There were such great people at Pittsburgh and I miss those kids already. Recruiting in the Big East and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference have the same objective, just recruit good players who want to play at your school. Nothing changes.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I'll find you, don't worry. My body won't be with you all the time, but you'll always have my heart.... P.C. CAST (Future players) know what I expect the moment I start recruiting them. I recruit women who I watch ... LAVONDA WAGNER We played real tough tonight and have over the past few games. It just seems we can't get over that ... GINA CASTELLI We have young kids and experience. It's a good mix. People who were role players last year and have ... BRITT SELLMAYER We go to Rutgers (Saturday). Coach told us their arena is a mini-Kentucky, that Rutgers and Pittsbur... BRANDON JENKINS I think students have made their choices already. People will most likely continue to play basketbal... JAYNE DELUCE I got a long great with the guys at Franklin Pierce, and there were some incredible baseball players... JEFF SMITH We're going with young players who want to play in Pittsburgh. JOE BROWN Nobody has a better recruiting situation than I have. I get to recruit down there and stay at my mom... CURT NEWSOME I plan on holding camps and recruiting once I take a little break. Recruiting should be easier with ... DOMINIC MODISE The foundation for winning is already in place. The quality of play in the America East Conference i... DAN LEIBOVITZ Those type of players are blue-collar, gritty-type players. It's what we want here (at Pitt) and wha... JOE JORDANO There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles... GEORGE BEST We were kind of still feeling the effects of the Atlantic meet last week (at conference) so I think ... TIM MCRAE It's exciting for the kids who are coming in next year because they feel part of the program already... GRANT STANDBROOK I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than... NEIL GAIMAN Possibly, though we don't know for sure yet, this could be the last CIML Metro tournament like this.... JAY GROTH I would love to have that run-and-gun offense here and I think the guys we have would be really good... MATT LAWRENCE We have some kids who want to use this high school season and the Legion baseball as a springboard f... WADE MACKEY That really meant a lot to him and to me, ... Those are the great kids we have here at Beaver High S... CHRIS EYRE The directors told me they were going to recruit good players with whom I could play decent football... EDEN HAZARD This is the last time I will get to play with this group of players. These 18 players won't be the s... MIA HAMM He'll do a very good job at practice with the big men at Seton Hall. He knew how to play, and he's g... BOB HURLEY It's my country, and there are good players on that team. They have good hitters and I have to figur... EZEQUIEL ASTACIO It felt like a rivalry game. It was great to go out there and compete with them. They're a great tea... ANTONIO GRAVES I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking... ALTON BROWN It feels good to be one of the players who helped get all of this started at Metro. When I come back... LAUREN WITHERSPOON He was just such a good person. Not cocky and arrogant, but just a great athlete. I think all the ki... JAYNE SHIMP We try to recruit good players and good people. TIM BUCKLEY She had about her a strong smell of hair-spray and her lunch-time whisky. ELIZABETH TAYLOR Back to school is a very important season for retailers because it's one chance in the year when ret... C. BRITT BEEMER I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at pic... ALTON BROWN I know the summer time is where they really try to weed those guys out. There are guys who really wa... VINCE CARTER I've seen the growth of this game in this country, the stadiums that were built, the great Europ... DAVID BECKHAM The recruiting trail never ends for us. Once we get recruits for this season, we start looking for g... CHIP DURHAM Growing up, I think the competition at a young age with the programs here, I was able to compete wit... ABDUL HODGE We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL If you walk into any classroom, you'll see the kids in the first few rows. They have everything: a s... JEFFREY STEIN Those guys are the future. I just wanted to go out there and do good. If you can do it, it gives you... LASTINGS MILLEDGE I took a lot of criticism for not recruiting Manitoba kids. But those kids, in most cases, were goin... BRIAN DOBIE They've got some big kids and some athletic kids. We're going to do our best to contain them and pla... CHAD ANDERSON I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduat... R. LEE ERMEY I realize Big East teams will be bigger at the guard position, but you can play those two at the sam... CHARLIE COLES People always think the coach is the strongest person at a club, the boss, but in truth, he's th... PEP GUARDIOLA One of our focuses with the high school players was recruiting local and in-state kids. We lost a lo... CHARLIE COE Kids walking to school are getting offered rides, players are getting let in line at the cafeteria, ... LIONEL ANDERSON The public high school needs to be all things to all people. We have to provide the challenge for th... MICHAEL WELCH I know that Norcross is very athletic, probably the most athletic team we'll play all season. They h... LARRY SHERRILL I had 12 great years in Pittsburgh, and that one doesn't matter. During my time with Seattle, they w... FRANCO HARRIS Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON We are very happy to welcome the Georgetown field hockey program as a full-time member of the BIG EA... COMMISSIONER MICHAEL TRANGHESE In general, the private schools have run away with the high-quality players. Every year we've lost h... PATRICK ALVIN There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is... GRAHAM COXON I still remember the days when you were here with me. The days I looked at you and you were already ... MAHMOUD EL HALLAB Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN You don't know where your friends are. The kids aren't in school. Even the way a lot of people drive... JULIE BOSLEY They did a very good job of bringing pressure. When you have quick guards, posts and long athletic