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Related I can't even tell you how bad we wanted to win this game, all of us. After losing to them at home an... AMY SIMPSON I think, for the first time, it turned out well. Good crowd out here - it was a great game. We hope ... COREY ROLLERSON That game was so important to us that guys were down for a couple of days, ... Really, it was a big ... JAMES COOK That loss at Marquette was just a bad loss for us. We came back on the road at Syracuse. This was a ... JEFF ADRIEN I decided it was time for us to try and get out. JENNIFER JACKSON Today they found a way to get it done against a team that I have a lot of respect for. We knew this ... JOE TORNETTA We need to continue to try and get better every game. From here on out every game is important for u... SASCHA HANSEN This win was huge for us. I thought we came out and played a little tired and D-Y played a much bett... DERACKK CURTIS Aaron Brooks had a bad game. He's had three fabulous games and he picked a tough night for us to hav... ERNIE KENT We came here for revenge. People may have counted us out, but we played a tough preseason to get us ... DWAN HURT We played bad defensively as a team. There was not one thing Marquette did differently in this game.... ANTONIO GRAVES Having the home crowd here and all the support has really made a difference for us. It's awesome for... BRITTANY REIMER I think being on our home court, having more fans here and everything like that will be a huge benef... MALLORY VOELKER I don't know that a win here puts us in, but a loss here hurts us quite a bit. Last year, that was o... LISA BLUDER We came out here and coach told us it was going to be a tough game and their team made comments abou... MIKE DENTON We were delighted to find out that here was someone in the US who was exploring the same themes as u... GURINDER CHADHA The crowd support was excellent. ESPN was out here and they (the crowd) came out to support us- it w... JOSH MAYO It's a good win for us to start out the season here at home. KIRK WILLIAMS We like to play fast, and I felt like we were playing slow the whole game because we were having a h... ED ORTEGO We're the only ones here, and some of us have adjoining rooms. When we found out it was Illinois, we... AMANDA WALKER Once a year we have to take time out of too busy schedules to remember how we got here and to honor ... BETTY MONTGOMERY Ultimately, the seven of us felt responsible for that loss. After the game, you could tell by the wa... JOSH CIOCCO The most we gained from it is seeing Kennedy. Not the physical part, but the myth part. It was a cha... DAVID PERNO That game was a confidence-builder for us. We were humbled at home the first game of the season, but... LYNN FREDERICK We just came out here saying that this was a big game, not only for us but for whoever comes to our ... MIKE MCGEE For me, there was nothing like my time with the Eagles - ever. We were young, and the world was new ... MONTE IRVIN I think on Friday we didn't come out as ready as we came out (Sunday). Friday was kind of like a war... LAUREN BROWN It was really important for us to come out of the locker room with a lot of intensity. And those qui... CHAD AMBUEHL It was a slap in the face. That just showed if we're not prepared to play, we can be beat. We used t... JAMES SHULER It was tough game for us. We had to eke out a win. They played us really well. DAVID BLOUIN Everyone wants to talk about that series two years ago. There are not many similarities, but they ca... GLEN GULUTZAN It was a good feeling for us to finally come here and get a win. It's been a long time coming for us... EDDIE DAVIS It was big win for us. The last home playoff game for us was in 2000 and we didn't win that one. MATT CITRON Hurricane Katrina was epic. It was off the charts. We understand that. By comparison, Rita was just ... LEE HOLBERT We were assured by the buyer, ... that it was not endangered. He flat out lied to us. RICHARD NEUTRA Last year was a complete bust for most of us out here. We couldn't give them away. JEFF WHITEMAN For the time it lasted, it was really fun. It was as exciting as we can put it out to be, but after ... ERIK BEDARD You want to make up for a lot for the players who lost their last game. Seeing some of those guys on... GREG MCELROY It was very strange (not having Coach Roberts here because) he and I started coaching together here ... ED CANGE Before we were born, a whole society of storytellers was already here. The storytellers who were her... DON MIGUEL RUIZ Wanda came bringing in a six-foot live Christmas tree for us and it was already decorated. That was ... DOLORES SCOTT He made a couple mistakes here and there, kept the pitches up, but as the game progressed we knew to... ROLAND FITE It was just a tough, up-and-down game. It was a tough game for us but that's what we needed to see -... DUANE JOUBERT Our first goal was obviously to win the game. She needed 22 and we held her to 15 last time we playe... DIANE CASEY We took out steps in the process that were there simply to tell us it was there. INDY CROWLEY This week was good for us and was much needed with our inexperience. The Northeastern tournament wil... KIRK CROUSE Both teams experienced this, so it wasn't just us. That cannot be a factor when you come out and pla... JERMAREO DAVIDSON This time it was a lot tougher for us. I don't know if it was the spring break or what, but we were ... DAVE SCHWEDER It's homecoming and it's kind of the home stretch for us getting ready for the playoffs here. Ten da... ERIC STREFF It was hard for us to score. We had opportunities to score, but we just could not get it. When I fou... MANNY GARCIA It was a good win for us. It was two weeks since we played a game, and we came out shooting and defe... BRIAN GIORGIS He got his swagger back. We just told him to calm down, let the game flow and let's go out here and ... DWAYNE BOWE We really wanted to win this game. It was a big game at The Pit, in our home court. It was a huge de... JANA FRANCIS It was an idea we had and we put our ideas to work. Both of us being tanners, there was nothing out ... JACKIE DAVIS We came out in the Virginia Tech game and played very well. That was the Florida State we haven't se... BUSTER DAVIS It was a big game. For us to go into overtime and pull it out, that was a turning point. Getting tha... JAMAR NUTTER He wanted to let us know he was rooting for us and wished he could be here. He called us all and