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There's no more stress. We can use the tournament to regroup and come back strong for the rest of our league games.


Amy Pikas

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KELLY JONES Our goal is always the same. We want to be as strong as we can for the tournament, and we'd like to ...
LARRY DEEKS Losing this game, we basically know that we blew our chance for an at-large bid. We know that we hav...
MELANIE BOEGLIN I'm sorry, ... did you say Boris Karloff?
THE LEAGUE I would like to qualify for the tournament this year and be strong competitors in the Patriot League...
KARA CONNERTY Sometimes you can lose focus with all of the emotions from Senior night. We just have to regroup and...
LORI DRUMTRA We came back strong in the third to tie the game. We had to use a lot of energy to come back.
DALAWNA MELOY It was a good game to get us going and prepare for the rest of the games in the tournament.
DANIELLE SANTOS Linn-Mar made a little run on us in the first game and tied it up, but we were able to get back into...
CRAIG PITCHER I hope we're peaking at the right time here soon so we can go into the tournament with some momentum...
CHRIS YOUNGE We have the power as individuals to create a different perspective. We can physically rewire our bra...
TINA HALLIS We've got to get our confidence back up and win two games in the regional tournament.
DARREN MATHEWS A league tournament will allow you to get one to three extra games. It would be a great way to prepa...
JOE GIVEN We want to take this as far as we can. We hope to play three more games. Right now, our goal is to w...
JENN DAVIS It's not like we can live it up and pound our chest. We've got to come back and beat maybe the best ...
TERRY FRANCONA We just need more kids to come out. For football, kids started coming out more and more when we star...
ERIC SCHWARTZ The past week our bullpen threw a lot, especially with the doubleheaders in the (Rainbow) tournament...
STEVEN WRIGHT It just legitimizes our conference. We always want to bark about how good our league is, yet at some...
MARK GOTTFRIED We thought Amy could win. There was no more courageous person than Amy.
GREG KRAFT We are starting to realize we have to hit to win games. The defense can't do it all the time. Hopefu...
JANAE FORSEY Amy Pond: 'I thought... well, I started to think you were just a madman with a box.'
The Doctor...
STEVEN MOFFAT This whole game was just huge for our team. Hopefully it is a building block to finish the rest of l...
JEFF CHRISTIAN Our goal for the tournament is to win two games so we can make a trip to state. It has been our goal...
HANK HARGRAVES Our coach kept telling us to stick it out for 40 minutes. After getting blown out at Stanford, it to...
JOY HOLLINGSWORTH We haven't seen what the rest of our league has to offer.
JOHN MCDONALD The Doctor: Amy, what are you doing?
Amy: That gravestone, Rory's, there's room for one more na...
STEVEN MOFFAT It makes it hard, because we know we can win the games. We just have to keep our heads up and keep o...
DERON WASHINGTON The first two games we really struggled finding our identity, but now we've come together and starte...
ALEX MIDDLETON We are going to win the rest of our games.
ANDREW KLINK It's the way we go up or down for our non-league games,
LARRY PEACOCK All the athletes should be back in training soon after a short rest to ensure they are fit for next ...
FENG SHUYONG If we focus on that, it will take care of itself getting ready for the tournament. We know being tie...
BURT STELLERS With all the rain we've had, we had only one practice since our last tournament back on Aug. 6. I an...
CHRIS ROGERS We're really strong on beam and floor. We love starting or finishing on them. With beam, we kind of ...
AMI PYSH It feels like we got that monkey off of our back. Now we can start playing and building momentum for...
KIRK WALTERS This can really set the tone for us for the rest of league.
DANIELLE CLARK We're here (in San Antonio) for the rest of the year, but we don't know where the rest of the home g...
BRIAN YOUNG The majority of our players are playing in England and Scotland, and it's difficult to just come tog...
LEO BEENHAKKER Today was absolutely awesome. I'm so excited for the rest of the season because we can only go up fr...
ARIEL SAMUELSON The only thing I can say is, I've been through the same thing, and you do come back strong and you c...
CHRIS CHELIOS The only thing I can say is, I've been through the same thing, and you do come back strong and you c...
CHRIS CHELIOS It didn't change anything. We just had to regroup, keep our poise and fight and claw our way back.
LAMAR BUTLER That's one of the reasons we didn't qualify for the (state) tournament. We're in a tremendously comp...
DENISE NUGENT We have to regroup and get ready for tomorrow. More importantly we have to get ready for our divisio...
GARY ENIS The big difference between this year and last year is we know we can come back and win games. Last y...
LAUREN CLARK DRAM (dynamic random access memory) prices have come back a little bit. Although they are not that s...
STEVE APPLETON We just sat and didn't talk about hockey. It's a whirlwind of emotions, but we have two days to regr...
JULIE CHU Our tournament record the last seven or eight years proves those games always gets us ready for the ...
GENE CASLIN We're really focusing on our district games so we can get a good seed in the district tournament.
HEATHER MCCRIMMON Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stig...
DAVID DINKINS We're trying to make the [NCAA] tournament. We don't feel it is out of reach. Anything can happen in...
MARKUS SAILES We use the Bonds fields for our Farm League division with 24 teams.
LUCINDA FERGUSON It's some of our first shooters' time in the outdoors, we are going to use this tournament for exper...
KARI GRANVILLE The Doctor: This is bad, I don't like this. [kicks console and yells in pain] Never use force, you j...
STEVEN MOFFAT Maybe the secret to happiness is simplicity.
AMY HARMON This was the toughest schedule we had to go up against. We played a lot of games this season, but th...
BRANDAN WRIGHT We are going to see if she can come back on bars for the rest of the year. Until then, we're going t...
BRITANI PITTULLO May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The only thing I can say is, I've been through the same thing and you do come back strong, you can h...
