RICHARDSON It seemed at times like we weren't really together on the ice. We were always on opposite sides of t... JOE PAVELSKI They believe in themselves and the coaches believe in them. They've proved that time and time again.... CRAIG STINNETT She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART
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I see it as a good move because our number one priority at the VLRA had always been legislative repr... AL GOBEILLE The world is 3 days: As for yesterday, it has vanished along with all that was in it. As for tomorro... AL-HASAN AL-BASRI I have always been fascinated with those who try to look over the horizon and see things that are co... AL GORE A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls. AL GORE Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful. AL JARREAU You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything ... AL FRANKEN Love is a deception and a trap. Love is as big a myth that God sits with his flowing white beard in ... AL GOLDSTEIN My family and I reside on a non-working farm, although we have a couple of horses and the usual stuf... AL JARDINE People who are overweight don't want unsolicited advice. Guess what. We know we're fat. We l... 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AL OERTER I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at eac... AL OERTER We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality. AL SHARPTON Deanna is a great pitcher, one of the best pitchers in the state. She does not get enough recognitio... AL PEACOCK I learned years ago you can shape your own destiny if you do get involved. There have always been a ... AL PAZAR There's a lot of overcapacity in the fishery that will need to be addressed. Probably that won't be ... AL PAZAR Every time you lose that pre-soak, the danger increases. It's the race to fish. AL PAZAR Newport stuck its neck out and did the heavy lifting. Some of the other ports resent us for that. Th... AL PAZAR It broke down this year, with both sides not able to agree, and so we went into our usual free-for-a... AL PAZAR That's fine if you keep playing this record over and over. It is going to be a very strong spring. T... AL PARISH It's going to continue to make realtors very happy. I haven't seen any unhappy people in that indust... AL PARISH Even though it's not the biggest property, it's getting in excess of $300 a night for a room. That's... AL PARISH It doesn't mean that everybody's condo went up 37 percent. It means they built more expensive condos... AL PARISH CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT That's Fry. She settled down and came through for us. AL NORTHINGTON We just had to play smart in the fourth quarter. Our girls showed a lot of heart and a lot of grit. AL NORTHINGTON We didn't finish in that game. Tonight we finished. AL NORTHINGTON We made some mental mistakes, but we're still so young, and that's going to happen. Our four freshme... AL NORTHINGTON I'm so proud of these kids. It's a wonderful feeling to see these kids progress. This is a win for t... AL NORTHINGTON The president believes very strongly that this is going to have a major, major impact on economic gr... AL HUBBARD The recovery will be paid for by the federal taxpayer and it will add to the deficit. AL HUBBARD It's coming from the American taxpayer. AL HUBBARD The last thing in the world we need to do is raise taxes and retard economic growth. AL HUBBARD Poverty is a lagging indicator. It is sort of the last ratio that declines with an expanding economy... AL HUBBARD The president is totally committed to Social Security reform. AL HUBBARD Maybe people thought of us as a running team. Or a three-point shooting team. A no-contact team. We'... AL HORFORD Maybe we don't look like we're tough guys, but the bottom line is we get the job done. I know, Villa... AL HORFORD It's great to see your son doing his job on the court. But it was no surprise. AL HORFORD There was not much we could do (last season) because it wasn't our team. It was frustrating at times... AL HORFORD We're so anxious for the game to get here. AL HORFORD We lost most of our scoring (from a year ago). But we knew we were going to come out here and make t... AL HORFORD You always dreamed about getting to this point. It is big in my mind. I'm pretty excited about it. AL HORFORD You could just see it in their eyes. That's when we go for the kill. AL HORFORD I am feeling a lot better; I'm taking care of myself drinking a lot of fluids and stuff. So I feel p... AL HORFORD They were leaving the wrong guy open. When you leave Lee, he's going to make you pay for it. AL HORFORD [He could belt out traditional blues and jazz with the best of them, but -- to the dismay of jazz pu... AL HIRT I don't know, ... I do not know. AL HIRT I've been glued to the TV. I am absolutely devastated. AL HIRT The New Orleans I knew is gone, ... It's never going to come back. I'm just grateful I had my years ... AL HIRT When Buddy played, he played all out, all the time. It was a wonder he didn't keel over and die befo... AL HIRT Rich could play way better than Krupa. AL HIRT Old Sharkey had a fat sound, man. He could blow like wild fire and when he played, I am telling you,... AL HIRT I always smoked cigars. I've smoked cigars with everybody in show business. AL HIRT A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I never had any specific style. AL HIRT You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done... I am only interested ... AL HIRSCHFELD We arrived at Penn Station, took the Amsterdam Avenue street car to the end of the line. There was a... AL HIRSCHFELD You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done, ... I am only intereste... AL HIRSCHFELD When I was about fourteen, my mother took me to see a musical comedy-and that was my first experienc... AL HIRSCHFELD Life isn't a science. We make it up as we go. AL HIRSCHFELD Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons. AL