sai... BRET BRIELMAIER This tournament was a very positive time for us as a team. There were two out of the three games tha... DOMINICK RADOGNA I could not believe it when I got home. It was a mess. I am normally home at that time of night but ... WILLIAM SHANER Naturally, this was not easy for us, but we see the need to do something here. FRANZ MUENTEFERING We were really tired with all the travel we've had going on the past couple of weeks. We put that ga... GREG BUCHANAN I cannot tell you how much all of this has meant to us, ... We come out here every night, and we are... ERIN RUNNION This was a big win for us. It was a good win for ourselves and for our fans. We're supposed to win e... JIRI NOVOTNY We came here tonight feeling like we could be balanced on offense, but you know how it goes: As the ... CRAIG JOHNSTON It felt like we were actually at home in New Orleans. San Antonio got rowdy out there for us. It fel... JASON CRAFT You see our logo on the ice and in the stands so it's great for us to come out here. All the fans se... PATRICK CARRIERE We're just out in the country, and it takes longer to get to us, ... But then, it's also easy to for... JAMES MEEKS It's been emotional for us, but we're not in the same situation as the people in those shelters. It ... WAYNE GANDY Those were two outstanding plays Josh made out there. It's not out of line to say that those plays w... CHUCK GRANT We came out flat today. We have been at home for a while but it's no excuse for us to come out like ... JUAN DIXON We were kind of nervous on the bus wondering what it was going to be like. A lot of the schools here... DAN LABBATE It's a great day. We knew we had a great football team, and it was a great year for us. It makes you... TOMMY TUBERVILLE It's unfortunate for us his availability does not allow him to be here all the time. But when he is ... ERIC HOOLAHAN The trip that we're taking . . . we're not holy rollers or anything. I'm not on a mission. I just fe... CHRIS EDWARDS Fifth was the best we could do without Taylor and Aaron. It was hard for us to recover from that. BRIAN LOWERY It was a fun game for us because we were able to get a lot of playing time for all the kids. We are ... MIKE ALLEN We played some good teams here, but nothing of the caliber we're going to see next week. It was good... ADAM HALUSKA Our goal was to stop No. 22 and we did, with the exception of that one play. And it was that one pla... ANDY SCOTT We came here to recommit to his way, we came here to tell him, 'Yitzhak, your way has won out, and w... EHUD BARAK We do NOT know the past in chronological sequence. It may be convenient to lay it out anesthetized o... EZRA POUND We were hoping they would come out and play us man-to-man. It was hard for us to get shots against t... CARLOS HOPE I think we'd probably be the natural team. It would be us or the Dallas Cowboys , and I don't think ... DENNIS GREEN I think we ran out of gas. It was like a road game for us. DARRYL SUTTER We have to remember that Dr. King was not an idle dreamer. Dr. King was a man of action. If Dr. King... MARC MORIAL We've been traveling and on the road for so long and came back here and played some tough teams. It ... GREG HEIAR We can go out there with nothing to lose because nobody really gave us a chance to even win a game i... CHARLIE BELL He did brilliantly for us in the time he was here, IAIN DOWIE I'll tell you what: The crowd helped us out tonight. They were great. It was kind of crazy in there,... MARK WALTERS I thought we would come over here and play pretty good, but we were just awful. We couldn't defend t... BOB BURTON I think we were playing a little too relaxed ... that was kind of a wake-up call for us letting us k... APRIL MCCLENDON Wherever we play golf, people come out here to get autographs. They obviously come out to watch us p... BERNHARD LANGER It was important for us to come out and get a win in front of our home fans, ANTHONY MCFARLAND This was a big win for us having lost all three matches last week. Chris pulled out an important mat... LEE MATTHEWS We knew we were in for a game. It's elimination time. But when the home run came, it kind of gave us... LAYTON ALIVIADO It was big, especially how we started the game. We came out really sluggish, but stuck with it, so t... BEN GORDON They're going to come out pretty hard we know. They played us a good game here, so we have to be pre... JERMAREO DAVIDSON Before I got here, I thought for a long time that the way out of the labyrinth was to pretend that i... JOHN GREEN We will not go. The only way to get us there is to come in here with clubs and knock us on the head,... DULL KNIFE It was a barn-burner right until the very end, and we managed to come out on top. That was the harde... DON FERRELL It was a good win for us. Anthony pitched well for us to start the game and our bats were good. When... BRIAN GOODMAN
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PHILLIPS BROOKS It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the ... PHILLIPS BROOKS Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! PHILLIPS BROOKS Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like ... PHILLIPS BROOKS The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of t... PHILLIPS BROOKS Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurre... PHILLIPS BROOKS The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is th... PHILLIPS BROOKS It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men. PHILLIPS BROOKS Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it. PHILLIPS BROOKS To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made th... PHILLIPS BROOKS Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. PHILLIPS BROOKS Happiness is the natural flower of duty. PHILLIPS BROOKS Just keep taking chances and having fun. GARTH BROOKS In the future, I'm sure there will be a lot more robots in every aspect of life. If you told peo... RODNEY BROOKS When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that th... GWENDOLYN BROOKS Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other eth... GWENDOLYN BROOKS I've always thought of myself as a reporter. GWENDOLYN BROOKS I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker. GWENDOLYN BROOKS Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing wi... GWENDOLYN BROOKS I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, e... GWENDOLYN BROOKS Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. 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