p... SHANNA ZOLMAN We'll just play our normal game. Traditionally, what we've done against them is roll our lines and j... KYLE ELLINGSON Obviously were pleased to know that we at least have a share of [the conference championship]. We to... GRANT SPAITE You are not trying to find the answer to a question, you are simply trying to confirm something you ... PAULO COELHO I have a lot of respect for East Carolina. One of my biggest concerns is stopping Corey Rouse. He is... BRAD BROWNELL I had great football players. To be quite truthful, my great football players, the ones who wanted t... JOE GIBBS Nothing is made, nothing disappears. The same changes, at the same places, never stopping. DEJAN STOJANOVIC I could dunk a volleyball in high school. I didn't play football because I knew they were going ... PRINCE FIELDER It's your fault, Eeyore. You've never been to see any of us. You just stay here in this one corner o... A.A. MILNE Tea was good. Tea was possibly the safest drink in the entire Empire. It defied anything untoward. KATE HARPER Like most people, I have this sort of love-hate relationship with Pittsburgh. This is my home, and a... AUGUST WILSON I couldn't do much as a coach. I just had to let the kids play. The kids did it. Players make coache... GARY CAPALDI The very best kids back then would still be good players, but overall there's just a lot more good p... FRANK DIXON It's scary to say this, but I think we could be better (than last season). We graduated five seniors... RANDY WALDRUM Those (Abilene) guys are great players. They beat us this year. They know how to play and that's the... BARON BATCH I think it's become the premier all-star game in the state. It's still during the school years so mo... BRUCE DICK I make movies the same way other kids play tennis or go to piano lessons. I'm trying to get bett... ELLE FANNING Anybody from top to bottom can win it. Roxana beat Metro-East Lutheran and Metro-East Lutheran beat ... MATT CARPENTER A lot of suburbs have great facilities, a lot of money that is put into (the private school athletic... DAN LEWIS I think I'm actually built for fatherhood. I love to have a good time and play, but at the same ... NICK CANNON Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON I went to a dentist for a toothache, and it turned out his kids were in an acting school. We talked ... NOLAN GERARD FUNK There are players that we want to keep and we have already started talking to those players and they... BARRY GIBSON We had already selected the athletes who were going to go, and we didn't want to disappoint them. Th... BRANDI RAY I think we're going to play well. ... I just don't know if that's going to be good enough. We won ou... GREG WALCAVICH (West Lauderdale) had enough want and discipline to beat us. The guys were well-coached, wouldn't gi... FRED HICKMAN We knew they were athletic and William Thomas (33 points) is very good, so this is a good game for o... BOB KRIZANCIC We have inexperienced players, but players who have been waiting in the wings. Alex is an outstandin... JOHN MIECH Upper Iowa is a very good team. They're very physical, very athletic at every position. Our hearts w... BOB SCHUCHARDT My teammates did a great job finding me. They were just finding me and I was converting. I should ha... AARON GRAY They've had some disappointing losses, but they have pretty good players. I'm sure this would be a g... BRUCE WEBER We just have to show the great players skating in the open ice. The NHL has done a good job with the... BARRY MELROSE They not only have the hottest offense, but the most productive offense in the conference. They run ... AL LAVAN I have good size and speed to go with athletic ability. The location of the school and prestige is i... ALLEN BELL There are lots of people in the world who do have the advantage of going to a good drama school and ... ERIKA SLEZAK I remember a lot of people from Dallas that were just big Arkansas fans and just glad to have us the... DWIGHT STEWART He obviously had good coaching at Toledo. Everybody liked him (in high school). He went to a great p... LARRY HAYLOR Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes... M.I.A. I don't think it's any easier at all. It's hard no matter who you play. Edison is good. They [have] ... CHRISSY KELLY If you want to get to the top, get rid of all those good for nothing excuses roaming around in your ... PHILIP T. M. I want the University of Pittsburgh to experience those things that Connecticut has experienced with... AGNUS BERENATO Sometimes sushi is just superb, and other times there's nothing like a great big steak. It depen... FRANCESCA ANNIS I'd already be on the plane to Florida. I don't think he (recruiting coordinator Herb Hand) knew tha... RICH RODRIGUEZ
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You have to maintain a very delicate balance putting together the r... BARRY SANDERS I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I... BARRY SANDERS Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 seas... BARRY SANDERS I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do in school, but I definitely didn't have adequate t... BARRY SANDERS My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her co... BARRY SANDERS I'm from Kansas, so there were a lot of vacant lots and open fields to tackle each other in so w... BARRY SANDERS Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most im... BARRY SANDERS The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has le... BARRY SANDERS I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, y... BARRY SANDERS As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot. BARRY SANDERS I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always staye... BARRY SANDERS Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception. BARRY SANDERS Life doesn't stop with football. BARRY SANDERS I quit because I didn't feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoy... BARRY SANDERS Let's just win it and go home. BARRY SANDERS My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart throu... BARRY SANDERS I really love peace and quiet. BARRY SANDERS You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that. BARRY SANDERS It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing f... BARRY SANDERS Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to. 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