HIRSCHFELD $250,000 isn't a lot, but it is enough to make a statement. We are looking for projects that will be... AL HENRY I'm proud of our team. We great leadership from our four seniors - Peter Jerome, Josh Trottier, Alex... AL HENRY Give credit where credit is due. Fargo South is a machine. AL HENRY This is an OK way to end it. As far as I'm concerned, our team is the winner. AL HENRY I know the feds give us the same amount of money, as does the state, as does the county. But there's... AL HARTKOPF A traffic signal costs a lot more than $25,000. What can you say? They're getting off cheap. AL HARTKOPF I knew it was going to end up badly. AL HARTKOPF If it causes a little bit of difficulty for us, it just does. AL HARTKOPF I have very mixed feelings on it. I totally get where the commissioners are coming from. I see the p... AL HARTKOPF Would've, could've, should've. The bottom line is we didn't do it. AL HARRIS It wasn't him. It was us. We did it. We weren't afraid of Randy. We hurt our damn selves. On that se... AL HARRIS I wish him the best of luck. Of course, I want to win the game. AL HARRIS I don't think they were attacking me. I think they were going to their guy. AL HARRIS They have some serious weapons. We're going to have our hands full on Sunday. AL HARRIS He was with Detroit. I'm pretty sure we have some film on him. But it's no secret what they do. AL HARRIS You've got to watch yourself. AL HARRIS Bad! We needed it to pick ourselves back up. AL HARRIS It's not going to get any easier for us. I mean, the schedule only gets tougher. We've got to find a... AL HARRIS [In the end, not even the magic of No. 4, combined with the solid play of a young defense that seeme... AL HARRIS We could not put the ball in the hole, but the biggest thing is we did not get any stops defensively... AL HARRINGTON When someone is scoring like that, everybody else isn't involved. When they do shoot, they're ice co... AL HARRINGTON I'm sure he is from everything I hear, but I've got to wait until that happens. AL HARRINGTON When you're a bad team, you don't get any benefit-of-the-doubt calls. You see it on TV, the media kn... AL HARRINGTON It's been a long time coming. AL HARRINGTON I don't think you guys realize sometimes how connected we really are in that locker room. We are a f... AL HARRINGTON I got the call when I was getting into my car. I can't (pretend); I cried like a baby. I cried as so... AL HARRINGTON That's nonsense, and it's not fair to Coach and not fair to Jason. Jason never complained about anyt... AL HARRINGTON It's almost funny before you realize how sad it is. You want to try and tell somebody how to brace f... AL HARRINGTON Believe it or not, when it left my hand, it felt good. AL HARRINGTON It helps us determine which candidate might be the right match for Blue Valley Middle School. AL HANNA We are looking for a well-qualified, experienced administrator. AL HANNA He already knows a great deal about us and our operations. We think he will work well with staff and... AL HANNA Scott was very well-qualified for this position. We feel like he will just hit the ground running. AL HANNA This is a very tough loss for us. We felt like we had the game, but I have to give them credit. They... AL HAMMELL We'll really get into the fundamentals. It's something we hope to build on each year. AL HAMMELL I was impressed by how well our players interacted. AL HAMMELL It's about getting the younger players excited about baseball. We'll look forward to doing it each y... AL HAMMELL It was a great clinic for the first year. AL HAMMELL We had our players helping out with instruction. AL HAMMELL It's just something I've been doing for 10 years. AL HAMMELL We had about a total of over 50 kids this year. AL HAMMELL I think it is a very, very prestigious award for Story County. It shows that we are truly energy eff... AL HAHN If we don't go any further than we are right now, it is an extreme award for Story County. AL HAHN It is wonderful to be able to imagine a building system of this magnitude and then have it work at t... AL HAHN It goes to show that the first year wasn't a fluke. AL HAHN Our defense was just fantastic as it has been all year. It has been the backbone of our team all yea... AL GUTHMAN Our kids play hard and when you play hard, you don't notice people in the gym. AL GUTHMAN We've had their number the last two years, but you have different players on both teams. We'll have ... AL GUTHMAN We wore them down. It was a matter of our conditioning and our kids stepped up and hit their free th... AL GUTHMAN Our last message at halftime was something that we had said early in training camp. We just reminded... AL GROH When he comes back, it's going to be like picking up a free agent at midseason. We'll try to get him... AL GROH When he comes back, it's going to be like picking up a free agent at midseason. We'll try to get him... AL GROH That means you're not going to cover those guys because if you start covering the short guys in zone... AL GROH Certainly the period of rehab would indicate that. Sometimes, these sprains of ankles and feet take ... AL GROH Certainly the period of rehab would indicate that, ... Sometimes, these sprains of ankles and feet t... AL GROH He's probably come on a little fast, ... That probably was the pleasant surprise of it. AL GROH We just kind of kept grinding. I was pleased with that: that idea about being a grinder and not gett... AL GROH They keep grinding and grinding until it has a cumulative effect on the opposition. It tends to wear... AL GROH His whole game has progressed. It probably would be unfair to Emmanuel to say that it's one thing or... AL GROH It's not going to be a six-month situation. We have to prepare for the duration. AL GREEN GM is operating in an intensely competitive global environment and reaching this tentative agreement... AL GREEN This is a ministry that has been given to me. AL GREEN Texas was settled by people who were willing