This was our best defensive game of the year. We got in their faces and contested shots, and played really well.
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Defensively we played awesome. That was our best defensive game of the year.
CHRIS KESTNER The kids played an awesome game and it was our best defensive game we played all year. It was a grea...
AARON WOLLAM She played a great defensive game. We all played great defense, it was our best defensive game of th...
DAVE DUNHAM Our defensive intensity gave us a lot of inside shots. We really just played extremely well.
DAN DERSAM Jake played awesome. We saw that Livermore was rolling to our motion and we quickly went to counter ...
JOEL STONETON It was really well contested and we were pleased we got our flow a lot more. And we were craftier in...
RUTH AITKEN We played well at times. We did a good job of staying in the game. We stayed within our game plan an...
JASON FLOETKE Marshall County was the best defensive team we faced all year. We just couldn't finish in the first ...
AARON MATTOX We missed a lot of easy shots but we played tough on defense and got the ball back. And this was pro...
CONNIE WEST Our kids really played hard. Carroll is a very good team and I think this was our best game of the y...
JOEL RANKIN We played our best game of the year so far. We shot well, mixed it up on defense, rebounded and ever...
JACK PURTELL I thought we would be in for a battle. This (easy victory) came from having a good week of practice ...
CEDRICK MIDDLETON Each team got a goal in the first and each got a goal in the second. We got quite a few shots in the...
DAVE MORSE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES This was the best conference game we've played this season. We pitched well and we played well today...
CHASE TIDWELL The defense was the story. This was the best our defense played all year. We went out and pretty muc...
BRIAN SEYMORE Both teams played hard, and it was a well-played defensive game all the way around. We got the clutc...
BILL SIKES We got the post-game established early. Our guards played off that and started to hit some of their ...
DAN MESSMANN It was a really well-played game for this time of the year. I know I'm really proud of the way our k...
DICK MANDELLA The kids played really well defensively the entire game. I'm proud of their defensive effort. Offens...
JOSH HARTMAN This was by far the best game we have played so far. We played smart at the end, and we made some sh...
RYAN SKLENER It wasn't because they were shooting lousy; they were contested shots. I thought we played pretty we...
CHUCK DRURY We really stepped up the defensive pressure and it paid off. We came out in the first quarter and sh...
ED PATRICK Gene had a tremendous game. Our defensive front unit played really well. [Hollywood Hills] was excel...
GEORGE SMITH Our defense was phenomenal. We kept our marks the whole game. I would say this was the best game we'...
JENNIFER HENDERSON It was frustrating in that the opportunities that we got this game and the way we played this game c...
CHRIS YODER We got into their faces, got into their space and it was so well done ? it was 'we can win this'.
DUNCAN FLETCHER I'm especially happy with the second half. We did a great job of creating opportunities and getting ...
MATT MARCOS Ruggles has become our most consistent scorer recently. This was also by far the best game we have p...
JOE HAMPTON I thought we passed the ball well and got our best offensive flow going. Jake had a couple of nice a...
JOE KINCH We played our best game of the year tonight.
CHAD ANDERSON We finally put a whole game together and I am just so proud of the girls. We just played tough hard-...
JEFF CHRISTIAN At the end of the day I thought Miami just played really well, I really did. I thought Miami came ou...
DAN DAKICH I think we got a little more out of our post game tonight, but other than that it was a very similar...
KRAIG TERPSTRA I don't think that was their best game. But we played well. We prepared well this week. We had a goo...
DAN GROSSMAN We played much better on the boards and we shared the ball well on offense. But, the key was we play...
JOEY MEYER It was kind of a ho-hum game. I don?t think we really played very well at all. We missed a bunch of ...
DAVID HEARD This was the best we've played this season, all three games. We played really well, even the Nacogdo...
CHRIS YODER Their half-court defense really prevented us from getting our offense going. Our steals were effecti...
ADRIAN WIGGINS We played well defensively as several of our kids had seven or eight tackles each. It was our best g...
JOEL DESSELLE We haven't been shooting the ball well lately. But we got some defensive stops late in the game and ...
STEVE HAWKINS 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 This was our best game of the season offensively. We just shot the ball really well today.
HERB GRACE We played a really strong defensive game. The 5-on-3s were the key. We killed them off and that was ...
DOMINIK HASEK In the first half, we played the best basketball that we have played all year. We were really clicki...
JAY BAVLISH We obviously played our best game of the year (last week).
HARRY SPROUSE We played our best game of the year defensively and showed great patience on offense.
ANDY WERNER This is the best team we've played since Rogers, and they spanked us. We got down early in that game...
MADELYN FLENOR It was our worst shooting night of the season, and Kelso played great. They shot the ball really wel...
DAVID LONG This is our best overall game this season. And the second half was definitely the best we have playe...
JOE DAVID We got two-out hits, two-strike hits, hit the ball to all fields and made good adjustments tonight, ...
JACK LEGGETT We got up in Dungog's faces and really tackled well, it was brilliant, absolutely brilliant,
ALAN WEST Offensively that was our best game of the year. We shot the ball well.
JOE LANG This was something we said early on we could do. I was proud of the way our kids played tonight. We ...