CHRIS CHELIOS Because they're out there in the rest of the world and they can come back into our countries where t...
HARRY HULL This means that we'll, if we win the final two league games, at least finish tied for the lead in ou...
BRIAN HOLT We've been tough the whole season. Like I told them after the game, it's over, there's no sense we d...
DEAN YONAMINE We have a lot of young guys. For us to get all the games at home and get the tournament here, it wou...
JOSEPH HARRIS I think we can win the rest of the games on our schedule. We're playing really well right now, and o...
AMANDA GONSALVES There's loads to play for and our destiny is in our own hands. There are 11 games to go in the leagu...
GARY SPEED We'll forget the game, but we won't forget the feeling. But we'll move on. We can win the rest of ou...
DANIEL MILLINGTON No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with ...
BORIS PASTERNAK When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get ...
ANDY RODDICK They've always played tough games against us, so we've known about them for a while. Now the rest of...
DAVE TIPPETT Our pitching staff is as strong as anybody in this league. For the most part of this season, we were...
ERIC COLEMAN We're all about getting the fans involved. A lot of what we do is about getting people to sample our...
DONNA ORENDER Our goal is to keep qualifying for the state tournament and keep that run going (eight seasons). Wit...
BEV LOWDEN Going into the league tournament, we know that anything can happen. No team out there is invincible ...
JOE HILLOCK No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with ...
BORIS PASTERNAK It's all about the Pac-10 tournament. We're probably playing our best ball of the season. Give us th...
MATT SHORT I think we kind of need to regroup and get back to how we know how to play. Because as far as talent...
CYNDY KENYON I knew we could come back. They did not give up. That last touchdown drive can be a springboard for ...
GARY HEIDE We have enough talent to make the tournament, but the thing we have to watch is the rest of the leag...
ANDY DAIGLE Our team is strong as a whole and no matter who misses the Games, we are confident of good results a...
LI NINA It would be a big thing for us to win the first game. It would be a big win, to set ourselves up for...
EMILY ZAPLATOSCH We have 14 games remaining in the regular season, so we have to finish up strong. We need to build u...
BRAD SCHMITT If we play powerful and we play together, there's no reason we can't win the rest (of the games),
JOE PAOPAO We have to stay focused, make sure no one acts stupid tonight, get some good rest like we did last n...
ANDRE JACOBS We still have our destiny in our own hands; we just have to bring it every night, especially at home...
BEN GORDON We've played from behind and we know how to come back. It gives the guys the confidence that they ca...
ERIC PUMA It's made us regroup and refocus. For the investigators, it brought back a sense of we can solve thi...
DWIGHT RANSOME We're going to regroup come the off-season, bust our butts, keep training, train hard with one thing...
TOM ZBIKOWSKI The way he played the last five games of the season and the first four games of the playoffs, we mad...
JACQUES BEAULIEU We took McAuley to three games in the tournament and no one else did, so I'm pleased with that.
JULIA HUDSON There are no easy games in our league (but) I look for us to be in the upper half near the top. We'l...
BILL WOMACK The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl...
ANGIE KARAN I'm glad we had one of these games before conference. It shows that we keep fighting and can come ba...
BROCK BIDLINGMAIER We're happy to get a win. The girls battled against a good team. These are the kind of games we need...
DAVE MEADE He knows me better than anyone ever has. Than anyone ever will again. I would have stopped it if I c...
AMY ENGEL We feel like those [close] games have prepared us for our area tournament. We've been in several clo...
TONY PITTMAN No deal was made with anybody. Not by me. We took a week because there were no more games for Detroi...
COLIN CAMPBELL In the tournament, most teams aren't going to be playing 75-, 80-point games. The games are slower, ...
JOE KATICH They were just killing us on the boards. They were getting three, maybe even four shots. We just hav...
LONNIE ROBERTS In the tournament we've gotten better defensively ... in our first two playoff games, our defense ba...
MARK ADAMS The most important thing right now is not to get down on ourselves and act like our season is over. ...
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AMY SEDARIS You think in a different way when you don't have any money. The joy of poverty is that you use y...
AMY SEDARIS I'm very domestic; I love cleaning. I love cooking. I like waiting on people. I just like to mak...
AMY SEDARIS I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's ...
AMY SEDARIS People who shop in health food stores never look healthy.
AMY SEDARIS I wouldn't call myself a shut-in. I have the ability to leave my home; I just choose not to. But...
AMY SEDARIS I think it's still kind of weird to memorize a line, because you're supposed to 'be'...
AMY SEDARIS More men than women like 'Strangers With Candy'. Pretty girls don't like the show. They ...
AMY SEDARIS I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they're a little naive - you made it becaus...
AMY SEDARIS I'm gonna do the whole bedroom in camel color - it's an old lady color.
AMY SEDARIS If I put my mind to something, it happens. I do know that's not necessarily psychic. But I alway...
AMY SEDARIS You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character acto...
AMY SEDARIS Sometimes, to keep things exciting, I decorate my house as if I owned a child. I'll toss a tiny ...
AMY SEDARIS But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty.
AMY SEDARIS My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
AMY SEDARIS When people tell me they are going to go scrapbooking, I say, 'Why don't you make it yoursel...
AMY SEDARIS Books are challenging and inspirational to me.
AMY SEDARIS I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.
AMY SEDARIS I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, includ...
AMY SEDARIS I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd ge...
AMY SEDARIS I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff ...
AMY SEDARIS We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.
AMY SEDARIS My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea m...
AMY SEDARIS I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life.
AMY SEDARIS I got this second chance at life, and I live it.
AMY PURDY Smart people often talk trash about happiness and worse than trash about books on happiness, and the...
AMY BLOOM People tend to forget that in our country, we'd pretty much all be immigrants, except for the Na...
AMY BLOOM