to fence in their property and protect it. We take seri... AL GREEN It's you I want, but it's Him that I need. AL GREEN There's a lot of churches that hide their dirty laundry under the rug, and I know about that from be... AL GREEN People still come up to me and ask me to sign their records. That's right, records! Man, they don't ... AL GREEN I'm thankful for every moment. AL GREEN Some times in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow.But, if we are wise, we know that ther... AL GREEN This agreement recognizes the contributions our employees make and at the same time allows GM of Can... AL GREEN This year, each game, we want to go out and give our best. Our goal right now is to finish in the up... AL GRAY There's a freshman who Aaron has taken under his wing. He's done an excellent job with him, teaching... AL GRAY If you look at the returning marquee kids in the league ... [they] are tailbacks. A couple of years ... AL BAGNOLI We've got a chance to be a decent defense. We're not there yet. AL BAGNOLI Any time you get a different color jersey, it's beneficial and it also give you an idea of where you... AL BAGNOLI He is really a talented kid. We're still pretty young on the defensive side of the ball, and he prov... AL BAGNOLI We were trying to replace some very talented kids. He was trying to replace the player of the year, ... AL BAGNOLI You never know. I don't want to take anything away from Harvard. On that day they were obviously the... AL BAGNOLI We're cautiously optimistic. We think we're going to have a lot of skill on this team, but we have s... AL BAGNOLI Kyle was a remarkable young man, a true scholar-athlete, an ambassador for Penn, a tremendous teamma... AL BAGNOLI He'll do more in terms of the development end, the fundraising end, the facilities end of it. He'll ... AL BAGNOLI What the final product is going to be, I can't tell you. I can tell you he's hitting the ball well. ... AL AVILA He's got room to fill out. He's a strong kid, he's just lean. AL AVILA He knows the strike zone, makes a lot of contact and doesn't swing at bad pitches. He has a lot of g... AL AVILA His development has come along real well. He's made good strides defensively. His hitting, though, i... AL AVILA If he continues to do what he's doing and continues to progress, there's no reason that midway in th... AL AVILA You do the best you can to make the transition as easy as possible. It doesn't guarantee that a kid ... AL AVILA We feel confident that the Tampa Bay area and our community can produce a successful Republican conv... AL AUSTIN You can't win the presidency if you don't carry Florida. That gives us a leg up. AL AUSTIN We lost out by a flip of the coin. This time that's not going to happen. AL AUSTIN They are deserving of any type of honor they receive. I think it's fantastic. Their teams are family... AL AUSTIN They've become real Americans. They fit right into the mainstream. AL AUSTIN We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score. AL ATTLES The most important thing is that they won the game. And that's what I've always said about Wilt's 10... AL ATTLES He never saw me play ball in high school. You had to rely on relationships or a friend who knew of a... AL ATTLES When a man scores 81 points in a regulation game, that speaks volumes. AL ATTLES We will continue martyrdom operations throughout Palestine until the occupation leaves. The barriers... AL AQSA We liberated a small part of our motherland and we will not give up our weapons before the end of oc... AL AQSA We will continue to brandish our weapons in the face of the occupation (Israel) as Gaza is only the ... AL AQSA We swear there will be an earthquake of retaliation, AL AQSA The loss of the West Bank was a shock to everyone, AL AQSA decided to desist from all sorts of resistance and to stop our actions against the Israelis. AL AQSA to continue the struggle. AL AQSA nobody can disarm the resistance movements without a political resolution. AL AQSA The events prove that Israel was neither a neighbor nor a peace partner. It is no more than an enemy... AL AQSA The occupation will pay a heavy price for this crime, AL AQSA And if you can't keep your ego under control, it's going to cost you a lot of money. AL ALVAREZ I hate writing. AL ALVAREZ Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling. AL ALVAREZ When you make a bet, you're saying something. AL ALVAREZ The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money. AL ALVAREZ The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all. AL ALVAREZ Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade. AL ALVAREZ It's going to finish when I fold my hand and go up to the big poker game in the sky. AL ALVAREZ I'm good at reading people. AL ALVAREZ I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for. AL ALVAREZ I thought she wasn't playing as hard as she has been against other premier guards. AL ALDRIDGE She couldn't have played without it. Her ankle looked like a football. AL ALDRIDGE She's our heart and soul. The kids look to her for floor leadership. Even for a young player, she ha... AL ALDRIDGE It's pretty wide open. Everybody had better bring their best game every night. If you don't, there's... AL ALDRIDGE It's a loaded field. There are some great teams. AL ALDRIDGE It still doesn't account for the way we played interior defense and the way we played interior offen... AL ALDRIDGE Merritt and Ashley really got us going in the second half. AL ALDRIDGE We went against one of the best teams we've faced all year, and played one of the best games we've p... AL ALDRIDGE I think it caught them by surprise, and they didn't have an answer for it. It got the tempo up to wh... AL ALDRIDGE The press served its purpose. AL ALDRIDGE How we do this year really depends on our pitching. We can play defensively, and we can score runs. ... AL GRAY If you drop it, it implies that everything is OK. We don't want to give people a false sense of secu... AL GRAY