JAY WELK I think we just came out ready. We played a really, really strong defensive game - the goalie played...
ERIN KEYS We did almost nothing all week but practice how to defend their 3-pointers and get rebounds. If you ...
DAN FLEMING We won this game on the line of scrimmage with great pass protection and run blocking. On defense, m...
GEOFF WARD I thought the keys were our energy and intensity. Our execution was the best it has been all year. I...
DOUG MCCARTER We shut down their inside game, and Katie Goldberg played really well for us. She broke their press ...
MARK MAY That was a big play for them. Our defense played really well after that. We got three of their turno...
CRAIG BARR Last year we got a taste of it. The first game we played extremely well and the second game we didn'...
GANIYAT ADEDUNTAN We never really got any good shots on goal. We never took them. We played reasonably well ... but it...
DICK CAMPBELL (The Badgers) were throwing up a lot of contested shots, and we were getting rebounds and pushing it...
HASSAN ADAMS (South Fork) shot the ball well. We played a good game, they just hit all of their shots.
MIKE ROBERTS We got off to a really slow start offensively. But I thought our defense made up for that and played...
LELANI GORDON We expected a tight, defensive game; we know them and they know us. Defensively, I thought we played...
CHARLIE ELMENDORF This was just a good, old-fashioned tail kicking. We came out strong in the first half, then we star...
DAN STARKEY We hit a couple key shots and we picked up our defense. This was as tough a game that we've in playe...
KAITY STREVER It was a great team win. It was our best overall performance of the year. The defensive effort was o...
CARY THOMPSON I thought we really played well for the first game of the year. We really didn't have any first-game...
GLENN JARVIS We played well, probably our best game offensively of the season. Our confidence level has grown wit...
GROVER BATTLE It was a great ball game and everybody participated. Pequot is a good ball club and they beat us ear...
HAROLD CHITWOOD We were facing the No. 1 contenders for the conference cup, and we matched up with them well. Our de...
KATIE GRAVEL She really played her best ball game of the year.
DAN DERSAM Austin played a great game. He did a nice job of hitting shots when we needed them. It was the best ...
JOEL FEY Give them credit. They are the best passing team we've played all year. And their pressure was good;...
ED LOUDER It felt so good to beat them. We played really well, but it wasn't our best game.
BRITTANY JANZ Tampa had a great game plan, but we stuck to ours and in the end our defensive intensity was enough....
SANDRA RUSHING They played a great game in 74. They played a good defensive game. But we came on back and got stron...
ANTHONY DAVIS People know our defense has been playing well all year. That was probably the best game they've play...
THOMAS BROOKS We have smaller defensive ends, but they're quick. They'll be OK. Everybody knows their job, and our...
ALAN BENNETT Had we played this aggressive and loose Wednesday morning, we wouldn't have dug ourselves such a big...
DEAN JOHANSEN Connecticut played very well. Our game plan was to keep them on the perimeter. They made shots, jump...
BILL LAIMBEER We played even keel with them for 30 minutes, and our goal in the last two minutes was to outscore t...
DAN SHEPPARD Every facet of our game was going well. It all starts with your starting pitching. Also, we swung th...
LARRY LEE They played awesome. They defended us well, and we got out of our game somewhat.
DAN LETARTE It was the best game we've played this year. It was a step in the right direction. We played good Wa...
BILL TOMPKINS We came out and played really well, the best we've played in several weeks. Lindsay Confer had a fan...
CHAD OBERHOLTZER No experience whatsoever and only pitched one game last year and three innings this year. She's got ...
JODI MORGAN This is the first time we definitely got some really good shots on goal, and we were much more offen...
BETA CALHOUN I thought we played a really good second half. Clear Brook took control of the game in the first hal...
LYNN MCDONALD We were really ripe. You look at our stats, and they aren't much different. The difference was our d...
MIKE TURNER We didn't contest shots (in the first half). In the second half we contested shots and they missed.
MARK LEE Jake played extremely well. He made a bunch of big plays. They had a lot of pressure on him and they...
MIKE SHANAHAN This was our best played all-around game of the season.
JEFF HANEY We played well, and we played with intensity. We took away their strengths and what they like to do....
DAN ROIGER It was our best game of the year. We played very solid on both sides of the ball for four quarters.
CARY THOMPSON I was so proud of our defensive line. The stepped in and played well, showing a lot of maturity and ...
JENNIFER ROCKWOOD We expected this kind of a game. We were prepared because everyone plays well on their home floor. N...
KAREN KEMP We played with intensity the entire game. But our shots didn't fall and we missed tons of free throw...
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FRANCIS BACON Images also help me find and realise ideas. I look at hundreds of very different, contrasting images...
FRANCIS BACON In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which ...
FRANCIS BACON Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.
FRANCIS BACON Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
FRANCIS BACON The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
FRANCIS BACON There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
FRANCIS BACON Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
FRANCIS BACON Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man.
FRANCIS BACON It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringe...
FRANCIS BACON I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this u...
FRANCIS BACON Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which...
FRANCIS BACON Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure kno...
ROGER BACON Anger makes dull men witty -- but it keeps them poor.
FRANCIS BACON He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with b...
FRANCIS BACON There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself,...
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